Sofia Arvidsson

Sofia Arvidsson

Arvidsson at the 2013 US Open
Full name	Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Halmstad, Sweden
Born	(1984-02-16) 16 February 1984 Halmstad, Sweden
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,090,487
Singles
Career record	458–325
Career titles	2 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 29 (1 May 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2006)
French Open	2R (2005, 2006, 2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2005)
US Open	2R (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Doubles
Career record	122–119
Career titles	1 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 67 (12 September 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2007, 2009, 2011)
French Open	2R (2006, 2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
US Open	2R (2011)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	50–38
Last updated on: 13 July 2015.

Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson (born 16 February 1984) is a retired Swedish tennis player.

Arvidsson won two singles and one doubles title on the WTA tour, as well as 18 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 1 May 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 29. On 12 September 2011, she peaked at world number 67 in the doubles rankings.

Arvidsson began playing tennis at the age of 8.^[1]

Career

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.

2001

Arvidsson was recognised for her talent when she made the finals of the junior Australian Open in 2001, losing to Jelena Janković. But her breakthrough came in the same year when she took the titles in Sunderland and Stockholm (both ITF $10,000 tournaments). Sofia then won her third ITF title in Buchen, Germany. Arvidsson stepped up her tournament game as she played qualifying at a $50,000 event in Dinan, where she qualified and defeated the world number 146 in the main draw.

2002

In May 2002, Arvidsson reached her first $25,000 final, as a qualifier, eventually losing to Barbora Strýcová. In the same year, Arvidsson 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, Arvidsson made the final round of qualifying, losing to Brie Rippner. Arvidsson made two more ITF finals in 2002, winning in Southampton ($25,000) and losing in the final in Prague, which was her final event of the year.

2003

Arvidsson's ranking was now 147 and began the year in WTA events mainly in qualifying. Arvidsson failed to qualify in 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, Arvidsson 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 qualifier, making the second round before 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 of the main draw.

2005

Arvidsson made the quarterfinals in Tokyo, Kolkata and Stockholm in 2005 before reaching her first WTA final in Quebec City, losing to Amy Frazier.

2006

Arvidsson began 2006 at the Hopman Cup alongside Thomas Johansson, beating the eventual winners in the group stages (USA). Arvidsson then posted her best Grand Slam result at the Australian Open beating Dinara Safina in round two before losing to Anastasia Myskina. Arvidsson won her first WTA title in Memphis, Tennessee, beating Marta Domachowska in the final.

2007

This slump continued in early 2007, before Arvidsson won a Swedish Tour Event (Volkswagen Cup) beating Johanna Larsson. 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 in Memphis, beating Ekaterina Bychkova and Nicole Pratt on the way to a quarterfinal appearance against Meilen Tu, but lost. Arvidsson lost in the opening round of the Las Vegas $75,000 and Indian Wells to Michaëlla Krajicek. Then Sofia qualified for Miami losing in three sets to Olga Puchkova. On Clay in Estoril, Portugal, Arvidsson made the quarterfinals, losing to Gréta Arn in straight sets. At the end of the 2007 season Arvidsson hit back, taking the $25,000 Nantes title in doubles, the $25,000 Glasgow doubles title and also the championship in singles at the $50,000 event in Toue Les Jours and the $25,000 event in Glasgow.

2008

Arvidsson started her 2008 season in Auckland at the ASB Classic beating Ahsha Rolle in the first round before a straight sets loss to top seed Vera Zvonareva. Arvidsson then moved to Sydney, gaining three straight set wins in qualifying by defeating Galina Voskoboeva, Stéphanie Dubois, Tzipora Obziler and in the main draw beat Elena Dementieva, before finally bowing out against Kaia Kanepi in the second round of the main draw. In her first Grand Slam of the year, Arvidsson made the second round, beating number 10 seed Marion Bartoli, before losing to Marta Domachowska. Arvidsson recorded another win in the Fed Cup, beating Patty Schnyder in three sets. She then reached the quarterfinals of the Tier II Proximus Diamond Games, eliminating Meilen Tu, and second seed and world number 6 Anna Chakvetadze in straight sets. She eventually lost to Li Na in a high quality match. Arvidsson reached her second back to back quarterfinal in Memphis, after two three-set wins over Séverine Brémond and Stéphanie Dubois before falling to Shahar Pe'er in a tight three-setter. In the same tournament, Arvidsson recorded her best career WTA doubles result reaching the semifinals 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 for the Olympics (reaching round two, losing to Elena Dementieva) and a first round exit at Forest Hills.^[2] Arvidsson made the second round of the US Open and came close to beating Jelena Janković in a dramatic three set match. Arvidsson ended the year playing Swedish team tennis for Helsingsborg, her team including Johanna Larsson were the champions remaining undefeated throughout the campaign.

