Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro

Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Country (sports)  France
Residence Seine, France
Born (1983-03-18) 18 March 1983
Paris, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 15 October 2001
Retired 12 February 2011
Plays Right-handed (one handed backhand)
Prize money $908,427
Singles
Career record 253–212
Career titles 0 WTA, 6 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 108–98
Career titles 0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking No. 54 (18 July 2005)
Team competitions
Fed Cup W (2003)

Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (born 18 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Her highest singles ranking was no. 61, achieved on 5 October 2003. Her highest ranking doubles position was no. 54, achieved on 18 July 2005.

Tennis career

Cohen-Aloro won five ITF Women's Circuit singles titles, and nine ITF doubles titles.

Professional circuit

She turned pro on 15 October 2001 at the age of 18.

In April 2005, she beat world no. 21 Daniela Hantuchová in Miami, 7–6(3), 6–2. 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 Wimbledon 2005 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 Circuit singles title at the $25K Biarritz, and won her ninth ITF Circuit doubles title of her career at the $50K Joué-lès-Tours with Martinez Sanchez.

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 professional singles match, losing to Mattek-Sands in the second round of the main draw.[1]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments
WTA Tour Championships
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5
Tier II / Premier (0–1)
Tier III, IV & V / International
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 9 February 2003 Paris, France Carpet France Marion Bartoli Austria Barbara Schett
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
6–2, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)

ITF Finals

Singles Finals (7–3)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 3 December 2001 Bangkok, Thailand Hard France Marina Caiazzo 6-4, 7-5
Winner 2. 13 October 2002 Cardiff, United Kingdom Hard (i) Czech Republic Sandra Kleinová 6-1, 6-1
Winner 3. 25 November 2002 Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Hungary Melinda Czink 6-4, 6-2
Winner 4. 1 May 2003 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Ukraine Yulia Beygelzimer 6-4, 6-3
Runner-up 1. 18 October 2004 Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová 1-6, 2-6
Winner 5. 11 April 2006 Biarritz, France Clay Romania Mădălina Gojnea 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 10 June 2007 Marseille, France Clay Argentina Jorgelina Cravero 2-6, 4-6
Winner 6. 20 April 2008 Saint-Malo, France Clay Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6-2 7-5
Winner 7. 7 September 2009 Denain, France Clay Russia Ksenia Pervak 6-3, 6-4
Runner-up 3. 6 September 2010 Denain, France Clay France Anaïs Laurendon 3-6, 5-7

Doubles Finals (12–11)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 1. 10 September 2001 Madrid, Spain Clay France Kildine Chevalier Spain Sonia Delgado
Italy Anna Floris
2-6, 6-2, 6-2
Winner 2. 28 April 2002 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Madagascar Dally Randriantefy Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
France Caroline Dhenin
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 21 July 2002 Les Contamines, France Hard France Anne-Laure Heitz Russia Maria Kondratieva
Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić
1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 3. 12 July 2004 Vittel, France Clay France Séverine Beltrame Russia Maria Goloviznina
Sweden Maria Wolfbrandt
6–1, 6–3
Winner 4. 13 September 2004 Bordeaux, France Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar Argentina Erica Krauth
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Runner-up 2. 10 October 2004 Joué-lès-Tours, France Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Germany Angelika Rösch
walkover
Winner 5. 18 October 2004 Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
7-6(7–3), 2-6, 6-4
Winner 6. 23 November 2004 Poitiers, France Hard (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
7-5, 6-4
Winner 7. 12 April 2005 Biarritz, France Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
France Aurélie Védy
6-2, 6-1
Winner 8. 15 November 2005 Deauville, France Clay (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko
6-3, 6-1
Runner-up 3. 18 June 2006 Marseille, France Clay France Séverine Beltrame Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
5–7, 4–6
Winner 9. 9 October 2006 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
7-5, 7-5
Runner-up 4. 26 March 2007 Latina, Italy Hard Tunisia Selima Sfar Italy Sara Errani
Italy Giulia Gabba
3-6, 6-1, 6-7(2–7)
Runner-up 5. 6 April 2008 Torhout, Belgium Hard Tunisia Selima Sfar Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner–up 6. 7 September 2008 Denain, France Clay Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier Estonia Maret Ani
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
0–6, 5–7
Runner-up 7. 19 July 2009 Contrexéville, France Clay France Pauline Parmentier Austria Yvonne Meusburger
Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller
2–6, 2–6
Winner 10. 20 July 2009 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar Croatia Darija Jurak
Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller
6-2, 3-6, [10-7]
Runner-up 8. 12 October 2009 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) France Aurélie Védy France Youlia Fedossova
Tunisia Selima Sfar
6–4, 0–6, [8–10]
Winner 11. 22 February 2010 Biberach an der Riss, Germany Hard (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Germany Mona Barthel
Germany Carmen Klaschka
5-7, 6-1, [10-5]
Runner–up 9. 2 May 2010 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay France Kristina Mladenovic Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Croatia Darija Jurak
6–0, 2–6, [5–10]
Runner-up 10. 12 June 2010 Marseille, France Clay France Aurélie Védy Sweden Johanna Larsson
Austria Yvonne Meusburger
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 11. 17 October 2010 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Germany Tatjana Malek
France Irena Pavlovic
4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner 12. 24 January 2011 Grenoble, France Hard Tunisia Selima Sfar France Iryna Brémond
France Aurélie Védy
6–1, 6–3

Personal

Cohen-Aloro is Jewish.[2]

See also

References

  1. "ITF retired women players". Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  2. "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; accessed 4 June 2009
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