Christina Sandberg

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Christina Sandberg
Singles
Country	Sweden
Born	(1948-01-11) 11 January 1948
Career record	30–28
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (1970)
French Open	3R (1970)
Wimbledon	4R (1970)
US Open	3R (1970)
Doubles
Career record	13–20

Christina Sandberg (born 11 January 1948) is a former professional Swedish tennis player. She reached the quarter finals of the 1970 Australian Open in both the singles and doubles. She played for Sweden in the Federation Cup in 25 matches, and is famous for beating Virginia Wade in the first round of the 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles.^[1]

Federation Cup

Christina Sandberg at the 1971 Dutch Open

Sandberg first played for Sweden in the Federation Cup, which was later renamed Fed Cup, on 10 May 1966 in Turin against Italy, beating Jacqueline Morales 7-9. 6-3, 6-2. She played her last Federation Cup match in May 1974 against Poland in Naples, losing to Barbara Kral 6-1, 6-1.^[2]

Altogether, she played 16 singles, winning 9, and 9 doubles, winning 5.

Swedish Open

Sandberg became the first Swedish player to win the Swedish Open twice running when she won it in 1965 and 1966.

External links

Christina Sandberg at the Women's Tennis Association
Christina Sandberg at the International Tennis Federation
Christina Sandberg at the Fed Cup

References

↑ Wade, Virginia. "1968, and the 1st US Open (pages 105–111)". Excerpts from Courting Triumph by Virginia Wade with Mary Lou Mellace, 1978, Mayflower, NY. The Quicksand Foundation. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
↑ Christina Sandberg at the Fed Cup Retrieved 2008-05-01

Persondata
Name	Sandberg, Christina
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	11 January 1948
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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