Dorte_Ekner

Dorte Ekner

Dorte Ekner

Danish tennis player

Dorte Ekner (born 2 May 1951) is a Danish former professional tennis player.

Quick Facts Country (sports), Born ...

A three-time national singles champion, Ekner represented Denmark in 15 Federation Cup ties between 1973 and 1982, for wins in four singles and five doubles rubbers.[1]

Ekner became the first Danish woman to reach the quarter-finals of a grand slam tournament during her run at the 1978 Australian Open.[2] Competing as a main draw qualifier, Ekner defeated the sixth-seeded Cynthia Doerner and West German Heidi Eisterlehner, before falling in the quarter-finals to eventual champion Chris O'Neil.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Historie · Dansk Tennis Forbund". Dansk Tennis Forbund (in Danish).
  2. [2]
    "Wozniacki dumps giant-killing Oudin". ABC News. 10 September 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Wozniacki klar til ottendedelsfinalen". DR.dk (in Danish). 20 January 2008.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Dorte_Ekner, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.