Swedish tennis player
Anna-Karin Svensson Full name Anna-Karin Svensson Country (sports) Sweden Born (1974-05-08 ) 8 May 1974 (age 50) Retired 1998 Prize money $23,814 Career record 61–51 Career titles 1 ITF Highest ranking No. 280 (17 March 1997) Career record 97–36 Career titles 14 ITF Highest ranking No. 160 (28 October 1996) Fed Cup 6–4
Anna-Karin Svensson (born 8 May 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Svensson played on the professional tour in the 1990s, with a best ranking in singles of 280 in the world. As a doubles player, she had a breakthrough year in 1996 when she won seven ITF titles , to reach a career-high ranking of 160.
Across 1996 and 1997 she featured in eight Fed Cup ties for Sweden. In Fed Cup play, she had a 4–4 record in singles and won both of her two doubles matches.[1]
Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Runner-up
1.
2 April 1995
Nairobi , Kenya
Hard
Ivona Mihailova
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up
2.
30 October 1995
Stockholm , Sweden
Hard (i)
Åsa Svensson
1–6, 2–6
Winner
3.
22 January 1996
Båstad , Sweden
Clay
Karin Ptaszek
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up
4.
26 January 1997
Båstad, Sweden
Hard
Patty Van Acker
6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
1.
7 February 1993
Rungsted , Denmark
Carpet
Camilla Persson
Christine Goy Vanessa Matthys
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up
2.
5 September 1993
Burgas , Bulgaria
Hard
Camilla Persson
Svetlana Krivencheva Elena Tatarkova
7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up
3.
6 February 1994
Rungsted, Denmark
Carpet
Camilla Persson
Sofie Albinus Henriette Kjær Nielsen
w/o
Winner
4.
10 July 1994
Lohja , Finland
Clay
Camilla Persson
Linda Jansson Katrina Saarinen
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up
5.
29 August 1994
London , England
Grass
Linda Jansson
Sabine Gerke Kristine Kurth
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up
6.
31 October 1994
Jūrmala , Latvia
Hard (i)
Linda Jansson
Natalia Noreiko Marina Stets
1–6, 5–7
Runner-up
7.
16 January 1995
Turku , Finland
Hard
Linda Jansson
Nanne Dahlman Petra Thorén
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up
8.
23 January 1995
Båstad, Sweden
Hard
Linda Jansson
Sandra Kleinová Jana Lubasová
4–6, 6–7
Winner
9.
30 January 1995
Rungsted, Denmark
Carpet (i)
Linda Jansson
Anja Kostecki Karin Ptaszek
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up
10.
25 September 1995
Telford , United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Kaye Hand
Samantha Smith Jane Wood
6–4, 6–7(8–6) , 3–6
Winner
11.
30 October 1995
Stockholm, Sweden
Hard
Karin Ptaszek
Sofia Finér Annica Lindstedt
6–1, 6–3
Winner
12.
21 January 1996
Turku, Finland
Carpet (i)
Karin Ptaszek
Sofia Finér Annica Lindstedt
6–2, 6–4
Winner
13.
27 January 1996
Båstad, Sweden
Hard (i)
Karin Ptaszek
Sofia Finér Annica Lindstedt
6–3, 6–4
Winner
14.
31 March 1996
Caen , France
Clay (i)
Annica Lindstedt
Claire Taylor Amanda Wainwright
6–4, 7–6
Winner
15.
7 April 1996
Athens , Greece
Clay
Annica Lindstedt
Dragana Zarić Marlene Weingärtner
6–0, 6–2
Winner
16.
30 June 1996
Båstad, Sweden
Clay
Annica Lindstedt
Tanja Karsten Karin Baleková
6–2, 6–4
Winner
17.
19 August 1996
Kyiv , Ukraine
Clay
Réka Vidáts
Natalia Medvedeva Anna Zaporozhanova
7–5, 6–3
Winner
18.
20 October 1996
Flensburg , Germany
Carpet (i)
Annica Lindstedt
Květa Peschke Magdalena Feistel
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up
19.
25 January 1997
Båstad, Sweden
Hard (i)
Patty Van Acker
Annica Lindstedt Dragana Zarić
7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up
20.
30 March 1997
Dinard , France
Clay
Magalie Lamarre
Germana di Natale Federica Fortuni
4–6, 5–7
Winner
21.
29 June 1997
Båstad, Sweden
Clay
Annica Lindstedt
Sofia Finér Linda Jansson
w/o
Winner
22.
21 July 1997
Valladolid , Spain
Hard
Sofia Finér
Petra Rampre Daphne van de Zande
6–4, 6–3
Winner
23.
2 November 1997
Stockholm, Sweden
Carpet (i)
Annica Lindstedt
Olga Vymetálková Jana Macurová
3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner
24.
22 June 1998
Båstad, Sweden
Clay
Jenny Lindstrom
Gabriela Chmelinová Helena Fremuthová
7–6(7–1) , 6–3