# Malou Ejdesgaard

Malou Ejdesgaard (born 13 March 1991) is a Danish former tennis player.
She was a member of the Denmark Fed Cup team from 2010 until just before her retirement in 2014.

## Professional career

Ejdesgaard made her WTA Tour debut playing the qualifying for the 2007 Nordic Light Open, but lost to domestic player Aleksandra Srdinović, 4–6, 4–6. In 2008, in the first round of qualifying at the China Open, she lost to Zhang Shuai, 1–6, 2–6.
She received a wildcard to play at the 2008 Danish Open and lost to Jasmina Tinjić in round one.

### 2010

In April 2010, Ejdesgaard lost in the first qualifying round of the MPS Group Championships to Arina Rodionova, 3–6, 6–7. She also failed to qualify for the Slovenia Open.
She made her professional singles debut at the WTA Tour event Danish Open, losing to Tatjana Malek in the first round, 0–6, 1–6.
Ejdesgaard won four $10k doubles tournaments in 2010. She suffered a season-ending knee injury in September, but made a full recovery and returned to playing tennis on the ITF Circuit in May 2011.

### 2011

Ejdesgaard received a wildcard to play at the Danish Open once again, but lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in round one.
She was most successful in doubles play on the ITF Circuit and won a number of doubles titles, including the events at Alcobaça and Valladolid.

### 2012

For the fourth time, she got a wildcard for the Danish Open, but was double-bageled by Alizé Cornet in the first round.
She reached the doubles final of the ITF event in Aschaffenburg with Réka Luca Jani, losing to Florencia Molinero and Stephanie Vogt.

### 2014

On 11 May, Ejdesgaard announced her retirement from the tour, 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 tournaments. They tried to gain an entry to the 2012 Summer Olympics in doubles. 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. They lost in the first round and twice in the second round, respectively.

## ITF Circuit finals

* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (0–1)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 2 July 2011 | ITF Melilla, Spain | Hard (i) | Rocio de la Torre-Sanchez | 0–6, 1–6 |

### Doubles (7–11)

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

## Team competition
### Fed Cup
#### 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 ret. |

#### 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 |
| 2010 Europe/ Africa Zone | RR | 5 February | Latvia | Hard (i) | Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard | Līga Dekmeijere Irina Kuzmina | Loss | 7–5, 4–6, 2–6 |