Isabelle Demongeot

Isabelle Demongeot
Country (sports)  France
Born (1966-09-18) 18 September 1966
Gassin, France
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)
Turned pro 1983
Retired 1996
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $804,884
Singles
Career record 249–221
Career titles 1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 35 (23 May 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1990, 1993)
French Open 3R (1988)
Wimbledon 3R (1985, 1987)
US Open 3R (1987, 1994)
Doubles
Career record 251–187
Career titles 9 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 20 (8 May 1989)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1990, 1992)
French Open QF (1987, 1992)
Wimbledon 3R (1985, 1988, 1992, 1995)
US Open 3R (1989, 1992)

Isabelle Demongeot (born 18 September 1966) is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional on 1 May 1983. She lived in Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in the early stages of her career and later settled further south in Gassin.

Demongeot won her only WTA Tour singles title in Purchase in New York state in 1991. She achieved her best Grand Slam singles performance by reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon in 1986. She won a total of nine WTA Tour doubles titles. Her best Grand Slam doubles performance was reaching the French Open quarter-finals with Nathalie Tauziat of France in 1987 and 1992. She also represented her country from 1985 to 1993 in the Federation/Fed Cup and in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games.[1] She retired from the WTA Tour in 1996.

WTA Tour Finals

Singles 1 (1–0)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Virginia Slims (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)
Tier IV & V (1/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 22 July 1991 Westchester Hard United States Lori McNeil 6–4, 6–4

Doubles 13 (9–4)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Virginia Slims (1/0)
Tier I (1/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (1/1)
Tier IV & V (6/3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 28 September 1987 Paris Clay France Nathalie Tauziat Italy Sandra Cecchini
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš
1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner 2. 9 May 1988 Berlin Clay France Nathalie Tauziat Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czech Republic Helena Suková
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 11 July 1988 Nice Clay France Nathalie Tauziat France Catherine Suire
France Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner 3. 17 October 1988 Zürich Carpet (i) France Nathalie Tauziat West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 24 October 1988 Brighton Carpet (i) France Nathalie Tauziat United States Lori McNeil
United States Betsy Nagelsen
7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Winner 4. 1 May 1989 Hamburg Clay France Nathalie Tauziat Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
walkover
Winner 5. 5 August 1991 Albuquerque Hard United States Katrina Adams South Africa Lise Gregory
United States Peanut Louie Harper
6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 23 September 1991 St. Petersburg Carpet (i) United Kingdom Jo Durie Soviet Union Elena Brioukhovets
Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva
7–5, 6–3
Winner 6. 30 September 1991 Leipzig Carpet (i) Netherlands Manon Bollegraf Canada Jill Hetherington
United States Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel
6–4, 6–3
Winner 7. 13 April 1992 Pattaya Hard Ukraine Natalia Medvedeva France Pascale Paradis
France Sandrine Testud
6–1, 6–1
Winner 8. 20 April 1992 Kuala Lumpur Hard Ukraine Natalia Medvedeva Japan Rika Hiraki
Czechoslovakia Petra Langrová
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner 9. 1 February 1993 Auckland Hard South Africa Elna Reinach Canada Jill Hetherington
United States Kathy Rinaldi
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 25 April 1994 Taranto Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini Romania Irina Spîrlea
France Noëlle van Lottum
6–3, 2–6, 6–1

ITF finals

Singles Finals (4-4)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 17 October 1983 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Israel Rafeket Benjamini 6-0 6-0
Winner 2. 23 January 1984 Key Biscayne, United States Hard Sweden Carin Anderholm 7-5 6-3
Winner 3. 20 August 1984 Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Renata Šašak 7-6 7-5
Winner 4. 31 December 1984 Chicago, United States Hard United States Kirsten Dreyer 1-6 6-2 6-4
Runner-up 5. 15 July 1991 Evansville, United States Hard United States Kimberly Po 6-2, 4-6, 1-6
Runner-up 6. 9 December 1991 Val-d'Oise, France Hard France Nathalie Tauziat 6-3, 3-6, 1-6
Runner-up 7. 12 December 1994 Cergy, France Hard (i) Poland Katarzyna Nowak 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 3 March 1996 Southampton, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Bulgaria Elena Pampoulova 3–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles (4-4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 11 June 1984 Lyon, France Clay France Nathalie Tauziat Argentina Mercedes Paz
United States Ronni Reis
6-1, 3-6, 3-6
Runner-up 2. 31 December 1984 Chicago, United States Hard France Nathalie Tauziat United States Lynn Lewis
Canada Wendy Barlow
6-4, 6-7, 5-7
Winner 3. 21 January 1985 San Antonio, United States Hard France Nathalie Tauziat Sweden Elisabeth Ekblom
Netherlands Marianne van der Torre
6-3 6-4
Winner 4. 30 March 1987 Limoges, France Clay France Nathalie Tauziat Switzerland Céline Cohen
Switzerland Eva Krapl
7-5 6-2
Winner 5. 7 December 1992 Val-d'Oise, France Hard France Catherine Suire Belgium Sabine Appelmans
France Julie Halard-Decugis
7-5 6-4
Runner-up 6. 29 March 1993 Moulins, France Hard France Catherine Suire Latvia Agnese Blumberga
Czech Republic Jana Pospíšilová
6-3, 2-6, 4-6
Runner-up 7. 6 December 1993 Val-d'Oise, France Hard France Catherine Suire Poland Magdalena Feistel
Russia Elena Makarova
6-2, 3-6, 4-6
Winner 8. 10 April 1994 Limoges, France Clay Sweden Maria Strandlund France Angelique Olivier
Austria Heidi Sprung
6-2, 6-2

References

  1. Isabelle Demongeot Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine.. sports-reference.com
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