Canadian
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former professional
tennis
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player. She reached career-high rankings by the
Women's Tennis Association
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(WTA) of 106 in singles and 54 in doubles.
Tennis career
1998–2013
Marie-Ève played in one career Grand Slam singles match in 2004, at the
Australian Open
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, qualifying for the tournament before losing in the first round to Akiko Morigami. She is the previous winner of two events on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmenta ...
, the 2000
Virginia Beach
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and 2005 Waikoloa tournaments. Her best result in a
WTA Tour
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event came at the 2005 Hyderabad Open, where she reached the quarterfinals. The biggest win of her career was when she beat then-world No. 16,
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 ...
, in straight sets in the first round of the 2006 Rogers Cup. She won in June 2012 the third singles title of her career at the $25k tournament in El Paso, beating
Ashley Weinhold
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Her career-high singles ranking is 181, achieved October 20 ...
in the final.
Pelletier retired from pro tennis on 9 January 2013, after her loss in the first round of the Australian Open qualifying.
Fed Cup
Marie-Ève was a regular on Canada's
Fed Cup
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team, playing every year from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2010 to 2012. She amassed a singles record of 9–9 and a doubles record of 16–6 in Fed Cup play.
Life after tennis
Pelletier is now a tennis analyst for
TVA Sports
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, a sports television network in Quebec. She also was a tennis analyst for RDS for the 2013 Rogers Cup and an assistant coach for Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in
Montreal
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. Pelletier married former
NHL
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goaltender
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Pascal Leclaire in July 2014 and gave birth to their daughter Zoé in May 2015.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Doubles: 51 (25 titles, 26 runner-ups)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Record against top-100 players
Pelletier's win–loss record (9–53, 15%) against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows: ''Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.''
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Li Na
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1–0has a 1–1 overall record vs. Li
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Chanelle Scheepers
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She won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 10 Octobe ...
1–02–0 overall record vs. Scheepers
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Jill Craybas
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From the 2000 US Open to the 2011 US Open, Craybas competed in 45 consecutive Grand Slam tournament main draws; her best result coming in the 2005 Wimbledon C ...
1–03–2 overall record vs. Craybas
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Alina Jidkova
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1–01–2 overall record vs. Jidkova
* Samantha Reeves 1–02–3 overall record vs. Reeves
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Julia Schruff
Julia Schruff (born 16 August 1982) is a retired professional German tennis player.
Career
Her career high WTA-ranking was attained on 17 April 2006, when she reached No. 52. Her highest doubles ranking was reached on 2 October 2006, when sh ...
1–0
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Tatiana Perebiynis
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She reached the Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon junior girls' singles final in 2000, and won the Wimbledon juniors doubles final that ...
1–04–0 overall record vs. Perebiynis
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Stéphanie Foretz
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Foretz won nine singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 February 2003, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 19 May 2 ...
1–21–4 overall record vs. Foretz
* Marissa Irvin 1–4
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Lindsay Davenport
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0–1
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Jelena Janković
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0–1
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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 ...
0–1
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Francesca Schiavone
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0–1
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Marion Bartoli
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0–10–3 overall record vs. Bartoli
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Sabine Lisicki
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Lisicki turned professional in 2006, and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships ...
0–1
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Amy Frazier
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0–1
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Anna Smashnova
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Smashnova reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 in 2003. She reached ...
0–1
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Virginie Razzano
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0–1
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Fabiola Zuluaga
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0–11–1 overall record vs. Zuluaga
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Alexandra Stevenson
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0–11–1 overall record vs. Stevenson
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Magüi Serna
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She started competing on the ITF Circuit as from 1993, and joined the WTA Tour in 1996. On 12 January 2004, she reached her career-high singles ...
0–1
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Barbora Strýcová
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She won two Gra ...
0–1
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Klára Koukalová
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0–1
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Iveta Benešová
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0–1
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Petra Cetkovská
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0–10–3 overall record vs. Cetkovská
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Tamira Paszek
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On 11 February 2013, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 26. On 6 May 2013, she peaked at No. 93 in the doubles rankings.
Paszek has won three single ...
0–1
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María Vento-Kabchi
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Vento-Kabchi reached the four ...
0–11–1 overall record vs. Vento-Kabchi
* Kristina Brandi 0–10–2 overall record vs. Brandi
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Sania Mirza
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0–1
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Laura Granville
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Petra Mandula
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0–1
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María Sánchez Lorenzo
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Her highest WTA ranking has been world No. 33, a position she achieved in April 2004.
She played two-handed on both sides, and her fa ...
Marlene Weingärtner
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Career
The most remarkable moment of her career was her first-round match at the 2003 Australian ...
0–1
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Melinda Czink
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Czink reached two WTA Tour singles finals. In 2005, she lost to Ana I ...
0–1
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Marta Domachowska
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She was ranked world No. 37 in singles (2006) and No. 62 in doubles (2006), and reached 2008 Australian Open fourth round in singles and won the Canberra Internat ...
0–11–1 overall record vs. Domachowska
* Martina Suchá 0–1
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Ashley Harkleroad
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Career
Raised in Chickamauga, Georgia (near Chattanooga, Tennessee), Harkleroad turned ...
0–1
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Shenay Perry
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In her ca ...
0–11–4 overall record vs. Perry
* Akiko Morigami 0–11–1 overall record vs. Morigami
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Els Callens
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Callens became professional in January 1990.
Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney where she won the bronze m ...
Anastasia Rodionova
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Rodionova has won 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 16 Au ...
0–11–3 overall record vs. Rodionova
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Yuliana Fedak
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Fedak has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 63, attained on 18 September 2006, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 34, achieved on 15 January 2007. ...
Nuria Llagostera Vives
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Professional career
Llagoster ...
0–20–4 overall record vs. Llagostera Vives
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Tatiana Poutchek
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Many of Poutchek's greatest career res ...
0–2
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Irina Selyutina
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She is a former world No. 1 in junior doubles, winning French Open and Wimbledon in 1997, partneri ...