2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open | |
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Date | 30 July – 5 August |
Edition | 6th |
Category | Tier IV Series |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $145,000 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Agnieszka Radwańska | |
Doubles | |
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual |
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