Émilie Loit

Émilie Loit
Country  France
Residence Boulogne Billancourt, France
Born June 9, 1979 (1979-06-09) (age 32)
Cherbourg, France
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro 1994
Retired 2009
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money $2,086,943
Singles
Career record 371–295
Career titles 3 (7 in ITF)
Highest ranking No. 27 (April 19, 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 4R (1999)
French Open 3R (2000, 2002, 2005, 2008)
Wimbledon 3R (2003)
US Open 3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record 265–175
Career titles 16 (5 in ITF)
Highest ranking No. 15 (November 10, 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2003, 2006)
French Open QF (2003, 2005)
Wimbledon QF (2004)
US Open QF (1998)
Last updated on: February 16, 2009.

Émilie Loit (born June 9, 1979) is a retired French professional female tennis player. She was born in Cherbourg, France.

She rose to fame when she played against American superstar Serena Williams before losing 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 in a tough first round 2003 Australian Open match.

In her career Loit has won three career singles titles: 2004 Estoril, Casablanca and 2007 Acapulco (all on clay) and sixteen doubles titles. However, she had been a shame when she lost to Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva in penultimate deciding doubles match at FED Cup 2004 with Marion Bartoli; as a result France could not defend their championships & their team leader Guy Forget had to resign; also she was not chosen by the new leader Georges Goven to play in next year (2005) of this tournament; but she came back to the team on 2006.[1]

Emilie's highest WTA Ranking was #27 in singles and #15 in doubles.

On May 24, 2009, right after losing her 2009 French Open first round match to Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky, she announced that she would be retiring from tennis after the end of the tournament.[2]

She is a member of the notorious "generation 1979" alongside Amélie Mauresmo, Nathalie Dechy, Anne-Gaëlle Sidot and Séverine Brémond Beltrame.

In the summer of 2011, she gave birth to a son, Mathias.[3]

Contents

Singles (10)

Doubles
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV (2)
ITF Titles (7)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. February 2, 1997 Dinan Clay (I) Emmanuelle Curutchet 6–2, 7–6
2. May 11, 1997 Gelos Clay Karolina Jagieniak 6–4, 6–2
3. February 1, 1998 Dinan Clay (I) Elodie Le Bescond 6–1, 6–1
4. September 17, 2000 Bordeaux Clay Lubomira Bacheva 7–5, 6–2
5. April 14, 2002 Dinan Clay (I) Zuzana Ondrášková 6–2, 7–5
6. May 5, 2002 Cagnes-sur-Mer Clay Alena Vašková 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
7. April 11, 2004 Casablanca Clay Ľudmila Cervanová 6–2, 6–2
8. April 18, 2004 Estoril Clay Iveta Benešová 7–5, 7–6
9. October 16, 2005 Joué-lès-Tours Hard (I) Jelena Kostanić 6–2, 6–1
10. March 3, 2007 Acapulco Clay Flavia Pennetta 7–6, 6–4

Doubles

Doubles
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (3)
Tier III (2)
Tier IV (11)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score
1. November 21, 1999 Pattaya City Hard Asa Carlsson Evgenia Koulikovskaya
Patricia Wartusch		 6–1, 6–4
2. January 16, 2000 Hobart Hard Rita Grande Kim Clijsters
Alicia Molik		 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
3. February 18, 2001 Nice Carpet (I) Anne-Gaëlle Sidot Kimberly Po
Nathalie Tauziat		 1–6, 6–2, 6–0
4. April 21, 2002 Budapest Clay Catherine Barclay Elena Bovina
Zsófia Gubacsi		 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
5. January 12, 2003 Canberra Hard Tathiana Garbin Dája Bedáňová
Dinara Safina		 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
6. March 2, 2003 Acapulco Clay Åsa Svensson Petra Mandula
Patricia Wartusch		 6–3, 6–1
7. September 21, 2003 Shanghai Hard Nicole Pratt Ai Sugiyama
Tamarine Tanasugarn		 6–3, 6–3
8. April 11, 2004 Casablanca Clay Marion Bartoli Els Callens
Katarina Srebotnik		 6–4, 6–2
9. May 8, 2005 Rabat Clay Barbora Strýcová Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Nuria Llagostera Vives		 3–6, 7–6(6), 7–5
10. May 15, 2005 Prague Clay Nicole Pratt Jelena Kostanić
Barbora Strýcová		 6–7(6), 6–4, 6–4
11. August 14, 2005 Stockholm Hard Katarina Srebotnik Eva Birnerová
Mara Santangelo		 6–4, 6–3
12. August 31, 2005 Budapest Clay Katarina Srebotnik Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Marta Marrero		 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
13. October 9, 2005 Tashkent Hard Maria Elena Camerin Anastasia Rodionova
Galina Voskoboeva		 6–3, 6–0
14. October 30, 2005 Hasselt Hard (I) Katarina Srebotnik Michaëlla Krajicek
Ágnes Szávay		 6–3, 6–4
15. January 13, 2006 Hobart Hard Nicole Pratt Jill Craybas
Jelena Kostanić		 6–2, 6–1
16. February 12, 2006 Paris Carpet (I) Květa Peschke Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs		 7–6(5), 6–4

References

  1. ^ 网球网 - 丢了冠军 福尔热想要放弃 (Simplified Chinese only)
  2. ^ "Roland-Garros: Émilie Loit prend sa retraite" (French), Reuters, May 24, 2009.
  3. ^ Tennis Magazine (France) September 2011 issue

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