Julia Cohen (born March 23, 1989) is an American former professional

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player. In 2001, she won the

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National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In her career, Cohen won five singles and four doubles titles on the

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. On July 30, 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97.Julia Cohen
itftennis.com. On May 13, 2013, she peaked at world number 121 in the doubles rankings. She played collegiate tennis for the

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at the

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Tennis career

Cohen grew up in

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and started tennis at the age of three. Her father, Dr. Richard Cohen, played tennis for the

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and played professional tennis for two years, and her brother Josh was an All-American tennis player at the

and became head coach of the

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. At the age of six she was ranked No. 1 in 18-and-under doubles in the USTA Middle States region (including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware). In 1997, at the age of eight, she became the youngest player to win an adult match in a Middle States Tennis Association tournament. She was then the US champion in the 9-and-under division. In 2001, she won the

National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In 2006, she was the top-ranked American girl tennis player. That same year, she and partner

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reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the

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Junior Championships. When she was 15 years old, she was No. 6 in the

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(ITF) junior world rankings. On June 11, 2007, she was ranked No. 4 in the junior rankings.

Collegiate tennis career

In her first year of college tennis, playing number 1 singles for the

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. She was SEC Rookie of the Year and

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(ITA) Rookie of the Year. She transferred to the

and finished the year ranked fifth in the U.S. in singles, and was named All-

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. Cohen earned her bachelor's degree in

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'' from

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in 2012 and a master's degree in

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in 2013.

Professional career

She is coached by her brother's friend Conor Taylor. She won four career singles and five doubles titles on the ITF circuit. Cohen played in the 2012 Baku Cup. She made it to her first WTA final there, before losing to fifth-seeded Serbian

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. That year she reached No. 121 in the WTA doubles rankings, and No. 97 in the WTA singles rankings. She has played in

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for the

and the

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Coaching career

As an assistant coach, Cohen joined the

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men's and women's tennis coaching staffs prior to the spring 2017 season.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

ITF finals

Singles: 15 (5–10)

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Julia 1989 births Living people Tennis players from Philadelphia American female tennis players Florida Gators women's tennis players Jewish American sportspeople Jewish tennis players Miami Hurricanes women's tennis players 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women