Alizé Cornet
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Alizé Cornet is a French professional tennis player and the current French number three (Behind Marion Bartoli
and Aravane Rezaï
). She was born in Nice
, Alpes-Maritimes
, and has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 4 July 2011 she is ranked World No. 69. Cornet also has an extensive juniors record, winning the 2007 Girls' Singles
at Roland Garros. She has won 1 WTA
title.
debut at the French Open in 2005
and made it to the second round, where she lost to Amélie 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
4–6, 6–0, 6–3. Also in 2007, she won a $50000 ITF
tournament in Dnipropetrovsk
, beating Stefanie Vögele 6–4, 6–3 in the final. In the 2007 US Open, Cornet lost to Jelena Janković
in the 3rd round 4–6 6–2 6–3.
. Over the following months, Cornet experienced a great level of success on the main tour, particularly on clay, 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 Janković
6–2, 6–2.
Due to her great run at Rome, she rose to number 20 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 Radwańska
6–4, 6–4 in the third round.
She suffered a poor grass season, making first round exits at Eastbourne
(to Amélie 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 Magdaléna Rybáriková
6–2, 6–2, and followed it up with a 6–2, 6–3 win over Anna-Lena Grönefeld
in the quarters. Then in the semis she defeated Gréta Arn
6–1, 6–1, to make her third final of the year. Then she won it 7–6, 6–3 over Andreja Klepač
. She capped it off by winning the doubles with Janette Husárová
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 Vaidišová
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 Vaidišová
in the first round, 6–3, 7–6(8). She followed it up by beating Katarina Srebotnik
7–6(3), 4–6, 6–2, and a win over second seeded Daniela Hantuchová
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 Grönefeld
in the third.
As of 8 September her record for the year stands at 33–18.
, and placed third in her group, partnering Gilles Simon. She defeated Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei and Italian Flavia Pennetta
. She then lost to Russia's Dinara Safina
, 6–3, 6–2.
Cornet began the season at the Medibank International where she defeated 7th seed Nadia Petrova
and Alisa Kleybanova
before losing to second seed and eventual finalist Dinara Safina
in the quarterfinals 6–3, 6–4. Cornet entered the Australian Open
as the fifteenth seed, easily winning her two matches. In the third round, she dropped a set against Daniela Hantuchová
, but advanced regardless. In the fourth round, she held two match points against Dinara Safina
, but was eventually ousted 2–6, 6–2, 5–7. This was her third loss to the Russian already that year.
Cornet then took part in the Open GDF Suez
in Paris. Seeded fifth, she defeated Latvian qualifier Anastasija Sevastova
in the first round and went on to again defeat Hantuchová
in three tight sets in the second round. She was then defeated by the number 2 seed Jelena Janković
in the quarter-finals, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6.
Despite having an impressive first month of the year, Cornet's results began to slide. She lost her two matches to Francesca Schiavone
and Flavia Pennetta
in the Fed Cup
, playing for France. Her best result in her next seven tournaments were third round showings in Dubai
and Miami
. She would lose another two matches in the Fed Cup Play-offs
, to Daniela Hantuchová
and Dominika Cibulková
.
Cornet fell in the early rounds in both the French Open and Wimbledon, continuing a dismal 2009 tennis season.
Cornet was then defeated in the early rounds in Budapest
and Palermo
. After months of early losses, Cornet had a promising showing in Bad Gastein
, advancing to the semifinals before losing to Ioana Raluca Olaru
6–3, 5–7, 3–6, which Cornet had a 5–4 lead and serve for closing the match in the second set.
in Auckland
, New Zealand
, losing to Francesca Schiavone
in the quarterfinals. She then suffered an early loss to Alona Bondarenko in Hobart
6–4, 3–6, 6–2. At the Australian Open
, she again lost to Schiavone in the opening round 0–6, 7–5, 6–0. Over the next two months, poor results continued for the Frenchwoman. During this period, her most notable tournament was in Monterrey
, Mexico, where she reached the quarterfinals.
