Stéphanie Foretz

Stéphanie Foretz
Country (sports) France
ResidenceBoulogne-Billancourt, France
Born (1981-05-03) 3 May 1981 (age 43)
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Turned pro1997
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,881,212
Singles
Career record570–455
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 62 (24 February 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2003, 2012, 2013)
French Open2R (2000, 2003, 2004, 2012)
Wimbledon2R (2004, 2005, 2012)
US Open3R (2002)
Doubles
Career record251–239
Career titles16 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 42 (19 May 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2006)
French Open2R (2000, 2002, 2007)
Wimbledon2R (2007, 2012, 2013)
US OpenQF (2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–1
2014 US Open

Stéphanie Foretz (born 3 May 1981) is a former tennis player from France.

Foretz won nine singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 February 2003, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 19 May 2008, she peaked at No. 42 in the doubles rankings.

Foretz was an accomplished junior player, having reached the final of the girls' tournament at the 1999 French Open. She also was selected to play for the Boston Lobsters in the 2009 World TeamTennis pro league.

In 2010, Foretz married Benoît Gacon and began competing under the name Stéphanie Foretz Gacon. In 2014, however, she reverted to her maiden name as Stéphanie Foretz.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Tier I (0–0) Premier M (0–0)
Tier II (0–1) Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (0–0) Premier (0–0)
Tier IV & V (0–0) International (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2006 Antwerp, Belgium Carpet (i) Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek Russia Dinara Safina
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 May 2009 Strasbourg, France Clay France Claire Feuerstein France Nathalie Dechy
Italy Mara Santangelo
0–6, 1–6

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (9–20)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 3 August 1998 ITF Périgueux, France Clay Spain Ainhoa Goñi 0–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 25 October 1998 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) France Amélie Cocheteux 1–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 15 November 1998 ITF Le Havre, France Clay France Céline Beigbeder 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 28 March 1999 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva 2–6, 6–2, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 12 September 1999 ITF Denain, France Clay Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva 4–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 3 July 2000 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Madagascar Dally Randriantefy 6–2, 6–3
Winner 7. 3 May 2004 ITF Catania, Italy Clay Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller 6–4, 6–7(2), 6–2
Runner-up 8. 16 May 2004 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Russia Maria Kirilenko 6–7(2), 3–6
Winner 9. 24 April 2005 Open de Valencia, Spain Clay Italy Anna Floris 6–3, 6–0
Winner 10. 13 September 2005 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Russia Lioudmila Skavronskaia 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 11. 4 September 2006 Open Denain, France Clay Switzerland Romina Oprandi 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner 12. 1 October 2006 ITF Biella, Italy Clay Italy Tathiana Garbin 7–5, 3–1 ret.
Winner 13. 16 October 2006 Open Saint-Raphaël, France Carpet (i) France Youlia Fedossova 7–6(5), 6–7(4), 6–1
Runner-up 14. 5 August 2007 ITF Rimini, Italy Clay Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi 3–6, 6–7(5)
Runner-up 15. 21 October 2007 Open Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) Italy Alberta Brianti 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 16. 15 June 2008 Open de Marseille, France Clay Belgium Kirsten Flipkens 6–7(4), 2–6
Runner-up 17. 20 July 2008 Contrexéville Open, France Clay Romania Raluca Olaru 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 18. 12 October 2008 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) France Julie Coin 6–7(7), 6–7(3)
Runner-up 19. 3 October 2009 ITF Helsinki, Finland Hard (i) Russia Ksenia Pervak 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 20. 9 January 2011 Blossom Cup, China Hard China Lu Jingjing 6–3, 6–7(2), 3–6
Runner-up 21. 6 March 2011 ITF Hammond, United States Hard United States Madison Brengle 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 22. 18 April 2011 Dothan Classic, United States Clay Hungary Melinda Czink 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 23. 28 June 2011 Bella Cup, Poland Clay United States Edina Gallovits-Hall 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 24. 11 July 2011 Contrexéville Open, France Clay France Iryna Brémond 4–6, 7–6(1), 2–6
Runner-up 25. 8 September 2013 Trabzon Cup, Turkey Hard Serbia Aleksandra Krunić 6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Winner 26. 13 July 2014 ITF Gatineau, Canada Hard Canada Françoise Abanda 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up 27. 20 July 2014 Challenger de Granby, Canada Hard Japan Miharu Imanishi 4–6, 4–6
Winner 28. 9 November 2014 ITF Équeurdreville, France Hard (i) Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 5–2 ret.
Runner-up 29. 12 June 2016 Surbiton Trophy, UK Grass Russia Marina Melnikova 3–6, 6–7(6)

Doubles (16–15)

