Pauline Parmentier

Infobox Tennis biography
playername = Pauline Parmentier


nickname =
country = FRA
residence = Paris, France
datebirth = birth date and age|1986|1|31
placebirth = Cucq, France
height = height|m=1.75
weight = convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro =
retired = "Active"
plays = Right; Two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney = US$450,851
singlesrecord = 158–125
singlestitles = 2 WTA (4 ITF)
highestsinglesranking = No. 40 (July 21, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult = 2R (2008)
FrenchOpenresult = 2R (2007)
Wimbledonresult = 2R (2008)
USOpenresult = 2R (2005, 2007, 2008)
doublesrecord = 31–49
doublestitles = 0 WTA (2 ITF)
highestdoublesranking = No. 167 (September 29, 2008)
updated = September 29, 2008

Pauline Parmentier (January 31, 1986 in Cucq, France) is a professional tennis player from France. Her career high was #40, achieved on July 21, 2008. Also as of July 21, Parmentier's doubles rank is 181, but her highest ranking was World Number 176 in doubles on July 7, 2008.

Background

Parmentier was born by parents Dominique and Jean-Philippe. She has two brothers. With her favorite surface being clay, Parmentier first took the courts at age 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 U.S. 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 four ITF singles titles, and two ITF doubles titles. She won three of the four singles titles in 2007. Parmentier won her first WTA Tour title in October 2007, at the Tashkent Open in Uzbekistan.

Parmentier was the No.4 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 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals before defeating surprise qualifier Lucie Hradecká 6-4, 6-4 in the final after trailing 1-4 in the first set.

Parmentier was nominated to play in the 2008 Olympic Games after Mary Pierce and Amélie Mauresmo withdrew. [cite web |title =French stars to miss the Olympics | work =BBC Sport | publisher =BBC | date =2008-07-21 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/tennis/7517948.stm |accessdate =2008-07-22 ]

Career Titles (6)

Singles (6)

External links

*wta|id=160515
*ITF female profile|number=100003780

References