Rebecca Peterson

Rebecca Peterson

Peterson at the 2012 US Open
Full name	Rebecca Peterson
Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	(1995-08-06) 6 August 1995 Stockholm, Sweden
Prize money	$62,154
Singles
Career record	89–46
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	162 (8 December 2014)
Current ranking	229 (9 March 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2013)
French Open Junior	3R (2012)
Wimbledon Junior	Q1 (2012)
US Open Junior	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	42–27
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	128 (9 March 2015)
Current ranking	128 (9 March 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	1R (2013)
French Open Junior	2R (2012)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2012)
US Open Junior	1R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–1
Last updated on: 9 March 2015.

Rebecca Peterson (born 6 August 1995 in Stockholm) is a Swedish tennis player.

Peterson has won one doubles title on the WTA tour, as well as six singles and four doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 8 December 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 162. On 9 March 2015, she peaked at world number 128 in the doubles rankings.

Peterson is the daughter of former tennis player Märt Peterson, an Estonian who left with his wife Miriam and older sister Berat to Sweden in 1990, just before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Peterson has played many tournaments in Estonia and is friends with Anett Kontaveit. The Estonian connection of the two has been heavily documented in the Estonian media.

Peterson made her WTA tour debut at the 2012 Swedish Open.

Playing for Sweden at the Fed Cup, Peterson has a win–loss record of 2–1.

WTA finals

Doubles (1–0)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 February 2015	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	3–0, ret.

ITF finals (10–5)

Singles (6–2)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–2) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 May 2013	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Zuzana Luknárová	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	21 October 2013	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tayisiya Morderger	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Winner	3.	28 October 2013	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Zuzana Luknárová	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 December 2013	Mérida, Mexico	Hard	Indy de Vroome	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	9 December 2013	Mérida, Mexico	Hard	Adriana Pérez	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	17 February 2014	Helsingborg, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jasmina Tinjić	1–6, 0–6
Winner	6.	20 October 2014	Perth, Australia	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	27 October 2014	Margaret River, Australia	Hard	Tereza Mrdeža	3–6, 3–6

Doubles (4–3)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (2–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	25 March 2013	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Malin Ulvefeldt	Alina Mikheeva Jillian O'Neill	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	13 May 2013	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Malin Ulvefeldt	Ellen Allgurin Beatrice Cedermark	3–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	27 May 2013	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Lee Or	Saray Sterenbach Ekaterina Tour	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	2 December 2013	Mérida, Mexico	Hard	Hilda Melander	Chieh-Yu Hsu María Irigoyen	4–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up	3.	28 July 2014	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Hilda Melander	Diana Buzean Arabela Fernández Rabener	5–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	1 September 2014	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Richèl Hogenkamp Lesley Kerkhove	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 March 2015	Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	Beatriz García Vidagany Florencia Molinero	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

External links

• Rebecca Peterson at the Women's Tennis Association
• Rebecca Peterson at the Billie Jean King Cup