Victoria Larrière (born 2 May 1991) is a French former professional tennis player. As of 14 May 2012, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 172.

Career

Her career accelerated in the summer of 2011 when she won her first final in a $50k tournament in Istanbul. The following week, for her first appearance in a

WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tou ...

tournament at the

2011 Tashkent Open The 2011 Tashkent Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the Tashkent Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tas ...

, she qualified into the main draw. After winning over

Zuzana Kučová Zuzana Kučová (; born 26 June 1982) is a former Slovak tennis player. She won eight singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 June 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 101. In December 2009, she ...

in the first round, she played and beat her first top 100, seed No. 5

Magdaléna Rybáriková Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a retired Slovak tennis player. In her career, she won four singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Rybáriková reached the semifinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and br ...

(6–4, 6–4) for a total of ten successive wins. She lost in the quarterfinal against

Ksenia Pervak Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak (russian: Ксения Юрьевна Первак; born 27 May 1991) is a retired tennis player from Russia. Pervak won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circ ...

, seed No. 1 and eventual winner of the tournament, in straight sets. Larrière lost in the first round of the doubles main-draw at the

2011 French Open The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 115th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 Jun ...

. Victoria was close to qualify for the

2012 Australian Open The 2012 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 16 to 29 January 2012. It was the 100th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. The tournamen ...

, leading 6–4, 3–1 in the last qualification round, but lost 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 to

Chang Kai-chen Chang Kai-chen (; ; born January 13, 1991) is a Taiwanese former professional tennis player. Career Her father is Chang Chin-lai and mother is Jun Yu-mei; she has two older brothers, Yao-lun and Yao-chung (both play tennis). Born and raised ...

. She was awarded a wildcard for the main draw of the

2012 French Open The 2012 French Open (also known as Roland Garros, after the famous French aviator) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 116th edition of the French Open, and took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 27 May until 11 ...

but lost in the first round to the 16th seed

Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə ; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open a ...

, in two sets.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Doubles: 12 (10 titles, 2 runner-ups)

External links

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