During the European clay court season, Cornet, as a qualifier in the Barcelona Ladies Open
in Spain, lost to Timea Bacsinszky
, 7–5, 6–3 in the first round. Cornet reached her first semifinal of the season in Fes
, Morocco
, losing to Iveta Benešová
6–3, 4–6, 7–5. She had previously not dropped a set in her previous three matches at the tournament. At the Estoril Open
in Portugal, home favourite Michelle Larcher de Brito
beat Cornet in the first round 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. As a qualifier in the Madrid Open
she lost again to Schiavone for the fourth time that year. Cornet won her first tournament of the year at the Internationaux de Strasbourg
, playing doubles with Vania King
. Cornet would lose to King in singles 6–3, 6–2. At Roland Garros
, 29th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
defeated her in the first round 6–4, 6–2. Soon after, Alizé Cornet posted her worst result of the year at an ITF event in Marseille
, France
, losing to 412th-ranked Caroline Garcia
, 7–5, 5–7, 6–3.
At Wimbledon
, she lost in the first round to Ioana Raluca Olaru
7–5, 4–6, 4–6.
She then played in clay in the 2010 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix
upsetting Timea Bacsinszky
before losing to eventual champion Ágnes Szávay
in the quarters 6–3, 6–1. At the 2010 ECM Prague Open
she fell to Patty Schnyder
in the second round. Cornet reach her second semifinal of the year in Bad Gastein
with a win over top seed and defending champion Andrea Petkovic
6–2, 7–5, where she lost to Julia Görges
.
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
and Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï is an Iranian-French tennis player born in Saint-Étienne, France to Iranian parents. She is the current French No. 5 in women's tennis. Rezaï took up tennis after a childhood stint as her older brother's ball girl...
). She was born in Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
, Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes is a department in the extreme southeast corner of France.- History : was created by Octavian as a Roman military district in 14 BC, and became a full Roman province in the middle of the 1st century with its capital first at Cemenelum and subsequently at Embrun...
, and has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 4 July 2011 she is ranked World No. 69. Cornet also has an extensive juniors record, winning the 2007 Girls' Singles
2007 French Open - Girls' Singles
-Seeds:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:...
at Roland Garros. She has won 1 WTA
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
title.
2005–2007
She made her Grand SlamGrand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
debut at the French Open in 2005
2005 French Open
The 2005 French Open was the 104th edition of the tournament. Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth in his first French Open, was a strong favorite after winning the Rome and Monte Carlo Masters, with Guillermo Coria, a 2004 finalist and runner-up in Monaco, calling Nadal the best clay-court player in the...
and made it to the second round, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....
. In 2006, she reached the second round
2006 French Open
The 2006 French Open was held in Paris, France from May 28 to June 11, 2006. Both defending champions, Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin-Hardenne, retained their titles. It is one of the four tennis Grand Slams. This edition made history as it became the first Grand Slam tournament to start on a...
again by beating Virginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Between 2002...
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
Olga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. As of May 10, 2010 her highest singles ranking on the WTA is World Number 35, which she achieved on June 23, 2008.-Career:...
7–6(12), 3–6, 6–4, but made it to the main draw as a lucky loser
Lucky loser (tennis)
A lucky loser is a sports player who loses a match in the final qualifying round of a knockout tournament, but who then enters the main draw when another player withdraws after the tournament has started because of illness or injury. The lucky loser then enters the main draw, normally in place of...
when Li Na
Li Na (tennis)
Li Na , goes first before the equivalent of a first name in some other nations. Her name off court in China is Li Na. When listed on the , she is known as Na Li. However, in the match, the commentators call her Li Na, and when her full name is listed in text on court, it is also written as Li Na.;...
of China withdrew. Alizé reached the second round before being defeated by the experienced Ai Sugiyama
Ai Sugiyama
is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
4–6, 6–0, 6–3. Also in 2007, she won a $50000 ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
tournament in Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
, beating Stefanie Vögele 6–4, 6–3 in the final. In the 2007 US Open, Cornet lost to Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
in the 3rd round 4–6 6–2 6–3.
