Then she proceeded to the US Open where she saw better results than at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, by getting to the second round where she lost to Roberta Vinci. She was the 22nd seed at the US Open and defeated Amandine Hesse and Daniela Hantuchová in her first two matches before succumbing to Lucie Šafářová. At the US Open, she was seeded 17th in the singles event, where she reached the third round with wins over Camille Pin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the first and second rounds respectively before losing to 4–6, 5–7 to Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the third. Her final tournaments of the year were two ITF events in France, of which she reached one first round and one semifinal. 41 in the world in the singles rankings, two places higher than the previous year. Cornet fell in the early rounds in both the French Open and Wimbledon, continuing a dismal 2009 tennis season. Get the latest stats and tournament results for tennis player Alize Cornet on ESPN.com. At the Prague Open she fell to Patty Schnyder in the second round. 7 seed Elena Vesnina and Christina McHale in the first and second round respectively before causing a big upset in the quarterfinals by beating Dominika Cibulková, the No. [17], At the Italian Open, Cornet won two qualifying matches to reach the singles main draw, where she defeated No. 31. For the whole of 2015, Cornet managed to advance beyond the last 16 of the singles main draw of a WTA Tour tournament only twice; she lost in the singles quarterfinals at the International tournaments in Katowice and Hong Kong. After the French Open, Cornet lost in the singles main-draw first round of the next five tournaments that she entered - Birmingham, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Stanford and Toronto. During the US Open series, Cornet reached the semifinals at the Citi Open where she lost to Andrea Petkovic. Cornet played her first tournament of the year at the Brisbane International. Height / Weight: 173 cm / 60 kg. 1. In her last tournament of 2017 in Moscow, Cornet defeated No. She then lost in the first round of qualifications at the Aegon International to home favorite Anne Keothavong. She entered the French Open playing some of her best tennis of the year, and advanced to the third round before being defeated by third-seeded Victoria Azarenka. Coming into that tournament ranked only 645th in the world, she upset 71st-ranked Alina Jidkova in the first round before losing to No. On 11 January 2018, Alizé Cornet was charged by the ITF with missing three out-of-competition drugs tests that were to be conducted between November 2016 and October 2017. At the French Open, she upset No. After this, she played the Family Circle Cup but again suffered an early elimination in the first round to Arvidsson for the second time that year. However, she lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki. Her next tournament was the Open GdF Suez in Paris, France. Cornet started her 2016 season at the Brisbane International. She suffered a poor grass season, making first round exits at Eastbourne (to Amélie Mauresmo) and at Wimbledon, to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. In 2014, Cornet became known for defeating world No. At the Premier tournament in Sydney, Cornet lost in the first round to third seed Radwańska in straight sets. At the final Grand Slam event of 2013, the US Open, Cornet was seeded 26th and reached the third, losing to Victoria Azarenka in three sets. 10 Aryna Sabalenka in the first round and lost her second round match against Carla Suárez Navarro. 2008: First Premier-5 final, first WTA titles, 2012: First WTA singles title in four years, 2015: Out of the top 40 in the year-end rankings, 2016: Fifth WTA singles title, Fed Cup final, Grand Slam tournament performance timeline, "Cornet the perfect antidote to the afflicted French stars", "Serena Williams withdraws at Perth, injury toll grows", "Alizé Cornet, qualifiée pour le second tour : «Je savais que ce serait physique", "Wuhan : Alizé Cornet tombe en quarts de finale au terme d'un beau combat", "Moscou : Alizé Cornet sortie en quarts malgré un énorme combat", "Alizé Cornet connaîtra la décision de l'ITF dans l'affaire de ses trois no show d'ici 14 jours", "Alize Cornet charged with missing drug tests by International Tennis Federation", "Alizé Cornet's hearing for missing doping tests postponed", "15 Least Flattering Photos Of The 15 Most Attractive Women In Tennis", "Alize Cornet: French tennis player facing ban after missing three