WSA World Tour

Biography

With over a decade of experience on the WSA World Tour, the Danish No.1 has amassed a positive average of one title a year during her time in the professional game.  Back in 2002, a teenaged Hansen stunned audiences by reaching the quarter-finals of the Dutch Open as a qualifier. 

She endured a five-year wait for her first WSA title, but followed up her NSC Satellite No2 title win with the NSC Super Satellite No1 and the NSC Satellite No4 titles within two months.  By this time, Hansen had well established a Top50 place but at the end of the year broke into the top 30 for the first time in her career. 

In 2008 she retained her NSC Satellite titles from the previous year, and since then has maintained an average ranking in the mid-twenties thanks to wins in the Swedish, Southport and Carcassonne City Opens.  Title number nine came in 2011 in the USA’s Racquet Club Invitation where she was top seeded, and this year has seen back-to-back success in Australia after winning the New South Wales Open, followed by the Black Knight Open. 

2012 proved a successful year for Hansen, finishing runner-up in the Meadowood Pharmacy Open, before reaching the first round of the Des Pyramides Open as a qualifier.  In the summer, she claimed back-to-back titles in Australia, winning the New South Wales and Black Knight Open’s, as well as reaching the Crocodile Challenge Cup and Abierto Mexicano des Raquetas finals.  She also beat Donna Urquhart in the opening round of the Hong Kong Open in December, which saw her start 2013 at her highest career ranking of 22. 

Hansen won her 11^th WSA title at the NSC Series no.1 in March followed by reaching the second round of the CIMB KL Open upsetting Rachael Grinham in the first round. She is now on the verge of breaking the top 20. 

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