Maria Ekstrand (born 2 March 1970) is a Swedish former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
player.
Ekstrand, who reached a best singles ranking of 149, claimed two $25,000 ITF titles during her career, in
Benin City
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in 1988 and
York, Pennsylvania
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in 1990. Most notably, Ekstrand won through to the second round of the
1991 Australian Open
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Seniors
Men's ...
, where she was eliminated by fourth seed
Gabriela Sabatini
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.
ITF finals
Singles: 5 (3–2)
Doubles: 8 (1–7)
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1970 births
Living people
Swedish female tennis players
20th-century Swedish women
21st-century Swedish women