Alizé Cornet

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Alize Cornet
Alize Cornet during practice
Country Flag of France France
Residence Nice, France
Date of birth January 22, 1990 (1990-01-22) (age 18)
Place of birth Nice, France
Height 1.73 m (5' 8")
Weight 60 kg (132 lbs)
Turned pro 2006
Plays Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money US$484,262
Singles
Career record: 101-54
Career titles: 0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 17 (June 9, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2r (2008)
French Open 3r (2008)
Wimbledon 2r (2007)
US Open 3r (2007)
Doubles
Career record: 7-14
Career titles: 0
Highest ranking: No. 307 (October 8, 2007)

Infobox last updated on: May 19, 2008.

Alize Cornet (Alizé Cornet) (born January 22, 1990 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France) is a female tennis player from France. She has a career-high ranking of #17, achieved on June 9, 2008. Cornet also has an extensive juniors record, winning the 2007 Girl's Singles at Roland Garros.


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[edit] 2005-2007

She made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open in 2005 and made it to the second round, where she lost to Amelie Mauresmo. In 2006, she reached the second round again by beating Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the first round. She could not repeat this performance in 2007, as she lost in the first round to Venus Williams 6–4, 6–3. Cornet was defeated in the Wimbledon 2007 qualifying event by Olga Govortsova 7–6(12), 3–6, 6–4, but made it to the main draw as a lucky loser when Li Na of China withdrew. Alize reached the second round before being defeated by the experienced Ai Sugiyama 4–6, 6–0, 6–3. Also in 2007, she won a $50,000 ITF tournament in Dnepropetrovsk, beating Stefanie Vogele 6–4, 6–3 in the final. In the 2007 US Open, Cornet lost to Jelena Jankovic in the 3rd round 6–4, 2–6, 3–6.

[edit] 2008

Cornet reached 2nd round at Australian Open where she lost to #9 seed Daniela Hantuchova. Over the following months, Cornet experienced a moderate level of success on the main tour, reaching the final in Acapulco and the semi-finals in Amelia Island and Charleston (a Tier I event). Cornet entered the 2008 Rome Masters and beat Vera Dushevina and Francesca Schiavone before stunning World Number 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–4. She then defeated world number 7 Anna Chakvetadze 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, using a great backhand to overpower Chakvetadze. She said afterwards she was spurred on to victory due to Chakvetadze putting her down before the game saying Cornet was "a good junior" even though she was No. 30 in the world at the time. She also said of Chakvetadze, "She doesn’t even say hello. She’s not a nice person." [1] In her first Tier I final, she lost 6–2, 6–2 to Jelena Jankovic.

Due to her great run at Rome, she rose to number 20 in the world and was seeded 19th for her home Slam, the French Open. She defeated Julia Vakulenko in the first round 6–4, 7–5 after a stylish display. She then beat clay specialist Gisela Dulko 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 in the second round. However she lost to 14th seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6–4, 6–4 in the third round.

[edit] Titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
Tier II Event (0)
Tier III Event (0)
Tier IV-V Event (0)
ITF Event (3)

[edit] Singles finalist (2)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. March 2, 2008 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Flag of Italy Flavia Pennetta 6–0, 4–6, 6–1
2. May 18, 2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Italy Clay Flag of Serbia Jelena Jankovic 6-2, 6-2

[edit] ITF wins

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. April 23, 2006 Bari, Italy Clay Flag of Italy Tathiana Garbin 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
2. July 2, 2006 Padova, Italy Clay Flag of Argentina Maria Vanina Garcia Sokol 6–1, 6–4
3. July 22, 2007 Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine Clay Flag of Switzerland Stefanie Voegele 6–4, 6–3

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To help interpret the table below a legend is located here, which explains what each abbrieviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR the ratio of the number of singles tournaments
won to the number of those tournaments played		 W-L player's Win-Loss record
Performance Table Legend
NH tournament not held in that calendar year (usually Olympics) A did not participate in the tournament
LQ lost in qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(RR = Round Robin)
QF advanced to but not past the quarterfinals SF advanced to but not past the semifinals
F advanced to the finals, tournament runner-up W won the tournament

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, which ended on May 18, 2008.

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3
French Open A 2R 2R 1R 3R 0 / 4 4–4
Wimbledon A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
U.S. Open A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0-0 1-1 1-2 3-4 1-1 0 / 8 6-8
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A NH NH NH 0 / 0 0–0
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Current WTA Tier I tournaments
Doha - - - - A 0 / 0 0–0
Indian Wells A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Charleston A A A A SF 0 / 1 4–1
Berlin A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Rome A A A A F 0 / 1 5–1
Toronto/Montréal A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Tokyo A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Moscow A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Finalist 0 0 0 0 2 N/A 1
Tournaments won 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
Overall win-loss 5-6 7-8 27-11 42-18 20-11 N/A 101-54
Year End Ranking 861 308 189 57 N/A N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament

[edit] References

  1. ^ [*2008 Rome Masters Draw

[edit] External links

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