Helena Ejeson-Gould (born 3 January 1981) 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 ...
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Biography
A right-handed player from
Kalmar
Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 36,392 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...
, Ejeson played on the professional tour in the early 2000s and was most prominent in the doubles format, with a best world ranking of 198.
In 2002 she was a doubles quarter-finalist in two WTA Tour tournaments, Finland's
Nordic Light Open
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Maria Sharapova
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Maria Kirilenko
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in the latter.
Ejeson won three ITF doubles titles during her career, which included a $25,000 event in Nottingham in 2003, partnering
Åsa Svensson
Åsa Svensson (born Carlsson; 16 June 1975) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1992. She won two singles and seven doubles titles in her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA ...
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Retiring in 2004, she went on to study psychology at