Rebecca Peterson

Rebecca Peterson

Peterson at the 2015 Nürnberger Versicherungscup
Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	(1995-08-06) 6 August 1995 Stockholm, Sweden
Prize money	$ 131,278
Singles
Career record	128–68
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	129 (2 November 2015)
Current ranking	138 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2016)
US Open	Q2 (2015)
Doubles
Career record	64–39
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	95 (30 November 2015)
Current ranking	98 (8 February 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–3
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Rebecca Peterson (born 6 August 1995) is a Swedish tennis player.

Peterson has won one doubles title on the WTA tour, as well as eight singles and six doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 2 November 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 129. On 30 November 2015, she peaked at world number 95 in the doubles rankings.

Peterson is the daughter of former tennis player Mart Peterson, an Estonian who left with his wife Miriam and older sister Berat to Sweden in 1990, just before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Peterson has played many tournaments in Estonia and is friends with Anett Kontaveit. The Estonian connection of the two has been heavily documented in the Estonian media.

Peterson made her WTA tour debut at the 2012 Swedish Open.^[1]

Playing for Sweden at the Fed Cup, Peterson has a win–loss record of 2–3.^[2]

WTA finals

Doubles (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 February 2015	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	3–0, ret.

ITF finals (14–7)

Singles (8–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 May 2013	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Zuzana Luknárová	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	21 October 2013	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tayisiya Morderger	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Winner	3.	28 October 2013	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Zuzana Luknárová	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 December 2013	Mérida, Mexico	Hard	Indy de Vroome	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	9 December 2013	Mérida, Mexico	Hard	Adriana Pérez	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	17 February 2014	Helsingborg, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jasmina Tinjić	1–6, 0–6
Winner	6.	20 October 2014	Perth, Australia	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	27 October 2014	Margaret River, Australia	Hard	Tereza Mrdeža	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	25 May 2015	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Maria Sakkari	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	15 June 2015	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Mathilde Johansson	6–2, 6–1
Winner	8.	26 October 2015	Macon, United States	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	6–3, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles (6–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	25 March 2013	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Malin Ulvefeldt	Alina Mikheeva Jillian O'Neill	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	13 May 2013	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Malin Ulvefeldt	Ellen Allgurin Beatrice Cedermark	3–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	27 May 2013	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Lee Or	Saray Sterenbach Ekaterina Tour	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	2 December 2013	Mérida, Mexico	Hard	Hilda Melander	Chieh-Yu Hsu María Irigoyen	4–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up	3.	28 July 2014	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Hilda Melander	Diana Buzean Arabela Fernández Rabener	5–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	1 September 2014	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Richèl Hogenkamp Lesley Kerkhove	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 March 2015	Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	Beatriz García Vidagany Florencia Molinero	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Winner	5.	3 August 2015	Plzeň, Czech Republic	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	2 November 2015	Waco, United States	Hard	Julia Glushko	Nicole Gibbs Vania King	4–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	9 November 2015	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	Julia Glushko	Viktorija Golubic Stephanie Vogt	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]

References

External links

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• Rebecca Peterson at the Women's Tennis Association
• Rebecca Peterson at the International Tennis Federation
• Rebecca Peterson at the Fed Cup

Women's Tennis Association: Top Swedish female singles tennis players as of 8 February 2016 1. Johanna Larsson (48 ) 2. Rebecca Peterson (138 ) 3. Susanne Celik (323 ) 4. Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (508 ) 5. Kajsa Rinaldo Persson (543 ) 6. Cornelia Lister (581 ) 7. Malin Ulvefeldt (594 ) 8. Fanny Östlund (677 ) 9. Brenda Njuki (822 ) 10. Anette Munozova (910 )