Helena Ejeson Explained

Helena Ejeson
Full Name:Helena Ejeson-Gould
Birth Date:3 January 1981
Birth Place:Förlösa, Kalmar, Sweden
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$18,226
Highestsinglesranking:No. 442 (12 August 2002)
Doublestitles:3 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 198 (21 July 2003)

Helena Ejeson-Gould (born 3 January 1981) is a Swedish former professional tennis player.

Biography

A right-handed player from Kalmar, 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 and the Japan Open, beating Maria Sharapova/Maria Kirilenko 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.[1]

Retiring in 2004, she went on to study psychology at Lund University and was married in 2010 to Alastair Gould.[2]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 10 (3–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.29 November 1999Mallorca, SpainClay Beatriz Cabrera Rosendo Gabriela Chmelinová
Petra Raclavská
0–6, 5–7
Runner-up2.13 August 2001London, Great BritainHard Claire Curran Eva Erbová
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up3.23 September 2001Glasgow, ScotlandHard Eva Erbová Patty Van Acker
Leslie Butkiewicz
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up4.17 June 2002Velp, NetherlandsClay Kika Hogendoorn Sandra Klemenschits
Daniela Klemenschits
2–6, 1–6
Winner1.10 September 2002Hiroshima, JapanClay Andrea Munch-Hermansen Keiko Taguchi
Maiko Inoue
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up5.30 March 2003Rabat, MoroccoClay Helena Norfeldt Chanelle Scheepers
Daniela Klemenschits
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up6.7 July 2003Toruń, PolandClay Mireille Dittmann Zuzana Hejdová
Olena Antypina
3–6, 3–6
Winner2.15 September 2003Sunderland, Great BritainHard Claire Curran Kim Kilsdonk
6–2, 6–1
Winner3.28 October 2003Nottingham, United KingdomHard Åsa Svensson Yvonne Doyle
Karen Nugent
6–3, 7–6(13-11)
Runner-up7.5 April 2004Cairo, EgyptClay Annette Kolb Simona Dobrá
Hana Šromová
w/o

Notes and References

  1. News: Doyle and Nugent so close to Nottingham breakthrough . . 5 November 2003.
  2. News: Spelar du fortfarande tennis? . . 31 December 2010 . Swedish.