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Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. She has won six singles and three doubles titles on the
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, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 16 February 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 11. Cornet has also made the second week at each of the four Grand Slam events, having reached the quarterfinals at the
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, and the fourth round at the
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, the
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and
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s, and the 2020 US Open. She holds the record for the most consecutive Grand Slam appearances with 69 and also in third place for overall appearances with 72. Cornet became known for defeating world No. 1
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on three occasions in 2014. At the
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she recorded a straight-sets win over Williams in the semifinals, which resulted in Cornet reaching her biggest singles final in almost six years. 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. Her third win came in the second round of
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later that year, where Williams retired due to illness. Cornet is responsible for ending the then No. 1
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’s 37 match winning streak in the third round of 2022 Wimbledon. Świątek's 37-match win streak in
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is the longest in the 21st century and is tied for the 12th longest in the
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. It was Cornet’s 4th win over a No. 1 ranked player. She has 25 career top 10 wins. Cornet also has an impressive junior record, reaching a career-high combined junior ranking of world No. 8, on 11 June 2007. She won her sole Grand Slam junior singles title at the
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.


Career


2005–2007

Cornet made her Grand Slam singles debut at the age of 15 in the
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after receiving a singles main-draw wildcard. Coming into that tournament ranked only 645th in the world, she upset 71st-ranked
Alina Jidkova Alina Vladimirovna Jidkova (Алина Владимировна Жидкова; born 18 January 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. Throughout her career, she found success in both singles and doubles. Jidkova reached her ...
in the first round before losing to No. 3 seed
Amélie Mauresmo Amélie Simone Mauresmo (; born 5 July 1979) is a French former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and tournament director. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 39 weeks. Maur ...
in the second round. At the
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, she beat
Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual (; born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three WTA Tour titles as well as reaching two major quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had ...
of Spain in the first round before losing to
Tathiana Garbin Tathiana Garbin (; born 30 June 1977) is an Italian retired tennis player. She was Gold Medalist at the 1997 Mediterranean Games and Italian capitan in leading the Italian national team (composed by Jasmine Paolini, Sara Errani, Martina Tre ...
in the second round. She could not repeat this performance at the
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, where she lost in the first round to No. 26 seed
Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American inactive tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 11 wee ...
. Cornet made her Wimbledon singles debut in
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. At that tournament, she was defeated in the final qualifying round by
Olga Govortsova Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 2 ...
, but made it to the main draw as a
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when
Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association. Li won nine WTA Tour-level singles titles, including two Grand Slam (t ...
withdrew. Cornet defeated
Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲenkə, a=Ru-Maria_Kirilenko.ogg; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champio ...
the first round of the main draw before losing to the experienced No. 26 seed
Ai Sugiyama is a Japanese former tennis player. She reached the world No. 1 ranking in women's doubles on the WTA Tour and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. In her career, she won six singles and 38 doubles ...
in the second round in three sets. In 2007, Cornet won the $50k singles title in Dnipropetrovsk, beating
Stefanie Vögele Stefanie Vögele (born 10 March 1990) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her highest WTA rankings, WTA ranking in doubles is 100, which she reached on 5 January ...
in the final. Cornet made her
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singles debut in
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. At that tournament, she defeated after three qualifying matches in the main draw No. 29 seed
Samantha Stosur Samantha Jane Stosur (born 30 March 1984) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and ...
and unseeded
Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is an inactive Danish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, hold ...
in the first and second rounds, respectively, before losing to No. 3 seed,
Jelena Janković Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the W ...
.


