Julia Cohen

Julia Cohen

Julia Cohen at the 2013 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes
Full name	Julia Cohen
Country	United States
Residence	Philadelphia, United States
Born	(1989-03-23) March 23, 1989 Philadelphia, United States
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$338,337
Singles
Career record	256–250
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 97 (July 30, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 187 (October 7, 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2011)
French Open	Q2 (2011)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2011)
US Open	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	85–126
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 121 (May 13, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 178 (October 7, 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior	F (2007)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2006)
US Open Junior	2R (2006)
Last updated on: October 9, 2013.

Julia Cohen (born March 23, 1989) is an American professional tennis player playing on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Early life and tennis career

Cohen, who is Jewish, started tennis at the age of three.^[1] In 1997, at the age of eight, she became the youngest player to win an adult match in a Middle States Tennis Association tournament.^[2]

In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship.^[3] In 2006, she was the top-ranked American girl tennis player.^[4] That year she partnered with Kimberly Couts in doubles at the Wimbledon Junior Championships, making it to the quarterfinals.^[5]

She is coached by her brother's friend Conor Taylor.^[6]

Cohen played in the 2012 Baku Cup. She made it to the second round after top seed Ksenia Pervak retired. She eventually made it to her first WTA final there, before losing to fifth-seeded Serbian Bojana Jovanovski.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 28, 2012	Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Bojana Jovanovski	3–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles finals: 11 (4–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	September 5, 2004	ITF $10,000 Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	María José López Herrera	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	March 13, 2005	ITF $10,000 Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Larissa Carvalho	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	November 25, 2007	ITF $25,000 Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Clarisa Fernández	1–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	December 13, 2009	ITF $10,000 Xalapa, Mexico	Hard	Gira Schofield	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	April 25, 2010	ITF $25,000 Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Lauren Albanese	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	July 18, 2010	ITF $25,000 Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	5–7, 1–6
Winner	7.	July 25, 2010	ITF $25,000 Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Fatma Al Nabhani	1–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	November 21, 2010	ITF $25,000 Niterói, Brazil	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	December 5, 2010	ITF $25,000 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	May 28, 2011	ITF $25,000 Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ayu-Fani Damayanti	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	October 3, 2011	ITF $25,000 Yerevan, Armenia	Clay	Andrea Koch-Benvenuto	7–6(6), 6–2

Doubles finals: 4 (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	September 5, 2009	ITF $10,000 Celaya, Mexico	Clay	Vivian Segnini	Anastasia Kharchenko Nathalia Rossi	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	April 24, 2010	ITF $25,000 Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Lauren Albanese	Macall Harkins Vivian Segnini	6–3, 7–6(6)
Runner-up	3.	June 27, 2011	ITF $25,000 Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Quirine Lemoine Maryna Zanevska	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	July 11, 2011	ITF $25,000 Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Andrea Koch-Benvenuto	Andrea Gámiz Adriana Pérez	3–6, 4–6

References

External links

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