Georgie Stoop
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Georgina "Georgie" Gent (born 13 January 1988) is an English, AEGON Award winning
AEGON Awards
The Aegon British Tennis Awards are a set of monthly awards that are presented to current tennis players, who represent Great Britain and are deemed to have made the best performance, and/or contribution to British tennis.They were first awarded for January 2009...

 professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player coached by Damien Roberts. She is currently the British no. 10 and ranked at no. 299 in the world (as of 21 June 2010). She has won two 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...

 singles titles, two ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 178 so far in her career.

Personal life

Stoop's parents are named Angus and Tessa and she has three older siblings, Sam, Olly and Milly, who she used to play tennis against. Her mother, Tessa, an interior designer spent time with her children playing tennis during their childhood. She first began playing tennis at the age of 5 but enjoys all other sports as well, particularly hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...

. After attending St Faith's School
St Faith's School
St Faith's School is an independent preparatory day school on Trumpington Road, Cambridge, England, for boys and girls aged four to thirteen. The present headmaster is Nigel Helliwell, and the school has in excess of five hundred children...

, she was selected to be educated at the Leys School
The Leys School
The Leys School is a co-educational Independent school, located in Cambridge, England, and is a day and boarding school for about 550 pupils aged between 11 and 18 years...

 while being coached by national coaches, and left school when she was sixteen. In 2008, Stoop's mother re-married and in 2010 Stoop changed her surname to her mother's new married name, to be known as Georgie Gent.

Junior (2003–2006)

Stoop's first match on the 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...

 junior circuit was in February 2003. In only the second junior tournament of her career (the Team Leschly Danish Junior Cup), she won two matches to qualify and then four more to reach the final; a marathon match which she eventually lost, 7–6(11) 6–7(3) 5–7. She reached one more final over the course of her junior career (in the Nottingham ITF tournament in August 2004) where she also lost. Her overall win-loss record in singles was 27–19.

She had less success in doubles, only reaching two quarterfinals (both with Laura Peterzan) over the course of her career and never passing this stage. Her doubles win-loss record was 6–16. She reached a career-high combined singles and doubles ranking of world No.234 on 1 August 2005.

2005–2007

Stoop's first professional match win came in May 2005 in the $10,000 ITF tournament where she reached the final before losing to Gaelle Widmer from Switzerland in straight sets, 3–6 2–6. She played seven more ITF tournaments that year but won only two more matches. She finished the year with a ranking of No.903.

2006 started slowly for Stoop up until April when she reached the semi-finals of the ITF
2006 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour...

 $10,000 tournament in Bath. She continued playing on the ITF tour, reaching two more quarter-finals, until June when she was awarded a wild card into the tier II International Women's Open qualifying event in Eastbourne
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...

, England. She was beaten without winning a single game by Japan's Akiko Morigami
Akiko Morigami
Akiko Morigami is a Japanese female tennis player. She turned professional in 1998. On August 15, 2005, Morigami reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 41....

 who was ranked 69 at the time, 553 places above Stoop. This wild card was followed by another, this time into the qualifying tournament of her home Grand Slam
Grand 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...

, 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...

, where she was beaten by Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro is a former French female professional tennis player.Her highest singles ranking was #61, achieved on October 5, 2003...

, 2–6 2–6. After this her ranking rose steadily as she played out the rest of the year on the ITF tour. She reached one more semi-final and three more finals, losing in two of them but winning the last as a qualifier in the $25,000 event in Nuriootpa, Australia. She ended the 2006 season ranked No.412.

In her first tournament of 2007
2007 WTA Tour
The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 35th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 1, 2007, and concluded on November 11, 2007 after 61 events. Two new events were added to the schedule for the 2007 season: the Barcelona KIA and Gastein Ladies. It also...

, Stoop reached the quarter-final of the $10,000 ITF
2007 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour...

 event in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

, Germany. She reached the final of the $25,000 event in La Palma
La Palma
La Palma is the most north-westerly of the Canary Islands. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands...

, Spain in March where she lost to María Emilia Salerni
María Emilia Salerni
María Emilia Salerni , known as Pitu Salerni, was an Argentine professional tennis player from the city of Rafaela, province of Santa Fe....

