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Alizé Cornet

Alizé Cornet during practice
Country	France
Residence	Nice, France
Date of birth	22 January 1990 (1990-01-22) (age 20)
Place of birth	Nice, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$ 1,014,269
Singles
Career record	138-95
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 11 (16 February 2009)
Current ranking	No. 80 (8 March 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4R (2009)
French Open	3R (2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	3R (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	16-28
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 103 (2 February 2009)
Australian Open	2R (2009)
French Open	2R (2008)
Wimbledon	1R (2008, 2009)
US Open	1R (2008)
Last updated on: 27 July 2009.

Alizé Cornet (born 22 January 1990 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France) is a French professional tennis player and the current French number four (Behind Marion Bartoli, Virginie Razzano and Aravane Rezai ). She has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 31st January 2010, she is ranked World No. 51. 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 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 Vogele 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.

2008

Cornet reached 2nd round at Australian Open where she lost to ninth seed Daniela Hantuchová. 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.

Cornet at the French Open in 2008

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 Greta 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.

2009

Cornet played at the Hopman Cup, 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 Hantuchova, 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.

Cornet at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.

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 Hantuchova and Dominika Cibulkova.

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.

WTA Tour and ITF Circuit titles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	23 April 2006	Bari, Italy	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
2.	2 July 2006	Padova, Italy	Clay	Maria Vanina Garcia Sokol	6–1, 6–4
3.	22 July 2007	Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine	Clay	Stefanie Voegele	6–4, 6–3
4.	13 July 2008	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Andreja Klepač	7–6(5), 6–3

WTA Tour and ITF Circuit finals (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	2 March 2008	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	6–0, 4–6, 6–1
2.	18 May 2008	Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Italy	Clay	Jelena Janković	6–2, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the 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 31st 2010.

References

External links

• Alizé Cornet profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Alizé Cornet at the International Tennis Federation
• Alizé Cornet at the Fed Cup
• Alizé Cornet at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Alizé Cornet Official Website