Sandra Roma (born 31 March 1990) is a former

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player from Sweden. In her career, she won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF circuit. On 15 April 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 431. On 16 November 2009, she peaked at No. 416 in the doubles rankings.

Career

Roma reached a career-high ranking in juniors of 11 in September 2008. Alongside

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, she reached the semifinals of the doubles draw of the

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in 2007. She teamed up with

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and reached the final of the 2008 US Open girls' competition in doubles, as the third seeds, and won against

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and

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. In May 2009, Roma reached her first senior women's final where she lost to Amanda Carreras. She won her first professional title in Tampere, beating talented junior Anna Orlik in the final.

Comeback from injury 2011

Roma had surgery on her back in the Autumn of 2009, and returned to match play in November 2010 playing team tennis for her homeclub of SALK. In her first match back she defeated Camilla Lundberg in straight sets. Roma made her ITF comeback in Tallinn, where she qualified and lost in the first round of the main draw. Another loss followed to

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at Roma's home tournament in Stockholm. Roma then won four matches in qualifying for the main draw in Antalya, where she was knocked out in the second round of the main draw. The following week she again qualified by winning four matches.

Fed Cup

Roma has represented Sweden in the

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twice, playing in a doubles match partnering Ellen Allgurin against

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in 2009, and another doubles match partnering

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against Switzerland in 2011. She won both matches.

ITF finals

Singles (3–2)

Doubles (5–2)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roma, Sandra 1990 births Living people Tennis players from Stockholm Swedish female tennis players US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles 21st-century Swedish women