drugs tests in the last year", "French tennis player Alize Cornet cleared of doping charge", "US Open clarifies changing shirt rule after Alize Cornet penalty", "Kenin canters into maiden final in Hobart with Cornet win", "Venus passes Cornet test to advance at Australian Open", "Rome : Touchée à l'adducteur, Alizé Cornet abandonne contre Carla Suarez Navarro", "Serena Williams says she's not comfortable but keeps fighting at ASB Classic", "Kazakhstan's Rybakina eases into Hobart International quarterfinals", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alizé_Cornet&oldid=993261063, Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles, ITF template using Wikidata property P8618, Articles with French-language sources (fr), Sports-Reference template missing archive parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 December 2020, at 17:38. [8][9] The case would be heard on 1 May 2018 in London. Cornet reached the second round at Stuttgart after defeating Anna Chakvetadze before losing to Maria Sharapova. Following the Australian Open, Cornet's WTA singles ranking climbed six places to No. Cornet drew American Venus Williams in the second round, to whom she lost. Cornet began the season at the Medibank International where she defeated seventh seed Nadia Petrova and Alisa Kleybanova before losing to second seed and eventual finalist Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals. She then suffered two first round defeats at Tokyo and Beijing in the hands of Stosur and veteran Schiavone respectively. She qualified for the first time as a result of winning the title in Strasbourg earlier and was the seventh seed. sport; tennis; Alize Cornet sparks criticism of sexist treatment at the US Open. Her final tournament of 2013 was the Tournament of Champions held in Sofia. In July, at the Wimbledon Championships, she came back from a set down to upset Williams in the third round, handing the American her earliest exit at the tournament since 2005. 1990) Current/Highest rank - singles: 53. Cornet was the top seed at the Swedish Open but suffered a shocking defeat to Estonian Anett Kontaveit in the first round. However, whilst 6–2, 2–1 up, she suffered an injury and retired when trailing 3–2 in the final set. Argentine Pella and Bolivian Dellien were both recently withdrawn from the Western and Southern Open draw after their common trainer Juan Manuel Galvan tested positive for the coronavirus. Cornet then reached the final at the Internationaux de Strasbourg where she lost to Francesca Schiavone. In the first round of the main draw, she had a decisive two-sets victory over former top ten player Patty Schnyder, and backed it up by winning a tough match against 2010 Wimbledon semifinalist Tsvetana Pironkova in three sets, to advance to the third round, where she was sent crashing out of the tournament by fifth seed Francesca Schiavone in two sets. In the first round of the Australian Open, she defeated Marina Erakovic of New Zealand in a marathon match lasting 3 hours and 28 minutes. At the US Open, Cornet was given a code violation under Grand Slam rules for changing her shirt while on the court, which angered some as male players are not penalized for doing such. To find out more about our use of cookies and how you can disable them, please see our Privacy Policy. Her third win came in second round of Wuhan later that year where Williams retired due to illness. 1 Dinara Safina in the second round. And in Cincinnati, she was beaten in the first round of qualifying by Sofia Arvidsson. SR=strike rate (events won/competed). US Open organizers have expressed "regret" for the way French tennis player Alize Cornet was treated for briefly taking off her shirt on court. In the semifinal she defeated Gréta Arn, to make her third final of the year, which she won in two sets against Andreja Klepač. As a qualifier in the Madrid Open she lost again to Schiavone, for the fourth time that year. [16] At the Australian Open, Cornet was eliminated in the second round by Venus Williams. She then played on clay in the Suez Grand Prix upsetting Timea Bacsinszky before losing to eventual champion Ágnes Szávay in the quarterfinals. Alize cornet is an international professional French tennis player. [2] At the US Open, Cornet defeated wild card Nicole Gibbs in the first round. At Wimbledon, she lost in the first round to Ioana Raluca Olaru. Cornet was then awarded a wild card for the Open GdF Suez in Paris. Cornet began the season at the ASB Classic in Auckland, losing to Francesca Schiavone in the quarterfinals. Alizé Cornet fixtures tab is showing last 100 Tennis matches with statistics and win/lose icons. In the fourth round, she held two match points against Safina, but was eventually ousted in three sets. Cornet's poor run continued when she fell during the qualifications of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. 