Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro

Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (born 18 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Country (sports) France
ResidenceSeine, France
Born (1983-03-18) 18 March 1983
Paris
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro15 October 2001
Retired12 February 2011
PlaysRight (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,080,922
Singles
Career record294–251 (53.9%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 61 (23 October 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2005, 2009)
French Open3R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2003, 2004, 2008)
US Open2R (2003)
Doubles
Career record135–118 (53.4%)
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 54 (18 July 2005)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (2003)

Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 61, achieved on 5 October 2003. Her highest doubles ranking position of 54, she set on 18 July 2005.

Cohen-Aloro won seven singles and twelve doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Professional career

Cohen-Aloro turned professional on 15 October 2001, at the age of 18.

In April 2005, she beat world No. 21, Daniela Hantuchová, in Miami in two sets. Cohen-Aloro upset heavy favorite Mary Pierce (seeded 24 and ranked No. 29 in the world) in the first round of the 2005 Australian Open, 6–2, 6–2.

Cohen-Aloro and Tunisian Selima Sfar pulled off a major upset in the first round of the 2005 Wimbledon Championships ladies' doubles, beating third seeds Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2. However, they lost in the second round.

In 2006, she captured her fifth career ITF singles title at the $25k Biarritz, and won the ninth ITF Circuit doubles title at the $50k Open de Touraine with María José Martínez Sánchez.

On 12 February 2011, she played her last professional match, losing in the semifinals of the Open GDF Suez doubles event to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy. Two days earlier in the same tournament, she had played her last singles match, losing to Mattek-Sands in the second round of the main draw.[1]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III, IV & V
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Feb 2003 Open Gaz de France, Paris Carpet (i) France Marion Bartoli Austria Barbara Schett
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
6–2, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (7–3)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 9 December 2001 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard France Marina Caiazzo 6–4, 7–5
Win 2. 13 October 2002 ITF Cardiff, Great Britain Hard (i) Czech Republic Sandra Kleinová 6–1, 6–1
Win 3. 1 December 2002 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Hungary Melinda Czink 6–4, 6–2
Win 4. 4 May 2003 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Ukraine Yulia Beygelzimer 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1. 24 October 2004 Open de Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová 1–6, 2–6
Win 5. 16 April 2006 Open de Biarritz, France Clay Romania Mădălina Gojnea 6–7(1), 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2. 17 June 2007 Open de Marseille, France Clay Argentina Jorgelina Cravero 2–6, 4–6
Win 6. 20 April 2008 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6–2, 7–5
Win 7. 13 September 2009 Denain Open, France Clay Russia Ksenia Pervak 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3. 12 September 2010 Denain Open, France Clay France Anaïs Laurendon 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 23 (12–11)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 15 September 2001 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay France Kildine Chevalier Spain Sonia Delgado
Italy Anna Floris
2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner 2. 5 May 2002 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Madagascar Dally Randriantefy Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
France Caroline Dhenin
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 28 July 2002 ITF Les Contamines, France Hard France Anne-Laure Heitz Russia Maria Kondratieva
Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić
1–6, 6–7(4)
Winner 3. 18 July 2004 ITF Vittel, France Clay France Séverine Beltrame Russia Maria Goloviznina
Sweden Maria Wolfbrandt
6–1, 6–3
Winner 4. 19 September 2004 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar Argentina Erica Krauth
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 17 October 2004 Open de Touraine, France Carpet (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Germany Angelika Rösch
w/o
Winner 5. 23 October 2004 Open de Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
7–6(3), 2–6, 6–4
Winner 6. 28 November 2004 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
7–5, 6–4
Winner 7. 17 April 2005 Open de Biarritz, France Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
France Aurélie Védy
6–2, 6–1
Winner 8. 19 November 2005 ITF Deauville, France Clay (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 18 June 2006 Open de Marseille, France Clay France Séverine Beltrame Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
5–7, 4–6
Winner 9. 14 October 2006 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 4. 31 March 2007 ITF Latina, Italy Hard Tunisia Selima Sfar Italy Sara Errani
Italy Giulia Gabba
3–6, 6–1, 6–7(2)
Runner-up 5. 6 April 2008 ITF Torhout, Belgium Hard (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner-up 6. 7 September 2008 Denain Open, France Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Estonia Maret Ani
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
0–6, 5–7
Runner-up 7. 19 July 2009 Open Contrexéville, France Clay France Pauline Parmentier Austria Yvonne Meusburger
Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller
2–6, 2–6
Winner 10. 26 July 2009 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar Croatia Darija Jurak
Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller
6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up 8. 17 October 2009 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) France Aurélie Védy France Youlia Fedossova
Tunisia Selima Sfar
6–4, 0–6, [8–10]
Winner 11. 28 February 2010 Biberach Open, Germany Hard (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Germany Mona Barthel
Germany Carmen Klaschka
5–7, 6–1, [10–5]
Runner–up 9. 2 May 2010 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay France Kristina Mladenovic Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Croatia Darija Jurak
6–0, 2–6, [5–10]
Runner-up 10. 12 June 2010 Open de Marseille, France Clay France Aurélie Védy Sweden Johanna Larsson
Austria Yvonne Meusburger
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 11. 17 October 2010 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Germany Tatjana Malek
France Irena Pavlovic
4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner 12. 30 January 2011 Open de l'Isère, France Hard (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar France Iryna Brémond
France Aurélie Védy
6–1, 6–3

Personal

Cohen-Aloro is Jewish.[2]

See also

References

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