2009

Arvidsson started the year playing three tournaments in Australia, Brisbane, Sydney and the Australian Open. Arvidsson lost in the first round in all three of these events. Arvidsson was included in the Swedish Fed Cup team alongside Johanna Larsson, Sandra Roma and Ellen Allgurin. Sofia posted a 2–2 singles win-loss record and a 2–1 win-loss in doubles. Arvidsson then headed to the United States. Illness was a factor in Arvidsson's lack of results, as she lost in the first round in all three tournaments, Memphis, Indian Wells and Miami. Arvidsson recorded her first official win of 2009 on the ITF circuit in Torhout, beating Kristina Barrois. Arvidsson recorded her second win of the season in Zagreb, though she lost in the second round. Four back-to-back losses followed, including losses in both the French Open and Wimbledon qualifying. At a $25,000 event in Kristinehamn, Arvidsson reached the semifinals as the top seed. Arvidsson and Sandra Roma also made the doubles final. Arvidsson won her 16th career singles title in Saguenay, Canada, and her 11th doubles title at the same event. Arvidsson then posted a semifinal finish in Barnstaple losing to Johanna Larsson, two finals followed in which Arvidsson played Jelena Dokić in both, with Arvidsson taking the Joué-lès-Tours title and Dokić beating her to claim the title in Poitiers.

2010

Arvidsson began 2010 in Auckland qualifying, she was beaten in the opening round by Julia Schruff. Next was the Australian Open qualifying, where Arvidsson qualified after three tough wins (including saving a match point against Marta Domachowska). In the main draw Arvidsson beat Jarmila Groth before losing to Daniela Hantuchová. Arvidsson was once again selected to play Fed Cup for Sweden. Her singles success was mixed, losing to Wozniacki and Sevastova, but beating Anikó Kapros and Sybille Bammer convincingly. Arvidsson then made the quarterfinals at the $100,000 ITF tournament in Midland, losing to top seed Lucie Hradecká. As a qualifier and the 2006 champion, Arvidsson reached the finals of the Cellular South Cup in Memphis. She defeated number 2 seed Melanie Oudin in the quarterfinals and Anne Keothavong in the semifinals to reach the final. She ran out of gas and fell in an hour to Maria Sharapova in the final. Arvidsson made two second round finishes at the US clay tournaments of Ponte Vedra Beach and Charleston. Arvidsson was involved in Sweden's Fed Cup World Group II playoff against China, where she beat Shaui Zhang but lost to Shuai Peng, Sweden, however, won the tie. Arvidsson made the finals at two ITF tournaments, in Ystad she was the tournament winner, and in a bigger tournament in The Bronx Arvidsson was runner up to Anna Chakvetadze. Arvidsson had mixed success on the WTA tour, but did however reach two further quarterfinals in the year in Strasbourg and in Memphis.

2011

Her best performance of the year was a semifinal in the WTA Swedish Open on clay, losing to compatriot Johanna Larsson.

2012

During her Fed Cup team competition in February in Eilat she won three straight singles matches and continued to play well in her favorite WTA tournament in Memphis, where she won the title against New Zealand player Erakovic. She participated in the Olympic Games, losing in the first round in both the singles (to Vera Zvonareva) and the mixed doubles (playing with Robert Lindstedt).^[2] Arvidsson reached the quarterfinals of the Sony Swedish Open in Båstad, losing to Mona Barthel.

2013

She played her best tennis in team competitions, beating Sloane Stephens in the Fed Cup and winning the Swedish league with Helsingborg.

2016

She announced her retirement at age 31 citing lack of motivation.^[3]

WTA finals

Singles (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 November 2005	Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada	Hard (i)	Amy Frazier	6–1, 7–5
Winner	1.	25 February 2006	U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Marta Domachowska	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	20 June 2010	U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Maria Sharapova	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2.	25 February 2012	U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Marina Erakovic	6–3, 6–4

Doubles (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	19 September 2010	Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	1.	15 April 2012	e-Boks Open, Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard	Kaia Kanepi	Kimiko Date-Krumm Rika Fujiwara	2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up	2.	23 February 2013	U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva	6–7(5–7), 3–6