2008
Cornet reached 2nd round at Australian Open where she lost to ninth seed Daniela HantuchováDaniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
. Over the following months, Cornet experienced a great level of success on the main tour, particularly on clay, reaching the final in Acapulco and the semi-finals in Amelia Island and Charleston (a Tier I event). Cornet entered the 2008 Rome Masters
2008 Rome Masters
The 2008 Rome Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 65th edition of the Rome Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
and beat Vera Dushevina
Vera Dushevina
Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina is a Russian professional female tennis player. She was born in Moscow but now resides in Khimki, Russia. In 2006, she privately amended the presentation of her surname so as to be more English language friendly, adopting Dushevina in place of Douchevina which is a...
6–1, 6–3 in the first round, Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian tennis player who turned professional in 1998. She won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She was also runner-up at the 2011 French Open. As of 24 October 2011, Schiavone's ranking is World...
6–3, 6–2 in the second, world number 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
6–2, 6–4 in the third, and then received a walkover from an injured Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
to get into the semi-finals. Here she defeated Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djambulilovna Chakvetadze is a Russian professional tennis player . On September 10, 2007, she reached her career-high professional singles ranking of World No. 5. She has won eight WTA Singles Titles and appeared in the 2007 US Open semifinals. As of July 4, 2011, Chakvetadze is ranked World...
3–6, 6–4, 6–3, to reach her first Tier I final. However here she lost to Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
6–2, 6–2.
Due to her great run at Rome, she rose to number 20 in the world and was seeded 19th for her home Slam, the French Open. She defeated Julia Vakulenko
Julia Vakulenko
Julia Olegovna Vakulenko is a professional Ukraine-born female tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of No...
in the first round 6–4, 7–5 after a stylish display. She then beat clay specialist Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko is an Argentine female tennis player, who will, as of 4 July 2011, be ranked World No. 51 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Although she enjoyed a modest success in singles, reaching No. 26 on November 21, 2005, and winning four WTA Tour titles, her speciality has been doubles, where...
6–0, 4–6, 6–4 in the second round. However she lost to 14th seed Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwańska is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.Her career high singles ranking is World No. 8, which she achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 24 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwańska became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA Tour singles title when she...
6–4, 6–4 in the third round.
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
(to Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....
6–1, 4–6, 7–5) and at Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
, to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France...
7–6, 7–6.
She won her first WTA title at Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. She was seeded 2nd and received a bye into the second round. Here she defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Magdaléna Rybáriková is a Slovak professional tennis player. On June 22, 2009, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of 40th.-Biography:...
6–2, 6–2, and followed it up with a 6–2, 6–3 win over Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in April 2003.As of September 2011, Grönefeld is the No. 12 tennis player from Germany. She was coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona until 2006...
in the quarters. Then in the semis she defeated Gréta Arn
Gréta Arn
Gréta Arn is a professional tennis player from Hungary, and the current Hungarian No. 1. Arn turned professional in 1997....
6–1, 6–1, to make her third final of the year. Then she won it 7–6, 6–3 over Andreja Klepač
Andreja Klepac
Andreja Klepač is a professional Slovenian tennis player. While she has not won a WTA title of any kind, she has won 3 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles, and made one WTA Tour singles final and two WTA Tour doubles final. Klepač reached her career-high singles ranking on July 14, 2008,...
. She capped it off by winning the doubles with Janette Husárová
Janette Husárová
Janette Husárová is a professional female tennis player from Slovakia. She is probably best remembered for winning the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002 partenering Russian Elena Dementieva...
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 Vaidišová
Nicole Vaidišová
Nicole Vaidišová is a retired Czech tennis player.Vaidišová was an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist and also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Vaidišová started playing tennis when she was six years old, enrolling to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Bradenton,...
4–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the first round, Shuai Peng 6–2, 6–2, in the second, before falling to Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
3–6, 6–3, 6–4. In New Haven, she was seeded 7th and again beat Nicole Vaidišová
Nicole Vaidišová
Nicole Vaidišová is a retired Czech tennis player.Vaidišová was an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist and also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Vaidišová started playing tennis when she was six years old, enrolling to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Bradenton,...
in the first round, 6–3, 7–6(8). She followed it up by beating Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006.Srebotnik won 4 singles titles on the WTA-tour and was a steady top 30...
