Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (born 18 March 1983) is a former professional

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player from France. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 61, achieved on 5 October 2003. Her highest doubles ranking position of 54, she set on 18 July 2005. Cohen-Aloro won seven singles and twelve doubles titles on tournaments of the

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Career

Cohen-Aloro turned professional on 15 October 2001, at the age of 18. In April 2005, she beat world No. 21,

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, in Miami in two sets. Cohen-Aloro upset heavy favorite

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(seeded 24 and ranked No. 29 in the world) in the first round of the 2005 Australian Open, 6–2, 6–2. Cohen-Aloro and Tunisian

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pulled off a major upset in the first round of the 2005 Wimbledon Championships ladies' doubles, beating third seeds

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and

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, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2. However, they lost in the second round. In 2006, she captured her fifth career ITF singles title at the $25k Biarritz, and won the ninth ITF Circuit doubles title at the $50k Open de Touraine with

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. On 12 February 2011, she played her last professional match, losing in the semifinals of the Open GDF Suez doubles event to

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and

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. Two days earlier in the same tournament, she had played her last singles match, losing to Mattek-Sands in the second round of the main draw.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (7–3)

Doubles: 23 (12–11)

Personal

Cohen-Aloro is

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen-Aloro, Stephanie 1983 births Living people French female tennis players 21st-century French Jews Jewish tennis players Tennis players from Paris 21st-century French sportswomen