6 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round before falling to the qualifier Maria Sakkari in the quarterfinals; that was just Cornet's third singles quarterfinal appearance in a Premier-Mandatory or Premier-5 tournament. Tennis: Alize Cornet, dati, statistiche, ultime partite | Bet4win Alizé Cornet (French pronunciation: ​[alize kɔʁnɛ]; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. In the following round, she lost to fifth seed Petra Kvitová. The Open GdF Suez in Paris was Cornet's next destination. Cornet Alize. Her bad run continued when she lost in the second round of the Monterrey Open to Anastasija Sevastova. After Dubai, Cornet moved three places up the rankings, to No. At the London Olympics, Cornet defeated Paszek in the first round before losing to Daniela Hantuchová. She defeated French wild card Myrtille Georges in the first round before losing to Maria Sakkari in the second. However, she lost her second singles match to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. At Wimbledon, Cornet lost in the second round to eventual quarterfinalist Tamira Paszek. Cornet began her 2012 season at the ASB Classic, losing in the first round of qualifications to wild card Claire Feuerstein. She defeated two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets for her biggest win in nearly a year and one of the biggest of her career. TENNIS.com - Live Scores, Tennis News, Player Ranking, and Complete Tournament Data. Cornet was seeded second and received a bye into the second round. Sorry, we couldn't find any players that match your search. She also won her sole Grand Slam junior singles title at the 2007 French Open.[1]. At the Rogers Cup, Alize defeated American Lauren Davis in the first round. In the third round, she faced Serena Williams and defeated her for the second time in a row. France did not qualify for the final as they finished Group B only in third position. Cornet made her Wimbledon singles debut in 2007. Then, she recorded two consecutive third round appearances at Toronto and Western & Southern Open where she lost to Sara Errani and Magdaléna Rybáriková respectively. Cornet began her grass-court season in Birmingham, losing in the first round to 16th seed Alla Kudryavtseva. Cornet reached the final by defeating the likes of Yulia Putintseva, former champion Shahar Pe'er, Hsieh Su-wei and Timea Bacsinszky before falling to Monica Niculescu in straight sets. [4], Cornet lost to Carla Suárez Navarro in the quarterfinals of the Monterrey Open. She had previously not dropped a set in her previous three matches at the tournament. Scopri le migliori foto stock e immagini editoriali di attualità di Shahar Alize Cornet su Getty Images. At the Kremlin Cup, Cornet defeated Elina Svitolina in round one before succumbing to Stosur again. On 16 February 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. We track statistics, player history & match information for every tennis game Alize Cornet undertook in the 2020 of tennis. 28. At the Australian Open in the opening round, she again lost to Schiavone. Detailed tennis results of Alize Cornet, a tennis player from France. Cornet entered the Australian Open as the 15th seed, easily winning her two matches. Her other two losses came in the hands of Simona Halep and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. [7], On 11 January 2018, Cornet was charged by the ITF with missing three out-of-competition drugs tests that were to be conducted between November 2016 and October 2017. Results, tables, fixtures and odds on one page. As the home favorite, her fans were greatly upset when she was sent crashing out to Sofia Arvidsson in the first round. Zanieswka is the former coach of Croatian tennis player Petra Martic. Garbiñe Muguruza (seeded No. She reached the quarterfinals at Guangzhou, losing to Sorana Cîrstea in straight sets. Cornet started the year ranked 26th. She then faced fifth seeded Angelique Kerber but lost in three sets after winning the second set 6–1. Let's watch Alize Cornet Tennis Player in our video. This was her third loss to the Russian already that year. 3, Serena Williams, in the second round, and was defeated in two sets. Despite having an impressive first month of the year, Cornet's results began to slide. 