Eva Dyrberg

Eva Dyrberg

Country	Denmark
Residence	Copenhagen, Denmark
Born	17 February 1980 (1980-02-17) Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	July 1999
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$225,826
Singles
Career record	140–95
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	77 (20 May 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2002, 2003)
French Open	1R (2002)
Wimbledon	1R (2002)
US Open	1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	75–73
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	90 (9 October 2000)
Last updated on: 25 December 2009.

Eva Dyrberg (born 17 February 1980) is a Danish tennis player. As a junior player, she won 1998 Wimbledon Championships with Jelena Kostanić and 1998 US Open with Kim Clijsters. In 1998, Dyrberg was also ranked World No. 1 in junior doubles and was named ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion. During her professional career, she won four singles and five doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation, defeating players such as Magdalena Maleeva, Tathiana Garbin, Maria Elena Camerin, Nicole Pratt, and reaching one doubles final at WTA Tour, at Sanex Trophy in 2000. She retired from professional tennis after the 2003 Australian Open.

Personal life

Dyrberg was born to Christian and Gunhild Dyrberg, and has a sister Anne. She began playing tennis aged six, admiring Steffi Graf. Personally, she admires Nelson Mandela because of his importance for the peaceful and democratic development in South Africa. Dyrberg earned her high school degree in 1999. She is coached by Ola Kristiansson and former WTA Tour player Tine Scheuer-Larsen.

Awards and nominations

• 1998 — ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion

Career statistics

WTA Tour doubles finals (1; 1–0)

Legend
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)
Tier IV (0/1)
Grand Slam (0/0)
WTA Tour Championship (0/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Result
RU	1.	23 July 2000	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Catherine Barclay	Giulia Casoni Iroda Tulyaganova	6–2, 4–6, 4–6

ITF singles finals (7; 4–3)

$50,000 to $100,000

$10,000 to $25,000

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Result
Winner	1.	08–11–98	Rungsted	Hard (i)	Maret Ani	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	21–03–99	Ashkelon	Hard	Tatiana Perebiynis	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	19–03–00	Lisbon	Clay	Marina Samoilenko	6–3, 6–0
Winner	4.	11–02–01	Redbridge	Hard (i)	Claudine Schaul	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	08–04–01	Ciudad Juarez	Clay	Nathalie Vierin	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	15–10–01	Cardiff	Carpet (i)	Julie Pullin	1–6, 7–6(1), 2–6
Runner-up	3.	21–10–01	Southampton	Hard (i)	Irina Selyutina	6–2, 4–6, 6–3

ITF doubles finals (8; 5–3)

$50,000 to $100,000

$10,000 to $25,000

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Result
Runner-up	1.	26–10–97	Joué-lès-Tours	Hard (i)	Maiken Pape	Milena Nekvapilova Hana Šromová	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	04–10–98	Glasgow	Carpet (i)	Lydia Steinbach	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	2.	11–07–99	Civitanova	Clay	Daniela Hantuchová	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados	7–6(3), 4–6, 6–4
Winner	3.	05–12–99	Cergy Pontoise	Hard (i)	Jasmin Wöhr	Anca Barna Adriana Barna	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	11–03–00	Urtijëi	Hard (i)	Angelika Bachmann	Giulia Casoni Antonella Serra Zanetti	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	08–10–01	Batumi	Carpet (i)	Mariana Díaz-Oliva	Tatiana Perebiynis Tatiana Poutchek	4–1, 2–4, 1–4, 2–4
Winner	4.	11–03–01	Urtijëi	Hard (i)	Angelika Bachmann	Ekaterina Kozhokina Kelly Liggan	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	29–07–01	Ettenheim	Clay	Maja Matevžič	Katalin Marosi Irina Selyutina	W/O

Fed Cup singles performances (28; 18–10)