, 3–6 3–6. She did not play again after this until October, after which she reached two more quarterfinals in $25,000 events held in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 and Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier, South Australia
Mount Gambier is the largest regional city in South Australia located approximately 450 kilometres south of the capital Adelaide and just 17 kilometres from the Victorian border....

, losing to Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu is a Romanian tennis player. As of October 24, 2011 she is ranked No. 29 at the WTA Tour Singles Ranking. Her highest WTA ranking is currently her present ranking in singles, reached on 24 Oct 2011, and No. 24 in doubles, reached on June 7, 2010.Niculescu was born in Slatina,...

 both times. Her year-end ranking for 2007 was world No.306.

2008

Stoop reached two more ITF quarter-finals in the first half of 2008 before being given a wild card into the tier II International Women's Open
2008 International Women's Open - Singles
Justine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.Agnieszka Radwańska won in the final 6–4, 6–7, 6–4, against Nadia Petrova.-Seeds:The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round....

 in Eastbourne
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...

 where she came up against top-40 player Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....

 from Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

 in the first round. She put up a good fight, winning a first set tie break before losing the next two sets, 7–6(6) 1–6 5–7. Her next wild card was into the qualifying tournament of 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...

 where she also lost in the first round. Her third consecutive wild card was into the tier II Bank of the West Classic
2008 Bank of the West Classic - Singles
Anna Chakvetadze was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Marion Bartoli.Aleksandra Wozniak won in the final 7–5, 6–3, against Marion Bartoli.-Seeds:The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Serena Williams ...

 qualifying tournament and it proved more fruitful than her previous two. She won two matches in three sets before falling to 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...

 in the final round of qualifying, 4–6 0–6. After this she reached three more ITF quarterfinals (one of them as a qualifier at the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

) and two more ITF finals (in $25,000 Coimbra
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...

 and $50,000 Troy
Troy, Alabama
Troy is a city in Pike County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,003. Troy experienced a growth spurt of over 4,000+ people since 2000. The city is the county seat of Pike County....

) where she was beaten by Nicole Thyssen from the Netherlands and Anna Tatishvili
Anna Tatishvili
Anna Tatishvili is a professional Georgian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 84, which she reached on 4 July, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 107, which she reached on April 12, 2010...

 from Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 respectively. In October, Stoop reached the quarter-finals of the $50,000 ITF tournament in Pittsburgh, USA where she lost to No.6 seed Varvara Lepchenko
Varvara Lepchenko
Varvara Lepchenko is an American female professional tennis player. She reached her singles career high of no. 74 on November 15, 2010. She has won six ITF titles during her career.-Early life and junior career:...

. Her final world ranking of 2008 was No.208.

2009

Stoop began her 2009
2009 WTA Tour
The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events....

 season by attempting to qualify for the Australian Open
2009 Australian Open - Women's Singles
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, due to a shoulder injury.Serena Williams won in the final 6–0, 6–3, against Dinara Safina.-Seeds:# Jelena Janković ...

. She beat American Alexa Glatch
Alexa Glatch
-Junior career:She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls 14s and Girls 18s divisions and the Orange Bowl in the Girls 16s division in 2004. She achieved a World Junior Ranking of #5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US...

 in the first round before falling to Kathrin Wörle in a three-set battle, 3–6 7–5 12–14. In February and March she reached two ITF
2009 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to...

 quarterfinals and one semifinal before heading to Paris to attempt to qualify for the French Open. She was beaten by Petra Martić
Petra Martic
Petra Martić is a professional tennis player from Croatia. Her career high ranking is #47, achieved on September 26th 2011.-Early Career: 2006–2009:...

 in the first round of qualifying, 5–7 5–7. In June she received three consecutive wild cards into WTA tournaments, the first of which was into the main draw of the AEGON Classic
2009 AEGON Classic - Singles
Kateryna Bondarenko was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Zheng Jie # Kaia Kanepi # Aleksandra Wozniak ...

 in Birmingham where compatriot Elena Baltacha
Elena Baltacha
Elena Baltacha is a British professional tennis player of Ukrainian background. Being a four-time winner of the AEGON Award, she is also the long standing British number 1, a position she has held intermittently since 2002. As of 24 November 2011 she holds a current world ranking of No. 50. Her...

 defeated her in two sets in the first round. She then competed in the qualifying draw for the AEGON International
2009 AEGON International - Women's Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Virginie Razzano.-Seeds:# Elena Dementieva # Svetlana Kuznetsova # Jelena Janković # Vera Zvonareva ...

 but again did not win a match, losing to Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:...

