Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (born 18 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from France.
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| Country (sports) |  France |
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| Residence | Seine, France |
| Born | 18 March 1983 Paris |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 15 October 2001 |
| Retired | 12 February 2011 |
| Plays | Right (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 1,080,922 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 294–251 (53.9%) |
| Career titles | 7 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 61 (23 October 2003) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2005, 2009) |
| French Open | 3R (2007) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2003, 2004, 2008) |
| US Open | 2R (2003) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 135–118 (53.4%) |
| Career titles | 12 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 54 (18 July 2005) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | W (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 |
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| 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) | Marion Bartoli |
 Barbara Schett .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | Marina Caiazzo |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 2. | 13 October 2002 | ITF Cardiff, Great Britain | Hard (i) |  Sandra Kleinová |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 3. | 1 December 2002 | ITF Mount Gambier, Australia | Hard |  Melinda Czink |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4. | 4 May 2003 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay |  Yulia Beygelzimer |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1. | 24 October 2004 | Open de Saint-Raphaël, France | Hard (i) | Barbora Strýcová |
1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5. | 16 April 2006 | Open de Biarritz, France | Clay |  Mădălina Gojnea |
6–7(1), 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | 17 June 2007 | Open de Marseille, France | Clay |  Jorgelina Cravero |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6. | 20 April 2008 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | Clay |  Jelena Kostanić Tošić |
6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 7. | 13 September 2009 | Denain Open, France | Clay |  Ksenia Pervak |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3. | 12 September 2010 | Denain Open, France | Clay | 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 | Kildine Chevalier |
 Sonia Delgado  Anna Floris |
2–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 5 May 2002 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay |  Dally Randriantefy |
Iveta Benešová Caroline Dhenin |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 28 July 2002 | ITF Les Contamines, France | Hard | Anne-Laure Heitz |
Maria Kondratieva .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Katarina Mišić |
1–6, 6–7(4) |
| Winner | 3. | 18 July 2004 | ITF Vittel, France | Clay | Séverine Beltrame |
Maria Goloviznina  Maria Wolfbrandt |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 19 September 2004 | ITF Bordeaux, France | Clay |  Selima Sfar |
Erica Krauth  Jasmin Wöhr |
3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 17 October 2004 | Open de Touraine, France | Carpet (i) | Selima Sfar |
Květa Peschke Angelika Rösch |
w/o |
| Winner | 5. | 23 October 2004 | Open de Saint-Raphaël, France | Hard (i) | Selima Sfar |
Barbora Strýcová  Galina Voskoboeva |
7–6(3), 2–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 6. | 28 November 2004 | ITF Poitiers, France | Hard (i) | Selima Sfar |
Gabriela Chmelinová Michaela Paštiková |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 7. | 17 April 2005 | Open de Biarritz, France | Clay | Selima Sfar |
Timea Bacsinszky Aurélie Védy |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 8. | 19 November 2005 | ITF Deauville, France | Clay (i) | Selima Sfar |
Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 18 June 2006 | Open de Marseille, France | Clay | Séverine Beltrame |
Conchita Martínez Granados María José Martínez Sánchez |
5–7, 4–6 |
| Winner | 9. | 14 October 2006 | Open de Touraine, France | Hard (i) | María José Martínez Sánchez |
Barbora Strýcová Renata Voráčová |
7–5, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 31 March 2007 | ITF Latina, Italy | Hard | Selima Sfar |
Sara Errani Giulia Gabba |
3–6, 6–1, 6–7(2) |
| Runner-up | 5. | 6 April 2008 | ITF Torhout, Belgium | Hard (i) | Selima Sfar |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yanina Wickmayer |
4–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 6. | 7 September 2008 | Denain Open, France | Clay | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Marie-Ève Pelletier |
 Maret Ani Lourdes Domínguez Lino |
0–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 19 July 2009 | Open Contrexéville, France | Clay | Pauline Parmentier |
Yvonne Meusburger Kathrin Wörle-Scheller |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 10. | 26 July 2009 | ITF Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | Selima Sfar |
Darija Jurak Kathrin Wörle-Scheller |
6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Runner-up | 8. | 17 October 2009 | Open de Touraine, France | Hard (i) | Aurélie Védy |
Youlia Fedossova Selima Sfar |
6–4, 0–6, [8–10] |
| Winner | 11. | 28 February 2010 | Biberach Open, Germany | Hard (i) | Selima Sfar |
Mona Barthel Carmen Klaschka |
5–7, 6–1, [10–5] |
| Runner–up | 9. | 2 May 2010 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Kristina Mladenovic |
 Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak |
6–0, 2–6, [5–10] |
| Runner-up | 10. | 12 June 2010 | Open de Marseille, France | Clay | Aurélie Védy |
Johanna Larsson Yvonne Meusburger |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 17 October 2010 | Open de Touraine, France | Hard (i) | Selima Sfar |
Tatjana Malek Irena Pavlovic |
4–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
| Winner | 12. | 30 January 2011 | Open de l'Isère, France | Hard (i) | Selima Sfar |
Iryna Brémond Aurélie Védy |
6–1, 6–3 |
See also
References
- "ITF retired women players". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- "Roads' Beth David Congregation to honor Jewish, Israeli Sony Ericsson players; A congregation will recognize Jewish and Israeli tennis players in the Sony Ericsson Open," The Miami Herald, 22 March 2009; retrieved 4 June 2009