Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson was born on 16 February 1984 and is a Swedish professional padel player and a former tennis player.
73 Facts About Sofia Arvidsson
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Over her career, Arvidsson defeated top-ten players Marion Bartoli, Anna Chakvetadze, Jelena Jankovic, Petra Kvitova, Sam Stosur, and Caroline Wozniacki.
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Sofia Arvidsson reached the finals of the junior Australian Open, losing to Jelena Jankovic.
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Sofia Arvidsson's breakthrough came in the same year when she took titles in Sunderland and Stockholm.
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Sofia Arvidsson then won her third ITF title in Buchen, Germany.
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Sofia Arvidsson stepped up her tournament game as she played qualifying at a $50k event in Dinan, where she qualified and defeated the world No 146 in the main draw.
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In May 2002, Sofia Arvidsson reached her first $25k final, as a qualifier, eventually losing to Barbora Strycova.
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Sofia Arvidsson's ranking was now high enough to compete at Grand Slam level in qualifying.
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Sofia Arvidsson's debut came at the US Open as a qualifier, where she made the final round of qualifying, losing to Brie Rippner.
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Sofia Arvidsson made two more ITF finals in 2002, winning in Southampton and losing in the final in Prague, which was her final event of the year.
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Sofia Arvidsson's ranking now 147, Arvidsson began the year in WTA events mainly in qualifying.
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Sofia Arvidsson failed to qualify in Hobart and the Australian Open, took a step down and played the $50k event in Ortisei, making the final that she lost to Mara Santangelo.
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Sofia Arvidsson won her first Grand Slam match at the US Open, beating Olga Blahotova.
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Sofia Arvidsson played the WTA event in Luxembourg, again as a qualifier, making the second round before losing to Maria Sharapova.
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Sofia Arvidsson then played the WTA tournament in Quebec City where she made the second round of the main draw.
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Sofia Arvidsson made the quarterfinals in Tokyo, Kolkata and Stockholm in 2005 before reaching her first WTA Tour final in Quebec City, losing to Amy Frazier.
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Sofia Arvidsson began 2006 at the Hopman Cup alongside Thomas Johansson, beating the eventual winners in the group stages.
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Sofia Arvidsson then posted her best Grand Slam result at the Australian Open, beating Dinara Safina in round two before losing to Anastasia Myskina.
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Sofia Arvidsson won her first WTA title in Memphis, beating Marta Domachowska in the final.
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Sofia Arvidsson lost in the opening round of the Las Vegas $75k and Indian Wells to Michaella Krajicek.
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Sofia Arvidsson started the season in Auckland at the Auckland Open beating Ahsha Rolle in the first round before a straight-sets loss to top seed Vera Zvonareva.
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Sofia Arvidsson then moved to Sydney, gaining three straight set wins in qualifying by defeating Galina Voskoboeva, Stephanie Dubois, Tzipora Obziler and in the main draw beat Elena Dementieva, before finally bowing out against Kaia Kanepi in the second round.
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Sofia Arvidsson recorded another win in the Fed Cup, beating Patty Schnyder in three sets.
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Sofia Arvidsson then reached the quarterfinals of the Tier II Proximus Diamond Games, eliminating Meilen Tu, and second seed and world No 6, Anna Chakvetadze, in straight sets.
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Sofia Arvidsson eventually lost to Li Na in a high quality match.
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Sofia Arvidsson reached her second back-to-back quarterfinal in Memphis, after two three-set wins over Severine Bremond and Stephanie Dubois, before falling to Shahar Pe'er in a tight three-setter.
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Sofia Arvidsson won her 14th ITF singles title in Zagreb, her biggest career title on the surface of clay.
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Sofia Arvidsson made the second round of the US Open and came close to beating Jelena Jankovic in a dramatic three-set match.
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Sofia Arvidsson ended the year playing Swedish team tennis for Helsingsborg.
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Sofia Arvidsson started the year playing three tournaments in Australia, Brisbane, Sydney and the Australian Open.
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Sofia Arvidsson lost in the first round in all three of these events.
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Sofia Arvidsson was included in the Swedish Fed Cup team alongside Johanna Larsson, Sandra Roma and Ellen Allgurin.
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Sofia Arvidsson recorded her first official win of 2009 on the ITF Circuit in Torhout, beating Kristina Barrois.