Outcome No. Date Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 15 November 1998 Le Havre, France Clay France Chloé Carlotti Belgium Cindy Schuurmans
Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova
2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 20 March 2000 Taranto, Italy Clay Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti Spain Eva Bes
Spain Gisela Riera
7–6(2), 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 9 April 2000 Dinan, France Clay (i) Belgium Patty Van Acker Germany Vanessa Henke
Germany Syna Schmidle
7–6(2), 4–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 3 May 2004 Catania, Italy Clay France Virginie Razzano Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Belarus Nadejda Ostrovskaya
6–2, 6–1
Winner 5. 19 April 2005 Valencia, Spain Hard France Kildine Chevalier Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
4–6, 7–6(5), 6–2
Winner 6. 11 September 2006 Bordeaux, France Clay Germany Julia Schruff Hungary Kira Nagy
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
7–6(4), 7–5
Runner-up 7. 7 April 2007 Dinan, France Clay (i) France Aurélie Védy Germany Angelique Kerber
Austria Yvonne Meusburger
4–6, 7–6(6), 2–6
Runner-up 8. 11 May 2008 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić Hungary Melinda Czink
United States Sunitha Rao
4–6, 2–6
Winner 9. 20 July 2008 Contrexéville, France Clay France Aurélie Védy Argentina Erica Krauth
Sweden Hanna Nooni
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 10. 27 July 2008 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Turkey İpek Şenoğlu Italy Corinna Dentoni
Russia Anastasia Pivovarova
4–6, 1–6
Winner 11. 23 March 2009 Jersey, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Italy Maria Elena Camerin France Youlia Fedossova
France Violette Huck
6–4, 6–2
Winner 12. 19 October 2009 Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) France Claire Feuerstein Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili
Spain Sílvia Soler Espinosa
7–6(4), 7–5
Winner 13. 10 May 2010 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay France Claire Feuerstein Ukraine Olga Savchuk
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
6–2, 6–4
Winner 14. 7 June 2010 Zlín, Czech Republic Clay Czech Republic Eva Birnerová Czech Republic Tereza Hladíková
Slovakia Michaela Pochabová
7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Winner 15. 25 September 2010 Saguenay Challenger, Canada Hard (i) Argentina Jorgelina Cravero Canada Heidi El Tabakh
Canada Rebecca Marino
6–3, 6–4
Winner 16. 12 April 2011 Osprey, United States Clay United States Alexa Glatch Argentina María Irigoyen
Japan Erika Sema
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner 17. 4 July 2011 Bella Cup Toruń, Poland Clay Germany Tatjana Maria Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
6–2, 7–5
Winner 18. 6 November 2011 Open Nantes, France Hard (i) France Kristina Mladenovic France Julie Coin
Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová
6–0, 6–4
Runner-up 19. 12 February 2012 Midland Classic, United States Hard (i) Serbia Vesna Dolonc Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
6–7(4), 2–6
Runner-up 20. 28 October 2012 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i) Germany Tatjana Maria Colombia Catalina Castaño
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
4–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Runner-up 21. 31 March 2013 ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France Hard (i) Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
3–6, 4–6
Winner 22. 15 June 2013 Nottingham Challenge, UK Grass France Julie Coin Israel Julia Glushko
Japan Erika Sema
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 23. 31 March 2013 Open Nantes, France Hard (i) Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
3–6, 2–6
Winner 24. 19 October 2014 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) France Amandine Hesse Italy Alberta Brianti
Italy Maria Elena Camerin
def.
Runner-up 25. 2 November 2014 Open Nantes, France Hard (i) France Amandine Hesse Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 26. 22 February 2015 ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland Carpet (i) France Irina Ramialison Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 27. 28 February 2015 Neva Cup, Russia Hard (i) Croatia Ana Vrljić Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich
4–6, 5–7
Winner 28. 6 April 2015 GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK Hard (i) Croatia Ana Vrljić United Kingdom Naomi Broady
Russia Ekaterina Bychkova
6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Runner-up 29. 10 May 2015 Nana Trophy, Tunisia Clay France Julie Coin Argentina María Irigoyen
Poland Paula Kania
1–6, 3–6
Winner 30. 11 October 2015 ITF Kirkland, United States Hard Luxembourg Mandy Minella Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove
Netherlands Arantxa Rus
6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Runner-up 31. 1 November 2015 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i) France Amandine Hesse Romania Andreea Mitu
Romania Monica Niculescu
7–6(5), 6–7(2), [8–10]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 W–L
Australian Open A LQ LQ LQ 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R 2R 3–7
French Open 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 4–15
Wimbledon A LQ 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R LQ 1R 1R A 1R 2R LQ 3–10
US Open LQ A LQ 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ 3–7

Doubles

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 W–L
Australian Open A A A A A 1R A 3R 1R 2R A A A 2R 1R A 4–6
French Open 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 4–16
Wimbledon A A A A A A A 1R 2R 1R A A A 2R 2R A 3–5
US Open A A A A A A 1R A QF 1R A A A 1R A A 3–4