Lena Sandin

Lena Sandin
Full name Lena Sandin
Country (sports)  Sweden
Born 1961
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 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 July, 1982 Hamburg, West Germany Category 1 Clay Sweden Elisabeth Ekblom Brazil Patricia Medrado
Brazil 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.
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