Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro


Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro is a former professional tennis player from France.
Her career-high singles ranking is world number 61, achieved on 5 October 2003. Her highest doubles ranking position of 54, she set on 18 July 2005.
Cohen-Aloro won five singles titles and nine doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Professional career

Cohen-Aloro turned professional on 15 October 2001, at the age of 18.
In April 2005, she beat world No. 21 Daniela Hantuchová in Miami in two sets. Cohen-Aloro upset heavy favorite Mary Pierce in the first round of the 2005 Australian Open, 6–2, 6–2.
Cohen-Aloro and Tunisian Selima Sfar pulled off a major upset in the first round of the 2005 Wimbledon Championships ladies doubles, beating third seeds Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs 6–4, 3–6, 6–2. However, they lost in the second round.
In 2006, she captured her fifth career ITF singles title at the $25K Biarritz, and won the ninth ITF circuit doubles title of her career at the $50K Joué-lès-Tours with Martinez Sanchez.
On 12 February 2011, she played her last professional match, losing in the semifinals of the Open GDF Suez doubles event to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy. Two days earlier in the same tournament, she had played her last professional singles match, losing to Mattek-Sands in the second round of the main draw.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss9 February 2003Open Gaz de France, ParisCarpet Marion Bartoli Barbara Schett
Patty Schnyder
6–2, 2–6, 6–7

ITF finals

Singles (7–3)

Doubles (12–11)

Personal

Cohen-Aloro is Jewish.