Sofia Arvidsson

Sofia Arvidsson

Country	Sweden
Residence	Halmstad, Sweden
Born	16 February 1984 (1984-02-16) Halmstad, Sweden
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (1521⁄2 lbs.)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$834,812
Singles
Career record	290–196
Career titles	1 WTA (18 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 29 (1 May 2006)
Current ranking	No. 63 (24 October 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2006)
French Open	2R (2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2005)
US Open	2R (2006, 2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	85–73
Career titles	1 WTA (12 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 104 (23 November 2010)
Last updated on: 10 January 2011.

Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson (born February 16, 1984) is a Swedish tennis player. As of May 9, 2011, she is ranked World No. 77. Her highest career ranking is World No. 29.

Biography

Arvidsson began playing tennis at the age of 8 under her neighbor, a tennis coach. Her father, Yngve is a policeman and her mother, a piano teacher.

Career

1999

Arvidsson combined the ITF Junior circuit and ITF Women's Circuit into her schedule and in 1999 made the semi finals of a $10,000 women's event in Båstad, Sweden. In 2000 she made the finals of Nasbypark $10,000 and made her first appearances in the Fed Cup.

2001

Arvidsson was recognised for her talent when she made the finals of the junior Australian Open in 2001, losing to Jelena Janković 6–2 6–1. But her breakthrough came in the same year when she took the titles at the Sunderland $10,000 and Stockholm $10,000. Sofia then won her 3rd ITF Women's title in Buchen, Germany again a $10,000 event. Arvidsson stepped up her tournament game as she played Qualifying at a $50,000 event in Dinan, where she qualified and beat world number 146 in the main draw.

2002

In May 2002, Arvidsson reached her first $25,000 final, as a qualifier, eventually losing to Barbora Strýcová. In the same year, Sofia lifted the Bastas $25,000 trophy in her home country beating fellow Swede Maria Wolfbrandt in the final. Her ranking was now high enough to compete at Grand Slam level in qualifying. Her debut came at the 2002 US Open as a qualifier, Sofia made the final round of Qualifying losing to Brie Rippner. Arvidsson made 2 more ITF-finals in 2002 winning Southampton $25,000 and losing in the final at Prague which was her final event of the year.

2003

Arvidsson's ranking was now 147 and began the year in WTA events mainly in qualifying, Arvidsson failed to qualify at Hobart and the Australian Open. She took a step down and played the $50,000 event in Ortiesi, making the final before losing to Mara Santangelo. After the beginning of 2003, Arvidsson lost in the opening qualifying rounds of the French Open and Wimbledon. She won her first Grand Slam match at the US Open, beating Olga Blahotová. Two weeks later, Sofia took the $25,000 Glasgow crown and lost in the final of another $25,000 challenger in Jersey. Sofia played a WTA event in Luxembourg again as a Qualifer, she qualified and made the second round losing to Maria Sharapova. This was Arvidsson's best tournament as it was the first time she had won a WTA Main Draw match. She then played the WTA Event in Quebec City where she qualified again and made the second round in the main draw.

2005

Arvidsson only really became recognisable in the worldwide tennis world in 2005 where she made quarter Finals at Tokyo, Kolkata and Stockholm before reaching her first WTA final at Quebec City losing to Amy Frazier.

2006

She began 2006 at the Hopman Cup alongside Thomas Johansson, beating the eventual winners in the group stages (USA). Sofia then posted her best Grand Slam result at the Australian Open beating Dinara Safina in round 2 before losing to Anastasia Myskina. Arvidsson won her first WTA title at Memphis, Tennessee, beating polish player Marta Domachowska.

2007

This slump continued in early 2007, before Arvidsson won a Swedish Tour Event (Volkswagen Cup) beating Johanna Larsson 6–4 6–4. This gave her much needed confidence and with that she won the Doubles and Singles at the $50,000 event in St Paul. Then she returned as the defending champion at Memphis, beating Ekaterina Bychkova and Nicole Pratt on the way to a Quarter Final against Meilen Tu where she lost. Arvidsson lost in the opening round of the Las Vegas $75,000 and the Indian wells to Michaëlla Krajicek. Then Sofia qualified for Miami losing in 3 sets to Olga Poutchkova. On Clay in Estoril, Portugal, Arvidsson made the quarter finals losing to Gréta Arn 6–2 6–2. At the end of the 2007 season Sofia hit back, taking the $25,000 Nantes Doubles Title, the $25,000 Glasgow doubles title and also the championship in singles at $50,000 Toue Les Jours and $25,000 Glasgow.