2008: First Premier-5 final, first WTA Tour titles

Cornet reached the second round of the Australian Open where she lost to ninth seed
Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová (; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA Tour title at the Indian Wells Open, defeating Martin ...
. Over the following months, Cornet experienced a great level of success on the main tour, particularly on clay, reaching the final in Acapulco and the semifinals in Amelia Island and Charleston (a Tier-I event). Cornet entered the
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and beat
Vera Dushevina Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina (; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. As a junior, she won the Wimbledon Championships, beating Maria Sharapova in ...
in the first round,
Francesca Schiavone Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had career-high rankings of world No. 4 in women's singles and No. 8 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Schiavone won eight W ...
in the second, world No. 3
Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Kuznetsova won 18 singl ...
in the third, and then received a walkover from an injured Serena Williams to get into the semifinals. She defeated
Anna Chakvetadze Anna Djambuliovna Chakvetadze ( ; born 5 March 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. In her career, Chakvetadze won eight WTA Tour singles titles. She reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 5 in September 2007, after r ...
to reach her first Tier-I final where, however, she lost to Janković in two sets. Due to her great run at Rome, she rose to No. 20 in the world and was seeded 19th for her home Grand Slam, the French Open. She defeated
Julia Vakulenko Julia Olehivna Vakulenko (; born 10 July 1983) is a Ukraine-born former tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of No. 32 in November 2007. In April 2008, Vakulenko renounced her Ukrainian citizenship, and then announced her decisi ...
in the first round after a stylish display. She then beat clay specialist
Gisela Dulko Gisela Dulko (; born 30 January 1985) is an Argentine former tennis player. Although she enjoyed modest success in singles, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 26 and winning four WTA Tour, WTA titles, her speciality was doubles, where s ...
in the second round but lost to 14th seed
Agnieszka Radwańska Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), in July 2012. Radwańska won 20 WTA Tour sing ...
in the third round. She suffered a poor grass-court season, making first round exits at Eastbourne (to Amélie Mauresmo) and at
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, to
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 11 on 8 November 2021. Pavlyuchenkova has won twelve singles titles ...
. She won her first WTA title at
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. Cornet was seeded second and received a bye into the second round. Here she defeated
Magdaléna Rybáriková Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak former professional 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 Champion ...
, and followed it up with a straight-sets win over
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Anna-Lena Grönefeld (also spelled Groenefeld; married name Herzgerodt; born 4 June 1985) is a German former professional tennis player. Competing as a professional from 2003 until 2019, she won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2006 M ...
in the quarterfinals. In the semifinal she defeated
Gréta Arn Gréta Arn (born 13 April 1979) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player of Danube Swabian Germans, German descent. She has won two titles on the WTA Tour, the 2007 Estoril Open in Portugal, and the 2011 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Ze ...
, to make her third final of the year, which she won in two sets against
Andreja Klepač Andreja Klepač (born 13 March 1986) is a Slovenian former tennis player. On 14 July 2008, she reached her career-high singles rankings of world No. 99. On 11 April 2022, she peaked at No. 11 in the WTA doubles rankings. She qualified also with ...
. She capped it off by winning the doubles with
Janette Husárová Janette Husárová (; born 4 June 1974) is a Slovak former tennis player. On 13 January 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 31. On 21 April 2003, she peaked at No. 3 in the doubles rankings. She won the WTA Tour Championshi ...
at the same tournament. At Austria, she was seeded second. However, whilst 6–2, 2–1 up, she suffered an injury and retired when trailing 3–2 in the final set. Cornet then competed at the Beijing Olympics. She was seeded 15th for the
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, and defeated
Nicole Vaidišová Nicole Vaidišová Štěpánková (; born 23 April 1989) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Vaidišová is an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist as well as a two-time quarterfinalist at Wimbledon. She started playing te ...
in the first round,
Peng Shuai Peng Shuai (; ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA ...
in the second, before falling to No. 4 seed Serena Williams in three sets. She also competed in the women's doubles with
Virginie Razzano Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983) is a French former professional tennis player. She won two WTA Tour singles titles, both in 2007. Razzano reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 16 on 14 September 2009. She represented France in ...
, where they lost in the first round. In New Haven, she was seeded seventh and again beat Vaidišová in the first round. Cornet followed it up by beating
Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik (born 12 March 1981) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20, on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she became the No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding thi ...
, and a win over second seeded Daniela Hantuchová in the quarterfinal. However, she lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki. At the
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, she was seeded 17th in the
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, where she reached the third round with wins over
Camille Pin Camille Pin (born 25 August 1981) is a French former professional tennis player. Her 2006 season was rather successful, for a player ranked lower than the top 100 in the WTA Tour. After a second-round loss to Serena Williams in the Australian O ...
and
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former w ...
in the first and second rounds, respectively, before losing 4–6, 5–7 to
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Anna-Lena Grönefeld (also spelled Groenefeld; married name Herzgerodt; born 4 June 1985) is a German former professional tennis player. Competing as a professional from 2003 until 2019, she won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2006 M ...
in the third.


2009: Singles career-high

Cornet played at the
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, and placed third in her group, partnering Gilles Simon. She defeated
Hsieh Su-wei Hsieh Su-wei (; ; born 4 January 1986) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in Doubles tennis, doubles with nine Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles, she is rega ...
of Taiwan and Italian
Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis pla ...
. She then lost to Russia's
Dinara Safina Dinara Mubinovna Safina (, ; ; born April 27, 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 26 weeks, and world No. 8 in doubles. Safina ...
, 3–6, 2–6. Cornet began the season at the
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where she defeated seventh seed
Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova ( ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world in both disciplines (doing s ...
and
Alisa Kleybanova Alisa Mikhailovna Kleybanova (, born 15 July 1989) is a Russian former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 20, achieved in February 2011. In her career, she won two singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. ...
before losing to second seed and eventual finalist Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals. Cornet entered the Australian Open as the 15th seed, easily winning her two matches. In the third round, she dropped a set against Daniela Hantuchová, but advanced regardless. In the fourth round, she held two match points against Safina, but was eventually ousted in three sets. This was her third loss to the Russian already that year. Cornet then took part in the Open GdF Suez in Paris. Seeded fifth, she defeated Latvian qualifier
Anastasija Sevastova Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in October 2018, after reaching a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open. Sevastova has won four sin ...
in the first round and went on to again defeat Hantuchová in three tight sets in the second. She was then defeated by second seed Jelena Janković in the quarterfinal. Despite having an impressive first month of the year, Cornet's results began to slide. She lost her two matches to Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta in the
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, playing for France. Her best result in her next seven tournaments were third round showings in
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and
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. She would lose another two matches in the Fed Cup Play-offs, to Daniela Hantuchová and
Dominika Cibulková Dominika Cibulková (; born 6 May 1989) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She is the 2016 WTA Finals champion, becoming the fourth player (after Serena Williams in 2001 WTA Tour Championships, 2001, Maria Sharapova in 2004 WTA Tour ...
. Cornet fell in the early rounds in both the
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and
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, continuing a dismal 2009 tennis season. She was then defeated in the early rounds in
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and
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. After months of early losses, Cornet had a promising showing in
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, advancing to the semifinals before losing to
Raluca Olaru Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. The winner of eleven singles and fifteen doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA ...
, a match in which Cornet had a 5–4 lead and serve for closing the match in the second set.


