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

Helena Ejeson
Full nameHelena Ejeson-Gould
Country (sports) Sweden
Born (1981-01-03) 3 January 1981 (age 43)
Förlösa, Kalmar, Sweden
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$18,226
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 442 (12 August 2002)
Doubles
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 198 (21 July 2003)

Biography

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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

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 10 (3–7)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 29 November 1999 Mallorca, Spain Clay   Beatriz Cabrera Rosendo   Gabriela Chmelinová
  Petra Raclavská
0–6, 5–7
Loss 2. 13 August 2001 London, Great Britain Hard   Claire Curran   Eva Erbová
  Aurélie Védy
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 3. 23 September 2001 Glasgow, Scotland Hard   Eva Erbová   Patty Van Acker
  Leslie Butkiewicz
2–6, 2–6
Loss 4. 17 June 2002 Velp, Netherlands Clay   Kika Hogendoorn   Sandra Klemenschits
  Daniela Klemenschits
2–6, 1–6
Win 1. 10 September 2002 Hiroshima, Japan Clay   Andrea Munch-Hermansen   Keiko Taguchi
  Maiko Inoue
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 5. 30 March 2003 Rabat, Morocco Clay   Helena Norfeldt   Chanelle Scheepers
  Daniela Klemenschits
3–6, 2–6
Loss 6. 7 July 2003 Toruń, Poland Clay   Mireille Dittmann   Zuzana Hejdová
  Olena Antypina
3–6, 3–6
Win 2. 15 September 2003 Sunderland, Great Britain Hard   Claire Curran   Kim Kilsdonk
  Nicole Kriz
6–2, 6–1
Win 3. 28 October 2003 Nottingham, United Kingdom Hard   Åsa Svensson   Yvonne Doyle
  Karen Nugent
6–3, 7–6(13-11)
Loss 7. 5 April 2004 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Annette Kolb   Simona Dobrá
  Hana Šromová
w/o

References

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  1. ^ "Doyle and Nugent so close to Nottingham breakthrough". Independent. 5 November 2003.
  2. ^ "Spelar du fortfarande tennis?". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 31 December 2010.
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