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

ITF finals

Singles finals: 32 (20–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	5 November 2000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Sabrina Jolk	2–4 4–0 2–4 2–4
Winner	1.	30 September 2001	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Olivia Sanchez	6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Winner	2.	4 November 2001	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Susi Bensch	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	3 March 2002	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Carpet	Syna Schmidle	7–6, 3–5, ret.
Runner–up	2.	12 May 2002	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Winner	4.	30 June 2002	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Maria Wolfbrandt	7–5, 6–4
Winner	5.	20 October 2002	Southampton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Olga Barabanschikova	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Runner–up	3.	1 December 2002	Průhonice, Czech Republic	Clay	Anna Zaporozhanova	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	4.	2 February 2002	Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet	Mara Santangelo	6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	28 September 2003	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard	Tessy van de Ven	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	5.	12 October 2003	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Sybille Bammer	6–7, 2–6
Winner	7.	16 November 2003	Eugene, United States	Hard	Tara Snyder	6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	30 November 2003	Prague, Czech Republic	Carpet	Virginie Pichet	6–1, 6–2
Runner–up	6.	14 November 2004	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard (i)	Shenay Perry	2–6, 1–6
Winner	9.	6 February 2005	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Irina Bulykina	6–1, 6–1
Runner–up	7.	15 May 2005	Falkenberg, Sweden	Clay	Johanna Larsson	1–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	13 February 2007	St. Paul, United States	Hard (i)	Olga Govortsova	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	11.	2 July 2007	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Liana Ungur	6–7, 6–2, 6–0
Winner	12.	8 October 2007	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	6–3, 6–2
Winner	13.	15 October 2007	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katie O'Brien	6–3, 6–1
Winner	14.	5 May 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Séverine Brémond	7–6, 6–2
Runner–up	8.	23 November 2008	Odense, Denmark	Hard (i)	Caroline Wozniacki	2–6, 1–6
Winner	15.	21 September 2009	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Séverine Brémond	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	16.	12 October 2009	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Jelena Dokić	6–2, 7–6
Runner–up	9.	1 November 2009	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Jelena Dokić	4–6, 4–6
Winner	17.	28 June 2010	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Valeria Savinykh	6–3, 6–1
Runner–up	10.	29 August 2010	Bronx, United States	Hard (i)	Anna Chakvetadze	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	18.	25 October 2010	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Pauline Parmentier	6–2, 7–6
Runner–up	11.	23 October 2011	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Sorana Cîrstea	2–6, 2–6
Runner–up	12.	21 October 2013	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	19.	16 February 2015	Surprise, United States	Hard	Sanaz Marand	6–2, 6–1
Winner	20.	22 June 2015	Helsingborg, Sweden	Clay	Malin Ulvefeldt	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–2

Doubles (13–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	2 July 2000	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Kristina Jarkenstadt	Sussane Flipp Maria Wolfbrandt	6–4, 7–5
Runner–up	1.	5 November 2000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Kristina Jarkenstadt	Jenny Lindstrom Maria Wolfbrandt	0–4, 3–5, 0–4
Winner	2.	3 March 2002	Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Claudine Schaul	Anna Bastrikova Claudia Kardys	6–0, 7–5
Winner	3.	12 October 2003	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Kaia Kanepi	Yvonne Meusburger Hanna Nooni	6–3, 7–5
Winner	4.	15 February 2004	Midland, Texas, United States	Hard (i)	Åsa Svensson	Allison Baker Tara Snyder	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	10 May 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	Clay	Hanna Nooni	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Dragana Zarić	6–7, 3–6
Winner	5.	4 July 2004	Los Gatos, United States	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Nana Smith Lilia Osterloh	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	6.	6 February 2005	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Martina Müller	Dragana Zarić Katarina Mišić	6–2, 6–3
Winner	7.	18 February 2007	St. Paul, United States	Hard (i)	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Mervana Jugić-Salkić İpek Şenoğlu	7–6, 5–7, 7–6
Winner	8.	7 October 2007	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Melanie South Caroline Maes	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	9.	20 October 2007	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Veronika Chvojková Kathrin Wörle	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	22 June 2009	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Sandra Roma	Hanne Skak Jensen Johanna Larsson	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Winner	10.	3 July 2009	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Sandra Roma	Hanna Nooni Melanie Klaffner	6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	27 September 2009	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Séverine Brémond	Stéphanie Dubois Rebecca Marino	6–3, 6–1
Winner	12.	21 November 2009	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Michaëlla Krajicek	Arina Rodionova Tatiana Poutchek	6–3, 6–4
Winner	13.	23 October 2011	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Jill Craybas	Aurélie Védy Caroline Garcia	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]

References

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