Julia Cohen

Cohen grew up in Philadelphia,[2][3] and started tennis at the age of three.[2] Her father, Dr. Richard Cohen, played tennis for the University of Pennsylvania and played professional tennis for two years, and her brother Josh was an All-American tennis player at the University of Miami and became head coach of the World Team Tennis Philadelphia Freedoms.[3][4] At the age of six she was ranked No. 1 in 18-and-under doubles in the USTA Middle States region (including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware).[3] In 1997, at the age of eight, she became the youngest player to win an adult match in a Middle States Tennis Association tournament.[5] She was then the US champion in the 9-and-under division.[3]

In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship.[6] In 2006, she was the top-ranked American girl tennis player.[7] That same year, she and partner Kimberly Couts reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the Wimbledon Junior Championships.[8]

When she was 15 years old, she was No. 6 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior world rankings.[3] On June 11, 2007, she was ranked No. 4 in the junior rankings.[9]

In her first year of college tennis, playing number 1 singles for the University of Florida Gators, she was SEC Rookie of the Year and Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Rookie of the Year.[9] She transferred to the University of Miami Hurricanes and finished the year ranked fifth in the US in singles, and was named All-ACC.[9]

She is coached by her brother's friend Conor Taylor. She won four career singles and five doubles titles on the ITF circuit.[9] Cohen played in the 2012 Baku Cup. She made it to her first WTA final there, before losing to fifth-seeded Serbian Bojana Jovanovski.[9] That year she reached No. 121 in the WTA doubles rankings, and No. 97 in the WTA singles rankings.[9]

She has played in World TeamTennis for the Philadelphia Freedoms and the Boston Lobsters.[9]

Cohen earned her bachelor's degree in sports administration summa cum laude from California University of Pennsylvania in 2012 and a master's degree in sport psychology in 2013.[10] As an assistant coach, Cohen joined the Chestnut Hill College men's and women's tennis coaching staffs prior to the spring 2017 season.[10]

• List of select Jewish tennis players

• Julia Cohen at the Women's Tennis Association
• Julia Cohen at the International Tennis Federation