27, her highest since 2008. She defeated Anna Chakvetadze to reach her first Tier-I final where, however, she lost to Janković in two sets. Cornet won her first tournament of the year in doubles at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, playing with Vania King. Her clay-court season saw her accumulating just two wins and five losses. She lost all her singles matches. She defeated Camila Giorgi in April to win the Katowice Open, her fourth career title. She competed at the 2016 Olympics in the women's singles, beating Johanna Larsson before losing to Serena Williams.[2]. Cornet ended the year at No. We have every tennis result for Alize Cornet’s 2020 season of tennis along with all of Alize Cornet fixtures for the 2020 and the updated 2020 tennis rank for all of the tennis competitions that Alize Cornet took part it. Cornet also played one Fed Cup singles match against Slovakia, losing to former world No. 9 seed and world No. [6] In early October, the unseeded Cornet knocked out No. 26 seed Ai Sugiyama in the second round in three sets. She defeated Australian qualifier Bojana Bobusic in the first round. She also suffered an early first round loss at the Australian Open to Monica Niculescu. She has won three doubles and six singles on the WTA tour. France finished last in their group. Cornet wears Lotto clothing and shoes, and uses Babolat racquets. Being unseeded, she defeated No. Cornet also has an impressive junior's record, reaching a career-high combined junior ranking of world No. She then booked her place in the quarterfinals with a three-set win over Kirsten Flipkens. and the Australian team Casey Dellacqua/Marinko Matosevic (7–6, 7–5), but lost to the British duo Heather Watson/Andy Murray (4–6, 6–2, [8–10]). Alize Cornet has played 10 tournament(s) this year. She defeated wildcard Ashleigh Barty easily in round one. Specifically, the DCO did not do “what was reasonable in the circumstances (i.e. Over the next two months, poor results continued for the Frenchwoman. 3 seed Amélie Mauresmo in the second round. On 16 February, Cornet withdrew from the Dubai Tennis Championships because of a torn pectoral muscle. Cornet was seeded 25th at Wimbledon and defeated WTA rising star Anna Schmiedlová in the first round. It was bad year for Alizé as she lost in the opening round at all four Grand Slam tournaments. At that tournament, she was defeated in the final qualifying round by Olga Govortsova, but made it to the main draw as a lucky loser when Li Na withdrew. Skip to main content. Cornet became the first player since Justine Henin in 2007 to defeat Serena three times in a season. Soon after, Cornet posted her worst result of the year at an ITF event in Marseille losing to 412th-ranked Caroline Garcia in three sets. Cornet made her US Open singles debut in 2007. During this period, her most notable tournament was in Monterrey, Mexico, where she reached the quarterfinals. There, she lost to Tsvetana Pironkova in three sets. In Melbourne, she defeated CoCo Vandeweghe and 26th seed María José Martínez Sánchez in straight sets en route to the third round the Australian Open, where she was defeated by eventual champion Kim Clijsters. On 24 June, she achieved a season-high ranking of No. The following week at Cincinnati, Cornet lost to young American Madison Keys in the first round. In 2007, Cornet won the $50k ITF singles title in Dnipropetrovsk, beating Stefanie Vögele in the final. Her best result in her next seven tournaments were third round showings in Dubai and Miami. French player Alize Cornet has avoided a potential ban after the International Tennis Federation dismissed a charge against her for missing three drugs tests in a year. Will be used in accordance to our Privacy Policy. Sorry, there are no matches available for this year. New registration ... Cornet Alize - profile . Alizé Cornet showed the most dangerous thing in sport is a woman's body ... it was not the first time a female tennis player’s choice of clothes had come to the attention of the authorities. The next day, officials declared that players of any gender would be allowed to change their shirt while sitting in their chair, and female players could also change their shirts in a private location off the court, for which they would not be assessed a bathroom break.