2010: Second doubles title, loss of form

Cornet began the season at the Auckland Open in New Zealand, losing to Francesca Schiavone in the quarterfinals. She then suffered an early loss to
Alona Bondarenko Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko Dyachok (; born 13 August 1984) is a Ukrainian former tennis player. Her sisters Valeria and Kateryna Bondarenko are also tennis players. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 19, achieved on 14 April 2008. Alo ...
in
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. At the
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in the opening round, she again lost to Schiavone. Over the next two months, poor results continued for the Frenchwoman. During this period, her most notable tournament was in
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, Mexico, where she reached the quarterfinals. During the European clay-court season, Cornet, as a qualifier in the Barcelona Open, lost to
Timea Bacsinszky Timea Bacsinszky (; born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. A former top ten singles player, Bacsinszky reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, on 16 May 2016. She won four singles and five doubles titles o ...
in the first round. Cornet reached her first semifinal of the season in Fes, Morocco, losing to
Iveta Benešová Iveta Benešová () (formerly Melzer, ; born 1 February 1983) is a Czech former tennis player. She began playing tennis aged seven and turned professional in 1998. She won two WTA Tour singles and 14 doubles tournaments, and one Grand Slam tit ...
. She had previously not dropped a set in her previous three matches at the tournament. At the Estoril Open in Portugal, home favourite
Michelle Larcher de Brito Micaela Carolina Larcher de Brito (born 29 January 1993), known by the anglicized name Michelle Larcher de Brito, is a Portuguese former professional tennis player. She is the former Portuguese No. 1. Larcher de Brito won four singles titles on ...
beat Cornet in the first round. As a qualifier in the Madrid Open, she lost again to Schiavone, for the fourth time that year. Cornet won her first tournament of the year in doubles at the
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, playing with
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. Cornet would lose to King in singles. At the
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, 29th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated her in the first round 6–4, 6–2. Soon after, at an ITF event in Marseille, Cornet lost to 412th-ranked
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in three sets. At
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, she lost in the first round to Raluca Olaru. She then played on clay in the
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upsetting Timea Bacsinszky, before losing to eventual champion
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in the quarterfinals. At the
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, she fell to
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in the second round. Cornet reached her second semifinal of the year in
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with a win over top seed and defending champion,
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, where she lost to
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. At the
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, she fell in the first round to 31st seed
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, in three sets. So she had lost in the opening round at all four Grand Slam tournaments.


2011: Career-high ranking in doubles

Cornet's first tournament was the Auckland Open. She defeated
Sandra Záhlavová Sandra Záhlavová (born 10 October 1985) is a Czech former tennis player. Záhlavová won 12 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 21 June 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 78. On 12 ...
in the first round, before being swept aside by Julia Görges 6–2, 6–4. In Melbourne, she defeated CoCo Vandeweghe and 26th seed
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in straight sets en route to the third round the Australian Open, where she was defeated by eventual champion
Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 20 weeks, and as the world No. 1 in women's double ...
. Cornet then headed to Moscow for the quarterfinals of the
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against Russia. 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. However, she lost her second singles match to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. In doubles, partnering
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, she lost to Pavlyuchenkova and Kuznetsova in straight sets.
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was Cornet's next destination. As the home favorite, her fans were greatly upset when she was sent crashing out to
Sofia Arvidsson Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson (born 16 February 1984) is a Swedish professional padel player and a former tennis player. In her tennis career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 20 singles and 13 doubl ...
in the first round. At the same tournament she reached the semifinals with
Virginie Razzano Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983) is a French former professional tennis player. She won two WTA Tour singles titles, both in 2007. Razzano reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 16 on 14 September 2009. She represented France in ...
in doubles. As a result, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 59 in doubles on 7 March 2011. In singles, her bad run continued when she lost in the second round of the
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to Anastasija Sevastova. But then, her form improved when she headed to Indian Wells. In the first round of qualifications she defeated
Han Xinyun Han Xinyun (; ; born 30 May 1990), also known as Monica Han, is an inactive Chinese tennis player. Han has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also has won 35 titles (9 in sin ...
, followed by another win over
Vesna Dolonts Vesna Ratkovna Dolonc (Serbian Cyrillic and ; née Manasieva, Манасиева; born 21 July 1989) is a retired Serbian tennis player. She earned career-highs of 84 in singles and 93 in doubles. Career Dolonc began competing on the ITF Circ ...
. 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
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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. At the Miami Open, she fell in the first round to
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. At the
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she again suffered an early elimination in the first round by Arvidsson, for the second time that year. Seeded eighth at the
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, Cornet was beaten by former world No. 1, Dinara Safina, in the second round. Cornet's disastrous run continued when she lost in the first qualifying rounds of the Madrid Open and the Italian Open. She then defeated
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in the
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, before falling to Nadia Petrova in three sets in the second round. At the
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, she defeated
Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 58 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circui ...
in the first round but was then crushed by qualifier
Nuria Llagostera Vives Nuria Llagostera Vives (; born 16 May 1980) is a Spanish former tennis player. In June 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. In November 2009, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings. Professional career Llagoster ...
in the second. Cornet began her grass-court season in Birmingham, losing in the first round to 16th seed
Alla Kudryavtseva Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player. Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circ ...
. She then lost in the first round of qualifications at the Aegon International to home favorite
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. Following these losses, she headed to London for the
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, losing in the first round to
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. Cornet then reached the quarterfinals of an ITF event in Italy, losing to
Stefanie Vögele Stefanie Vögele (born 10 March 1990) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her highest WTA rankings, WTA ranking in doubles is 100, which she reached on 5 January ...
. She again lost in the first rounds of the
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and the Gastein Ladies to Caroline Wozniacki and
Ksenia Pervak Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak (; born 27 May 1991) is a former 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 Circuit. On 19 September 2011, she reached her best si ...
. And in
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, she was beaten in the first round of qualifying by Sofia Arvidsson. Also at the
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, Cornet was defeated in the first round by Julia Görges. Then she proceeded to the
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where she saw better results than at the French Open and Wimbledon, by getting to the second round where she lost to Roberta Vinci. Cornet then played two ITF events, reaching the second round of one and the quarterfinals of the other. She qualified for the
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, but lost in the first round to Svetlana Kuznetsova. Her final tournaments of the year were two ITF events in France, of which she reached one first round and one semifinal.


