Anna-Karin Svensson

Anna-Karin Svensson (born 8 May 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Anna-Karin Svensson

Full name	Anna-Karin Svensson
Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	(1974-05-08) 8 May 1974 (age 51)
Retired	1998
Prize money	$23,814
Singles
Career record	61–51
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 280 (17 March 1997)
Doubles
Career record	97–36
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 160 (28 October 1996)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–4

Biography

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]

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	2 April 1995	Nairobi, Kenya	Hard	Ivona Mihailova	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	30 October 1995	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Åsa Svensson	1–6, 2–6
Win	3.	22 January 1996	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Karin Ptaszek	7–5, 6–3
Loss	4.	26 January 1997	Båstad, Sweden	Hard	Patty Van Acker	6–4, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles (14–10)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	7 February 1993	Rungsted, Denmark	Carpet	Camilla Persson	Christine Goy Vanessa Matthys	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	5 September 1993	Burgas, Bulgaria	Hard	Camilla Persson	Svetlana Krivencheva Elena Tatarkova	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	6 February 1994	Rungsted, Denmark	Carpet	Camilla Persson	Sofie Albinus Henriette Kjær Nielsen	w/o
Win	4.	10 July 1994	Lohja, Finland	Clay	Camilla Persson	Linda Jansson Katrina Saarinen	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5.	29 August 1994	London, England	Grass	Linda Jansson	Sabine Gerke Kristine Kurth	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	31 October 1994	Jūrmala, Latvia	Hard (i)	Linda Jansson	Natalia Noreiko Marina Stets	1–6, 5–7
Loss	7.	16 January 1995	Turku, Finland	Hard	Linda Jansson	Nanne Dahlman Petra Thorén	3–6, 4–6
Loss	8.	23 January 1995	Båstad, Sweden	Hard	Linda Jansson	Sandra Kleinová Jana Lubasová	4–6, 6–7
Win	9.	30 January 1995	Rungsted, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Linda Jansson	Anja Kostecki Karin Ptaszek	6–3, 6–1
Loss	10.	25 September 1995	Telford, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Kaye Hand	Samantha Smith Jane Wood	6–4, 6–7(8–6), 3–6
Win	11.	30 October 1995	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Karin Ptaszek	Sofia Finér Annica Lindstedt	6–1, 6–3
Win	12.	21 January 1996	Turku, Finland	Carpet (i)	Karin Ptaszek	Sofia Finér Annica Lindstedt	6–2, 6–4
Win	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
Win	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
Loss	19.	25 January 1997	Båstad, Sweden	Hard (i)	Patty Van Acker	Annica Lindstedt Dragana Zarić	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	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

See also

• List of Sweden Fed Cup team representatives