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Johanna Larsson
Country	Sweden
Residence	Helsingborg, Sweden
Date of birth	17 August 1988 (age 21)
Place of birth	Boden, Sweden
Height	1.76m (5' 9 1/4")
Weight	68 kg
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$98,870
Singles
Career record	140-84
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 155 (20 October, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	Q1 (2009)
French Open	Q2 (2008)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2008)
US Open	Q3 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	74-42
Career titles	12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 135 (September 14 2009)
	Last updated on: 11 October 2009.

For the swimmer, see Johanna Larsson (swimmer).

Bio

Johanna Larsson (born 17 August 1988 Boden, Norrbotten County) is a Swedish tennis player. Her career high ranking is 155.

Early Career

Johanna began playing international tennis on the ITF junior circuit, where she reached a career-high junior ranking of 79 in September 2006. During the Fed Cup in 2005 she began her quest for recognition by defeating Anna Kremer, Johanna went on to defeat Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Joanna Sakowicz. Larsson was awarded a Wild Card for a WTA Event In Stockholm, Johanna beat Kristina Barrois in 3 sets before taking Swedish number 1 Sofia Arvidsson all the way before losing in 3 sets. Towards the end of 2006 Johanna had injuries regarding her hamstring she came back in early 2007 mainly in the USA beating Leanne Baker and Alla Kudryavtseva (Top seed at $25,000 Hammond). The Swede's excellent Fed Cup record has gained her a place in the team for a 3rd consecutive year. She won the $10,000 Falkenburg title 2 times in consecutive years beating Arvidsson in 2005. Johanna returned to Fed Cup again in 2007, losing to Masa Zec Peskiric and beating Vojislava Lukić and Naomi Cavaday both ranked in the top 300, giving Sweden 9th place.

2008 Season

2008 has been Johanna Larsson's breakthrough year, winning two $25.000 ITF events in Stockholm and Sutton, she also made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open where she made the second qualifying round. Johanna went on to make the second qualifying round at Wimbledon and the US Open final qualifying round, in September Johanna also captured her biggest doubles title to date at the $75,000 Shrewsbury event. Johanna ended the season playing Swedish Team tennis for Helsingsborg alongside Sofia Arvidsson.

2009 Season

Johanna began the year at the Australian Open, where she lost in the first qualifying round. Johanna was included in the 2009 Swedish fed cup team, along with Sofia Arvidsson, Johanna Larsson, Sandra Roma and Ellen Allgurin. Larsson recorded a 3-1 singles win-loss record [including a win over top 70 player Monica Niculescu], and a 2-1 doubles win-loss ratio. After Fed Cup Johanna travelled to South America to play qualifying in two WTA events, In Bogota Johanna had three wins in qualifying taking her into the main draw, where she lost to Carla Suarez Navarro. In her next tournament in Acapulco Johanna was forced to retire with a knee injury whilst trailing top seed Agnes Szavay 3-6 0-1. A series of clay $25.000 events saw Larsson reach two finals, a semi and a quarter final. Johanna took the singles and doubles titles at the $50.000 event in Barnstaple, her best singles result in her career so far. Johanna then took another singles title at the $25.000 event in Glasgow, the following wekk Johanna made the final in Istanbul before losing to Maret Ani.

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[edit] Singles (8)

Legend (Singles)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV (0)

Grand Slam Title (0)

WTA Tour Championship (0)

ITF Circuit (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	15 May 2005	Falkenberg, Sweden	Clay	Sofia Arvidsson	6:1 6:3
2.	21 May 2006	Falkenberg, Sweden	Clay	Anne Schaefer	6:2 7:6
3.	24 April 2007	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Tereza Mrdeza	6:1 6:3
4.	29 October 2007	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (Indoors)	Nadja Roma	6:2 6:1
5.	5 February 2008	Sutton, Great Britain	Hard (Indoors)	Andrea Hlaváčková	7:5 6:0
6.	11 February 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (Indoors)	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	0:6 6:1 7:6(1)
7.	5 October 2009	Barnstaple, Great Britain	Hard (Indoors)	Pauline Parmentier	6:2 6:2
8.	19 October 2009	Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (Indoors)	Melanie South	6:1 1:6 6:3

[edit] Doubles (12)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV & V (0)
ITF Circuit (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	2005	$10,000, Falkenberg, Sweden	Mari Andersson	Nathalie Kolat Monica Scheider	6:1 6:1
2.	2005	$10,000, Oslo, Norway	Nadja Roma	Kristina Andlovic Karoline Borgensen	6:4 6:4
3.	2007	$25,000, Nantes, France	Sofia Arvidsson	Melanie South Caroline Maes	4:6 7:5 10:7
4.	2007	$25,000, Glasgow, Great Britain	Sofia Arvidsson	Veronika Chvojkova Kathrin Woerle	6:2 6:3
5.	2007	$10,000, Stockholm, Sweden	Nadja Roma	Diana Eriksson Hanne-Skak Jensen	6:7 6:3 10:6
6.	2008	$10,000, Sunderland, Great Britain	Anna Smith	Martina Babakova Iveta Gerlova	6:1 3:6 10:3
7.	2008	$25,000, Stockholm, Sweden	Anna Smith	Neda Kozic Ivana Lisjak	6:0 7:5
8.	2008	$75,000, Shrewsbury, Great Britain	Anna Smith	Sarah Borwell Courtney Nagle	7:6 6:4
9.	2008	$25,000, Helsinki, Finland	Emma Laine	Patricia Mayr Marie-Eve Pelletier	6:4 6:2
10.	2009	$25,000, Kristinehamn, Sweden	Hanne-Skak Jensen	Sofia Arvidsson Sandra Roma	7:6 6:2
11.	2009	$25,000, Bad Saulgau, Germany	Hanne-Skak Jensen	Yurika Sema Darija Jurak	6:2 6:3
12.	2009	$50,000 Barnstaple, Great Britain	Anna Smith	Emma Laine Kelly Anderson	7:5 6:4