2012: First WTA Tour singles title in four years

Cornet began her 2012 season at the Auckland Open, losing in the first round of qualifying to wildcard
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. Her next tournament was the
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, where she was eliminated in the final round of qualifying by
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in straight sets. She also suffered an early first round loss at the
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to
Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA as high as No. 28 in singles and No. 11 in doubles. She has won three singles and 10 dou ...
. Cornet also played one Fed Cup singles match against Slovakia, losing to former world No. 5, Daniela Hantuchová, in straight sets. Cornet was then awarded a wildcard for the Paris indoor event. Being the home favourite, her fans were greatly disappointed when she was knocked out of the tournament in the first round by eventual semifinalist
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. Then, at the Monterrey Open, Cornet won her third match of the year against
Tetiana Luzhanska Tetiana Luzhanska (born September 4, 1984) is a former tennis player. Luzhanska has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 131, achieved on 26 September 2011, and a highest WTA doubles ranking of 99, set on 12 February 2007. In her career, ...
in the first round, but was defeated by second seed Sara Errani in the second. She then fell in the first round of the Mexican Open to
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, in three sets. Cornet's poor run continued when she fell in the qualifying of the Indian Wells Open. She then reached the final of the $100k Bahamas Open, where she lost to
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. After that, she headed to the Miami Open, for which she qualified, but she went out in the first round to
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. Cornet reached the second round at
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, after defeating Anna Chakvetadze before losing to Maria Sharapova. Cornet then reached the final at the
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which she lost to Francesca Schiavone. At the
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, she lost to
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in the first round. Cornet then won the
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tournament, her second singles title, defeating
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in the final. At
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, she lost in the second round to eventual quarterfinalist
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. At the London Olympics, she defeated Paszek in the first round before losing to Daniela Hantuchová. She competed in the women's doubles with Kristina Mladenovic. At the
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, Cornet defeated wildcard
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in the first round. In the following round, she lost to fifth seed
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. She reached the quarterfinals at
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, losing to
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in straight sets. Cornet then entered the Kremlin Cup, defeating
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in the first round, only to be defeated by Sam Stosur in the second round.


2013: Steady results at the Grand Slam championships

She kicked off the new season by playing in the
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where she defeated Australian qualifier
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in the first round. She drew world No. 3, Serena Williams, in the second round, and was defeated in two sets. The next week, Cornet played at the
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, but was beaten in the first round by
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. In the first round of the Australian Open, she defeated
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of New Zealand in a marathon match lasting 3 hours and 28 minutes. Cornet drew
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in the second round, to whom she lost. She also played in the doubles tournament, partnering with German player
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. They were, however, defeated in the first round by
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and
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. Following the Australian Open, Cornet's WTA singles ranking climbed six places to No. 35. Her next tournament was the indoor event in Paris where Cornet drew the Swedish No. 1, Sofia Arvidsson, in the first round, and defeated her in three sets. However, she lost in the second round to
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. Cornet did not fare well in doubles either, as she and her partner Kristina Mladenovic were defeated in the first round by 2013 Australian Open doubles champions Errani and Vinci. Cornet began clay-court season at the
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tournament in Colombia where she was defeated in the second round. She improved upon this performance in her next tournament, the Mexican Open, reaching the semifinals before being defeated by eventual champion Sara Errani. Next, she won the
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, defeating Lucie Hradecká in the final. Cornet entered the
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playing some of her best tennis of the year, and advanced to the third round before being defeated by third-seeded
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. On 24 June, she achieved a season-high ranking of No. 31. At
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, Cornet advanced to the third round, a personal best for the tournament, but suffered a disappointing defeat by Flavia Pennetta there after winning the first set 6–0 and having match point in the second. During the
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, she reached the semifinals at the Washington Open where she lost to Andrea Petkovic. Then, she recorded two consecutive third-round appearances at
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and
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where she lost to Sara Errani and
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, respectively. At the
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, Cornet was seeded 26th and reached the third round, losing to Victoria Azarenka in three sets. In September, Cornet played in
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as the second seed where she lost to
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in quarterfinals. She then suffered two first-round defeats at
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and
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in the hands of Stosur and veteran Schiavone, respectively. At the
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, Cornet defeated
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in round one before succumbing to Stosur again. Her final tournament of 2013 was the Tournament of Champions, held in Sofia. She qualified for the first time as a result of winning the title in Strasbourg earlier and was the seventh seed. However, she lost in round-robin stage, managing just one win over
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via retirement. Her other two losses came in the hands of
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and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Cornet ended the year at No. 27, her highest since 2008.


