Helena Ejeson

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

Helena Ejeson

Full name	Helena Ejeson-Gould
Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	3 January 1981 Förlösa, Kalmar, Sweden
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$18,226
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 442 (12 August 2002)
Doubles
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 198 (21 July 2003)

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)

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

References

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

External links

• Helena Ejeson at the Women's Tennis Association
• Helena Ejeson at the International Tennis Federation