2008

Sofia started her 2008 season in Auckland at the ASB Classic beating Ahsha Rolle in the 1st round before a straight sets loss to top seeder Vera Zvonareva. Arvidsson then moved to Sydney, gaining 3 straight set wins in qualifying by defeating Galina Voskoboeva, Stéphanie Dubois, Tzipora Obziler and in the main draw beat Elena Dementieva 6–1, 7–5, before finally bowing out against Kaia Kanepi in the second round of the main draw in 3 sets. In her first grand slam of the year Sofia made the second round, beating #10 Seeded Marion Bartoli, before losing to Marta Domachowska. Arvidsson recorded another great win in the Fed Cup, beating Patty Schnyder in 3 sets. She then reached the quarterfinals of the Tier II Proximus Diamond Games, eliminating Meilen Tu and second seed and world number 6 Anna Chakvetadze in straight sets 6–3, 7–5. She eventually lost to Na Li in a high-quality match 5–7, 4–6. Sofia reached her 2nd back to back quarter final in Memphis, after two 3 sets wins over Séverine Brémond and Stéphanie Dubois before falling to Shahar Pe'er in a tight 3-setter. In the same tournament Arvidsson recorded her best career WTA doubles result reaching the semi-finals partnering Melinda Czink. Arvidsson won her 14th ITF Circuit singles title in Zagreb, her biggest career title on the surface of clay. A knee injury at Wimbledon halted her season, Arvidsson returned with Olympics (R2) and a first round exit at Forest Hills. Sofia made the second round of the US Open and came close to beating Jelena Janković in a dramatic three set match. Sofia ended the year playing Swedish team tennis for Helsingsborg, her team including Johanna Larsson were the champions remaining undefeated throughout the campaign.

2009

Sofia started the year playing three tournaments in Australia, Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open. Arvidsson lost in the first round in all three of these events. Arvidsson was included in the Swedish Fed Cup team alongside Johanna Larsson, Sandra Roma and Ellen Allgurin. Sofia posted a 2–2 singles win-loss record and a 2–1 win-loss in doubles. Arvidsson then headed to the USA. Illness was a factor in Arvidsson's lack of results, as she lost in the first round in all three tournaments, Memphis, Indian Wells and Miami. Sofia recorded her first official win of 2009 on the ITF circuit in Torhout, beating Kristina Barrois 6–4 6–3. Arvidsson recorded her second win of the season in Zagreb, though she lost in the second round. Four back-to-back loses followed, including loses in both the French Open and Wimbledon qualifying. At a $25.000 event in Kristinehamn, Sofia reached the semi finals as the top seed. Sofia and Sandra Roma also made the doubles final. Arvidsson won her 16th career singles title in Saguenay in Canada, and her 11th doubles title at the same event. Sofia then posted a semi-final finish in Barnstaple losing to Johanna Larsson, two finals followed in which Sofia played Jelena Dokić in both, with Arvidsson taking the Joué-lès-Tours title and Dokic beating Sofia to claim the Poitiers title.

2010

Sofia began 2010 in Auckland qualifying, she was beaten in the opening round by Julia Schruff. Next was the Australian Open qualifying, where Sofia qualified after three tough wins (including saving a match point against Marta Domachowska). In the main draw Sofia beat Jarmila Groth before losing to Daniela Hantuchová. Sofia Arvidsson has once again been selected to play Fed Cup for Sweden. Her singles success was mixed, losing to Wozniacki and Sevastova, but beating Anikó Kapros and Sybille Bammer convincingly. Arvidsson then made the quarter finals at $100.000 Midland, losing to top seed Lucie Hradecká. As a qualifier and the 2006 champion, Arvidsson reached the finals of the Cellular South Cup in Memphis. She defeated #2 seed Melanie Oudin in the quarterfinals and Anne Keothavong in the semifinals to reach the finals. She ran out of gas and fell in an hour to Maria Sharapova in the final. Sofia made two second round finishes in the US Clay tournament of Ponte Vedra Beach and Charleston. Arvidsson was involved in Swedens Fed Cup world group 2 playoff against China, where she beat Shaui Zhang and lost to Shuai Peng, Sweden won the tie. Arvidsson made the finals at two ITF tournament, in Ystad she was the tournament winner, and in a bigger tournament in Bronx sofia was runner up to Anna Chakvetadze, Arvidsson had mixed success in WTA tournament but did however reach two further quarter finals in the year in Strasbourg and Memphis. Sofia's last tournament of the year was in Poitiers where she was runner up in 2009, she has once again made the final to be played on Sunday.

2011

Her best performance of the year was a semifinal in the WTA Swedish Open on clay, losing to compatriot Johanna Larsson.

WTA Tour finals

Singles finals: 3 (1–2)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (1–2)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–2) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	1.	6 November 2005	Quebec City, Canada	Hard (i)	Amy Frazier	6–1, 7–5
Winner	1.	25 February 2006	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Marta Domachowska	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	20 June 2010	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Maria Sharapova	6–2, 6–1

Doubles finals: 1 (1–0)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (1–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	19 September 2010	Quebec City, Canada	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–1, 2–6, [10–6]

Singles

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F

NMS

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-Off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	W-L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	LQ	1R	LQ	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	4–7
French Open	A	LQ	LQ	2R	2R	1R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	2–6
Wimbledon	A	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	LQ	1R	LQ	1R	1R	1–5
US Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	2R	LQ	2R		3–4
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	4–4	0–3	2–4	0–1	2–4	0–3	10–21
Year end ranking	167	113	176	67	63	02	64	124	52		N/A

