Amy Jönsson Raaholt Explained

Amy Jönsson Raaholt
Fullname:Amy Elisabeth Jönsson Raaholt
Birth Date:8 June 1967
Birth Place:Gothenburg, Sweden
Careerprizemoney:$36,961
Highestsinglesranking:No. 174 (4 July 1988)
Australianopenresult:1R (1988)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 217 (1 February 1988)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (1988)

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

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 1989 Supetar, YugoslaviaClay Jitka Dubcová6–0, 4–6, 6–1
Winner4.22 January 1990 Helsinki, FinlandCarpet Sylvie Sabas4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up5.5 February 1990Stavanger, NorwayCarpet Barbara Rittner3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner6.18 March 1991 Alicante, SpainClay Rosa Bielsa6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore in the final
Winner1.21 September 1987 Llorca, SpainClay Paulette Moreno Maria Ekstrand
Monica Lundqvist
7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Winner2.21 January 1991Bergen, NorwayCarpet (i) 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) Catarina Bernstein
Annika Narbe
1–6, 4–6

Notes and References

  1. News: Edberg Rallies for Victory in 100-Degree Heat. 13 January 1988. Los Angeles Times. 10 January 2018.
  2. News: Andrea inn på verdensrankingen. 19 May 2015. Drammens Tidende. Norwegian. 10 January 2018.