Lena Sandin

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

Lena Sandin
Country (sports) Sweden
Born (1961-06-08) 8 June 1961
Retired1989
Prize money$88,544
Singles
Career record15–24
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 91 (6 June 1983)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open2R (1981)
Wimbledon2R (1983)
US Open1R (1980, 1982, 1983)
Doubles
Career record28–16
Career titles1 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 178 (11 April 1988)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open2R (1981)
US Open1R (1982, 1983)

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 Elisabeth Ekblom Patricia Medrado
Cláudia Monteiro		 7–6, 6–3

ITF finals

Singles (9–2)
Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 26 July 1979 Båstad, Sweden Clay Elisabeth Ekblom 6–7, 3–6
Win 2. 28 September 1979 Madrid, Spain Clay Belinda Thompson 6–1, 6–3
Win 3. 14 October 1979 Barcelona, Spain Clay Iva Budařová w/o
Win 4. 7 July 1980 Neumünster, West Germany Clay Helga Niessen Masthoff 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Win 5. 1 March 1981 Greenville, United States Hard Roberta McCallum 7–5, 6–2
Win 6. 26 July 1981 Båstad, Sweden Clay Catrin Jexell 6–2, 7–6
Loss 7. 27 June 1982 Rheda-Wiedenbrück, West Germany Clay Lea Plchová 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 8. 18 July 1982 Båstad, Sweden Clay Manuela Maleeva 6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win 9. 19 September 1982 Landshut, West Germany Clay Steffi Graf 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 10. 7 November 1983 Gothenburg, United States Hard Catarina Lindqvist 6–2, 6–0
Win 11. 7 February 1987 Rungsted, Denmark Carpet Sandra Wasserman 6–2, 6–0

Doubles (7–3)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 28 September 1979 Madrid, Spain Clay Kate Brasher Susana Maria Villaverde
Isabelle Villiger		 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2. 14 July 1980 Båstad, Sweden Clay Helena Anliot Nina Bohm
Elisabeth Ekblom		 W/O
Loss 3. 14 June 1981 Neumünster, West Germany Clay Elly Appel-Vessies Maria Lindström
Catarina Lindqvist		 6–7, 2–6
Loss 4. 18 April 1982 Lecce, Italy Clay Elisabeth Ekblom Manuela Maleeva
Renata Šašak		 2–6, 6–2, 6–8
Win 5. 25 April 1982 Catania, Italy Clay Elisabeth Ekblom Gabriela Dinu
Karin Stampfli		 6–4, 6–3
Win 6. 26 January 1987 Stavanger, Norway Carpet Catrin Jexell Denisa Krajčovičová
Radka Zrubáková		 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win 7. 29 February 1988 Jaffa, Israel Hard Eva Lena Olsson Dalia Koriat
Petra Thorén		 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 8. 7 March 1988 Haifa, Israel Hard Anne Aallonen Ilana Berger
Yael Segal		 6–1, 7–5
Win 9. 14 March 1988 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Anne Aallonen Lesley O'Halloran
Heidi Rosenbaum		 6–4, 6–2
Win 10. 21 March 1988 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Anne Aallonen Eva Lena Olsson
Diane Samungi		 7–5, 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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