Isabelle Demongeot


Isabelle Demongeot is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional on 1 May 1983. She lived in Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in the early stages of her career and later settled further south in Gassin.
Demongeot won her only WTA Tour singles title in Purchase in New York state in 1991. She achieved her best Grand Slam singles performance by reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon in 1986. She won a total of nine WTA Tour doubles titles. Her best Grand Slam doubles performance was reaching the French Open quarter-finals with Nathalie Tauziat of France in 1987 and 1992. She also represented her country from 1985 to 1993 in the Federation/Fed Cup and in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games. She retired from the WTA Tour in 1996.

WTA Tour Finals

Singles 1 (1–0)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.22 July 1991WestchesterHard Lori McNeil6–4, 6–4

Doubles 13 (9–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.28 September 1987ParisClay Nathalie Tauziat Sandra Cecchini
Sabrina Goleš
1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner2.9 May 1988BerlinClay Nathalie Tauziat Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up1.11 July 1988NiceClay Nathalie Tauziat Catherine Suire
Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner3.17 October 1988ZürichCarpet Nathalie Tauziat Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up2.24 October 1988BrightonCarpet Nathalie Tauziat Lori McNeil
Betsy Nagelsen
7–6, 2–6, 7–6
Winner4.1 May 1989HamburgClay Nathalie Tauziat Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
walkover
Winner5.5 August 1991AlbuquerqueHard Katrina Adams Lise Gregory
Peanut Louie Harper
6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up3.23 September 1991St. PetersburgCarpet Jo Durie Elena Brioukhovets
Natalia Medvedeva
7–5, 6–3
Winner6.30 September 1991LeipzigCarpet Manon Bollegraf Jill Hetherington
Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel
6–4, 6–3
Winner7.13 April 1992PattayaHard Natalia Medvedeva Pascale Paradis
Sandrine Testud
6–1, 6–1
Winner8.20 April 1992Kuala LumpurHard Natalia Medvedeva Rika Hiraki
Petra Langrová
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner9.1 February 1993AucklandHard Elna Reinach Jill Hetherington
Kathy Rinaldi
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up4.25 April 1994TarantoClay Sandra Cecchini Irina Spîrlea
Noëlle van Lottum
6–3, 2–6, 6–1

ITF finals

Singles Finals (4-4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
Winner1.17 October 1983Ashkelon, IsraelHard Rafeket Benjamini6–0, 6–0
Winner2.23 January 1984Key Biscayne, United StatesHard Carin Anderholm7–5, 6–3
Winner3.20 August 1984Rheda-Wiedenbrück, GermanyClay Renata Šašak7–6, 7–5
Winner4.31 December 1984Chicago, United StatesHard Kirsten Dreyer1–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up5.15 July 1991Evansville, United StatesHard Kimberly Po6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up6.9 December 1991Val-d'Oise, FranceHard Nathalie Tauziat6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up7.12 December 1994Cergy, FranceHard Katarzyna Nowak3–6, 3–6
Runner-up8.3 March 1996Southampton, United KingdomCarpet Elena Pampoulova3–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles (4-4)