Sofia Arvidsson

Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson (born 16 February 1984) is a retired Swedish tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 20 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 May 2006, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 29. On 12 September 2011, she peaked at No. 67 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Sofia Arvidsson
Arvidsson at the 2014 Wimbledon Qualifying
Full nameLena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceHalmstad
Born (1984-02-16) 16 February 1984
Halmstad
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,093,393
Singles
Career record458–327
Career titles2 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 29 (1 May 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2006)
French Open2R (2005, 2006, 2012)
Wimbledon2R (2005)
US Open2R (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Doubles
Career record123–121
Career titles1 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 67 (12 September 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2007, 2009, 2011)
French Open2R (2006, 2011)
Wimbledon1R (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
US Open2R (2011)
Team competitions
Fed Cup50–38

Career

Arvidsson began playing tennis at the age of eight. In 1999, she combined the ITF Junior and ITF Women's Circuit into her schedule, and in 1999 made the semifinals of a $10,000 women's event in Båstad. In 2000, she made the final of Nasbypark and had her first appearances in the Fed Cup.

2001

Arvidsson reached the finals of the junior Australian Open, losing to Jelena Janković. Her breakthrough came in the same year when she took titles in Sunderland and Stockholm (both $10,000 tournaments). She then won her third ITF title in Buchen, Germany. She stepped up her tournament game as she played qualifying at a $50,000 event in Dinan, where she qualified and defeated the world No. 146 in the main draw.

2002

In May 2002, Arvidsson reached her first $25k final, as a qualifier, eventually losing to Barbora Strýcová. In the same year, she lifted the Bastas $25k 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 US Open as a qualifier, where she made the final round of qualifying, losing to Brie Rippner. She made two more ITF finals in 2002, winning in Southampton ($25k) and losing in the final in Prague, which was her final event of the year.

2003

Her ranking now 147, Arvidsson began the year in WTA events mainly in qualifying. She failed to qualify in Hobart and the Australian Open, took a step down and played the $50k event in Ortisei, making the final that she lost 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, she took the $25k Glasgow crown and lost in the final of another $25k tournament in Jersey. She played a WTA event in Luxembourg again as a qualifier, making the second round before losing to Maria Sharapova. This was her best tournament as it was the first time she had won a WTA main-draw match. She then played the WTA event in Québec City where she made the second round of the main draw.

2005

Arvidsson made the quarterfinals in Tokyo, Kolkata and Stockholm in 2005 before reaching her first WTA final in Québec City, losing to Amy Frazier.

2006

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

2007

This slump continued in early 2007, before she won a Swedish tour event (Volkswagen Cup) beating Johanna Larsson. After that, she won the doubles and singles at the $50k event in St Paul. Then she returned as the defending champion to Memphis, beating Ekaterina Bychkova and Nicole Pratt on the way to a quarterfinal appearance against Meilen Tu, but lost. Arvidsson lost in the opening round of the Las Vegas $75k and Indian Wells to Michaëlla Krajicek. She qualified for Miami losing in three sets to Olga Puchkova. On clay in Estoril, she made the quarterfinals, losing to Gréta Arn in straight sets. At the end of the 2007 season, she hit back taking the $25k Nantes title in doubles, the $25k Glasgow doubles title and also the championship in singles at the $50k event in Joué-lès-Tours and the $25k event in Glasgow.

