Sofia Arvidsson
Country	Sweden
Residence	Halmstad, Sweden
Date of birth	16 February 1984 (1984-02-16) (age 24)
Place of birth	Halmstad, Sweden
Height	1.76m (5' 9 1/4")
Weight	69 kg (152 1/2 lbs.)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$630,378
Singles
Career record:	264–158
Career titles:	1 WTA (14 ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 29 (1 May 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3r (2006)
French Open	2r (2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	2r (2005)
US Open	2r (2006, 2008)
Doubles
Career record:	66–55
Career titles:	0 WTA (9 ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 147 (19 July 2004)
Infobox last updated on: 3 March 2008.

Sofia Arvidsson (born 1984) is a Swedish tennis player.

[edit] Biography

Sofia Arvidsson is a Swedish Tennis player who competes at professional level on both the ITF Women's Circuit and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Circuit. Sofia says her favourite shot is her backhand and she looks up to former world number one, Lindsay Davenport. Arvidsson is Swedish number one in both singles and doubles, and has been Sweden's best player consistently on the women's circuit for the last 3/4 years. She has won one WTA Tour title in 2006 (Cellular South Cup, Memphis).

[edit] Career

[edit] 1999

Arvidsson combined the ITF Junior circuit and ITF Women's Circuit into her schedule and in 1999 made the semi finals of a $10,000 women's event in Båstad, Sweden. In 2000 she made the finals of Nasbypark $10,000 and made her first appearances in the Fed Cup.

[edit] 2001

Arvidsson was recognised for her talent when she made the finals of the junior Australian Open in 2001, losing to Jelena Janković 6-2 6-1. But her breakthrough came in the same year when she took the titles at the Sunderland $10,000 and Stockholm $10,000. Sofia then won her 3rd ITF Women's title in Buchen, Germany again a $10,000 event. Arvidsson stepped up her tournament game as she played Qualifying at a $50,000 event in Dinan, where she qualified and beat world number 146 in the main draw.

[edit] 2002

In May 2002, Arvidsson reached her first $25,000 final, as a qualifier, eventually losing to Barbora Strýcová. In the same year, Sofia lifted the Bastas $25,000 trophy in her home country beating fellow Swede Maria Wolfbrandt in the final. Her ranking was now high enough to compete at Grand Slam level in qualifying. Her debut came at the 2002 US Open as a qualifier, Sofia made the final round of Qualifying losing to Brie Rippner. Arvidsson made 2 more finals in 2002 winning Southampton $25,000 and losing in the final at Prague which was her final event of the year.

[edit] 2003

Arvidsson's ranking was now 147 and began the year in WTA events mainly in qualifying, Arvidsson failed to qualify at Hobart and the Australian Open. She took a step down and played the $50,000 event in Ortiesi, making the final before losing to Mara Santangelo. After the beginning of 2003, Arvidsson lost in the opening qualifying rounds of the French Open and Wimbledon. She won her first Grand Slam match at the US Open, beating Olga Blahotová. Two weeks later, Sofia took the $25,000 Glasgow crown and lost in the final of another $25,000 challenger in Jersey. Sofia played a WTA event in Luxembourg again as a Qualifer, she qualified and made the second round losing to Maria Sharapova. This was Arvidsson's best tournament as it was the first time she had won a WTA Main Draw match. She then played the WTA Event in Quebec City where she Qualified again and made the second round in the main draw.

[edit] 2005

Arvidsson only really became recognisable in the worldwide tennis world in 2005 where she made Quarter Finals at Tokyo, Kolkata and Stockholm before reaching her first WTA final at Quebec City losing to Amy Frazier.

[edit] 2006

She began 2006 at the Hopman Cup alongside Thomas Johansson, beating the eventual winners in the group stages (USA). Sofia then posted her best Grand Slam result at the Australian Open beating Dinara Safina in round 2 before losing to Anastasia Myskina. Arvidsson won her first WTA title at Memphis, Tennessee, beating Marta Domachowska in the final. Then a slump began as she only posted one real solid result: a semi final at WTA event Stockholm.

[edit] 2007

This slump continued in early 2007, before Arvidsson won a Swedish Tour Event (Volkswagen Cup) beating Johanna Larsson 6–4 6–4. This gave her much needed confidence and with that she won the Doubles and Singles at the $50,000 event in St Paul. Then she returned as the defending champion at Memphis, beating Ekaterina Bychkova and Nicole Pratt on the way to a Quarter Final against Melien Tu where she lost. Arvidsson lost in the opening round of the Las Vegas $75,000 and the Indian wells to Michaëlla Krajicek. Then Sofia qualified for Miami losing in 3 sets to Olga Poutchkova. On Clay in Estoril, Portugal, Arvidsson made the quarter finals losing to Gréta Arn 6–2 6–2. At the end of the 2007 season Sofia hit back, taking the $25,000 Nantes Doubles Title, the $25,000 Glasgow doubles title and also the championship in singles at $50,000 Toue Les Jours and $25,000 Glasgow.