Edition	Zone	Round	Against	Surface	Opponent	Result
1997	Europe/Africa Group II A	RR	Armenia	Clay	Aida Khalatian	7–5, 6–0
			Estonia		Helene Holter	2–6, 6–4, 6–0
			Lithuania		Indre Kastanauskaite	6–1, 6–0
			Egypt		Ingy El Taweel	6–2, 6–1
			Great Britain		Clare Wood	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1998			Lithuania		Ilona Jarkova	6–0, 6–2
			Cyprus		Daphne Nicolatou	0–6, 0–6
			Algeria		Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer	6–1, 6–1
			Tunisia		Selima Sfar	7–6(2), 6–2
1999	Europe/Africa Group I A	RR	South Africa		Amanda Coetzer	2–6, 5–7
			Ukraine		Elena Tatarkova	6(3)–7, 1–6
			Latvia		Larisa Savchenko	2–6, 0–6
2000	Europe/Africa Group II B	RR	Liechtenstein		Sabrina Vogt	6–0, 6–0
			Iceland		Iris Staub	6–0, 6–0
			Bosnia and Herzegovina		Azra Resić	6–2, 6–4
			Tunisia		Selima Sfar	NP
2001	Europe/Africa Group I D	RR	Israel		Anna Smashnova	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
			Luxembourg		Anne Kremer	6–3, 3–2, retired
			Bulgaria		Antoaneta Pandjerova	6–4, 6–0
			Greece		Eleni Daniilidou	1–6, 6(5)–7
2002	Europe/Africa Group II	RR	Tunisia	Hard	Mariem Nissaf Bouchlaka	6–0, 6–0
			Lithuania		Edita Liachovicuite	6–3, 6–0
		QF	Latvia		Katrina Bandere	6–3, 6–3
2003	Europe/Africa Group I C	RR	Ukraine	Clay	Elena Tatarkova	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
			South Africa		Amanda Coetzer	3–6, 2–6
			Romania		Edina Gallovits	6–1, 6–0
2006	Europe/Africa Group I B	RR	Serbia and Montenegro		Ana Timotić	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
2007	Europe/Africa Group I A	RR	Romania		Mădălina Gojnea	3–6, 4–6
2008	Europe/Africa Group I B	RR	Hungary	Carpet (i)	Gréta Arn	3–6, 3–6

Fed Cup doubles performances (24; 13–11)

Edition	Zone	Round	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Result
1997	Europe/Africa Group II A	RR	Estonia	Clay	Sofie Albinus	Helen Laupa Liina Suurvarik	6–1, 6–1
			Lithuania		Mette Iversen	Vaida Martinkute Galina Misiuriova	6–3, 6–1
			Great Britain		Sofie Albinus	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	4–6, 2–6
1998			Lithuania		Maria Rasmussen	Ruta Deduraite Edita Liachoviciute	6–2, 6–0
			Algeria		Maria Rasmussen	Feriel Esseghir Lamia Hameurlaine	6–2, 6–1
1999	Europe/Africa Group I A	RR	South Africa		Charlotte Aagaard	Amanda Coetzer Liezel Horn	2–6, 2–6
			Latvia		Charlotte Aagaard	Katrina Bandere Larisa Savchenko	3–6, 4–6
2000	Europe/Africa Group II B	RR	Botswana		Charlotte Aagaard	Kelesitse Makgale Ntswaki Mawela	6–0, 6–2
			Bosnia and Herzegovina		Charotte Aagaard	Medina Bajrambašić Lejla Husić	6–1, 6–1
2001	Europe/Africa Group I D	RR	Luxembourg		Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard	Mandy Minella Claudine Schaul	6–0, 6–3
			Bulgaria		Maria Rasmussen	Antoaneta Pandjerova Desislava Topalova	1–6, 4–6
2003	Europe/Africa Group I C	RR	Ukraine		Mette Iversen	Yuliya Beygelzimer Elena Tatarkova	7–6(3), 6–4
			Romania		Mette Iversen	Edina Gallovits Magda Mihalache	6(2)–7, 6–4, 6–0
2006	Europe/Africa Group I B	RR	South Africa		Hanne Skak Jensen	Lizaan Du Plessis Alicia Pillay	6–2, 6–0
			Slovenia		Hanne Skak Jensen	Tina Obrež Diana Nakič	3–1
2007	Europe/Africa Group I A	RR	Switzerland		Hanne Skak Jensen	Timea Bacsinszky Emmanuelle Gagliardi	5–7, 1–6
			Netherlands		Caroline Wozniacki	Elise Tamaela Nicole Thyssen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
			Romania		Caroline Wozniacki	Mădălina Gojnea Monica Niculescu	4–6, 5–7
		SF	Hungary		Hanne Skak Jensen	Kyra Nagy Ágnes Szávay	4–6, 7–5, 0–6
2008	Europe/Africa Group I A	RR	Hungary	Carpet (i)	Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard	Gréta Arn Ágnes Szávay	2–6, 2–6
			Switzerland		Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard	Patty Schnyder Stefanie Vögele	1–6, 6–1, 4–6
			Great Britain		Caroline Wozniacki	Elena Baltacha Anne Keothavong	6–3, 6–2
2009	Europe/Africa Group I C	RR	Belarus	Hard	Caroline Wozniacki	Victoria Azarenka Olga Govortsova	0–6, 4–6
			Austria		Hanne Skak Jensen	Melanie Klaffner Sandra Klemenschits	2–6, 3–6
			Slovenia		Hanne Skak Jensen	Andreja Klepač Maša Zec Peškirič	6–4, 6–2

Grand Slam girls' doubles finals (2; 2–0)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Result
Winners	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Jelena Kostanić	Petra Rampre Iroda Tulyaganova	6–2, 7–6
Winners	1998	US Open	Hard	Kim Clijsters	Jelena Dokić Evie Dominikovic	7–6, 6–4

External links

• Eva Dyrberg at the Women's Tennis Association
• Eva Dyrberg at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by Irina Selytina & Cara Black

ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion 1998

Succeeded by Daniela Bedáňová