Émilie Loit

Émilie Loit (French pronunciation: ​[emili lwa]; born 9 June 1979) is a retired tennis player from France.

Émilie Loit
Country (sports) France
ResidenceBoulogne-Billancourt
Born (1979-06-09) 9 June 1979
Cherbourg
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2009
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,086,943
Singles
Career record371–295
Career titles3 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 27 (19 April 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (1999)
French Open3R (2000, 2002, 2005, 2008)
Wimbledon3R (2003)
US Open3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record265–175
Career titles16 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 15 (10 November 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2003, 2006)
French OpenQF (2003, 2005)
WimbledonQF (2004)
US OpenQF (1998)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (2003)

Besides her three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril and Casablanca both in 2004, and Acapulco in 2007, she won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. 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, she announced her retiring from professional tennis by the end of the tournament.[1]

In summer 2011, she gave birth to a son, Mathias.[2]

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)
Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (3–0)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 11 April 2004 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Ľudmila Cervanová 6–2, 6–2
Winner 2. 18 April 2004 Estoril, Portugal Clay Iveta Benešová 7–5, 7–6
Winner 3. 3 March 2007 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Flavia Pennetta 7–6, 6–4

Doubles: 26 (16 titles, 10 runner-ups)
Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (4–5)
Tier III, IV & V (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. 21 November 1999 Pattaya City, Thailand Hard Åsa Carlsson Evgenia Koulikovskaya
Patricia Wartusch		 6–1, 6–4
Winner 2. 16 January 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. 18 February 2001 Nice, France Carpet (I) Anne-Gaëlle Sidot Kimberly Po
Nathalie Tauziat		 1–6, 6–2, 6–0
Winner 4. 21 April 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. 30 December 2002 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Nathalie Dechy Svetlana Kuznetsova
Martina Navratilova		 4–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 12 January 2003 Canberra, Australia Hard Tathiana Garbin Dája Bedáňová
Dinara Safina		 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 16 February 2003 Antwerp, Belgium Carpet (i) Nathalie Dechy Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama		 2–6, 0–6
Winner 6. 2 March 2003 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Åsa Svensson Petra Mandula
Patricia Wartusch		 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 6. 14 September 2003 Bali, Indonesia Hard Nicole Pratt Angelique Widjaja
María Vento-Kabchi		 5–7, 2–6
Winner 7. 21 September 2003 Shanghai, China Hard Nicole Pratt Ai Sugiyama
Tamarine Tanasugarn		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 8. 11 April 2004 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Marion Bartoli Els Callens
Katarina Srebotnik		 6–4, 6–2
Winner 9. 8 May 2005 Rabat, Morocco Clay Barbora Strýcová Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Nuria Llagostera Vives		 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–5
Winner 10. 15 May 2005 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Nicole Pratt Jelena Kostanić
Barbora Strýcová		 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Winner 11. 14 August 2005 Stockholm, Sweden Hard Katarina Srebotnik Eva Birnerová
Mara Santangelo		 6–4, 6–3
Winner 12. 31 August 2005 Budapest, Hungary Clay Katarina Srebotnik Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Marta Marrero		 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 13. 9 October 2005 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Maria Elena Camerin Anastasia Rodionova
Galina Voskoboeva		 6–3, 6–0
Winner 14. 30 October 2005 Hasselt, Belgium Hard (i) Katarina Srebotnik Michaëlla Krajicek
Ágnes Szávay		 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 7. 2 January 2006 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Barbora Strýcová Elena Likhovtseva
Vera Zvonareva		 3–6, 4–6
Winner 15. 13 January 2006 Hobart, Australia Hard Nicole Pratt Jill Craybas
Jelena Kostanić		 6–2, 6–1
Winner 16. 12 February 2006 Paris, France Carpet (i) Květa Peschke Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up 8. 5 March 2006 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Shinobu Asagoe Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Meghann Shaughnessy		 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 9. 18 September 2006 Portorož, Slovenia Hard Eva Birnerová Lucie Hradecká
Renata Voráčová		 w/o
Runner-up 10. 3 March 2007 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Nicole Pratt Arantxa Parra Santonja
Lourdes Domínguez Lino		 3–6, 3–6

ITF finals
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (7–5)
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 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

Doubles (5-6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 2 February 1997 Dinan, France Hard Laëtitia Sanchez Sophie Georges
Cécile de Winne		 5–7, 2–6
Winner 1. 12 April 1998 Estoril, Portugal Clay Caroline Dhenin Radka Bobková
Caroline Schneider		 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 18 October 1998 Southampton, England Carpet (i) Amélie Cocheteux Els Callens
Laurence Courtois		 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 25 October 1998 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Amélie Cocheteux Lenka Cenková
Eva Martincová		 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 6 December 1998 Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard (i) Caroline Dhenin Kristie Boogert
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot		 5–7, 2–6
Winner 2. 19 September 1999 Bordeaux, France Clay Åsa Carlsson Lubomira Bacheva
Cristina Torrens Valero		 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Winner 3. 11 October 1999 Bordeaux, France Hard (i) Åsa Carlsson Alexandra Fusai
Rita Grande		 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up 5. 20 August 2000 Bronx, United States Hard Alexandra Fusai Surina De Beer
Nana Miyagi		 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Winner 4. 9 September 2001 Denain, France Clay Irina Selyutina Debby Haak
Jolanda Mens		 6–1, 6–3
Winner 5. 14 April 2002 Dinan, France Clay (i) Caroline Dhenin Yuliya Beygelzimer
Patty Van Acker		 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 6. 3 November 2002 Poitiers, France Hard (i) Caroline Dhenin Lubomira Bacheva
Evgenia Kulikovskaya		 w/o

References
  1. "Roland-Garros: Émilie Loit prend sa retraite" (in French), Reuters, May 24, 2009.
  2. Tennis Magazine (France), September 2011 issue
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