2008

Arvidsson started the season in Auckland at the ASB Classic beating Ahsha Rolle in the first round before a straight-sets loss to top seed Vera Zvonareva. She then moved to Sydney, gaining three straight set wins in qualifying by defeating Galina Voskoboeva, Stéphanie Dubois, Tzipora Obziler and in the main draw beat Elena Dementieva, before finally bowing out against Kaia Kanepi in the second round. In her first Grand Slam tournament of the year, Arvidsson made the second round, beating No. 10 seed Marion Bartoli, before losing to Marta Domachowska. She recorded another win in the Fed Cup, beating Patty Schnyder in three sets. She then reached the quarterfinals of the Tier II Proximus Diamond Games, eliminating Meilen Tu, and second seed and world No. 6, Anna Chakvetadze, in straight sets. She eventually lost to Li Na in a high quality match. She reached her second back-to-back quarterfinal in Memphis, after two three-set wins over Séverine Brémond and Stéphanie Dubois, before falling to Shahar Pe'er in a tight three-setter. In the same tournament, she recorded her best career WTA doubles result reaching the semifinals, partnering Melinda Czink. Arvidsson won her 14th ITF singles title in Zagreb, her biggest career title on the surface of clay. A knee injury at Wimbledon interrupted her season, but she returned for the Olympics (reaching round two, losing to Elena Dementieva) and then recorded a first round exit at Forest Hills.[1] She made the second round of the US Open and came close to beating Jelena Janković in a dramatic three-set match. She ended the year playing Swedish team tennis for Helsingsborg. Her team, which included Johanna Larsson, were the champions, remaining undefeated throughout the campaign.

2009

Arvidsson started the year playing three tournaments in Australia, Brisbane, Sydney and the Australian Open. She lost in the first round in all three of these events. She was included in the Swedish Fed Cup team alongside Johanna Larsson, Sandra Roma and Ellen Allgurin. She posted a 2–2 singles win-loss record and 2–1 in doubles. She then headed to the United States. Illness was a factor in her lack of results, as she lost in the first round in all three tournaments, Memphis, Indian Wells and Miami. She recorded her first official win of 2009 on the ITF Circuit in Torhout, beating Kristina Barrois. Arvidsson recorded her second win of the season in Zagreb, though she lost in the second round. Four back-to-back losses followed, including losses in both the French Open and Wimbledon qualifying. At a $25k event in Kristinehamn, she reached the semifinals as the top seed. Arvidsson and Sandra Roma also made the doubles final. She won her 16th career singles title in Saguenay, Canada, and her 11th doubles title at the same event. Arvidsson then posted a semifinal finish in Barnstaple losing to Johanna Larsson, two finals followed in which she played Jelena Dokić in both, with Arvidsson taking the Joué-lès-Tours title and Dokić beating her to claim the title in Poitiers.

2010

Arvidsson began in Auckland qualifying, and was beaten in the opening round by Julia Schruff. Next was the Australian Open qualifying, where, after three tough wins (including saving a match point against Marta Domachowska), she beat Jarmila Groth in the main draw before losing to Daniela Hantuchová. Arvidsson was once again selected to play Fed Cup for Sweden. Her singles success was mixed, losing to Wozniacki and Sevastova, but beating Anikó Kapros and Sybille Bammer. She then made the quarterfinals at the $100,000 tournament in 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 No. 2 seed Melanie Oudin in the quarterfinals and Anne Keothavong in the semifinals to reach the final. She lost in an hour to Maria Sharapova in the final. She made two second round finishes at the U.S. clay tournaments of Ponte Vedra Beach and Charleston. She was involved in Sweden's Fed Cup World Group II Play-off against China, where she beat Zhang Shuai but lost to Peng Shuai. Sweden, however, won the tie. Arvidsson made the finals at two ITF tournaments: in Ystad she was the tournament winner, and in a bigger tournament in The Bronx, she was runner-up to Anna Chakvetadze. She had mixed success on the WTA Tour, but reached two further quarterfinals in the year in Strasbourg and in Memphis.

2011

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

2012

During her Fed Cup team competition in February in Eilat she won three straight singles matches and continued to play well in her favorite WTA tournament in Memphis, where she won the title against New Zealand player Erakovic. She participated in the Olympic Games, losing in the first round in both the singles (to Vera Zvonareva) and the mixed doubles (playing with Robert Lindstedt).[1] She reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open in Båstad, losing to Mona Barthel.