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Sofia Arvidsson recorded her second win of the season in Zagreb, though she lost in the second round.
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Sofia Arvidsson won her 16th career singles title in Saguenay, Canada, and her 11th doubles title at the same event.
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Sofia Arvidsson then posted a semifinal finish in Barnstaple losing to Johanna Larsson, two finals followed in which she played Jelena Dokic in both, with Sofia Arvidsson taking the Joue-les-Tours title and Dokic beating her to claim the title in Poitiers.
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Sofia Arvidsson began in Auckland qualifying, and was beaten in the opening round by Julia Schruff.
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Sofia Arvidsson was selected to play Fed Cup for Sweden.
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Sofia Arvidsson then made the quarterfinals at the $100,000 tournament in Midland, losing to top seed Lucie Hradecka.
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Sofia Arvidsson defeated No 2 seed Melanie Oudin in the quarterfinals and Anne Keothavong in the semifinals to reach the final.
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Sofia Arvidsson lost in an hour to Maria Sharapova in the final.
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Sofia Arvidsson made two second round finishes at the US clay tournaments of Ponte Vedra Beach and Charleston.
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Sofia Arvidsson was involved in Sweden's Fed Cup World Group II Play-off against China, where she beat Zhang Shuai but lost to Peng Shuai.
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Sofia Arvidsson made the finals at two ITF tournaments: in Ystad she was the tournament winner, and in a bigger tournament in The Bronx, she was runner-up to Anna Chakvetadze.
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Sofia Arvidsson had mixed success on the WTA Tour, but reached two further quarterfinals in the year in Strasbourg and in Memphis.
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Sofia Arvidsson made it to the second round where she lost to eventual champion Greta Arn.
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In Hobart at the Hobart International, Sofia Arvidsson was defeated in the first round by Australian wildcard Alicia Molik.
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At the Australian Open, Sofia Arvidsson lost her first-round match to ninth seed and eventual finalist Li Na.
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Sofia Arvidsson participated in the Olympic Games, losing in the first round in both the singles and the mixed doubles.
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Sofia Arvidsson reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open in Bastad, losing to Mona Barthel.
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Sofia Arvidsson lost in the second round to Sloane Stephens.
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At the Sydney International, Sofia Arvidsson was defeated in the final round of qualifying by Galina Voskoboeva.
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At the Australian Open, Sofia Arvidsson lost in the first round to qualifier Luksika Kumkhum.
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Sofia Arvidsson lost in the second round to 21st seed Julia Gorges.
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At the Miami Tennis in Miami, Sofia Arvidsson was defeated in the first round by Peng Shuai.
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In Madrid, Sofia Arvidsson lost her first-round match to Sabine Lisicki.
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Sofia Arvidsson was defeated in the first round by German wildcard and eventual finalist Andrea Petkovic.
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Sofia Arvidsson played only one tournament to prepare for Wimbledon which was the Rosmalen Open.
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Sofia Arvidsson reached the second round where she lost to third seed Carla Suarez Navarro.
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In London at the Wimbledon Championships, Sofia Arvidsson was defeated in the first round by Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.
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Sofia Arvidsson participated in two tournaments to get ready for the US Open.
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At New Haven, Sofia Arvidsson retired during her second-round qualifying match against Monica Puig.
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Sofia Arvidsson won her first Grand Slam match of the year by beating Petra Cetkovska in the first round of the US Open.
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Sofia Arvidsson lost in the second round to fifth seed Li Na.
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Two weeks after the US Open, Sofia Arvidsson traveled to Quebec to play at the Challenge Bell.
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Sofia Arvidsson was defeated in the first round by fifth seed Eugenie Bouchard.
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Sofia Arvidsson lost in the second round of qualifying to Renata Voracova.
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Sofia Arvidsson reached the final at the ITF Poitiers in France.
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Sofia Arvidsson ended up losing in three sets to qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
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Sofia Arvidsson played her final tournament of the year at the Open de Nantes.
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Sofia Arvidsson started her 2014 season in Melbourne at the Australian Open.
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Sofia Arvidsson lost in the first round of qualifying to Renata Voracova.
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On 4 January 2016, Sofia Arvidsson announced her retirement from professional tennis.