Country (sports) Denmark Career titles 0 WTA, 4 ITF Weight 60 kg Residence Copenhagen, Denmark Name Eva Dyrberg Turned pro 1999 | Prize money US$225,826 Role Tennis player Retired 2009 Career record 140 – 95 Height 1.75 m | |
Born 17 February 1980 (age 44)
Copenhagen, Denmark ( 1980-02-17 ) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||
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. 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, and reaching one doubles final at WTA Tour, at Sanex Trophy in 2000. She retired from professional tennis after the 2003 Australian Open.
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Personal life
Dyrberg was born to Christian and Gunhild Dyrberg, and has a sister Anne. She began playing tennis aged six, admiring Steffi Graf. Personally, she admires Nelson Mandela because of his importance for the peaceful and democratic development in South Africa. Dyrberg earned her high school degree in 1999. She is coached by Ola Kristiansson and former WTA Tour player Tine Scheuer-Larsen. Eva forms couple with the Investment Banker, Per Harald Dyrberg Mortensen.