Émilie Loit (French pronunciation: [emili lwa]; born 9 June 1979) is a retired professional female tennis player from France. She was born in Cherbourg.
Loit's three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril in 2004, Casablanca in 2004, and Acapulco, and she won 16 doubles titles. Her highest rankings were No. 27 in singles and No. 15 in doubles.
On 24 May 2009, right after losing her first round match at the French Open in 2009, she announced that she would be retiring from tennis after the end of the tournament.[1]
In the Summer 2011, she gave birth to a son Mathias.[2]
WTA career finals
Singles: 3 (3 titles, 0 runners-up)
Winner – Legend |
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
Tier II / Premier (0–0) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (3–0) |
Doubles: 26 (16 titles, 10 runners-up)
Winner – Legend |
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
Tier II / Premier (4–5) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (12–5) |
Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Championship |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponent |
Score |
Runner-up |
1. |
16 January 1999 |
Hobart, Australia |
Hard |
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret |
Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova |
1–6, 2–6 |
Winner |
1. |
November 21, 1999 |
Pattaya City, Thailand |
Hard |
Åsa Carlsson |
Evgenia Koulikovskaya Patricia Wartusch |
6–1, 6–4 |
Winner |
2. |
January 16, 2000 |
Hobart, Australia |
Hard |
Rita Grande |
Kim Clijsters Alicia Molik |
6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |
Runner–up |
2. |
7 February 2000 |
Paris, France |
Carpet (i) |
Åsa Carlsson |
Julie Halard-Decugis Sandrine Testud |
6-3 3-6 4-6 |
Winner |
3. |
February 18, 2001 |
Nice, France |
Carpet (I) |
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot |
Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat |
1–6, 6–2, 6–0 |
Winner |
4. |
April 21, 2002 |
Budapest, Hungary |
Clay |
Catherine Barclay |
Elena Bovina Zsófia Gubacsi |
4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
3. |
14 September 2002 |
Bahia, Brazil |
Hard |
Rossana de los Ríos |
Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez |
4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up |
4. |
December 30, 2002 |
Gold Coast, Australia |
Hard |
Nathalie Dechy |
Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner |
5. |
January 12, 2003 |
Canberra, Australia |
Hard |
Tathiana Garbin |
Dája Bedáňová Dinara Safina |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
5. |
February 16, 2003 |
Antwerp, Belgium |
Carpet |
Nathalie Dechy |
Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama |
2–6, 0–6 |
Winner |
6. |
March 2, 2003 |
Acapulco, Mexico |
Clay |
Åsa Svensson |
Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch |
6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up |
6. |
September 14, 2003 |
Bali, Indonesia |
Hard |
Nicole Pratt |
Angelique Widjaja María Vento-Kabchi |
5–7, 2–6 |
Winner |
7. |
September 21, 2003 |
Shanghai, China |
Hard |
Nicole Pratt |
Ai Sugiyama Tamarine Tanasugarn |
6–3, 6–3 |
Winner |
8. |
April 11, 2004 |
Casablanca, Morocco |
Clay |
Marion Bartoli |
Els Callens Katarina Srebotnik |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner |
9. |
May 8, 2005 |
Rabat, Morocco |
Clay |
Barbora Strýcová |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives |
3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–5 |
Winner |
10. |
May 15, 2005 |
Prague, Czech Republic |
Clay |
Nicole Pratt |
Jelena Kostanić Barbora Strýcová |
6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner |
11. |
August 14, 2005 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Hard |
Katarina Srebotnik |
Eva Birnerová Mara Santangelo |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner |
12. |
August 31, 2005 |
Budapest, Hungary |
Clay |
Katarina Srebotnik |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino Marta Marrero |
6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner |
13. |
October 9, 2005 |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Hard |
Maria Elena Camerin |
Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva |
6–3, 6–0 |
Winner |
14. |
October 30, 2005 |
Hasselt, Belgium |
Hard (i) |
Katarina Srebotnik |
Michaëlla Krajicek Ágnes Szávay |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
7. |
January 2, 2006 |
ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand |
Hard |
Barbora Strýcová |
Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner |
15. |
January 13, 2006 |
Hobart, Australia |
Hard |
Nicole Pratt |
Jill Craybas Jelena Kostanić |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner |
16. |
February 12, 2006 |
Paris, France |
Carpet (i) |
Květa Peschke |
Cara Black Rennae Stubbs |
7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Runner-up |
8. |
March 5, 2006 |
Acapulco, Mexico |
Clay |
Shinobu Asagoe |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy |
1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up |
9. |
September 18, 2006 |
Portorož, Slovenia |
Hard |
Eva Birnerová |
Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová |
w/o |
Runner-up |
10. |
March 3, 2007 |
Acapulco, Mexico |
Clay |
Nicole Pratt |
Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino |
3–6, 3–6 |
ITF Finals
Singles Finals (7–5)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
Runner-up |
1. |
26 November 1995 |
Le Havre, France |
Clay (i) |
Selima Sfar |
6–0, 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up |
2. |
7 October 1996 |
Saint-Raphaël, France |
Hard (i) |
Susi Fortun Lohrmann |
7–5, 2–6, 0–6 |
Winner |
1. |
2 February 1997 |
Dinan, France |
Clay (i) |
Emmanuelle Curutchet |
6–2, 7–6 |
Winner |
2. |
11 May 1997 |
Gelos, France |
Clay |
Karolina Jagieniak |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner |
3. |
1 February 1998 |
Dinan, France |
Clay (i) |
Élodie Le Bescond |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner |
4. |
17 September 2000 |
Bordeaux, France |
Clay |
Lubomira Bacheva |
7–5, 6–2 |
Runner-up |
3. |
14 October 2001 |
Poitiers, France |
Clay |
Petra Mandula |
5–7, 6–2, 1–6 |
Winner |
5. |
14 April 2002 |
Dinan, France |
Clay (i) |
Zuzana Ondrášková |
6–2, 7–5 |
Winner |
6. |
5 May 2002 |
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France |
Clay |
Alena Vašková |
7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
4. |
16 June 2002 |
Marseille, France |
Clay |
Conchita Martínez Granados |
2–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Runner-up |
5. |
19 September 2004 |
Bordeaux, France |
Clay |
Virginie Razzano |
7–5, 6–2 |
Winner |
7. |
16 October 2005 |
Joué-lès-Tours, France |
Hard (i) |
Jelena Kostanić |
6–2, 6–1 |