Valérie Tétreault Explained

Valérie Tétreault
Residence:Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec
Birth Date:21 January 1988
Birth Place:Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Turnedpro:2006
Retired:December 9, 2010
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$158,841
Singlestitles:3 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 112 (February 22, 2010)
Australianopenresult:1R (2010)
Frenchopenresult:Q1 (2010)
Usopenresult:1R (2009)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 307 (April 5, 2010)

Valérie Tétreault (born January 21, 1988) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 112 in February 2010, and peaked at No. 307 in the doubles rankings in April of the same year.

Tennis career

2006–2010

In 2006, at the Rogers Cup, she played doubles with Sharon Fichman, but they lost in the first round against the eventual winning team of Martina Navratilova and Nadia Petrova, in two sets. In 2007, she played again the Rogers Cup, this time with Aleksandra Wozniak. They lost their first-round match against Francesca Schiavone and Roberta Vinci, in two sets. In 2008, she played with Mélanie Gloria in the doubles draw at the Rogers Cup. They lost their match in the first round in three sets against Melinda Czink and Olga Savchuk. At the 2008 Challenge Bell, she lost in the second round of the singles competition against Bethanie Mattek-Sands in three sets. In 2009, she was handed a wildcard for the Rogers Cup, but lost her first-round match against Ágnes Szávay, in two sets. At the 2009 US Open, she lost her first-round match against Magdaléna Rybáriková, in three sets. In 2010, her final year on the tour, she won three qualifying matches at the Australian Open, but was handily eliminated by Kim Clijsters, former No. 1 and reigning US Open champion, in straight sets. She announced her retirement from professional tennis with immediate effect on December 9, 2010.[1]

She had a brief comeback in October 2011 at the Challenger of Saguenay, but lost in the final round of qualifying.[2]

Life after tennis

Tétreault today works for Tennis Canada as the regional manager for the communications and media relations. She is also a tennis analyst for TVA Sports.[3] [4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–3)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Challenger de Saguenay, Canada25,000Hard (i) Angelique Kerber7–5, 5–7, 6–7(6)
Loss0–2ITF Bath, United Kingdom10,000Hard (i) Urszula Radwańska6–7(6), 2–6
Loss0–3ITF Hamilton, Canada25,000Clay Aleksandra Wozniak1–6, 7–6(5), 2–6
Loss0–4Vancouver Open, Canada25,000Hard Ansley Cargill5–7, 4–6
Win1–4Carson Challenger, United States50,000Hard Alexandra Stevenson4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win2–4ITF El Paso, United States25,000Hard Mashona Washington6–4, 6–3
Win3–4ITF Grapevine, United States50,000Hard Stéphanie Dubois2–6, 7–6(6), 7–6(1)
Loss3–5ITF Kansas, United States50,000Hard Regina Kulikova4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1ITF Monterrey, Mexico10,000Hard Lorena Villalobos Cruz Betina Jozami
Agustina Lepore
6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Loss0–2ITF Southlake, United States25,000Hard Stéphanie Dubois Surina De Beer
Kim Grant
6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss0–3ITF Grapevine, United States50,000Hard Kimberly Couts Lindsay Lee-Waters
Riza Zalameda
6–7(5), 3–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament20092010
Australian OpenA1R0–1
French OpenAQ10–0
WimbledonAA0–0
US Open1RQ30–1
Win–loss0–10–10–2

Head-to-head records

Record against top-100 players

Tétreault's win–loss record (6–15, 29%) against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows:[5]
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canadian retires from WTA circuit. Toronto Sun. December 9, 2010.
  2. Web site: Valérie Tétreault échoue. Le Quotidien. October 28, 2011.
  3. Web site: La nouvelle vie de Valérie Tétreault. Radio-Canada. October 22, 2017.
  4. Web site: 14 révélations de Valérie Tétreault sur la vie pas si prestigieuse que ça de joueuse de tennis professionnelle. Journal de Montréal. October 22, 2017.
  5. Web site: Results. WTATennis.com. July 25, 2016.
  6. has a 2–2 overall record vs. Johansson
  7. has a 1–3 overall record vs. Lee-Waters
  8. has a 0–2 overall record vs. Amanmuradova