Marie Benoît (; born 16 March 1995) is a
Belgian professional tennis player.
On 24 July 2023, she achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 188. On 18 October 2021, she peaked at No. 208 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Benoît has won 15 singles and 12 doubles titles 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 ...
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Playing for the
Belgium Fed Cup team, Benoît has a win–loss record of 1–2 (as of November 2024).
Career
2019: WTA Tour debut
Benoît's singles debut on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...
came at the
2019 Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she was defeated in the first round by Ukrainian player
Marta Kostyuk. In doubles, she made her debut at the
2019 Bucharest Open, when she lost with her partner
Ysaline Bonaventure
Ysaline Bonaventure (; born 29 August 1994) is a former Belgian professional tennis player.
On 6 March 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 81. On 1 February 2016, she peaked at No. 57 in the doubles rankings. Bonaventure won ...
in the first round.
2020-2022: First WTA 125 doubles final
In 2020, she reached the final of a WTA 125 Challenger event, partnering with
Jessika Ponchet. The following year was marked by participating in all four Grand Slam qualifying tournaments, twice reaching the second round. In 2021, she reached semifinals in a $25k tournament in Grenoble, France, losing to
Viktorija Golubic
Viktorija Golubic (; ; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. On 28 February 2022, she reached her career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 35. On 17 April 2023, she peaked at No. 61 in the doubles rankings. She is the curre ...
. In a tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy, she lost the final against
Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch professional tennis player.
She won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2023 Hamburg European Open – Women's singles, 2023 Hamburg Open and four in doubles.
Her biggest singles successes to date ...
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In August 2022, she won a $25k event in Koksijde, Belgium, one week after reaching the final in the $25k tournament organised in her hometown of
Eupen
Eupen (, , ; ; ; former ) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Belgium, Belgian Liège Province, province of Liège, from the Germany, German border (Aachen ...
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2023-2024: First WTA 125 singles quarterfinal
Benoît qualified for main draw at the
2023 Țiriac Foundation Trophy in Bucharest and defeated
Chloé Paquet
Chloé Paquet (; born 1 July 1994) is a French professional tennis player. She has achieved career-high WTA rankings of No. 96 in singles on 5 August 2024, and 247 in doubles on 12 June 2017.
Career 2010–2013: Early career
Paquet made her d ...
in three sets to reach the second round, where she lost to fifth seed
Anna Bondár. She also made it through qualification for the
2024 Hamburg Open, but lost in the first round to top seed
Mayar Sherif.
At the
2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, Benoît reached her first
WTA 125 singles quarterfinal defeating
Leonie Küng and
Valentina Ryser, before losing to
Ekaterine Gorgodze.
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 27 (15 titles, 12 runner–ups)
Doubles: 29 (14 titles, 15 runner–ups)
References
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1995 births
Living people
Belgian female tennis players
Sportspeople from Eupen
21st-century Belgian sportswomen