Céline Beigbeder (born 25 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Biography
Beigbeder was born in
Bayonne
Bayonne () is a city in southwestern France near the France–Spain border, Spanish border. It is a communes of France, commune and one of two subprefectures in France, subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments of France, departm ...
in south-western France, the daughter of Jean-Pierre and Nicole. The highlights of her junior career include winning the French national championships in 1993 and making the Orange Bowl quarterfinals in 1994. Her coach and educator was Jean Michel Etchebarne. Finishing school in 1994, she competed for several years on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmenta ...
.
It wasn't until 2001, aged 26, that she committed to professional tennis full-time. At her first WTA Tour tournament, the
2001 Internationaux de Strasbourg, she made it into the main draw as a qualifier and reached the semifinals, with wins over
Tamarine Tanasugarn
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,
Sarah Pitkowski and
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 ...
. She was granted a wildcard into the
2001 French Open and was beaten in the first round by
Elena Dementieva
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.
Her five ITF titles in 2001 included two $50k events as well as a win over
Jelena Janković
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en route to the title at Lenzerheide. By the end of the year, her ranking had risen to No. 101 in the world.
In 2002, she broke into the world's top 100, peaking at No. 84 in April, with main-draw appearances at the Australian Open, French Open and in Wimbledon. She was a quarterfinalist that year at both the
Copa Colsanitas
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and
Palermo Ladies Open.
ITF finals
Singles (9–2)
Doubles (1–0)
References
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1975 births
Living people
French female tennis players
Sportspeople from Bayonne