7–6(3), 4–6, 6–2, and a win over second seeded Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
3–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the quarters. However she lost in the semis to eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
, 7–5, 6–4.
At the US Open, she was seeded 16th, and reached the third round with a win over Camille Pin
Camille Pin
Camille Pin is a former French professional tennis player. Pin played right-handed and is 162 cm, or 5' 3¾" tall....
, 7–5, 6–0 and Bethanie Mattek
Bethanie Mattek
Bethanie Lynn Mattek-Sands is an American professional tennis player who competes on the WTA Tour. She lives in Miami, Florida, but trains in Phoenix, Arizona...
, 7–6(5) 6–1, however losing 4–6 5–7 to Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in April 2003.As of September 2011, Grönefeld is the No. 12 tennis player from Germany. She was coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona until 2006...
in the third.
As of 8 September her record for the year stands at 33–18.
2009
Cornet played at the Hopman CupHopman Cup
The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis...
, and placed third in her group, partnering Gilles Simon. She defeated Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei and Italian Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...
. She then lost to Russia's Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
, 6–3, 6–2.
Cornet began the season at the Medibank International where she defeated 7th seed Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005...
and Alisa Kleybanova
Alisa Kleybanova
Alisa Mikhaelovna Kleybanova is a Russian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA world ranking to date is No. 20, achieved on February 21, 2010...
before losing to second seed and eventual finalist Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
in the quarterfinals 6–3, 6–4. Cornet entered the Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
as the fifteenth seed, easily winning her two matches. In the third round, she dropped a set against Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
, but advanced regardless. In the fourth round, she held two match points against Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
, but was eventually ousted 2–6, 6–2, 5–7. This was her third loss to the Russian already that year.
Cornet then took part in the Open GDF Suez
2009 Open GDF Suez
The 2009 Open GDF Suez was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hardcourts. It was the 17th edition of the Open GDF Suez and was a Premier tournament on the 2009 WTA Tour...
in Paris. Seeded fifth, she defeated Latvian qualifier Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova is a Latvian tennis player. On January 31, 2011, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 36. On August 31, 2009, she claimed her highest Doubles rank of No. 195...
in the first round and went on to again defeat Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
in three tight sets in the second round. She was then defeated by the number 2 seed Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
in the quarter-finals, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6.
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian tennis player who turned professional in 1998. She won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She was also runner-up at the 2011 French Open. As of 24 October 2011, Schiavone's ranking is World...
and Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...
in the Fed Cup
2009 Fed Cup World Group
The World Group is the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2009.-Draw:-Russia vs. China:-France vs. Italy:-United States vs. Argentina:-Czech Republic vs. Spain:-Italy vs. Russia:-Czech Republic vs. United States:...
, playing for France. Her best result in her next seven tournaments were third round showings in Dubai
2009 Dubai Tennis Championships - Women's Singles
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but lost in the quartefinals to Venus Williams.Venus Williams won in the final, 6–4, 6–2, over Virginie Razzano.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round....
and Miami
2009 Sony Ericsson Open - Women's Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1.-Seeds:All seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Serena Williams # Dinara Safina # Jelena Janković ...
. She would lose another two matches in the Fed Cup Play-offs
2009 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs
The World Group Play-offs are the main play-offs of 2009 Fed Cup. Winners will advance to the World Group, and loser will play in the World Group II.-Spain vs. Serbia:-France vs. Slovakia:-Germany vs. China:-Argentina vs. Ukraine:...
, to Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
and Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...
.
Cornet fell in the early rounds in both the French Open and Wimbledon, continuing a dismal 2009 tennis season.
Cornet was then defeated in the early rounds in Budapest
2009 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix - Singles
Alizé Cornet was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Shahar Pe'er.Ágnes Szávay won in the final 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 against Patty Schnyder.-Seeds:# Patty Schnyder # Alizé Cornet # Sybille Bammer ...
and Palermo
2009 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo - Singles
Sara Errani was the defending champion, but Flavia Pennetta defeated her in the final 6-1, 6-2.-Seeds:# Flavia Pennetta # Patty Schnyder # Alizé Cornet # Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova ...
