Mari Andersson (born 5 July 1986) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Biography

Born in

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, South Korea, Andersson was adopted at three months of age by a Swedish couple and grew up in

Båstad Båstad () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Båstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden, with approximately 5,000 permanent residents. It is however one of Sweden's most typical summer resorts. The population is presumably more ...

. Andersson made her only

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main-draw appearance at the 2006 Nordea Nordic Light Open, where she featured in the women's doubles as a lucky loser from qualifying, partnering

Nadja Roma Nadja Roma (born 27 July 1988) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. Biography A left-handed player from Stockholm, Roma represented the Sweden Fed Cup team in a total of seven ties. She was used mostly as a doubles player but played t ...

. From 2006 to 2007, she played in the doubles rubber of four

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ties for Sweden, winning all matches. On the ITF circuit, she won a total of 14 titles, five in singles and nine in doubles. Retiring from the tour in 2008, Andersson moved to the United States and played collegiate tennis for the

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of UC Berkeley. She partnered with

Jana Juricová Jana Juricová (born 8 December 1987) is a Slovak tennis player. Juricová was born in Piešťany. She won one singles and two doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 17 September 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world nu ...

to win the NCAA doubles championship in 2009.

ITF finals

Singles: 5 (5–0)

Doubles: 11 (9–2)

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