Amy Jönsson Raaholt

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Amy Elisabeth Jönsson Raaholt (born 8 June 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Norway. She was born Amy Jönsson.

Amy Jönsson Raaholt
Full nameAmy Elisabeth Jönsson Raaholt
Country (sports) Norway
Born (1967-06-08) 8 June 1967 (age 57)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Prize money$36,961
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 174 (4 July 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1988)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 217 (1 February 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1988)

Biography

Jönsson, who was born in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, debuted for the Norway Fed Cup team in 1985.

Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at Bastad in 1987 when she made the quarter-finals, a run which included a win over eighth seed Carina Karlsson.

At the 1988 Australian Open she featured in the women's singles and doubles draws. She was beaten in the first round of the singles by top seed Steffi Graf, who went on to win the title.[1] In the doubles she and partner Helena Dahlström reached the second round.

Her last Fed Cup appearance came in 1995 and she finished with a 30/19 overall win–loss record, from a total of 28 ties. She holds the record for the most Fed Cup matches won for Norway, both in singles and doubles

She has a daughter, Andrea Raaholt, who plays tennis professionally.[2]

ITF finals

Singles: 6 (3–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
Runner-up1.16 March 1987Canberra, AustraliaHard Belinda Cordwell3–6, 2–6
Runner-up2.13 February 1989Hørsholm, DenmarkCarpet Tine Scheuer-Larsen0–6, 3–6
Winner3.16 October 1989Supetar, YugoslaviaClay Jitka Dubcová6–0, 4–6, 6–1
Winner4.22 January 1990Helsinki, FinlandCarpet Sylvie Sabas4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up5.5 February 1990Stavanger, NorwayCarpet Barbara Rittner3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner6.18 March 1991Alicante, SpainClay Rosa Bielsa6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore in the final
Winner1.21 September 1987Llorca, SpainClay Paulette Moreno Maria Ekstrand
Monica Lundqvist
7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Winner2.21 January 1991Bergen, NorwayCarpet (i) Magdalena Feistel Merete Balling-Stockmann
Natalie Tschan
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up3.11 March 1991Murcia, SpainClay Eva Haslinghuis Petra Kučová
Markéta Štusková
2–6, 5–7
Runner-up4.20 January 1992Bergen, NorwayCarpet (i) Cecilia Dahlman Catarina Bernstein
Annika Narbe
1–6, 4–6

References