2014: Serena Williams' nemesis

Cornet started the year ranked 26th. She teamed with
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to win the
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for Team France. She lost to Maria Sharapova in the third round at the
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. At the Dubai Championships, in what was the fourth match between them, Alize defeated world No. 1, Serena Williams, for the first time to reach the finals. However, also in a fourth match against the American, she lost in straight sets to world No. 44, Venus Williams, in the final. After Dubai, Cornet moved three places up the rankings, to No. 23. She defeated
Camila Giorgi Camila Giorgi (; born 30 December 1991) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 26, which was achieved on 22 October 2018. Giorgi was known for her aggressive style of pla ...
in April to win the
Katowice Open The Katowice Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on an indoor Hard court, hard tennis court, court in Katowice, Poland and was held in April. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an WTA I ...
, her fourth career title. She defeated Agnieszka Radwańska, the top seed en route to the final. Cornet then competed at the Madrid Open where she faced Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round but lost in three sets. She defeated
Kirsten Flipkens Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (; born 10 January 1986) is a Belgian tennis coach and a former professional player. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA T ...
in the first round at the Internazionali d'Italia but lost to Ana Ivanovic in the second round. Cornet was the defending champion at the
Internationaux de Strasbourg The Internationaux de Strasbourg (formally known as the Strasbourg Grand Prix) is a professional women's tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. The tournament has been organized in May since its inception in 1987 and serves as a warm-up eve ...
but lost to Camila Giorgi in a tight three-setter in the first round. At the
French Open The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...
, Cornet was seeded 20th, her highest seeding in more than four years. She defeated wildcard
Ashleigh Barty Ashleigh Jacinta Barty (born 24 April 1996) is an Australian former professional tennis player and cricketer. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Assoc ...
easily in round one. She then faced American wildcard
Taylor Townsend Taylor Townsend (born April 16, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. She has a WTA career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on February 24, 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 46, achieved on August 19, 2024. Townsend won ...
but lost in three roller coaster sets. Cornet dropped to the world No. 24 after the French Open. Alizé kicked off her grass-court season by defeating Bojana Jovanovski in the first round at the Eastbourne International. She then faced fifth seeded
Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 34 wee ...
but lost in three sets after winning the second set 6–1. Cornet was seeded 25th at
Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W ...
and defeated WTA rising star
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in the first round. In the second round, she defeated
Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská (; born 8 February 1985) is a retired Czech tennis player. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 18 June 2012. Over her career, Cetkovská defeated top-ten players Mari ...
. In the third round, she faced Serena Williams and defeated her for the second time in a row. She played in the second week of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in five years, her first at Wimbledon, and lost to 13th seed
Eugenie Bouchard Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; , ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis and pickleball player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player repr ...
in the fourth round. Cornet was the top seed at the
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but suffered a shocking defeat to
Anett Kontaveit Anett Kontaveit (; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 6 June 2022 to become the highes ...
in the first round. Her clay-court season saw her accumulating just two wins and five losses. Cornet then participated in
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where she was seeded third. She once again suffered an opening-round exit to rising American
Shelby Rogers Shelby Nicole Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. She had career-high WTA rankings of No. 30 in singles and No. 40 in doubles, and won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. R ...
. At the Rogers Cup, Alize defeated American
Lauren Davis Lauren Davis (born October 9, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. Known for her aggressive backhand, speed, and clay-court strength, she has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ran ...
in the first round. In the second round, she faced the eighth seed Victoria Azarenka and lost in three sets. The following week at
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, Cornet lost to young
Madison Keys Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Keys has won ten WTA Tour-level career singles ...
in the first round. She was the 22nd seed at the
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and defeated
Amandine Hesse Amandine Hesse (; born 16 January 1993) is a French professional tennis player. Hesse has won six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 154. On 2 May ...
and Daniela Hantuchová in her first two matches before succumbing to Lucie Šafářová. In September, Cornet travelled to China for the
Guangzhou Open The Guangzhou Open (formerly the Guangzhou International Women's Open) is a tennis tournament held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Held since 2004, the inaugural tournament had Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese forme ...
. She was seeded second and was the sole seed to advance past the first round. She reached the final by defeating the likes of
Yulia Putintseva Yulia Antonovna Putintseva (, ; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 76 on 17 March 2025. Puti ...
, former champion Shahar Pe'er, Hsieh Su-wei and Timea Bacsinszky before falling to Monica Niculescu, in straight sets. Cornet competed in the
Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...
where she defeated
Romina Oprandi Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired tennis player. She has dual Swiss-Italian citizenship and represented both countries; she first represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined t ...
in round one before recording her third straight over Serena Williams, this time via retirement. Cornet became the first player since
Justine Henin Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 117 weeks, i ...
in 2007 to win against Serena three times in a season. She then booked her place in the quarterfinals with a three-set win over Kirsten Flipkens. It was Cornet's first quarterfinal at a Premier-5-event. She then lost in the quarterfinal round to Eugenie Bouchard, the tournament's eventual runner-up.


