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)

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

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 has won 5 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles, and 9 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 1st round of the 2005 Australian Open, 6–2, 6–2. She lost, however, in the 2nd round.

Cohen-Aloro and 28-year-old Tunisian Selima Sfar beat Ana Ivanovic and Tina Križan 6–4, 6–2 in the first round of the French Open, but lost to Émilie Loit and Nicole Pratt (seeded 12th) 7–6 (7–4), 6–3, 11–9 in the 2nd round.

Cohen-Aloro and Sfar pulled off a major upset in the 1st round of the Wimbledon 2005 ladies doubles event, beating 3rd seeds Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs 6–4, 3–6, 6–2. However, they lost in the second round.

In 2006 she captured her 5th career ITF Circuit singles title at the $25K Biarritz, and won her 9th ITF Circuit doubles title of her career at the $50K Joué-lès-Tours with Martinez Sanchez.

In February 2007 she beat world No. 77 Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine, 6–2, 6–3. In August in Stockholm she beat world No. 62 Yvonne Meusburger of Austria, 6–2, 6–4.

In January 2008 in Sydney, Australia, she beat world No. 68 Yung-Jan Chan 6–0, 6–3. In May in Strasbourg she defeated world No. 73 Camille Pin of France, 7–6 (4), 6–2. In June in Barcelona she beat world No. 31 Dominika Cibulková of Slovakia, 6–5, ret.

In January 2009 at the Australian Open she beat world No. 74 Czech Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, 6–3, 6–4. In April 2009 in Barcelona she upset world No. 15 Alizé Cornet of France, 6–0, 6–3. In May in Strasbourg she beat world No. 66 Mathilde Johansson of France, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1, and world No. 42 Gisela Dulko of Argentina, 4–6, 7–6 (5), 6–4.

On 12 February 2011, she played her last professional match, losing in the Open GDF Suez doubles tournament to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy. Two days before, she had played her last singles match, also losing to Mattek-Sands there.^[1]

Federation Cup

Cohen-Aloro was named to the French Federation Cup team. In 2003 she won one match on clay and lost two matches on carpet.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 February 2003	Paris, France	Carpet	Marion Bartoli	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	6–2, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)

ITF Finals

Singles Finals (7–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	3 December 2001	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Marina Caiazzo	6-4, 7-5
Winner	2.	13 October 2002	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Sandra Kleinová	6-1, 6-1
Winner	3.	25 November 2002	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Melinda Czink	6-4, 6-2
Winner	4.	000000002003-05-01-00001 May 2003	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Yulia Beygelzimer	6-4, 6-3
Runner-up	1.	18 October 2004	Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Barbora Strýcová	1-6, 2-6
Winner	5.	11 April 2006	Biarritz, France	Clay	Mădălina Gojnea	6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	10 June 2007	Marseille, France	Clay	Jorgelina Cravero	2-6, 4-6
Winner	6.	20 April 2008	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6-2 7-5
Winner	7.	7 September 2009	Denain, France	Clay	Ksenia Pervak	6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	3.	6 September 2010	Denain, France	Clay	Anaïs Laurendon	3-6, 5-7

Doubles Finals (12–11)

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

Personal

Cohen-Aloro is Jewish.^[2]

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

References

• ITF site

External links

• Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro at the Women's Tennis Association
• Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro at the International Tennis Federation
• Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro at the Fed Cup