[edit] 2008

Sofia started her 2008 season in Auckland at the ASB Classic beating Ahsha Rolle in the 1st round before a straight sets loss to Vera Zvonareva (top seed). Arvidsson then moved to Sydney, gaining 3 straight set wins in qualifying (beating Galina Voskoboeva, Stéphanie Dubois and Tzipora Obziler) before a win over Elena Dementieva (6–1 7–5) finally bowing out against Kaia Kanepi in the second round of the main draw in 3 sets. In her first grand slam of the year Sofia made the second round (Beating #10 Seeded Marion Bartoli, before losing to Marta Domachowska). Arvidsson recorded another great win in the Fed Cup, beating Patty Schnyder in 3 sets. She then reached the quarterfinals of the Tier II Proximus Diamond Games, beating Meilen Tu and 2nd seed and world number 6 Anna Chakvetadze in straight sets (6–3, 7–5). She eventually lost to Na Li in a high-quality match 5–7, 4–6. Sofia reached her 2nd back to back quarter final in Memphis, after two 3 sets wins over Séverine Brémond and Stéphanie Dubois before falling to Shahar Pe'er in a tight 3-setter. In the same tournament Arvidsson recorded her best career WTA doubles result reaching the semi-finals partnering Melinda Czink. Arvidsson won her 14th ITF Circuit singles title in Zagreb, her biggest career title on the surface of clay. A knee injury at Wimbledon halted her season, Arvidsson returned with Olympics (R2) and a first round exit at Forest Hills. Sofia made the second round of the US Open and came close to beating Jelena Janković in a dramatic three set match.

[edit] Titles

[edit] Singles (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	30 September 2001	Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard Indoors	Olivia Sanchez	6–3 2–6 6–0
2.	4 November 2001	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard Indoors	Susi Bensch	6–1 6–2
3.	3 March 2002	Sunderland, Great Britain	Carpet	Syna Schmidle	7–6 3–5 ret.
4.	30 June 2002	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Maria Wolfbrandt	7–5 6–4
5.	20 October 2002	Southampton, Great Britain	Hard Indoors	Olga Barbanschikova	6–2 1–6 6–4
6.	28 September 2003	Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard Outdoors	Tessy Van De Ven	3–6 6–3 6–3
7.	16 November 2003	Eugene, Oregon, United States	Hard Indoors	Tara Snyder	6–4 6–4
8.	30 November 2003	Prague, Czech Republic	Carpet	Virginie Pichet	6–1 6–2
9.	6 February 2005	Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard Indoors	Irina Bulykina	6–1 6–1
10.	25 February 2006	Memphis, United States	Hard Indoors	Marta Domachowska	6–2 2–6 6–3
11.	13 February 2007	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States	Hard Indoors	Olga Govortsova	2–6 6–1 6–4
12.	2 July 2007	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Liana-Gabriela Ungur	6–7 6–2 6–0
13.	8 October 2007	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard Indoors	Kristina Barrios	6–3 6–2
14.	15 October 2007	Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard Indoors	Katie O'Brien	6–3 6–1
15.	5 May 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Séverine Brémond	7-6 6-2

[edit] Doubles (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	2000	Båstad, Sweden	Kristina Jarkenstadt	Sussane Flipp Maria Wolfbrandt	6–4, 7–5
2.	2002	Buchen, Germany	Claudine Schaul	Anna Bastrikova Claudia Kardys	6–0, 7–5
3.	2003	Jersey, Great Britain	Kaia Kanepi	Yvonne Meusburger Hanna Nooni	6–3, 7–5
4.	2003	Midland, Texas, United States	Åsa Svensson	Allison Baker Tara Snyder	7–6, 6–2
5.	2004	Los Gatos, United States	İpek Şenoğlu	Nana Smith Lilia Osterloh	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
6.	2005	Sunderland, Great Britain	Martina Müller	Dragana Zarić Katarina Misic	6–2, 6–3
7.	2007	St. Paul, United States	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Mervana Jugić-Salkić İpek Şenoğlu	7–6, 5–7, 7–6
8.	2007	Nantes, France	Johanna Larsson	Melanie South Caroline Maes	4–6 7–5 (10-7)
9.	2007	Glasgow, Great Britain	Johanna Larsson	Veronika Chvojkova Kathrin Woerle	6–2, 6–3

[edit] External links

• http://www.freewebs.com/sofia-arvidsson
• Sofia Arvidsson profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Sofia Arvidsson at the International Tennis Federation
• Sofia Arvidsson at the Fed Cup