Maria Ekstrand

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Maria Ekstrand
Country (sports)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Born (1970-03-02) 2 March 1970 (age 52)
Prize money$69,254
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 149 (15 July 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1991)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 142 (9 July 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1989, 1990, 1991)

Maria Ekstrand (born 2 March 1970) is a Swedish former professional tennis player.

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Ekstrand, who reached a best singles ranking of 149, claimed two $25,000 ITF titles during her career, in Benin City in 1988 and York, Pennsylvania in 1990. Most notably, Ekstrand won through to the second round of the 1991 Australian Open, where she was eliminated by fourth seed Gabriela Sabatini. [1]

ITF finals

$75,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (3–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.1 February 1988 Tapiola, FinlandHard Flag of Germany.svg Martina Pawlik 4–6, 4–6
Winner1.28 November 1988 Okpe, NigeriaHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Titia Wilmink 7–5, 7–6
Winner2.5 December 1988 Benin City, NigeriaHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Titia Wilmink 6–1, 6–4
Winner3.1 October 1990 York, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Stacey Schefflin 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up2.18 January 1993 Helsinki, FinlandCarpet Flag of Italy.svg Elena Savoldi 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 8 (1–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.2 February 1987 Hørsholm, DenmarkCarpet Flag of Denmark.svg Lone Vandborg Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Strandlund
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonna Jonerup
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up2.21 September 1987 Llorca, SpainClay Flag of Sweden.svg Monica Lundqvist Flag of Norway.svg Amy Jönsson Raaholt
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Paulette Moreno
6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Runner-up3.25 April 1988 Sutton, United KingdomClay Flag of Sweden.svg Monica Lundqvist Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Amanda Grunfeld
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jo Louis
6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up4.28 November 1988 Okpe, NigeriaHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jana Koran Flag of the Netherlands.svg Titia Wilmink
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Corine Bousmans
6–7(0), 1–6
Winner1.5 December 1988 Benin City, NigeriaHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Titia Wilmink Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Corine Bousmans
Flag of the United States.svg Hemel Meghani
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up5.17 July 1989 Darmstadt, West GermanyClay Flag of Switzerland.svg Michèle Strebel Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Holubová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nora Bajčíková
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up6.21 October 1991 Ōita, JapanHard Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lohmann Flag of Mexico.svg Lupita Novelo
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kristine Kunce
1–6, 5–7
Runner-up7.18 January 1993 Helsinki, FinlandCarpet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vanessa Matthys Flag of Italy.svg Susanna Attili
Flag of Italy.svg Elena Savoldi
7–5, 3–6, 3–6

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