Anna-Karin Olsson

Anna-Karin Olsson (born 10 May 1967) is a Swedish former professional tennis and bandy player.[1]

Anna-Karin Olsson
Country (sports) Sweden
Born (1967-05-10) 10 May 1967
Kil, Sweden
Retired1990
Prize money$24,470
Singles
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 248 (21 December 1986)
Doubles
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 123 (29 August 1988)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open1R (1988)
US Open1R (1988)

Biography

Olsson grew up in Värmland.[2]

As a tennis player, Olsson competed on the professional tour in the 1980s and had a best singles ranking of 248. She was most successful as a doubles player, reaching the final of the 1988 Spanish Open and featuring in the main draw of both the French Open and US Open that year.[3]

She played bandy as a forward and started her career at IF Boltic, where she remained until 1989. From 1989 from 2004 she played for AIK and was a member of eight championship winning AIK teams, giving her a record 12 titles in total, having won four while at IF Boltic. She was the league's top shooter in 1998, 1999 and 2001. In 2016 she was inducted into the Swedish Bandy Hall of Fame.[4]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0–1)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss May, 1988 Barcelona, Spain Category 1 Clay María José Llorca Iva Budařová
Sandra Wasserman		 6–1, 3–6, 2–6

ITF finals

Singles (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 15 June 1987 Salerno, Italy Clay Laura Lapi 3–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 6 February 1989 Stavanger, Norway Hard Nanne Dahlman 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (1-2)
Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 15 July 1985 Båstad, Sweden Clay Karolina Karlsson Maria Lindström
Elisabeth Ekblom		 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 23 March 1987 Melbourne, Australia Hard Colleen Carney Louise Field
Belinda Cordwell		 2-6, 6-3, 3-6
Winner 3. 1 February 1988 Tapiola, Finland Hard Titia Wilmink Jackie Joseph
Ingrid Peltzer		 6–3, 6–2

References
  1. "Anna-Karin tog sitt 11:e SM-guld i bandy". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 16 March 2003.
  2. "Bandy: AIK svenska dammästare". Expressen (in Swedish). 15 March 2003.
  3. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Barcelona - 25 April - 01 May 1988". itftennis.com.
  4. "29. Anna-Karin Olsson". Skånes Bandyförbund (in Swedish).
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