2013
Arvidsson at the 2013 US Open

Arvidsson began her 2013 season at the Brisbane International. She upset seventh seed Sam Stosur in the first round.[2] She lost in the second round to Sloane Stephens.[3] In Sydney at the Apia International Sydney, Arvidsson was defeated in the final round of qualifying by Galina Voskoboeva. At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to qualifier Luksika Kumkhum.[4]

After the Australian Open, Arvidsson went on to play at the Open GDF Suez. She suffered a first-round loss at the hands of Alizé Cornet.[5] During the Fed Cup tie versus Argentina, she lost her first rubber to Florencia Molinero; she won her second rubber when her opponent, Paula Ormaechea, retired due to a torn ligament. In the end, Sweden won the tie over Argentina 3-2.[6]

2016

On 4 January 2016, Arvidsson announced her retirement from tennis.[7]

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Winner – Legend
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2005 Bell Challenge, Québec City Hard (i) Amy Frazier 6–1, 7–5
Win 1–1 Feb 2006 U.S. Indoor Championships, Memphis Hard (i) Marta Domachowska 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Jun 2010 U.S. Indoor Championships, Memphis Hard (i) Maria Sharapova 6–2, 6–1
Win 2–2 Feb 2012 U.S. Indoor Championships, Memphis Hard (i) Marina Erakovic 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Winner — Legend
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2010 Bell Challenge, Québec City Carpet (i) Johanna Larsson Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová		 6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 1–1 Apr 2012 Danish Open, Copenhagen Hard Kaia Kanepi Kimiko Date-Krumm
Rika Fujiwara		 2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 1–2 Feb 2013 U.S. Indoor Championships, Memphis Hard (i) Johanna Larsson Kristina Mladenovic
Galina Voskoboeva		 6–7(5–7), 3–6

