Malou Ejdesgaard

Malou Ejdesgaard

Ejdesgaard at the 2010 WTA Charleston
Country (sports)	Denmark
Residence	Copenhagen
Born	(1991-03-13) 13 March 1991 (age 32) Copenhagen
Turned pro	2010
Retired	2014
Plays	Right (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	$33,761
Singles
Career record	35–74 (32.1%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 717 (13 September 2010)
Doubles
Career record	91–86 (51.4%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 252 (23 July 2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–8

Malou Ejdesgaard (born 13 March 1991) is a Danish former tennis player.

She was a member of the Denmark Fed Cup team from 2010 ^[1] until just before her retirement in 2014. ^{[2] [3]}

Professional career

Ejdesgaard made her WTA Tour debut playing the qualifying for the 2007 Nordic Light Open, but lost to domestic player Aleksandra Srdinović, 4–6, 4–6. ^[4] In 2008, in the first round of qualifying at the China Open, she lost to Zhang Shuai, 1–6, 2–6. ^[5]

She received a wildcard to play at the 2008 Danish Open and lost to Jasmina Tinjić in round one. ^[6]

2010

In April 2010, Ejdesgaard lost in the first qualifying round of the MPS Group Championships to Arina Rodionova, 3–6, 6–7. ^[7] She also failed to qualify for the Slovenia Open. ^[8]

She made her professional singles debut at the WTA Tour event Danish Open, losing to Tatjana Malek in the first round, 0–6, 1–6.

Ejdesgaard won four $10k doubles tournaments in 2010. She suffered a season-ending knee injury in September, but made a full recovery and returned to playing tennis on the ITF Circuit in May 2011.

2011

Ejdesgaard received a wildcard to play at the Danish Open once again, but lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in round one.

She was most successful in doubles play on the ITF Circuit and won a number of doubles titles, including the events at Alcobaça and Valladolid.

2012

For the fourth time, she got a wildcard for the Danish Open, but was double-bageled by Alizé Cornet in the first round. ^[9]

She reached the doubles final of the ITF event in Aschaffenburg with Réka Luca Jani, losing to Florencia Molinero and Stephanie Vogt. ^[10]

2014

On 11 May, Ejdesgaard announced her retirement from the tour, ^[11] saying she'd only play national and club games.

Personal life

Ejdesgaard is a close friend of former world No. 1 tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, her Danish teammate, with whom she also plays some WTA Tour tournaments. ^[12] They tried to gain an entry to the 2012 Summer Olympics in doubles. ^[13] Ejdesgaard has played with Wozniacki in five tournaments – in 2008 at Odense, in 2010 at Ponte Vedra Beach, Charleston & Copenhagen, and in 2011 at Copenhagen. ^[14] They lost in the first round and twice in the second round, respectively.

ITF finals

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	2 July 2011	ITF Melilla, Spain	Hard (i)	Rocio de la Torre-Sanchez	0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 18 (7–11)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	2 November 2008	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Anna Brazhnikova	Helene Auensen Ulrikke Eikeri	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss	2.	19 June 2009	ITF Gausdal, Norway	Hard	Helene Auensen	Victoria Larrière Zuzana Linhová	6–3, 4–6, [0–10]
Loss	3.	9 August 2009	ITF Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Ester Masuri	Diāna Marcinkēviča Anna Orlik	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	4.	11 September 2009	ITF Rousse, Bulgaria	Clay	Dia Evtimova	Ioana Ivan Simona-Iulia Matei	1–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	14 November 2009	ITF Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Tímea Babos	Kiki Bertens Daniëlle Harmsen	5–7, 5–7
Win	1.	17 January 2010	ITF Le Gosier, Guadeloupe	Hard	Alizé Lim	Kayla Rizzolo Katie Ruckert	6–1, 5–7, [10–3]
Win	2.	20 March 2010	GB Pro-Series Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katarzyna Piter	Jade Curtis Anna Fitzpatrick	6–3, 6–2
Win	3.	25 June 2010	ITF Gausdal, Norway	Hard	Zuzana Linhová	Karina Isayan Anastasia Mukhametova	6–2, 6–3
Win	4.	3 September 2010	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Gally de Wael Janina Toljan	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6.	20 May 2011	ITF Durban, South Africa	Hard (i)	Nicole Rottmann	Jennifer Allan Surina De Beer	2–6, 6–4 [8–10]
Loss	7.	27 May 2011	ITF Durban, South Africa	Hard (i)	Nicole Rottmann	Kateřina Kramperová Zuzana Linhová	3–6, 6–3 [8–10]
Win	5.	25 June 2011	ITF Alcobaça, Portugal	Hard	Alenka Hubacek	Mariana Correa Danielle Mills	6–2, 7–5
Loss	8.	1 July 2011	ITF Melilla, Spain	Hard (i)	Alenka Hubacek	Aselya Arginbayeva Tanya Samodelok	6–1, 3–6 [7–10]
Win	6.	9 July 2011	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Victoria Larrière	Vanesa Furlanetto Aranza Salut	6–0, 6–3
Loss	9.	12 November 2011	GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK	Hard (i)	Amanda Elliott	Tara Moore Francesca Stephenson	6–3, 2–6, [3–10]
Loss	10.	15 July 2012	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Florencia Molinero Stephanie Vogt	3–6, 6–7(3)
Win	7.	28 September 2012	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Tatiana Búa Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	5–7, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss	11.	22 April 2013	ITF San Severo, Italy	Clay	Martine Ditlev	Despina Papamichail Giulia Sussarello	1–6, 4–6

Fed Cup participation

Singles

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2010 Europe/Africa Zone	SF	6 February 2010	Israel	Hard (i)	Julia Glushko	Loss	6–4, 0–1 ret.

Doubles

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Result
2010 Europe/Africa Zone	RR	4 February	Hungary	Hard (i)	Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard	Réka Luca Jani Zsófia Susányi	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
		5 February	Latvia		Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard	Līga Dekmeijere Irina Kuzmina	Loss	7–5, 4–6, 2–6

References

1. Malou Ejdesgaard at the Fed Cup
2. Malou Ejdesgaard [@LouEjdesgaard] (7 February 2014). "Playing against Norway today ! #FedCup" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
4. International Tennis Federation: Women's Singles – Qualifying Draw (Knock out) Archived 20 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine for the 2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open
5. International Tennis Federation: Women's Singles – Qualifying Draw (Knock out) ^{[ permanent dead link ]} for the 2008 China Open
6. 'Tinjic easily gets past Ejdesgaard'
7. International Tennis Federation: Women's Singles – Qualifying Draw (Knock out) ^{[ permanent dead link ]} for the 2010 MPS Group Championships
8. International Tennis Federation: Women's Singles – Qualifying Draw (Knock out) Archived 20 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine for the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
9. 'Cornet crushes Ejdesgaard in WTA Copenhagen'
10. 'Molinero-Vogt win ITF Aschaffenburg doubles'
11. Malou Ejdesgaard [@LouEjdesgaard] (11 May 2014). "I have decided to end my pro tennis career and I will only be playing club matches a national tournaments from now on..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
12. Official Website of Caroline Wozniacki:Caroline’s Blog: Hello from Ponte Vidra, Florida Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine (6 April 2010)
13. Official Website of Caroline Wozniacki: Caroline To Play Doubles in 2012 Olympics in London Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine (9 March 2010)
14. WTA Tour: Copenhagen Gallery (8 August 2010)

External links

• Malou Ejdesgaard at the Women's Tennis Association
• Malou Ejdesgaard at the International Tennis Federation
• Malou Ejdesgaard at the Billie Jean King Cup