Lena Sandin

Lena Sandin

Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	(1961-06-08) 8 June 1961 (age 63) Tyresö, Sweden
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Retired	1989
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$88,544
Singles
Career record	15–24
Highest ranking	No. 91 (6 June 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1981)
Wimbledon	2R (1983)
US Open	1R (1980, 1982, 1983)
Doubles
Career record	28–16
Career titles	1 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 178 (11 April 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (1981)
US Open	1R (1982, 1983)

Lena Sandin (born 8 June 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Biography

Sandin won the girls' singles title at the 1979 French Open, with a win in the final over American Mary-Lou Piatek.

She represented the Sweden Fed Cup team in a total of six ties, the first in 1979. This included the quarter-final loss to Australia in 1980, where she gave Sweden a winning start by beating Dianne Fromholtz in the opening singles rubber. ^[1]

At the 1980 US Open she took a set off the second seeded Martina Navratilova in a first-round loss. ^[2]

She won a doubles title at Hamburg in 1982, partnering countrywoman Elisabeth Ekblom. ^[3]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (1-0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Jul 1982	Hamburg, West Germany	Category 1	Clay	Elisabeth Ekblom	Patricia Medrado Cláudia Monteiro	7–6, 6–3

References

1. "Sandin Stuns Fromholtz". Daytona Beach Morning Journal . 31 October 1980. p. 5C. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
2. "US Open: Navratilova beats Allen". The Canberra Times . ACT, Australia. 31 August 1980. p. 25. Retrieved 10 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.
3. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Hittfield - 05 July - 11 July 1982". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 26 January 2018.

External links

• Lena Sandin at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lena Sandin at the International Tennis Federation
• Lena Sandin at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)