Eva Dyrberg

Eva Dyrberg

Country (sports)	Denmark
Residence	Copenhagen, Denmark
Born	(1980-02-17) 17 February 1980 Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$225,826
Singles
Career record	140 – 95
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	77 (20 May 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2002, 2003)
French Open	1R (2002)
Wimbledon	1R (2002)
US Open	1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	61 – 63
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	90 (9 October 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2001, 2002)
French Open	1R (2001)
Wimbledon	2R (2000)
US Open	2R (2000)

Eva Dyrberg (born 17 February 1980) is a Danish former tennis player. As a junior player, she won 1998 Wimbledon Championships with Jelena Kostanić and 1998 US Open with Kim Clijsters. In 1998, Dyrberg was also ranked World No. 1 in junior doubles and was named ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion.^[1][2] During her professional career, she won four singles and five doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation, defeating players such as Magdalena Maleeva, Tathiana Garbin, Maria Elena Camerin, Nicole Pratt,^[3] and reaching one doubles final at WTA Tour, at Sanex Trophy in 2000. She retired from professional tennis after the 2003 Australian Open.

Personal life

Dyrberg was born to Christian and Gunhild Dyrberg, and has a sister Anne.^[4] She began playing tennis aged six, admiring Steffi Graf.^[5] Personally, she admires Nelson Mandela because of his importance for the peaceful and democratic development in South Africa.^[5] Dyrberg earned her high school degree in 1999.^[5] She is coached by Ola Kristiansson and former WTA Tour player Tine Scheuer-Larsen.^[4][5] Eva forms couple with the Investment Banker, Per Harald Dyrberg Mortensen.

Awards and nominations

• 1998 — ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion

Career statistics

WTA Tour doubles finals (1; 1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 July 2000	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Catherine Barclay	Giulia Casoni Iroda Tulyaganova	6–2, 4–6, 4–6

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Result
Winner	1.	2 November 1998	Rungsted, Denmark	Hard (i)	Maret Ani	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	15 March 1999	Ashkelon, İsrael	Hard	Tatiana Perebiynis	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	13 March 2000	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Marina Samoilenko	6–3, 6–0
Winner	4.	5 February 2001	Redbridge, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Claudine Schaul	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	2 April 2001	Ciudad Juárez, Mexico	Clay	Nathalie Viérin	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	9 October 2001	Cardiff, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Julie Pullin	1–6, 7–6(7–1), 2–6
Runner-up	3.	15 October 2001	Southampton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Irina Selyutina	6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Result
Runner-up	1.	20 October 1997	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Maiken Pape	Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	28 September 1998	Glasgow, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Lydia Steinbach	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	2.	5 July 1999	Civitanova, Italy	Clay	Daniela Hantuchová	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4
Winner	3.	29 November 1999	Cergy Pontoise, France	Hard (i)	Jasmin Wöhr	Anca Barna Adriana Barna	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	6 March 2000	Urtijëi, Italy	Hard (i)	Angelika Bachmann	Giulia Casoni Antonella Serra Zanetti	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	2 October 2000	Batumi	Carpet (i)	Mariana Díaz-Oliva	Tatiana Perebiynis Tatiana Poutchek	4–1, 2–4, 1–4, 2–4
Winner	4.	5 March 2001	Urtijëi, Italy	Hard (i)	Angelika Bachmann	Ekaterina Kozhokina Kelly Liggan	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	23 July 2001	Ettenheim	Clay	Maja Matevžič	Katalin Marosi Irina Selyutina	W/O

Grand Slam girls' doubles finals: 2 (2–0)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Result
Winners	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Jelena Kostanić	Petra Rampre Iroda Tulyaganova	6–2, 7–6
Winners	1998	US Open	Hard	Kim Clijsters	Jelena Dokić Evie Dominikovic	7–6, 6–4

References

External links

• Eva Dyrberg at the Women's Tennis Association
• Eva Dyrberg at the International Tennis Federation