Alizé Cornet

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Alizé Cornet

Alizé Cornet during practice
country = FRA
residence = Nice, France
datebirth = birth date and age|1990|1|22
placebirth = Nice, France
height =1.73 m (5' 8")
weight =60 kg (132 lbs)
turnedpro = 2006
plays = Right; Two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney = US$ 693,103
singlesrecord = 114-61
singlestitles = 1 WTA, 3 ITF
highestsinglesranking = No. 17 (June 9, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult = 2r (2008)
FrenchOpenresult = 3r (2008)
Wimbledonresult = 2r (2007)
USOpenresult = 3r (2007, 2008)
doublesrecord = 12-18
doublestitles = 1
highestdoublesranking = No. 139 (July 28, 2008)
updated = September 8, 2008

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. She has won 1 WTA title.

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. Alizé reached the second round before being defeated by the experienced Ai Sugiyama 6-0, 6–0. Also in 2007, she won a $50000 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 4-6 6-2 6-3.

2008

Cornet reached 2nd round at Australian Open where she lost to #9 seed Daniela Hantuchova. Over the following months, Cornet experienced a great 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 6-1, 6-3 in the first round, Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-2 in the second, world number 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 6-4 in the third, and then received a walkover from an injured Serena Williams to get into the semi-finals. Here she defeated Anna Chakvetadze 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, to reach her first Tier I final. However here she lost to Jelena Jankovic 6-2, 6-2.

Due to her great run at Rome, she rose to number 30 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.

She suffered a poor grass season, making first round exits at Eastbourne (to Amelie Mauresmo 6-1, 4-6, 7-5) and at Wimbledon, to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6, 7-6.

She won her first WTA title at Budapest. She was seeded 2nd and received a bye into the second round. Here she defeated Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2, 6-2, and followed it up with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Anna-Lena Groenefeld in the quarters. Then in the semis she defeated Greta Arn 6-1, 6-1, to make her third final of the year. Then she won it 7-6, 6-3 over Andreja Klepac. She capped it off by winning the doubles with Janette Husarova at the same tournament.

At Austria, she was seeded second. However, whilst 6-2, 2-1 up, she suffered an injury and retired when trailing 2-6, 6-2, 3-2.

She then competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, seeded 15th. She defeated Nicole Vaidisova 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round, Shuai Peng 6-2, 6-2, in the second, before falling to Serena Williams 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. In New Haven, she was seeded 7th and again beat Nicole Vaidisova in the first round, 6-3, 7-6(8). She follwed it up by beating Katarina Srebotnik 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2, and a win over second seeded Daniela Hantuchova 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarters. However she lost in the semis to eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki, 7-5, 6-4.

At the US Open, she was seeded 16th, and reached the third round with a win over Camille Pin, 7-5, 6-0 and Bethanie Mattek, 7-6(5) 6-1, however losing 4-6 5-7 to Anna-Lena Groenefeld in the third.

As of September 8th her record for the year stands at 33-18.

WTA Tour and ITF Circuit titles (4)

ingles performance timeline

"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 Kremlin Cup, which ended on October 12, 2008."

A = did not participate in the tournament

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* [http://www.alize-cornet.com Alizé Cornet Official Website]