Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor

Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor
Country (sports)  France
Residence Paris, France
Born (1975-11-13) 13 November 1975
Seclin, France
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 2 12 in)
Turned pro 1993
Retired 2001
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$823,787
Singles
Career record 278–198 (58.40%)
Career titles 1 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking No. 29 (1 November 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1995, 2001)
French Open 3R (1996)
Wimbledon 3R (1999, 2000)
US Open 3R (1998)
Doubles
Career record 52–101 (33.99%)
Career titles 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 101 (5 August 1996)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1996, 1997)
French Open 2R (1996, 1998)
Wimbledon 1R (1996)
US Open 2R (1996)

Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor (born 13 November 1975) is a former professional female tennis player from France. Her career high singles ranking is World No. 29, which she achieved on 1 November 1999.

Pitkowski won her only career WTA Tour singles final in Budapest in the spring of 1999, where she beat Cristina Torrens Valero of Spain in the final. She was also the singles runner-up at the WTA Tour tournament in Antwerp in the same year, where she lost to Justine Henin of Belgium. She has won a total of 10 singles titles on the minor International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit. She has never advanced beyond the third round of any Grand Slam event in singles competition. She represented France in the first round of the Fed Cup in 1998 as a rookie; she saved the defending champions from losing to Belgium by defeating Sabine Appelmans 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.

Pitkowski married a French professional tennis player, Olivier Malcor, who has served as a coach for Nicolas Mahut, on 7 July 2001. The couple have a son.

WTA Tour finals

Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (1–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0)
Clay (1)
Grass (0)
Carpet (0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 19 April 1999 Westel 900 Open, Budapest, Hungary Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 10 May 1999 Flanders Open, Antwerp, Belgium Clay Belgium Justine Henin 1–6, 2–6

Single performance timeline

Tournament199319941995199619971998199920002001Career W-L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2–7
French Open 1R A 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 4–8
Wimbledon A A 1R A 2R 1R 3R 3R 1R 5–6
US Open A A 1R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R A 5–6
Win-Loss 0–1 0–0 2–4 3–3 3–4 2–4 3–4 2–4 1–3 16–27

ITF Finals

Singles Finals: 14 (10-4)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 10 February 1992 Swindon, United Kingdom Carpet Belgium Caroline Wuillot 6-2, 6-4
Runner–up 2. 17 February 1992 Reims, France Carpet Belgium Caroline Wuillot 4-6, 1-6
Runner–up 3. 27 April 1992 Lerida, Spain Clay Argentina Paola Suárez 6-4, 4-6, 1-6
Winner 4. 26 October 1992 Madeira, Portugal Hard France Angelique Olivier 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Runner–up 5. 30 November 1992 Le Havre, France Clay Romania Ruxandra Dragomir 6-7 5-7
Runner–up 6. 1 March 1993 Cascais, Portugal Clay Italy Ginevra Mugnaini 2-6, 4-6
Winner 7. 7 June 1993 Caserta, Italy Clay Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos 7–5, 6–3
Winner 8. 28 February 1994 Madrid, Spain Clay Spain Ángeles Montolio 6–4, 6–3
Winner 9. 28 March 1994 Moulins, France Hard France Angelique Olivier 7–5, 6–4
Winner 10. 14 August 1995 Koksijde, Belgium Clay Spain Magüi Serna 6–1, 6–3
Winner 11. 4 December 1995 Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard Madagascar Dally Randriantefy 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Winner 12. 23 March 1997 Reims, France Clay Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva 7–5, 6–1
Winner 13. 23 August 1998 Bronx, United States Hard Zimbabwe Cara Black 6–3, 7–5
Winner 14. 6 December 1998 Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard (i) France Nathalie Dechy 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles Finals: 2 (1–1)

Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner–up 1. 23 August 1998 Bronx, United States Hard Greece Christína Papadáki United Kingdom Julie Pullin
United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe
3-6, 1-6
Winner 2. 30 July 2001 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Gisela Riera
6–2, 6–3
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