Sofia Arvidsson

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**Sofia Arvidsson**

Country	Sweden
Residence	Halmstad, Sweden
Date of birth	February 16, 1984 (age 23)
Place of birth	Halmstad, Sweden
Height	1.76m (5' 9 1/4")
Weight	69 kg (152 1/2 lbs.)
Turned Pro	2001
Retired	Active
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Career Prize Money	$438,631
Singles
Career record:	210-122
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 29 (May 1, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3r (2006)
French Open	2r (2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	2r (2005)
U.S. Open	2r (2006)
Doubles
Career record:	48-43
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 147 (July 19, 2004)
Infobox last updated on: September 16, 2006.

Sofia Arvidsson is a Swedish tennis player born in 1984, Arvidsson was recognised as a real talent when she made the finals of the junior Australian Open in 2001. Sofia Arvidsson combined the ITF Junior circut and ITF Womens Circut into her schedule and in 1999 made the semi finals of a $10,000 womens event in Bastad, Sweden. She continued her form through to 2000 making the finals of Nasbypark $10,000, her breakthrough however came in 2001 when she took the titles at the Sunderland $10,000 and Stockholm $10,000. Sofia then won her 3rd ITF Womens title in Buchen, Germany again a $10,000 event. Arvidsson stepped up her level in terms of tournaments as she played Qualifying at a $50,000 event in Dinan, Sofia Qualified and beat world number 146 in the main draw. Then in May 2002 Arvidsson reached her first $25,000 final as a qualifier eventually losing to Barbora Strycova, then in the same year Sofia lifted the Bastas $25,000 trophy in her home country beating fellow Swede Maria Wolfbrandt in the final, her ranking was now high enough to compete at Grand Slam level in qualifying her debut came at the 2002 US Open as a qualifier, Sofia made the final round of Qualifying losing to Brie Rippner. Arvidsson made 2 more finals in 2002 winning Southampton $25,000 and losing in the final at Prague which was her final event of the year. Arvidsson's ranking was now 147 and began the year in WTA events mainly in Qualifying, Arvidsson failed to Qualify at Hobart and the Australian Open, she took a step down and played the $50,000 event in Ortiesi making the final before losing to Mara Santangelo. After the beginning of 2003 Arvidsson had a down patch losing in the opening qualifying rounds of the French Open and Wimbledon. Arvidsson won her first Grand Slam match at the US Open beating Olga Blahotova. Then a couple of weeks later Sofia took the $25,000 Glasgow crown and lost in the final of another $25,000 challenger in Jersey. Sofia played a WTA event in Luxembourg again as a Qualifer, she qualified and made the second round losing to Maria Sharapova this was Arvidsson's best tournament as it was the first time she had won a WTA Main Draw match, she then played the WTA Event in Quebec City where she Qualified agian and made the seconf round in the main draw. At the end of 2003 Arvidsson won the $50,000 event in Eugene and the $25,000 event in Prague. Arvidsson only really became recognisable in the worldwide tennis world in 2005 where she made Quarter Finals at Toyko, Kolkata and Stockholm before reaching her first WTA final at Quebec City losing to Amy Frazier. Arvidsson began 2006 at the Hopman Cup alongside Thomas Johansson they had a great time and beat the eventual winners in the group stages (USA). Sofia then posted her best Grand Slam result at the Australian Open beating Dinara Safina in round 2 before losing to Anastasia Myskina. Arvidsson won her first WTA title at Memphis, Tn beating Marta Domachowska in the final. Then things turned down hill only posting one real solid result (A semi final at WTA event Stockholm). This slump continued in early 2007, before Arvidsson won a Swedish Tour Event (Volkswagen Cup) beating Johanna Larsson 6-4 6-4. This gave her much needed confidence and with that she won the Doubles and Singles at the $50,000 event in St Paul. Then she returned as the defending champion at Memphis beating Bychkova and Pratt on the way to a Quarter Final against Melien Tu where she lost. Arvidsson lost in the opening round of the Las Vegas $75,000 and the Indian wells to Michaela Krajieck. Then Sofia qualified for Miami losing in 3 sets to Olga Poutchkova.

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ITF Circuit (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	30 September 2001	Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard Indoors	Olivia Sanchez (France)	6-3 2-6 6-0
2.	04 November 2001	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard Indoors	Susi Bensch (Germany)	6-1 6-2
3.	03 March 2002	Sunderland, Great Britain	Carpet	Syna Schmidle (Germany)	7-6 3-5 ret.
4.	30 June 2002	Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Maria Wolfbrandt (Sweden)	7-5 6-4
5.	20 October 2002	Southampton, Great Britain	Hard Indoors	Olga Barbanschikova (Belarus)	6-2 1-6 6-4
6.	28 September 2003	Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard Outdoors	Tessy Van De Ven (Netherlands)	3-6 6-3 6-3
7.	16 November 2003	Eugene, Ohio, USA	Hard Indoors	Tara Snyder (United States)	6-4 6-4
8.	30 November 2003	Prague, Czech Republic	Carpet	Virginie Pichet (France)	6-1 6-2
9.	06 February 2005	Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard Indoors	Irina Bulykina (Russia)	6-1 6-1
10.	25 February 2006	Memphis, United States	Hard Indoors	Marta Domachowska (Poland)	6-2 2-6 6-3
11.	13 February 2007	St Paul, United States	Hard Indoors	Olga Govortsova (Belarus)	2-6 6-1 6-4