Malou Ejdesgaard

Malou Ejdesgaard

Ejdesgaard at the WTA tournament in Charleston, South Carolina (2010)
Country (sports)	Denmark
Residence	Copenhagen, Denmark
Born	13 March 1991 Copenhagen, Denmark
Turned pro	2010
Retired	2014
Plays	Right–handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	US$33,761
Singles
Career record	35–74
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 717 (13 September 2010)
Doubles
Career record	91–86
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Current ranking	No. 252 (23 July 2012)
Last updated on: 27 November 2014.

Malou Ejdesgaard (born 13 March 1991) is a Danish former professional tennis player.

She was a member of the Denmark Fed Cup team from 2010^[1] until just before her professional retirement in 2014^[2][3]

Professional career

Ejdesgaard played her first WTA Tour debut playing the qualifications for the 2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open, but lost to domestic player Aleksandra Srdinović 6–4, 6–4.^[4] In 2008, she played qualifications for the China Open, but lost to Chinese Zhang Shuai 6–1, 6–2 in the first round.^[5]

She received a wildcard to play at the 2008 e-Boks Odense Open, but lost to Jasmina Tinjić in round one.^[6]

2010

In April 2010, Ejdesgaard lost in the first qualifying round of the 2010 MPS Group Championships to Arina Rodionova 6–3, 7–6(2).^[7] She also failed to qualify for the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open.^[8]

She made her professional singles debut at the WTA Tour 2010 e-Boks Danish Open Event, losing to Tatjana Malek in the first round 6–0, 6–1.

She won four ITF $10,000 doubles titles in 2010.

She suffered a season-ending knee injury in September 2010, but made a full recovery and returned to playing tennis on the ITF circuit in May 2011.

2011

She received a wildcard to play at the WTA 2011 e-Boks Open, but lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in round one.

Malou has been most successful in doubles play on the ITF circuit, and has won a number of doubles titles, including two ITF events in 2011 at Alcobaça and Valladolid.

2012

For the fourth time, she got a wildcard for the e-Boks Danish Open, but was double-bagled by Alizé Cornet in the first round.^[9]

She reached the doubles final of the ITF event in Aschaffenburg, with Réka-Luca Jani, losing to Florencia Molinero and Stephanie Vogt.^[10]

2014

On May 11, Malou announced her retirement from the Tour,^[11] saying she'd only play national and club games.

Personal life

Ejdesgaard is a close friend of former World No. 1 tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, her Danish teammate, with whom she also plays some WTA Tour doubles tournaments.^[12] They tried to gain an entry to the 2012 Summer Olympics in doubles.^[13] Ejdesgaard is currently coached by Kim Peter.^[14] Ejdesgaard has played with Wozniacki in five tournaments – in 2008 at Odense, in 2010 at Ponte Vedra Beach, Charleston & Copenhagen, and in 2011 at Copenhagen.^[15] They lost in the first round and twice in the second round, respectively.

Career statistics

ITF Circuit Finals

Singles (0–1)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	2 July 2011	Melilla	Hard (i)	Rocio De La Torre-Sanchez	0–6, 1–6