2015: Out of the top 40 in the year-end rankings

Cornet started her year by playing for France at the
Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is an international tennis tournament that plays mixed teams (one male and one female) on a country-by-country basis. It was first held in Perth, Western Australia each year from 1989 to 2019, played on indoor hardcourt, before b ...
. She won all three of her Group-B singles matches, beating
Heather Watson Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, 2016 ...
of Great Britain, Casey Dellacqua of Australia, and Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland. Due to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withdrawing from the Hopman Cup because of an arm injury, Cornet's mixed-doubles partner was
Benoît Paire Benoît "Ben" Paire (; born 8 May 1989) is a French professional tennis player. His best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam has been reaching the fourth round, which he has achieved on four occasions. He has won three singles titles, ...
. They beat the Polish team Agnieszka Radwańska/
Jerzy Janowicz Jerzy Filip Janowicz Jr. (; born 13 November 1990) is a Polish inactive professional tennis player and padel player. Janowicz is best known for becoming the first Polish man to reach a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major semifinal, at the 2013 ...
(4–6 ret.) and the Australian team Casey Dellacqua/
Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic (, ; born 8 August 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 39, which he achieved in February 2013. Matosevic defeated top players including Milos Raonic, Marin Č ...
(7–6, 7–5), but lost to the British duo Heather Watson/
Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...
(4–6, 6–2, –10. France did not qualify for the final as they finished Group B only in third position. At the Premier tournament in
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, Cornet lost in the first round to third seed Radwańska in straight sets. 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
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and
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.


2016: Fifth singles title, Fed Cup final

Cornet started her 2016 season at the
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where she lost in the second round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Seeded seventh at the
Hobart International The Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. The tournament was founded in 1994 as the Tasmanian International Open, it forms a part of the Women's Te ...
, Cornet won her fifth career singles title beating Eugenie Bouchard in the final. At the
Australian Open The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl ...
, Cornet was defeated in the second round by qualifier Zhang Shuai. In March, Cornet competed at the Miami Open. She lost in the second round to third seed and 2012 champion Agnieszka Radwańska. Seeded fourth at the
Katowice Open The Katowice Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on an indoor Hard court, hard tennis court, court in Katowice, Poland and was held in April. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an WTA I ...
, Cornet was defeated in the second round by Francesca Schiavone. Starting her clay-court season at the
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix The Stuttgart Open, also known by its sponsored name Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, is a women's tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany (until 2005, in Filderstadt, a southern suburb of Stuttgart). Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest p ...
, Cornet lost in the first round to Julia Görges. In
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, Cornet fell in her first-round match to Czech wildcard
Kateřina Siniaková Kateřina Siniaková (; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is the current List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She also has a best singles WTA rankings, ranking of No. 27 by the W ...
. At the Madrid Open, Cornet was eliminated in the second round by fourth seed Victoria Azarenka. Competing in
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, she lost her first-round match to
Misaki Doi is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings are No. 30 in singles and No. 77 in doubles. Doi reached two junior Grand Slam doubles finals – at Wimbledon in 2007 with Kurumi Nara, and at the Australian Open in ...
. Seeded ninth at the
Internationaux de Strasbourg The Internationaux de Strasbourg (formally known as the Strasbourg Grand Prix) is a professional women's tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. The tournament has been organized in May since its inception in 1987 and serves as a warm-up eve ...
, Cornet was defeated in the first round by qualifier Alla Kudryavtseva. At the
French Open The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...
, she reached the third round where she lost to ninth seed Venus Williams. Cornet played just one tournament before Wimbledon. In
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, she was defeated in the first round by Caroline Wozniacki. Cornet lost in the third round at the
Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is a tennis tournament organised by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Association annually in Wimbledon, London. It is chronologically the ...
to ninth seed Madison Keys. Seeded seventh at the Stanford Classic, Cornet was upset in the second round by
Zheng Saisai Zheng Saisai or Zheng Sai-Sai (; born 5 February 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 34, achieved on 2 March 2020, and a doubles ranking of No. 15, achieved on 11 July 2016. In her career, she wo ...
. Competing at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Cornet fell in her first-round match to Andrea Petkovic. Playing for France at the
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, Cornet lost in the second round to top seed Serena Williams. Getting past qualifying at the
Cincinnati Open The Cincinnati Open (also known as the Cincinnati Masters) is an annual professional tennis event held in Cincinnati, United States. Due to previous sponsorship, it has also been known as: the Thriftway ATP Championships, the Great American I ...
, Cornet retired during her second-round match against ninth seed Carla Suárez Navarro. At the final grand slam of the year, the
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, Cornet was defeated in the first round by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni. Making it through qualifying at the
Wuhan Open The Wuhan Open (currently sponsored by Dongfeng Voyah) is a WTA 1000 tennis tournament held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and organized for female professional tennis players. It is one of the WTA 1000 tournaments on the WTA Tour and made its ...
, Cornet lost in the first round to tenth seed and eventual finalist Dominika Cibulková.


