Eva Dyrberg

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.

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.

• 1998 — ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion

WTA Tour doubles finals (1; 1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 July 2000	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Catherine Barclay	Giulia Casoni Iroda Tulyaganova	6–2, 4–6, 4–6

ITF Finals

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Result
Winner	1.	2 November 1998	Rungsted, Denmark	Hard (i)	Maret Ani	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	15 March 1999	Ashkelon, İsrael	Hard	Tatiana Perebiynis	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	13 March 2000	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Marina Samoilenko	6–3, 6–0
Winner	4.	5 February 2001	Redbridge, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Claudine Schaul	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	2 April 2001	Ciudad Juárez, Mexico	Clay	Nathalie Viérin	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	9 October 2001	Cardiff, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Julie Pullin	1–6, 7–6(7–1), 2–6
Runner-up	3.	15 October 2001	Southampton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Irina Selyutina	6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Result
Runner-up	1.	20 October 1997	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Maiken Pape	Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	28 September 1998	Glasgow, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Lydia Steinbach	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	2.	5 July 1999	Civitanova, Italy	Clay	Daniela Hantuchová	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4
Winner	3.	29 November 1999	Cergy Pontoise, France	Hard (i)	Jasmin Wöhr	Anca Barna Adriana Barna	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	6 March 2000	Urtijëi, Italy	Hard (i)	Angelika Bachmann	Giulia Casoni Antonella Serra Zanetti	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	2 October 2000	Batumi	Carpet (i)	Mariana Díaz-Oliva	Tatiana Perebiynis Tatiana Poutchek	4–1, 2–4, 1–4, 2–4
Winner	4.	5 March 2001	Urtijëi, Italy	Hard (i)	Angelika Bachmann	Ekaterina Kozhokina Kelly Liggan	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	23 July 2001	Ettenheim	Clay	Maja Matevžič	Katalin Marosi Irina Selyutina	W/O

Grand Slam girls' doubles finals: 2 (2–0)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Result
Winners	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Jelena Kostanić	Petra Rampre Iroda Tulyaganova	6–2, 7–6
Winners	1998	US Open	Hard	Kim Clijsters	Jelena Dokić Evie Dominikovic	7–6, 6–4