Amélie Cocheteux Explained

Amélie Cocheteux
Birth Date:1978 3, df=y
Birth Place:Amiens, France
Height:170 cm
Turnedpro:1993
Retired:2001
Careerprizemoney:$422.851
Singlestitles:4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 55 (10 May 1999)
Australianopenresult:2R (2000)
Frenchopenresult:2R (1997)
Wimbledonresult:2R (1999)
Usopenresult:3R (1999)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 61 (18 September 2000)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (2000)
Frenchopendoublesresult:QF (2000)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (2000)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (1999)

Amélie Cocheteux (born 27 March 1978) is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career-high ranking of No. 55 in the world on 10 May 1999. She defeated world No. 10, Nathalie Tauziat in the Prostějov tournament in 1999. As a junior, she won the 1995 French Open title.

In 2000, Cocheteux and another French player, Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, were accused of racism by Alexandra Stevenson. Cocheteux allegedly used a racial remark to Stevenson whilst bumping into her in the locker room.[1] Cocheteux denied the claims, and no action was taken by the WTA Tour.[2]

Her results seriously deteriorated throughout the year, ending it with an 8–26 record and dropping out of the top 100. In 2001, she played just three events on the ITF Circuit, losing first round in all of them, and stopped playing on the women's tour at the age of just 23.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/1)

ITF finals

Singles (4–5)

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OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.Murcia, SpainClay0–6, 1–6
Winner2.14 May 1995Le Touquet, FranceClay Patty Van Acker6–2, 6–1
Runner-up3.Mar del Plata, ArgentinaClay Gloria Pizzichini2–6, 4–6
Runner-up4.3 November 1996Poitiers, FranceHard (i) Noëlle van Lottum6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Winner5.22 June 1997Marseille, FranceClay Mirjana Lučić-Baroni4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up6.2 November 1997Poitiers, FranceClay Kristie Boogert4–6, 5–7
Winner7.7 June 1998Surbiton, United KingdomGrass Seda Noorlander6–2, 6–4
Runner-up8.18 October 1998Southampton, United KingdomCarpet (i) Anne-Gaëlle Sidot5–7, 4–6
Winner9.25 October 1998Joué-lès-Tours, FranceHard (i) Stéphanie Foretz6–1, 6–1

Doubles (0–3)

OutcomeNoDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.7 November 1994Giza, EgyptClay Caroline Toyre Ágnes Muzamel
Christina Zachariadou
7–6(8–6), 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up2.18 October 1998Southampton, United KingdomCarpet (i) Émilie Loit Els Callens
Laurence Courtois
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.25 October 1998Joué-lès-Tours, FranceHard (i) Émilie Loit6–3, 4–6, 5–7

Notes and References

  1. http://www.polkonline.com/stories/063000/spo_stevenson.shtml Stevenson charges hazing, racism on women's tour
  2. http://news.indiainfo.com/2000/07/01/spt-racist.html "I'm not a racist", says Frenchwoman Sidot