Linda Jansson

Linda Jansson (born 10 September 1974) is a Finnish former professional tennis player.

Linda Jansson
Country (sports) Finland
Born (1974-09-10) 10 September 1974
Åland Islands
Prize money$15,356
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 488 (30 October 1995)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 233 (17 July 1995)

Biography

Jansson comes from the Åland Islands, a Swedish speaking autonomous region of Finland.[1]

As a professional player she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 233 and six ITF titles. She played the doubles rubber in 10 Fed Cup ties for Finland, including a World Group quarter-final against Australia in 1993, which was the team's best ever run in the competition. Outside of tennis, she also competed in the sport of racketlon and was the world champion in 2006, by which stage she was competing for Sweden.[2]

Since retiring she has remained involved in tennis, as an administrator and coach in Sweden. She has served on the board of the Swedish Tennis Federation and was a tournament director for the Nordic Light Open WTA Tour tournament.[3]

ITF finals

Singles (0–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 19 March 1995 Gaborone, Botswana Hard Cara Black 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 15 October 1995 La Paz, Bolivia Clay Carmiña Giraldo 2–6, 4–6

Doubles (6–7)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 17 January 1994 Turku, Finland Carpet (i) Katrina Saarinen Radka Suraková
Helena Vildová		 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 10 July 1994 Lohja, Finland Clay Katrina Saarinen Camilla Persson
Anna-Karin Svensson		 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 29 August 1994 London, United Kingdom Grass Anna-Karin Svensson Sabine Gerke
Kristine Kurth		 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 31 October 1994 Jūrmala, Latvia Hard (i) Anna-Karin Svensson Natalia Noreiko
Marina Stets		 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up 5. 16 January 1995 Turku, Finland Hard Anna-Karin Svensson Nanne Dahlman
Petra Thorén		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 23 January 1995 Båstad, Sweden Hard Anna-Karin Svensson Sandra Kleinová
Jana Lubasová		 4–6, 6–7
Winner 1. 30 January 1995 Rungsted, Denmark Carpet (i) Anna-Karin Svensson Anja Kostecki
Karin Ptaszek		 6–3, 6–1
Winner 2. 8 October 1995 Lima, Peru Hard Maria-Farnes Capistrano Bárbara Castro
María-Alejandra Quezada		 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Winner 3. 15 October 1995 La Paz, Bolivia Clay Maria-Farnes Capistrano Laura Bernal
Paula Racedo		 7–5, 6–2
Winner 4. 9 September 1996 Bangkok, India Hard Khoo Chin-bee Kim Hye-jeong
Chotika Wannachinda		 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Winner 5. 2 February 1997 Rungsted, Denmark Carpet (i) Annica Lindstedt Kristina Pojatina
Dragana Zarić		 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner 6. 9 February 1997 Reykjavík, Iceland Carpet (i) Annica Lindstedt Adrienn Hegedűs
Nóra Köves		 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 29 June 1997 Bastad, Sweden Clay Sofia Finér Annica Lindstedt
Anna-Karin Svensson		 W/O

References
  1. "Sporten med fyra racketar". Skånska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 15 January 2009.
  2. "Dubbla medaljer för Linda Jansson". Ålandstidningen (in Swedish). 19 August 2008.
  3. "Linda Jansson leder Nordic Light Open". Ålandstidningen (in Swedish). 7 December 2007.
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