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Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor (born 13 November 1975) is a former professional tennis player from France. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 29, which she achieved on 1 November 1999. Pitkowski won her only career
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singles final in
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in the spring of 1999, where she beat
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in the final. She was also the runner-up at the WTA tournament in
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in the same year, where she lost to
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. She has won a total of ten singles titles on the
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but never advanced beyond the third round of any
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event in singles competition. She represented
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in the first round of the
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in 1998 as a rookie, and saved the defending champions from losing to Belgium by defeating
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4–6, 6–4, 6–1. Pitkowski married the French professional tennis player Olivier Malcor, who has served as a coach for
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, on 7 July 2001. The couple have a son.


WTA career finals


Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)


Grand Slam singles performance timeline


ITF Circuit finals


Singles: 14 (10–4)


Doubles: 2 (1–1)


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitkowski-Malcor, Sarah 1975 births Living people People from Seclin French people of Polish descent French female tennis players Sportspeople from Nord (French department)