Sandra Roma

{{Short description|Swedish tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Sandra Roma | country = {{SWE}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|03|31|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Stockholm]], Sweden | plays = Left-handed (two-handed backhand) | careerprizemoney = $27,321 | singlesrecord = 60–42 | singlestitles = 3 [[International Tennis Federation|ITF]] | highestsinglesranking = No. 431 (15 April 2013) | AustralianOpenjuniorresult = 1R ([[2007 Australian Open – Girls' singles|2007]]) | FrenchOpenjuniorresult = Q1 (2007) | Wimbledonjuniorresult = 1R ([[2007 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles|2007]]) | USOpenjuniorresult = 2R ([[2008 US Open – Girls' singles|2008]]) | doublesrecord = 39–27 | doublestitles = 5 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 416 (16 November 2009) | AustralianOpenDoublesjuniorresult = 2R (2007) | FrenchOpenDoublesjuniorresult = 2R ([[2007 French Open – Girls' doubles|2007]]) | WimbledonDoublesjuniorresult = SF ([[2007 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles|2007]]) | USOpenDoublesjuniorresult = '''W''' ('''[[2008 US Open – Girls' doubles|2008]]''') | Team = yes | FedCupresult = 2–0 }}

'''Sandra Roma''' (born 31 March 1990) is a former [[tennis]] player from Sweden.

In her career, she won three singles and five doubles titles on the [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF Circuit]]. On 15 April 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 431. On 16 November 2009, she peaked at No. 416 in the doubles rankings.

==Career== Roma reached a career-high ranking in juniors of 11 in September 2008.<ref name="ITF Junior">{{cite web |url=https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100049025|title=Sandra Roma|website=www.itftennis.com|publisher=[[International Tennis Federation]]}}</ref> Alongside [[Nikola Hofmanova]], she reached the semifinals of the doubles draw of the [[2007 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles|Wimbledon Championships]] in 2007. She teamed up with [[Noppawan Lertcheewakarn]] and reached the final of the [[2008 US Open (tennis)|2008 US Open]] competition in girls' doubles, as the third seeds; they won against [[Mallory Burdette]] and [[Sloane Stephens]].

In May 2009, Roma reached her first senior women's final where she lost to [[Amanda Carreras]]. She won her first professional title in Tampere, beating talented junior [[Anna Orlik]] in the final.

===Comeback from injury 2011=== Roma had surgery on her back in the Autumn of 2009, and returned to match play in November 2010 playing team tennis for her homeclub of SALK. In her first match back she defeated Camilla Lundberg in straight sets.

Roma made her ITF Circuit comeback in Tallinn, where she qualified and lost in the first round of the main draw. Another loss followed to [[Mona Barthel]] at Roma's home tournament in Stockholm. Roma then won four matches in qualifying for the main draw in Antalya, where she was knocked out in the second round. The following week, she again qualified by winning four matches.

===Fed Cup=== Roma has represented [[Sweden Fed Cup team|Sweden]] in the [[Fed Cup]] twice. She won both matches, partnering [[Ellen Allgurin]] against [[Romania Fed Cup team|Romania]] in 2009, and playing in another doubles match, partnering [[Anna Brazhnikova]] against [[Switzerland Fed Cup team|Switzerland]] in 2011.

==ITF finals== ===Singles (3–2)=== {| |-valign=top | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" !Legend |- style="background:lightblue;" |$25,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" |$10,000 tournaments |} | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" !Finals by surface |- |Hard (1–1) |- |Clay (2–1) |} |} {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !Outcome !No. !Date !Location !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable" | Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 23 May 2009 | [[Antalya]], Turkey | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Amanda Carreras]] | 6–7(7), 7–6(2), 4–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1. | 2 August 2009 | [[Tampere]], Finland | Clay | {{flagicon|BLR|1995}} [[Anna Orlik]] | 6–7(2), 7–6(3), 6–4 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2. | 7 July 2012 | [[Istanbul]], Turkey | Hard | {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Melis Sezer]] | 6–7(5), 4–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 2. | 29 July 2012 | Tampere, Finland | Clay | {{flagicon|RUS}} Alena Tarasova | 7–5, 6–2 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 3. | 28 October 2012 | [[Stockholm]], Sweden | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Emily Webley-Smith]] | 6–2, 6–1 |}

===Doubles (5–2)=== {| |-valign=top | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" !Legend |- style="background:lightblue;" |$25,000 tournaments |- style="background:#ccccff;" |$15,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" |$10,000 tournaments |} | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" !Finals by surface |- |Hard (1–0) |- |Clay (4–2) |} |} {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !Outcome !No. !Date !Location !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable" | Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 22 May 2009 | [[Antalya]], Turkey | Clay | {{flagicon|SWE}} Julia Klackenberg | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Amanda Carreras]] {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valentina Sulpizio]] | 0–6, 3–6 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2. | 26 June 2009 | [[Kristinehamn]], Sweden | Clay | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sofia Arvidsson]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hanne Skak Jensen]] {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Johanna Larsson]] | 6–7(5), 2–6 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1. | 2 July 2009 | [[Ystad]], Sweden | Clay | {{flagicon|SWE}} Sofia Arvidsson | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Melanie Klaffner]] {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hanna Nooni]] | 6–4, 6–4 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 2. | 1 August 2009 | [[Tampere]], Finland | Clay | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Emma Laine]] | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alizé Lim]] {{flagicon|ITA}} Vivienne Vierin | 6–4, 6–3 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 3. | 12 May 2012 | [[Båstad]], Sweden | Clay | {{flagicon|SWE}} Eveliina Virtanen | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hilda Melander]] {{flagicon|SWE}} Paulina Milosavljevic | 6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 4. | 19 May 2012 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | {{flagicon|SWE}} Eveliina Virtanen | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Lucy Brown (tennis)|Lucy Brown]] {{flagicon|SRB}} Milana Špremo | 6–3, 6–7(4), [10–6] |- style="background:#ccccff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 5. | 23 March 2013 | [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], UK | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|SWE}} Hilda Melander | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Amy Bowtell]] {{flagicon|GBR}} Lucy Brown | 6–0, 6–3 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}} * {{Fed Cup player}}

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