2017: First Premier final in doubles

Cornet played her first tournament of the year at the
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. Being unseeded, she defeated No. 7 seed
Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Vesnina is a four-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, h ...
and Christina McHale in the first and second round respectively before causing a big upset in the quarterfinals by beating Dominika Cibulková, the No. 2 seed.
Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Asso ...
(seeded No. 4) retired after she was trailing Cornet 1–4 in the first set of the semifinal, enabling Cornet to reach the final (her second Premier career final), where she lost to No. 3 seed
Karolína Plíšková Karolína Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of eight weeks, and has been ...
0–6, 3–6. At the
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, Cornet was seeded No. 28. She defeated French wildcard
Myrtille Georges Myrtille Georges (; born 21 December 1990) is a French tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 168 in singles (achieved on 18 July 2016) and world No. 287 in doubles (21 August 2017). She won nine singles and six doubles titles on t ...
in the first round before losing to
Maria Sakkari Maria Sakkari (, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek player ...
in the second. Cornet played in the
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quarterfinal tie against Switzerland, in which she lost the first singles match (her only match) to Timea Bacsinszky; France lost the tie 1–4. On 16 February, Cornet withdrew from the
Dubai Tennis Championships The Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) (formerly known for sponsorship reasons as the ''Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships'' and the ''Dubai Duty Free Men's and Women's Champ ...
because of a torn pectoral muscle. She lost to
Carla Suárez Navarro Carla Suárez Navarro (; born 3 September 1988) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A former top 10 singles player, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 on 29 February 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 11, o ...
in the quarterfinals of the
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. 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). At the
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, she upset No. 20 seed Barbora Strýcová in the second round, No. 9 seed Agnieszka Radwańska in the third before losing to No. 28 seed Caroline Garcia in the fourth round. After the French Open, Cornet lost in the singles main-draw first round of the next five tournaments that she entered –
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. She ended her five-singles match losing streak when she defeated
CiCi Bellis Catherine Cartan "CiCi" Bellis (born April 8, 1999) is an American former professional tennis player. In early 2018, she was the second youngest player in the top 100 of the WTA rankings. Bellis has a career-high ranking of world No. 35 by the ...
in the first round of the Premier-5 tournament in
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before losing world No. 11, Dominika Cibulková, in the second round. In the second half of September, Cornet reached consecutively the singles quarterfinals of two WTA Tour events –
Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
and
Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...
. At the Premier-5 tournament in Wuhan, she upset No. 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. In early October, the unseeded Cornet knocked out No. 10 seed Angelique Kerber in the second round of the Premier Mandatory China Open, before losing to her compatriot Caroline Garcia in the third round. In her last tournament of 2017 in
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, Cornet defeated No. 8 seed Magdaléna Rybáriková in the second round, before losing to
Natalia Vikhlyantseva Natalia Konstantinovna Vikhlyantseva (Russian: Наталья Константиновна Вихлянцева; born 16 February 1997) is a former Russian tennis player. Her favourite court surface is grass. Vikhlyantseva has career-high rankin ...
in the quarterfinals in a three-hour match, meaning that Cornet advanced beyond the singles quarterfinals of a WTA tournament only once (in
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) in 2017.


2018: Sixth singles title

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. Under WADA rules, Cornet could face a suspension of up to two years. The case would be heard on 1 May 2018 in
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. She would be allowed to play WTA and ITF tournaments until then, but if found guilty all prize money and rankings points accumulated during a certain period in 2017 would be forfeited. The
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stated that they would not select Cornet for the upcoming
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team tie against
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in February 2018, to allow her time to "prepare her defence" in front of an independent tribunal set up by WADA. 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. Specifically, the DCO did not do "what was reasonable in the circumstances (i.e. given the nature of the specified location) to try to locate Cornet, short of giving her any advance notice of the test". For that reason, the third missed drugs test declared against Cornet no longer stood. On 22 July, she won her sixth career singles title at the Swiss Open, held in
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. At the US Open, Cornet was given a code violation under Grand Slam rules for changing her shirt while on the court. Some fans and players criticised the ruling as male players are allowed to change their shirts while on court. The WTA said the ruling was "not based on a WTA rule, as the WTA has no rule against a change of attire on court". The next day, tournament officials clarified the policy by saying 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.


2019: 13th singles final

Cornet played for France at the
Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is an international tennis tournament that plays mixed teams (one male and one female) on a country-by-country basis. It was first held in Perth, Western Australia each year from 1989 to 2019, played on indoor hardcourt, before b ...
, alongside
Lucas Pouille Lucas Pouille (, born 23 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 10, achieved on 19 March 2018 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 11 April 2016. ...
. She lost all her singles matches. France finished last in their group. In
Hobart Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly hal ...
, the sixth-seeded Cornet won her first three matches in straight sets to reach the semifinals, where she lost to
Sofia Kenin } Sofia Anna "Sonya" Kenin (born November 14, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 4 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and No. 26 in doubles. Kenin was named the ...
. At the
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, Cornet was eliminated in the second round by Venus Williams. Cornet lost in the first round at the
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to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Playing for France in the
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tie against Belgium, Cornet played one match and won beating Elise Mertens. In the end, France won the tie 3–1. At the Dubai Championships, Cornet fell in her second-round match to Alison Riske. At the Italian Open, Cornet won two qualifying matches to reach the singles main draw, where she defeated No. 9 seed and world No. 10,
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, in the first round and lost her second-round match against Carla Suárez Navarro. 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.


