Sofia Arvidsson:
| Sofia Arvidsson |
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| 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) |
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Infobox last updated on: 3 March 2008.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (1) |
| Tier IV & V (0) |
| ITF Circuit (14) |
| 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)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (0) |
| Tier IV & V (0) |
| ITF Circuit (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 |
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