Sophie Amiach (born 10 November 1963 in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

) is a former professional tennis player from France who played on the

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from 1980 to 1995.40-Love
, Sophie Amiach's professional site Currently, she provides commentary on professional tennis in both English and French for different networks throughout the world. Perform/WTA that is the Women’s Tennis Association world feed, www.wtatv.com including the

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and Elite Trophy,

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(during the US Open), Input Media at Roland Garros (French Open), RMC a French Network. Sophie also covered the 2016 Wimbledon final between

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and

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for

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Career

Born in Paris, Sophie Amiach grew up in the south of France. Having started playing tennis at 4 years old, she became one of the best French juniors. She won the first junior girls doubles at French Open in 1981. Amiach was selected in the 1981 French team of the then-Federation Cup. She reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1984 and played in 10 French Opens.ITF Tennis profile
/ref> In 1987, Amiach was coached by Billie Jean King.

WTA Finals

Doubles(0–1)

ITF Finals

Singles (0-4)

Doubles (6–5)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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* * * 1963 births Living people French female tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles French Open junior champions {{France-tennis-bio-stub