[15]. She defeated Romina Oprandi in round one before recording her third straight over Serena Williams, this time via retirement. She capped it off by winning the doubles with Janette Husárová at the same tournament. [12], On 15 May, the ITF announced that the independent tribunal set up by WADA had cleared Cornet of the charge of missing the three out-of-competition drugs tests that were to be conducted between November 2016 and October 2017 because the Doping Control Officer (DCO) did not satisfy all of the requirements of article I.4.3 of the International Standard for Testing and Investigations in relation to the third missed drugs test. Cornet drew the Swedish No. She made her Grand Slam singles debut at the 2005 French Open after receiving a singles main-draw wild card. In the third round, she dropped a set against Daniela Hantuchová, but advanced regardless. 35. But then, her form improved when she headed to Indian Wells for the BNP Paribas Open. Cornet then headed to Moscow for the quarterfinals of the Fed Cup against Russia. 23. She would lose another two matches in the Fed Cup Play-offs, to Daniela Hantuchová and Dominika Cibulková. Cornet is widely regarded as one of the most skillful players on the tour, making up for lack of power with guile and variation. Following these losses, she headed to London for the Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round to Kateryna Bondarenko. Click here for a full player profile. She then reached the final of the 100k Bahamas Women's Open, where she lost to Aleksandra Wozniak. Donna is a Croatian tennis player. Due to her great run at Rome, she rose to No. In the second round, she defeated Czech Petra Cetkovská. She suffered early exits in the singles main draw of her next four WTA tournaments in Rabat (first round), Madrid (first round), Rome (second round) and Strasbourg (first round). 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third, and then received a walkover from an injured Serena Williams to get into the semifinals. [20] Cornet then made her first second week at the US Open in September after reaching the fourth round, completing the sweep of second week appearances at each of the four Grand Slam events. Cornet then entered the Kremlin Cup, defeating Anastasia Rodionova in the first round, only to be beaten by Samantha Stosur in the second round. Cornet competed in the Wuhan. Cornet then participated in Washington D.C. where she was seeded third. In the second round, she faced the eighth seed Victoria Azarenka and lost in three sets. However, also in a fourth match against the American, she lost in straight sets to world No. 3 seed Jelena Janković. ... Every week, receive player features, tournament news, ... International Tennis Federation ATP Tour US Open Series Billie Jean King Cup Cornet's disastrous run continued when she lost in the first qualifying rounds of the Madrid Open and the Italian Open. At the French Open, Cornet was seeded 20th, her highest seeding in more than four years. 1, Sofia Arvidsson, in the first round, and defeated her in three sets. Her career-high ranking was 45 in September of 2017. 24 after the French Open. She defeated Kirsten Flipkens in the first round at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia but lost to Ana Ivanovic in the second round. In doubles, partnering Julie Coin, she lost to Pavlyuchenkova and Kuznetsova in straight sets. Get the latest Player Stats on Alizé Cornet including her videos, highlights, and more at the official Women's Tennis Association website. ATP & WTA tennis players at Tennis Explorer offers profiles of the best tennis players and a database of men's and women's tennis players. 8 on 11 June 2007. Cornet played at the Hopman Cup, and placed third in her group, partnering Gilles Simon. 2 seed. Find the latest matches, stats and ranking history for Alizé Cornet. It was Cornet's first quarterfinal at a Premier-5-event. Cornet was suffering from an injured abductor muscle and retired from the match against Suárez Navarro when the latter was leading 6–3, 3–0.[18]. Guido is a guy I like, I’m a little sad for him. Cornet then competed at the Beijing Olympics. Cornet has also made the second week at each of the four Grand Slam events, having reached the fourth round at the 2009 Australian Open, the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 and 2017 French Opens, and the 2020 US Open. Alizé kicked off her grass-court season by defeating Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski in the first round at the Aegon International in Eastbourne. However, Cornet lost in the second round to Lucie Šafářová. 11. The chair umpire Christian Rask hit French player Cornet, who is ranked No. We are a little disgusted for the players concerned,” Alize Cornet said after her win in the first round at the Cincinnati Open. 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