ITF Singles Finals

Wins (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	30 September 2001	$10.000 Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard (I)	Olivia Sanchez	6–3, 2–6, 6–0
2.	4 November 2001	$10.000 Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (I)	Susi Bensch	6–1, 6–2
3.	3 March 2002	$10.000 Sunderland, Great Britain	Carpet	Syna Schmidle	7–6, 3–5 ret.
4.	30 June 2002	$25.000 Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Maria Wolfbrant	7–5, 6–4
5.	20 October 2002	$25.000 Southampton, Great Britain	Hard (I)	Olga Barabanschikova	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
6.	28 September 2003	$25.000 Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard	Tessy Van De Ven	3–6, 6–4 6–4
7.	16 November 2003	$50.000 Eugene, United States	Hard	Tara Snyder	6–4, 6–4
8.	30 November 2003	$50.000 Prague, Czech Republic	Carpet	Virginie Pichet	6–1, 6–2
9.	6 February 2005	$25.000 Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard (I)	Irina Bulykina	6–1, 6–1
10.	13 February 2007	$50.000 St. Paul, United States	Hard (I)	Olga Govortsova	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
11.	2 July 2007	$25.000 Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Liana Ungur	6–7, 6–2, 6–0
12.	8 October 2007	$50.000 Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (I)	Kristina Barrois	6–3, 6–2
13.	15 October 2007	$25.000 Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (I)	Katie O'Brien	6–3 6–1
14.	5 May 2008	$75.000 Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Severine Bremond	7–6, 6–2
15.	21 September 2009	$50.000 Saguenay, Canada	Hard (I)	Severine Bremond	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
16.	12 October 2009	$50.000 Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (I)	Jelena Dokić	6–2, 7–6
17.	28 June 2010	$25.000 Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Valeria Savinykh	6–3, 6–1
18.	25 October 2010	$100.000 Poitiers, France	Hard (I)	Pauline Parmentier	6–2, 7–6

Singles runner-ups (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	12 May 2002	$25.000 Edinburgh, Great Britain	Clay	Barbora Strycova	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
2.	1 December 2002	$25.000 Pruhonice, Czech Republic	Clay	Anna Zaporozhanova	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
3.	2 February 2002	$50.000 Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet	Mara Santangelo	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
4.	12 October 2003	$25.000 Jersey, Great Britain	Hard (I)	Sybille Bammer	7–6, 6–2
5.	14 November 2004	$50.000 Pittsburgh, United States	Hard (I)	Shenay Perry	6–2, 6–1
6.	15 May 2005	$10.000 Falkenberg, Sweden	Clay	Johanna Larsson	6–1, 6–3
7.	23 November 2008	$100.000 Odense, Denmark	Hard (I)	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 6–1
8.	1 November 2009	$100.000 Poitiers, France	Hard (I)	Jelena Dokić	6–4, 6–4
9.	29 August 2010	$100.000 Bronx, United States	Hard (I)	Anna Chakvetadze	4–6, 6–2 6–2
10.	23 October 2011	$50.000 Limoges, France	Hard (I)	Sorana Cirstea	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (13)

No. Date Tournament Partnering Opponents in Final Score in Final 1. 2000 Båstad, Sweden Kristina Jarkenstadt Sussane Flipp Maria Wolfbrandt 6–4, 7–5 2. 2002 Buchen, Germany Claudine Schaul Anna Bastrikova Claudia Kardys 6–0, 7–5 3. 2003 Jersey, Great Britain Kaia Kanepi Yvonne Meusburger Hanna Nooni 6–3, 7–5 4. 2003 Midland, Texas, United States Åsa Svensson Allison Baker Tara Snyder 7–6, 6–2 5. 2004 Los Gatos, United States İpek Şenoğlu Nana Smith Lilia Osterloh 6–1, 2–6, 6–4 6. 2005 Sunderland, Great Britain Martina Müller Dragana Zarić Katarina Misic 6–2, 6–3 7. 2007 St. Paul, United States Antonella Serra Zanetti Mervana Jugić-Salkić İpek Şenoğlu 7–6, 5–7, 7–6 8. 2007 Nantes, France Johanna Larsson Melanie South Caroline Maes 4–6, 7–5, (10–7) 9. 2007 Glasgow, Great Britain Johanna Larsson Veronika Chvojkova Kathrin Wörle 6–2, 6–3 10. 2009 Ystad, Sweden Sandra Roma Hanna Nooni Melanie Klaffner 6–4, 6–4 11. 2009 Saguenay, Canada Séverine Brémond Stéphanie Dubois Rebecca Marino 6–3, 6–1 12. 2009 Bratislava, Slovakia Michaëlla Krajicek Arina Rodionova Tatiana Poutchek 6–3, 6–4 13. 2011 Limoges, France Jill Craybas Aurelie Vedy Caroline Garcia 6-4, 4-6, (10-7) References External links Sofia Arvidsson at the Women's Tennis Association Sofia Arvidsson at the International Tennis Federation Sofia Arvidsson at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile Sofia Arvidsson at the Fed Cup Sofia Arvidsson's blog (Swedish) Sofia Arvidsson website