

Introduction
Rebecca Peterson (born 6 August 1995 in Stockholm) is a Swedish tennis player.
Peterson has won one doubles title on the WTA tour, as well as nine singles and six doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 2 May 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 119. On 30 November 2015, she peaked at world number 95 in the doubles rankings.
Peterson is the daughter of former tennis player Mart Peterson, an Estonian who left with his wife Miriam and older sister Berat to Sweden in 1990, just before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Peterson has played many tournaments in Estonia and is friends with Anett Kontaveit. The Estonian connection of the two has been heavily documented in the Estonian media.
Peterson made her WTA tour debut at the 2012 Swedish Open.
Playing for Sweden at the Fed Cup, Peterson has a win–loss record of 3–6.
WTA finals
Doubles (1–0)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Winner | 1. | 16 February 2015 | Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | 3–0, ret. |
ITF finals (15–7)
Singles (9–3)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Winner | 1. | 13 May 2013 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Winner | 2. | 21 October 2013 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | 7–6(7–2), 6–2 | |
| Winner | 3. | 28 October 2013 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Winner | 4. | 2 December 2013 | Mérida, Mexico | Hard | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 | |
| Winner | 5. | 9 December 2013 | Mérida, Mexico | Hard | 6–4, 6–0 | |
| Runner-up | 1. | 17 February 2014 | Helsingborg, Sweden | Hard (i) | 1–6, 0–6 | |
| Winner | 6. | 20 October 2014 | Perth, Australia | Hard | 6–3, 6–0 | |
| Runner-up | 2. | 27 October 2014 | Margaret River, Australia | Hard | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Runner-up | 3. | 25 May 2015 | Maribor, Slovenia | Clay | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Winner | 7. | 15 June 2015 | Ystad, Sweden | Clay | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Winner | 8. | 26 October 2015 | Macon, United States | Hard | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 | |
| Winner | 9. | 18 April 2016 | Dothan, United States | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles (6–4)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Winner | 1. | 25 March 2013 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Runner-up | 1. | 13 May 2013 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | 3–6, 0–6 | ||
| Winner | 2. | 27 May 2013 | Ra'anana, Israel | Hard | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Runner-up | 2. | 2 December 2013 | Mérida, Mexico | Hard | 4–6, 7–5, [6–10] | ||
| Runner-up | 3. | 28 July 2014 | Bad Saulgau, Germany | Clay | 5–7, 3–6 | ||
| Winner | 3. | 1 September 2014 | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Winner | 4. | 2 March 2015 | Curitiba, Brazil | Clay | 4–6, 6–3, [10–5] | ||
| Winner | 5. | 3 August 2015 | Plzeň, Czech Republic | Clay | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Runner-up | 4. | 2 November 2015 | Waco, United States | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Winner | 6. | 9 November 2015 | Scottsdale, United States | Hard | 4–6, 7–5, [10–6] |