Karolina Karlsson (born 27 May 1966) 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 ...
player.
Biography
A right-handed player from
Vingåker
Vingåker () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Vingåker Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 4,282 inhabitants in 2010. It is located by road from the nearest larger city Örebro and north-west of county seat Nyköp ...
, Karlsson represented the
Sweden Federation Cup team in a 1985 tie against South Korea, partnering
Carina Karlsson
Carina Karlsson (born 11 September 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Biography
Karlsson is most noted for being the first qualifier to reach the ladies quarterfinals of Wimbledon, which she achieved at the 1984 Wimbledon C ...
in the doubles rubber.
Karlsson reached a best singles ranking of 136 in the world, with her best WTA Tour performance a quarter-final appearance at the
Swedish Open Båstad in 1987, beating sixth seed
Patricia Tarabini
Patricia Tarabini (born 6 August 1968) is a former tennis player from Argentina. She represented her country and won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold ...
en route.
At the
1987 French Open
The 1987 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 25 May until 7 June. It was the 91st staging of the French Open, and the second Gran ...
she featured in the main draw as a lucky loser and lost her first round match in three sets to Italian qualifier
Linda Ferrando
Linda Ferrando (born 12 January 1966) is a former Italian international tennis player.
She competed in the Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the ...
.
See also
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List of Sweden Fed Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
Swedish female tennis players
People from Vingåker Municipality
Sportspeople from Södermanland County
20th-century Swedish women
21st-century Swedish women