Pauline Parmentier

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Pauline Parmentier

Full name Pauline Parmentier
Country  France
Residence Paris, France
Born (1986-01-31) 31 January 1986
Cucq, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,457,555
Singles
Career record 295–271
Career titles 2 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking 40 (21 July 2008)
Current ranking 213 (3 February 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2008)
French Open 2R (2007, 2011)
Wimbledon 2R (2008, 2009, 2011)
US Open 3R (2012)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record 57–94
Career titles 0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking 89 (30 April 2012)
Current ranking 174 (3 February 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2013)
French Open 2R (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Wimbledon 2R (2008, 2013)
US Open 1R (2008, 2011, 2012)
Other Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2008)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 4–7
Last updated on: 3 February 2014.

Pauline Parmentier (born 31 January 1986 in Cucq) is a French tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world number 40, achieved on 21 July 2008 and her highest ranking in doubles is world number 89 on 30 April 2012.

Background

Parmentier was born to parents Dominique and Jean-Philippe. She has two brothers. Her favorite surface is clay. Parmentier first took to the courts aged 6.

Career

Parmentier has received wildcards into French Open tournaments in singles since 2005 and in doubles since 2004. Parmentier reached the second round of the 2007 US Open singles competition, as a qualifier, defeating Tatjana Malek before falling to Martina Hingis. In her career, she has won two titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won seven ITF singles titles, and two ITF doubles titles. She won three of the seven singles titles in 2007. Parmentier won her first WTA Tour title in October 2007, at the Tashkent Open in Uzbekistan.

Parmentier was the fourth seed in Bad Gastein in July 2008. She won the title, which was her second WTA title and her first Tier III. She defeated top seed Ágnes Szávay in the semifinals before defeating surprise qualifier Lucie Hradecká in the final.

Parmentier was nominated to play in the 2008 Olympic Games after Mary Pierce and Amélie Mauresmo withdrew.[1]

In 2010 she qualified for the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open by defeating American teenager Lauren Davis and Tamarine Tanasugarn.

In 2012, Parmentier reached the third round of the 2012 US Open – Women's Singles.

At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, she lost in the first round to Andrea Petkovic in straight sets.

In January 2014, she reached the semifinals of an $25,000 ITF event in Hong Kong after defeating top seed Magda Linette in the first round, followed by wins over Rika Fujiwara and Mayo Hibi.

WTA finals

Singles (2–0)

Winner – Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Year-End Finals (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (2–0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 2 October 2007 Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Belarus Victoria Azarenka 7–5, 6–2
Winner 2. 14 July 2008 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká 6–4, 6–4

Doubles (0–1)

Winner – Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Year-End Finals (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 27 August 2011 Texas Tennis Open, Dallas, United States Hard France Alizé Cornet Italy Alberta Brianti
Romania Sorana Cîrstea
5–7, 3–6

ITF titles

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles titles

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 29 November 2004 Egypt Cairo 5 Clay Ukraine Yuliya Ustyuzhanina 6–1, 6–1
2. 16 January 2007 United States Fort Walton Beach Hard Slovakia Jana Juričová 6–4, 6–3
3. 10 April 2007 France Biarritz Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar 6–2, 6–4
4. 10 April 2007 Luxembourg Pétange Clay Germany Martina Müller 6–1, 6–4
5. 19 October 2009 France Saint Raphaël Hard Czech Republic Sandra Záhlavová 7–6(7–4), 6–2
6. 6 June 2011 France Marseille Clay Romania Irina-Camelia Begu 6–3, 6–2
7. 4 July 2011 France Biarritz Clay Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 1–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles titles

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 16 November 2003 France Deauville Clay France Aurélie Védy Germany Maria Geznenge
Czech Republic Zuzana Hejdová
5–7, 6–2, 6–1
2. 23 November 2004 Egypt Cairo 4 Clay Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská Russia Galina Fokina
Russia Raissa Gourevitch
6–4, 6–2

Single performance statistics

Tournament2005200620072008200920102011201220132014W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open LQ LQ LQ 2R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1–6
French Open 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2–9
Wimbledon LQ LQ LQ 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 3–6
US Open 2R LQ 2R 2R A 2R 2R 3R Q2 7–6
Win–Loss 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–4 1–2 1–4 3–4 2–4 0–3 13–26
Year End Ranking 197 119 59 62 109 102 74 66

Doubles performance statistics

Tournament2004200520062007200820092010201120122013W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 2R 1–3
French Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R 4–10
Wimbledon 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2–5
US Open 1R 1R 1R 0–3
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–4 3–3 7–21

References

  1. "French stars to miss the Olympics". BBC Sport. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2008. 

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