. After months of early losses, Cornet had a promising showing in Bad Gastein
2009 Gastein Ladies - Singles
Pauline Parmentier was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the second round by Magdaléna Rybáriková.Andrea Petkovic won in the final, 6–2, 6–3, against Ioana Raluca Olaru.-Seeds:# Alizé Cornet ...
, advancing to the semifinals before losing to Ioana Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru is a Romanian tennis player. As of 2 August 2010, she is ranked World No. 158 in singles and No. 104 in doubles. The winner of nine singles and six doubles ITF Circuit titles, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies, losing to Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 6–3...
6–3, 5–7, 3–6, which Cornet had a 5–4 lead and serve for closing the match in the second set.
2010
Cornet, began her year at the ASB Classic2010 ASB Classic – Singles
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.In the final, Yanina Wickmayer defeated Flavia Pennetta, 6–3, 6–2.-Seeds:# Flavia Pennetta # Li Na ...
in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, losing to Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian tennis player who turned professional in 1998. She won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She was also runner-up at the 2011 French Open. As of 24 October 2011, Schiavone's ranking is World...
in the quarterfinals. She then suffered an early loss to Alona Bondarenko in Hobart
2010 Moorilla Hobart International – Singles
Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but lost in the final round of qualifying.Alona Bondarenko won in the final, 6–2, 6–4, against Shahar Pe'er.-Seeds:# Anabel Medina Garrigues # Shahar Pe'er ...
6–4, 3–6, 6–2. At the Australian Open
2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams defended her title after winning 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Justine Henin in the final.-Seeds:# Serena Williams # Dinara Safina ...
, she again lost to Schiavone in the opening round 0–6, 7–5, 6–0. Over the next two months, poor results continued for the Frenchwoman. During this period, her most notable tournament was in Monterrey
2010 Monterrey Open – Singles
Marion Bartoli was the defending champion, however she didn't take part in these championships this year.Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won in the final 1–6, 6–1, 6–0 against Daniela Hantuchová.-Seeds:# Jelena Janković ...
, Mexico, where she reached the quarterfinals.
During the European clay court season, Cornet, as a qualifier in the Barcelona Ladies Open
2010 Barcelona Ladies Open – Singles
Roberta Vinci was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Francesca Schiavone, 6–1, 6–1.-Seeds:# Francesca Schiavone # Aravane Rezaï # María José Martínez Sánchez ...
in Spain, lost to Timea Bacsinszky
Timea Bacsinszky
Timea Bacsinszky is a professional female tennis player residing in Belmont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland. She joined the WTA Tour in 2004 and was ranked World No. 37 on 7 June 2010....
, 7–5, 6–3 in the first round. Cornet reached her first semifinal of the season in Fes
2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Anabel Medina Garrigues was the defending champion, however she lost to Laura Pous Tió in the second round.Iveta Benešová defeated Simona Halep in the final 6-4, 6-2.-Seeds:# Carla Suárez Navarro ...
, Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
, losing to Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won two WTA Tour events and one Grand Slam in mixed doubles partnering with Jürgen Melzer at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.-2006–2008:In the 2006 Australian...
6–3, 4–6, 7–5. She had previously not dropped a set in her previous three matches at the tournament. At the Estoril Open
2010 Estoril Open – Women's Singles
Yanina Wickmayer was the defending champion, but she chose to play in Rome rather than defend 2009 title here.Anastasija Sevastova defeated Arantxa Parra Santonja in the final 6–2, 7–5...
in Portugal, home favourite Michelle Larcher de Brito
Michelle Larcher de Brito
Michelle Caroline Larcher de Brito, born Micaela Carolina Larcher de Brito, also known as Michelle Larcher de Brito or Michelle Brito is a Portuguese tennis player. Larcher de Brito's family moved to the United States when she was nine years old so she could attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis...
beat Cornet in the first round 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. As a qualifier in the Madrid Open
2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Women's Singles
Dinara Safina was the defending champion, but she lost against Klára Zakopalová in the first round.Aravane Rezaï won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Venus Williams.-Seeds:# Serena Williams # Caroline Wozniacki ...
she lost again to Schiavone for the fourth time that year. Cornet won her first tournament of the year at the Internationaux de Strasbourg
2010 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles
Aravane Rezaï was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate this year.Maria Sharapova won in the final 7–5, 6–1 against Kristina Barrois.-Seeds:# Maria Sharapova # Elena Vesnina ...
