Alizé Cornet (born 22 January 1990 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France) is a French professional tennis player and the current French number three (Behind Marion Bartoli and Aravane Rezaï ). She has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 30 August 2010 she is ranked World No. 80.[1] Cornet also has an extensive juniors record, winning the 2007 Girls' Singles at Roland Garros.[2] She has won 1 WTA title.
She made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open in 2005 and made it to the second round, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo. In 2006, she reached the second round again by beating Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the first round. She could not repeat this performance in 2007, as she lost in the first round to Venus Williams 6–4, 6–3. Cornet was defeated in the Wimbledon 2007 qualifying event by Olga Govortsova 7–6(12), 3–6, 6–4, but made it to the main draw as a lucky loser when Li Na of China withdrew.
Cornet reached 2nd round at Australian Open where she lost to ninth seed Daniela Hantuchová. Over the following months, Cornet experienced a great level of success on the main tour, particularly on clay, reaching the final in Acapulco and the semi-finals in Amelia Island and Charleston (a Tier I event). Cornet entered the 2008 Rome Masters and beat Vera Dushevina 6–1, 6–3 in the first round, Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 6–2 in the second, world number 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–4 in the third, and then received a walkover from an injured Serena Williams to get into the semi-finals.
She won her first WTA title at Budapest. She was seeded 2nd and received a bye into the second round. Here she defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–2, 6–2, and followed it up with a 6–2, 6–3 win over Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the quarters. Then in the semis she defeated Gréta Arn 6–1, 6–1, to make her third final of the year. Then she won it 7–6, 6–3 over Andreja Klepač. She capped it off by winning the doubles with Janette Husárová at the same tournament.
She then competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, seeded 15th. She defeated Nicole Vaidišová 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the first round, Shuai Peng 6–2, 6–2, in the second, before falling to Serena Williams 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. In New Haven, she was seeded 7th and again beat Nicole Vaidišová in the first round, 6–3, 7–6(8). She followed it up by beating Katarina Srebotnik 7–6(3), 4–6, 6–2, and a win over second seeded Daniela Hantuchová 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the quarters. However she lost in the semis to eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki, 7–5, 6–4.
During the European clay court season, Cornet, as a qualifier in the Barcelona Ladies Open in Spain, lost to Timea Bacsinszky, 7-5, 6-3 in the first round. Cornet reached her first semifinal of the season in Fes, Morocco, losing to Iveta Benešová 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. She had previously not dropped a set in her previous three matches at the tournament. At the Estoril Open in Portugal, home favourite Michelle Larcher de Brito beat Cornet in the first round 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. As a qualifier in the Madrid Open she lost again to Schiavone for the fourth time that year. Cornet won her first tournament of the year at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, playing doubles with Vania King.
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