2020: US Open fourth round

Cornet began her 2020 season at the Auckland Open. She reached the quarterfinals where she retired against eventual finalist Jessica Pegula due to an upper-right thigh injury. Cornet lost in the second round at the
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to third seed and eventual champion
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. At the
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, she was defeated in the second round by 19th seed Donna Vekić. Coming through qualifying at the
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, Cornet fell in her second-round match to sixth seed Maria Sakkari. Seeded fourth at the first edition of the
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, she made it to the second round where she lost to Camila Giorgi. Due to the
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, many of the WTA tournaments were cancelled. Cornet returned to action in August at the
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. She stunned second seed Sofia Kenin in the second round. She was defeated in the third round by eventual champion, Victoria Azarenka. Cornet then made her first second week at the
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in September, after reaching the fourth round, completing the sweep of second-week appearances at each of the four Grand Slam events. There, she lost to Tsvetana Pironkova. Competing at the
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, Cornet was defeated in the second round by fifth seed and eventual finalist, Elena Rybakina. At the
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, Cornet lost her second-round encounter to Zhang Shuai. Cornet ended the year ranked No.53.


2021: Fourth Olympics participation, two top-10 wins

Cornet started her 2021 season in January at the first edition of the
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where she lost in the second round to
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. She was defeated in the second round of the first edition of the Gippsland Trophy by second seed
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. At the
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, she lost in the second round to Ann Li. Seeded 15th at the first edition of the Phillip Island Trophy, Cornet was defeated in the first round by Australian wildcard
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. Seeded fifth at the
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, she lost in round one to compatriot
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. Competing at the
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, Cornet was defeated in her second-round match by third seed Aryna Sabalenka. In
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, she reached the second round where she lost to ninth-seeded Petra Kvitová. Beginning her clay-court season at the
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, Cornet made it to the third round where she was defeated by 12th seed Ons Jabeur. Seeded fourth at the first edition of the MUSC Health Open, she retired from her first-round match against wildcard
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due to injury. As the top seed at the Open de Saint-Malo, she fell in the first round to fellow French
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. In June at the beginning of grass-court season at the German Open, Cornet reached the semifinals defeating third seed
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(her first top-10 win for 2021) and sixth seed Garbiñe Muguruza in a tight three-set match en route. She lost to Belinda Bencic in the semifinal. She defeated fifth seeded Andreescu again at
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, in the first round, her second top-10 win for the year. In August, Cornet participated in the first edition of the Chicago Women's Open reaching the final where she lost to Elina Svitolina. In October, she lost in the second round at Indian Wells to
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, in straight sets.


2022-2025: Major quarterfinal & record 69th consecutive appearance, comeback

Cornet reached the quarterfinals of the
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, defeating Bulgarian qualifier
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, world No. 3 Garbiñe Muguruza, 29th seed
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, and 14th seed Simona Halep en route. This was Cornet's first major quarterfinal appearance, finally reaching the last eight on her 63rd attempt. However, she lost her quarterfinal match to
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. With her participation in 2022 Wimbledon, Cornet tied the record set by
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of 62 consecutive Grand Slam appearances. In the third round, she upset world No. 1,
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, and ended her 37 match winning streak. This marked the second time she beat the reigning world No. 1 at Wimbledon (after Serena Williams in 2014). In the fourth round, Cornet lost to
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in a three-set match lasting 2 hours and 34 minutes. In the first round of the 2022 US Open, making her record 63rd consecutive major appearance, she stunned the defending champion,
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, in straight sets. Next, she defeated Kateřina Siniaková but lost to Danielle Collins in the third round, in straight sets. On 27 April 2024, Cornet announced her intention to retire from professional tennis after the 2024 French Open. In May 2024, Cornet announced her retirement from tennis after Roland Garros, where she received a wildcard. She played her last singles match against
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in the first round. It was an Open Era record marking her 69th consecutive major appearance. In March 2025, Cornet announced her comeback to the WTA Tour at the 2025 Open de Rouen where she received a wildcard, but withdrew before the tournament. She made her comeback at the WTA 125K in La Bisbal d'Empordà in Spain. She then entered the main draw of the 2025 Internationaux de Strasbourg with a wildcard.


Apparel and equipment

From the beginning of her professional career in 2005 Cornet was endorsed by
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whilst typically wearing Asics shoes, but from 2018 onward she has worn
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clothing and shoes. She uses Babolat racquets, specifically endorsing the Pure Strike range of racquets.


Career statistics


Grand Slam tournament performance timeline


Singles


Doubles

Notes * Cornet and Petra Martić withdrew before their third-round match at the 2019 Wimbledon, and the result is not counted as a loss.


Open Era record


References


External links

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornet, Alize 1990 births Living people French female tennis players Olympic tennis players for France Tennis players from Nice Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Hopman Cup competitors Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles French Open junior champions Doping cases in tennis Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century French sportswomen