ITF Circuit finals
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 32 (20–12)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 4 November 2000 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Sabrina Jolk 2–4, 4–0, 2–4, 2–4
Winner 1. 30 September 2001 Sunderland, Great Britain Hard (i) Olivia Sanchez 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Winner 2. 4 November 2001 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Susi Bensch 6–1, 6–2
Winner 3. 3 March 2002 Sunderland, Great Britain Carpet (i) Syna Schmidle 7–6, 3–5 ret.
Runner-up 2. 12 May 2002 Edinburgh, Great Britain Clay Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner 4. 30 June 2002 Båstad, Sweden Clay Maria Wolfbrandt 7–5, 6–4
Winner 5. 20 October 2002 Southampton, Great Britain Hard (i) Olga Barabanschikova 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 1 December 2002 Průhonice, Czech Republic Carpet (i) Anna Zaporozhanova 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 2 February 2003 Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i) Mara Santangelo 6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Winner 6. 28 September 2003 Glasgow, Great Britain Hard Tessy van de Ven 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 11 October 2003 Jersey, United Kingdom Hard (i) Sybille Bammer 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Winner 7. 16 November 2003 Eugene, United States Hard Tara Snyder 6–4, 6–4
Winner 8. 30 November 2003 Prague, Czech Republic Carpet (i) Virginie Pichet 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 14 November 2004 Pittsburgh, United States Hard (i) Shenay Perry 2–6, 1–6
Winner 9. 6 February 2005 Sunderland, Great Britain Hard (i) Irina Bulykina 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 7. 15 May 2005 Falkenberg, Sweden Clay Johanna Larsson 1–6, 3–6
Winner 10. 18 February 2007 St. Paul, United States Hard (i) Olga Govortsova 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner 11. 7 July 2007 Båstad, Sweden Clay Liana Ungur 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–0
Winner 12. 14 October 2007 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Kristina Barrois 6–3, 6–2
Winner 13. 21 October 2007 Glasgow, Great Britain Hard (i) Katie O'Brien 6–3, 6–1
Winner 14. 11 May 2008 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Séverine Brémond 7–6, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 23 November 2008 Odense, Denmark Hard (i) Caroline Wozniacki 2–6, 1–6
Winner 15. 27 September 2009 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) Séverine Brémond 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Winner 16. 18 October 2009 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Jelena Dokić 6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up 9. 1 November 2009 Poitiers, France Hard (i) Jelena Dokić 4–6, 4–6
Winner 17. 3 July 2010 Båstad, Sweden Clay Valeria Savinykh 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 10. 29 August 2010 Bronx, United States Hard (i) Anna Chakvetadze 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Winner 18. 31 October 2010 Poitiers, France Hard (i) Pauline Parmentier 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 11. 23 October 2011 Limoges, France Hard (i) Sorana Cîrstea 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 12. 27 October 2013 Poitiers, France Hard (i) Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner 19. 22 February 2015 Surprise, United States Hard Sanaz Marand 6–2, 6–1
Winner 20. 28 June 2015 Helsingborg, Sweden Clay Malin Ulvefeldt 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 16 (13–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 1 July 2000 Båstad, Sweden Clay Kristina Jarkenstadt Susanne Flipp
Maria Wolfbrandt		 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 4 November 2000 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Kristina Jarkenstadt Jenny Lindstrom
Maria Wolfbrandt		 0–4, 3–5, 0–4
Winner 2. 2 March 2002 Buchen, Germany Carpet (i) Claudine Schaul Anna Bastrikova
Claudia Kardys		 6–0, 7–5
Winner 3. 12 October 2003 Jersey, United Kingdom Hard (i) Kaia Kanepi Yvonne Meusburger
Hanna Nooni		 6–3, 7–5
Winner 4. 15 February 2004 Midland, Texas, United States Hard (i) Åsa Svensson Allison Baker
Tara Snyder		 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up 2. 15 May 2004 Stockholm, Sweden Clay Hanna Nooni Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Dragana Zarić		 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Winner 5. 4 July 2004 Los Gatos, United States Hard İpek Şenoğlu Nana Smith
Lilia Osterloh		 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Winner 6. 5 February 2005 Sunderland, Great Britain Hard (i) Martina Müller Dragana Zarić
Katarina Mišić		 6–2, 6–3
Winner 7. 18 February 2007 St. Paul, United States Hard (i) Antonella Serra Zanetti Mervana Jugić-Salkić
İpek Şenoğlu		 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 7–6(9–7)
Winner 8. 6 October 2007 Nantes, France Hard (i) Johanna Larsson Melanie South
Caroline Maes		 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner 9. 20 October 2007 Glasgow, Great Britain Hard (i) Johanna Larsson Veronika Chvojková
Kathrin Wörle		 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 22 June 2009 Kristinehamn, Sweden Clay Sandra Roma Hanne Skak Jensen
Johanna Larsson		 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Winner 10. 3 July 2009 Ystad, Sweden Clay Sandra Roma Hanna Nooni
Melanie Klaffner		 6–4, 6–4
Winner 11. 26 September 2009 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) Séverine Brémond Stéphanie Dubois
Rebecca Marino		 6–3, 6–1
Winner 12. 21 November 2009 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Michaëlla Krajicek Arina Rodionova
Tatiana Poutchek		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 13. 22 October 2011 Limoges, France Hard (i) Jill Craybas Aurélie Védy
Caroline Garcia		 6–4, 4–6, [10–7]

Grand Slam performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014W–L
Australian Open A Q1 1R Q1 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R Q1 4–9
French Open A Q1 Q2 2R 2R 1R 1R Q1 1R 1R 2R 1R Q1 3–8
Wimbledon A Q2 Q3 2R 1R Q2 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 1–6
US Open Q3 Q2 Q1 Q1 2R 1R 2R Q3 2R 1R 2R 2R Q1 5–7
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 4–4 0–3 2–4 0–1 2–4 0–4 2–4 1–4 0–0 13–30
Year-end ranking 167 113 176 67 63 102 64 124 52 78 41 120 271

Doubles
Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013W–L
Australian Open 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 3–6
French Open 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2–6
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0–6
US Open 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1–6
Win–Loss 1–4 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 3–4 0–4 0–4 6–24
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