Samantha Schoeffel

Samantha Schoeffel
Full name Samantha Schoeffel-Hechinger
Country (sports)  France
Born (1981-01-24) 24 January 1981
Prize money $33,876
Singles
Highest ranking No. 430 (18 May 2009)
Doubles
Highest ranking No. 198 (12 July 1999)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 1R (1999)

Samantha Schoeffel-Hechinger (born 24 January 1981) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Biography

Schoeffel, who is originally from Cape Town, South Africa, began competing on the professional tour in 1996.

As a doubles player she broke into the world's top 200, with WTA Tour quarter-final appearances at the 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg and the 2000 Belgian Open. She featured in the women's doubles main draw at the 1999 French Open, as a wildcard pairing with Stéphanie Foretz.[1]

In 2001 she left the tour to play collegiate tennis at Florida State University[2], later returning to the professional circuit in 2006 and going on to win five ITF singles titles. She reached her best singles ranking of 430 in the world in 2009.

She lives in Obernai, France.

ITF finals

Singles: 8 (5-3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 / $80,000 tournaments
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. 12 August 2007 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Germany Julia Babilon 2–6, 0–6
Runner–up 2. 28 October 2007 Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Serbia Nataša Zorić 6–0, 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Winner 3. 5 November 2007 Le Havre, France Clay (i) Netherlands Romana Janshen 6-1, 6-2
Runner-up 4. 22 September 2008 Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard (i) Russia Ksenia Lykina 4-6, 4-6
Winner 5. 6 October 2008 Barcelona, Spain Clay Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze 6–2, 6–1
Winner 6. 18 October 2008 Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Italy Paola Cigui 6-1, 6-3
Winner 7. 9 November 2008 Le Havre, France Clay (i) France Shérazad Reix 7–6(7–4), 7-6(8–6)
Winner 8. 5 April 2009 Antalya, Turkey Hard Germany Julia Babilon 7–6(10–8), 1–0 ret.

Doubles: 15 (10-5)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner–up 1. 15 March 1998 Biel, Switzerland Hard (i) Switzerland Laura Bao Germany Kirstin Freye
United States Jean Okada
0-6 7-6 1-6
Runner–up 2. 3 August 1998 Périgueux, France Clay France Stephanie Testard Spain Paula García
Republic of Ireland Kelly Liggan
6–3, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner 3. 22 November 1998 Deauville, France Carpet (i) France Emmanuelle Curutchet Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova
6-1, 2-6, 7-6
Winner 4. 9 May 1999 Seoul, South Korea Clay Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova South Korea Choi Young-ja
South Korea Kim Eun-sook
6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Winner 5. 24 April 2000 Talence, France Hard France Séverine Beltrame France Aurore Desert
France Magalie Lamarre
6–2, 6–2
Winner 6. 12 August 2007 Rebecq, Belgium Clay France Émilie Bacquet Netherlands Claire Lablans
Netherlands Marcella Koek
7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Winner 7. 19 August 2007 Koksijde, Belgium Clay France Émilie Bacquet Poland Sylwia Zagorska
Poland Olga Brózda
6–1, 6–1
Winner 8. 24 August 2007 Westende, Belgium Hard France Claire de Gubernatis Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz
United Kingdom Katharina Brown
4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Winner 9. 10 September 2007 Casale, Italy Clay France Émilie Bacquet Italy Stefania Chieppa
Italy Giulia Gatto-Monticone
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 10. 15 October 2007 Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay France Émilie Bacquet Serbia Nataša Zorić
Serbia Miljana Adanko
3–6, 3–6
Winner 11. 5 November 2007 Le Havre, France Clay (i) France Elodie Caillat Russia Anna Savitskaya
Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner 12. 11 August 2008 Versmold, Germany Clay Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Germany Nicola Geuer
Germany Laura Haberkorn
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Runner-up 13. 22 September 2008 Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard (i) Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Russia Ksenia Lykina
Italy Vivienne Vierin
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 14. 6 October 2008 Barcelona, Spain Clay Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs United States Kristi Miller
Spain Lucia Sainz-Pelegri
7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [7–10]
Winner 15. 3 November 2008 Le Havre, France Clay (i) Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Croatia Ana Bezjak
Serbia Neda Kozic
6–3, 6–1

References

  1. "French Open results". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Heritage Microfilm, Inc. 27 May 1999. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. "Lady Seminoles fight hard but fall in a close match to No. 21 LSU". Seminoles.com. 13 February 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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