Helena Ejeson

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Helena Ejeson
Full nameHelena Ejeson-Gould
Country (sports) 
ITF
Highest rankingNo. 198 (21 July 2003)

Helena Ejeson-Gould (born 3 January 1981) is a Swedish former professional tennis player.

Biography

A right-handed player from Kalmar, Ejeson played on the professional tour in the early 2000s and was most prominent in the doubles format, with a best world ranking of 198.

In 2002 she was a doubles quarter-finalist in two WTA Tour tournaments, Finland's Nordic Light Open and the Japan Open, beating Maria Sharapova/Maria Kirilenko in the latter.

Ejeson won three ITF doubles titles during her career, which included a $25,000 event in Nottingham in 2003, partnering Åsa Svensson.[1]

Retiring in 2004, she went on to study psychology at Lund University and was married in 2010 to Alastair Gould.[2]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 10 (3–7)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 29 November 1999 Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Beatriz Cabrera Rosendo Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
Czech Republic Petra Raclavská
0–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 13 August 2001 London, Great Britain Hard Republic of Ireland Claire Curran Czech Republic Eva Erbová
France Aurélie Védy
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up 3. 23 September 2001 Glasgow, Scotland Hard Czech Republic Eva Erbová Belgium Patty Van Acker
Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 17 June 2002 Velp, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Kika Hogendoorn Austria Sandra Klemenschits
Austria Daniela Klemenschits
2–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 10 September 2002 Hiroshima, Japan Clay Denmark Andrea Munch-Hermansen Japan Keiko Taguchi
Japan Maiko Inoue
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 30 March 2003 Rabat, Morocco Clay Sweden Helena Norfeldt South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
Austria Daniela Klemenschits
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 7 July 2003 Toruń, Poland Clay Australia Mireille Dittmann Czech Republic Zuzana Hejdová
Ukraine Olena Antypina
3–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 15 September 2003 Sunderland, Great Britain Hard Republic of Ireland Claire Curran Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk
Australia Nicole Kriz
6–2, 6–1
Winner 3. 28 October 2003 Nottingham, United Kingdom Hard Sweden Åsa Svensson Republic of Ireland Yvonne Doyle
Republic of Ireland Karen Nugent
6–3, 7–6(13-11)
Runner-up 7. 5 April 2004 Cairo, Egypt Clay Germany Annette Kolb Czech Republic Simona Dobrá
Czech Republic Hana Šromová
w/o

References

  1. ^ "Doyle and Nugent so close to Nottingham breakthrough". Independent. 5 November 2003.
  2. ^ "Spelar du fortfarande tennis?". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 31 December 2010.

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