, playing doubles with Vania King
Vania King
Vania King is a Taiwanese American female tennis player. King won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's Doubles titles with Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova....
. Cornet would lose to King in singles 6–3, 6–2. At Roland Garros
2010 French Open – Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Maria Kirilenko.Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 7–6 in the final and became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Seeds:...
, 29th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France...
defeated her in the first round 6–4, 6–2. Soon after, Alizé Cornet posted her worst result of the year at an ITF event in Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, losing to 412th-ranked Caroline Garcia
Caroline Garcia
Caroline Garcia is a French professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 141, which she reached on August 15, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 357, achieved on August 15, 2011....
, 7–5, 5–7, 6–3.
At Wimbledon
2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
The Women's Singles event at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships saw defending champion and top seed Serena Williams successfully defend her title with a 6–3, 6–2 win over Vera Zvonareva in the final, whilst failing to lose a set throughout the entire tournament...
, she lost in the first round to Ioana Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru is a Romanian tennis player. As of 2 August 2010, she is ranked World No. 158 in singles and No. 104 in doubles. The winner of nine singles and six doubles ITF Circuit titles, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies, losing to Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 6–3...
7–5, 4–6, 4–6.
She then played in clay in the 2010 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix
2010 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix
The 2010 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the Budapest Grand Prix, an International-level tournament on the 2010 WTA Tour...
upsetting Timea Bacsinszky
Timea Bacsinszky
Timea Bacsinszky is a professional female tennis player residing in Belmont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland. She joined the WTA Tour in 2004 and was ranked World No. 37 on 7 June 2010....
before losing to eventual champion Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay is a professional tennis player from Hungary. She is the country's highest ranked tennis player. She was the WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2007. She achieved her career high ranking of World No. 13 on April 14, 2008.- Background :...
in the quarters 6–3, 6–1. At the 2010 ECM Prague Open
2010 ECM Prague Open
The 2010 ECM Prague Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the ECM Prague Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
she fell to Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
in the second round. Cornet reach her second semifinal of the year in Bad Gastein
2010 Gastein Ladies
The 2010 Gastein Ladies was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the Gastein Ladies, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
with a win over top seed and defending champion Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic is a professional German tennis player of Serbian origin. She is the highest ranked German tennis player. She lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt, Germany....
6–2, 7–5, where she lost to Julia Görges
Julia Görges
Julia Görges is a professional tennis player from Germany. Görges reached career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 16 on 6 June 2011 and a doubles ranking of 31 on 6 June 2011...
.
Singles: 3 (1–2)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tour Championships (0) |
| Tier I Event (0/1) |
| Tier II Event (0) |
| Tier III Event (1/1) |
| Tier IV/V Event (0) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2 March 2008 |  AcapulcoAbierto Mexicano Telcel The Abierto Mexicano Telcel is a tennis tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico. It is an event on both the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour... , Mexico |
Clay |  Flavia PennettaFlavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and... |
6–0, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 18 May 2008 | Rome, Italy |
Clay |  Jelena JankovićJelena Janković Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no... |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 1. | 13 July 2008 |  Budapest2008 Budapest Grand Prix The 2008 Budapest Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 13th edition of the Budapest Grand Prix, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Budapest, Hungary, from July 7 through July 13, 2008.-Singles: Alizé Cornet def... , Hungary |
Clay |  Andreja KlepačAndreja Klepac Andreja Klepač is a professional Slovenian tennis player. While she has not won a WTA title of any kind, she has won 3 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles, and made one WTA Tour singles final and two WTA Tour doubles final. Klepač reached her career-high singles ranking on July 14, 2008,... |
7–6(5), 6–3 |
Doubles: 3 (2–1)
Singles 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 2010 Australian Open which ended January 31, 2010.
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