, 4–6 6–7(2). Her third of three consecutive wild cards allowed Stoop entry into the main draw of Wimbledon for the first time in her career. She came up against No.7 seed Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...

 in the first round. Stoop almost caused a huge upset by coming close to defeating the Russian, however she eventually lost, 6–7(0) 6–4 4–6. However she did team up with Laura Robson
Laura Robson
Laura Robson is a British tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation junior tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her...

 in the doubles to face Jade Curtis and Anna Smith
Anna Smith (tennis)
Anna Smith is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won three International Tennis Federation singles titles, 12 ITF doubles titles and reached a career high singles ranking of world no. 262 on 9 August 2010. Smith is currently the British number 9 with a ranking...

, a match which they won in an epic three sets, 6–4 3–6 13–11. Stoop and Robson went on to lose to Grand Slam champions 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....

 and 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...

 in the second round. After Wimbledon, Stoop reached one more ITF quarterfinal and won her second title, beating Katie O'Brien
Katie O'Brien
Katie Jill O'Brien is an English former professional tennis player from Beverley, Yorkshire. She was briefly the British No. 1 tennis player...

 in an all-British final at the $25,000 event in Vigo, Spain.

Singles: 8 (2–6)

Legend
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WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Premier (0–0)
WTA International (0–0)
ITF Circuit (2–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–6)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up $10,000 Bournemouth, Great Britain Clay   Gaelle Widmer 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up $10,000 Frinton, Great Britain Grass   2–6, 4–6
Runner-up $10,000 Nottingham, Great Britain Hard   Anna Smith
Anna Smith (tennis)
Anna Smith is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won three International Tennis Federation singles titles, 12 ITF doubles titles and reached a career high singles ranking of world no. 262 on 9 August 2010. Smith is currently the British number 9 with a ranking...

1–6, 4–6
Winner $25,000 Nuriootpa, Australia Hard   6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up $25,000 La Palma, Spain Hard   María Emilia Salerni 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up $25,000 Coimbra, Portugal Hard   Nicole Thyssen 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up $50,000 Troy, Alabama, United States Hard   6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner $25,000 Vigo, Spain Hard   7–5, 6–2

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Legend
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WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Premier (0–0)
WTA International (0–0)
ITF Circuit (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up $10,000 Edinburgh, Great Britain Clay   Deborah Armstrong   Mari Andersson
  Nadja Roma
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up $10,000 Budapest, Hungary Clay     Antonia Xenia Tout
 
1–6, 2–6
Winner $10,000 Frinton, Great Britain Grass     Danielle Brown
  Ana Cetnik
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner $10,000 Nottingham, Great Britain Hard    
  Claire Peterzan
3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up $25,000 Jersey, Great Britain Hard (i)    
 
0–6, 4–6
Runner-up $25,000 Vigo, Spain Hard   Jade Curtis  
 
6–7(3–7), 2–6

Grand Slam 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. Qualifying matches and walkovers are neither official match wins nor losses. This table is current through the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
2011 Wimbledon Championships
The 2011 Wimbledon Championships took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the 125th edition of the championships, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the...

, which ended 3 July 2011.


Tournament 2006  2007
2007 WTA Tour
The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 35th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 1, 2007, and concluded on November 11, 2007 after 61 events. Two new events were added to the schedule for the 2007 season: the Barcelona KIA and Gastein Ladies. It also...

 
2008
2008 WTA Tour
The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 36th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on December 31, 2007, and concluded on November 9, 2008 after 59 events.The season was characterised by its frequent changes in the No...

 
2009
2009 WTA Tour
The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events....

 
2010
2010 WTA Tour
The Women's Tennis Association Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the WTA. The 2010 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments , the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , and the year-end...

 
2011
2011 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association . The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, and the WTA...

 
Career W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
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...

A A A LQ A A 0–0
French Open A A A LQ A A 0–0
Wimbledon LQ A LQ 1R A A 0–1
U.S. Open
U.S. Open (tennis)
The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...

A A A LQ A 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 0–0

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