Doubles (7–11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	2 November 2008	Stockholm	Hard (i)	Anna Brazhnikova	Helene Auensen Ulrikke Eikeri	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner–up	2.	19 June 2009	Gausdal	Hard	Helene Auensen	Victoria Larrière Zuzana Linhová	6–3, 4–6, [0–10]
Runner–up	3.	9 August 2009	Savitaipale	Clay	Ester Masuri	Diāna Marcinkēviča Anna Orlik	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Runner–up	4.	11 September 2009	Rousse	Clay	Dia Evtimova	Ioana Ivan Simona-Iulia Matei	1–6, 4–6
Runner–up	5.	14 November 2009	Jersey	Hard (i)	Tímea Babos	Kiki Bertens Daniëlle Harmsen	5–7, 5–7
Runner–up	6.	20 May 2011	Durban	Hard (i)	Nicole Rottmann	Jennifer Allan Surina De Beer	2–6, 6–4 [8–10]
Runner–up	7.	27 May 2011	Durban	Hard (i)	Nicole Rottmann	Kateřina Kramperová Zuzana Linhová	3–6, 6–3 [8–10]
Runner–up	8.	1 July 2011	Melilla	Hard (i)	Alenka Hubacek	Aselya Arginbayeva Tanya Samodelok	6–1, 3–6 [7–10]
Runner–up	9.	12 November 2011	Loughborough	Hard (i)	Amanda Elliott	Tara Moore Francesca Stephenson	6–3, 2–6, [3–10]
Winners	1.	17 January 2010	Le Gosier	Hard	Alizé Lim	Kayla Rizzolo Katie Ruckert	6–1, 5–7, [10–3]
Winners	2.	20 March 2010	Bath	Hard (i)	Katarzyna Piter	Jade Curtis Anna Fitzpatrick	6–3, 6–2
Winners	3.	25 June 2010	Gausdal	Hard	Zuzana Linhová	Karina Isayan Anastasia Mukhametova	6–2, 6–3
Winners	4.	3 September 2010	Istanbul	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Gally De Wael Janina Toljan	6–4, 6–4
Winners	5.	25 June 2011	Alcobaça	Hard	Alenka Hubacek	Mariana Correa Danielle Mills	6–2, 7–5
Winners	6.	9 July 2011	Valladolid	Hard	Victoria Larrière	Vanesa Furlanetto Aranza Salut	6–0, 6–3
Runner–up	10.	15 July 2012	Aschaffenburg	Clay	Réka-Luca Jani	Florencia Molinero Stephanie Vogt	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Winners	7.	28 September 2012	Madrid	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Tatiana Búa Ivonne Cavallé Reimers	5–7, 6–3, [10–3]
Runner–up	11.	22 April 2013	San Severo	Clay	Martine Ditlev	Despina Papamichail Giulia Sussarello	1–6, 4–6

Fed Cup Performances

Singles

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2010 Europe/Africa Zone	SF	6 February 2010	Israel	Hard (i)	Julia Glushko	Loss	6–4, 0–1, retired

Doubles

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Result
2010 Europe/Africa Zone	RR	4 February	Hungary	Hard (i)	Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard	Réka-Luca Jani Zsófia Susányi	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
		5 February	Latvia		Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard	Līga Dekmeijere Irina Kuzmina	Loss	7–5, 4–6, 2–6

References

1. Malou Ejdesgaard at the Fed Cup
2. https://twitter.com/LouEjdesgaard/status/431701416496099328
3. http://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100021433
4. International Tennis Federation: Women's Singles – Qualifying Draw (Knock out) for the 2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open
5. International Tennis Federation: Women's Singles – Qualifying Draw (Knock out) for the 2008 China Open
6. 'Tinjic easily gets past Ejdesgaard'
7. International Tennis Federation: Women's Singles – Qualifying Draw (Knock out) for the 2010 MPS Group Championships
8. International Tennis Federation: Women's Singles – Qualifying Draw (Knock out) for the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
9. 'Cornet crushes Ejdesgaard in WTA Copenhagen'
10. 'Molinero-Vogt win ITF Aschaffenburg doubles'
11. https://twitter.com/LouEjdesgaard/status/465508041753104384
12. Official Website of Caroline Wozniacki:Caroline’s Blog: Hello from Ponte Vidra, Florida (6 April 2010)
13. Official Website of Caroline Wozniacki: Caroline To Play Doubles in 2012 Olympics in London (9 March 2010)
14. Malou Ejdesgaard at the International Tennis Federation
15. WTA Tour: Copenhagen Gallery (8 August 2010)

External links

• Malou Ejdesgaard at the Women's Tennis Association
• Malou Ejdesgaard at the International Tennis Federation
• Malou Ejdesgaard at the Fed Cup