Émilie Loit

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Émilie Loit (French pronunciation: [emili lwa]; born 9 June 1979) is a former tennis player from France.

Émilie Loit
Country (sports) France
ResidenceBoulogne-Billancourt, France
Born (1979-06-09) 9 June 1979 (age 45)
Cherbourg, France
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2009
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,086,943
Singles
Career record371–295
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 27 (19 April 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1999)
French Open3R (2000, 2002, 2005, 2008)
Wimbledon3R (2003)
US Open3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record265–175
Career titles16
Highest rankingNo. 15 (10 November 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2003, 2006)
French OpenQF (2003, 2005)
WimbledonQF (2004)
US OpenQF (1998)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (2003)

Her three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril and Casablanca both in 2004, and Acapulco in 2007. She also won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her highest rankings were No. 27 in singles and No. 15 in doubles.

On 24 May 2009, right after losing her first-round match at the French Open, she announced her retiring from professional tennis by the end of the tournament.[1]

In summer 2011, she gave birth to a son, Mathias.[2]

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 3 (3 titles)

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Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (3–0)
Result No. Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Apr 2004 Morocco Open Clay   Ľudmila Cervanová 6–2, 6–2
Win 2. Apr 2004 Portugal Open Clay   Iveta Benešová 7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Win 3. Mar 2007 Mexican Open Clay   Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–0), 6–4

Doubles: 26 (16 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
WTA Tour Championships
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (4–5)
Tier III, IV & V (12–5)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 1. Jan 1999 Hobart International, Australia Hard   Alexia Dechaume-Balleret   Mariaan de Swardt
  Elena Tatarkova
1–6, 2–6
Win 1. Nov 1999 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard   Åsa Carlsson   Evgenia Koulikovskaya
  Patricia Wartusch
6–1, 6–4
Win 2. Jan 2000 Hobart International, Australia Hard   Rita Grande   Kim Clijsters
  Alicia Molik
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 2. Feb 2000 Paris Indoors, France Carpet (i)   Åsa Carlsson   Julie Halard-Decugis
  Sandrine Testud
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win 3. Feb 2001 Internationaux de Nice, France Carpet (i)   Anne-Gaëlle Sidot   Kimberly Po
  Nathalie Tauziat
1–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win 4. Apr 2002 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay   Catherine Barclay   Elena Bovina
  Zsófia Gubacsi
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3. Sep 2002 Bahia Open, Brazil Hard   Rossana de los Ríos   Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Paola Suárez
4–6, 1–6
Loss 4. Dec 2002 Gold Coast Hardcourts, Australia Hard   Nathalie Dechy   Svetlana Kuznetsova
  Martina Navratilova
4–6, 4–6
Win 5. Jan 2003 Canberra International, Australia Hard   Tathiana Garbin   Dája Bedáňová
  Dinara Safina
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 5. Feb 2003 Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium Carpet (i)   Nathalie Dechy   Kim Clijsters
  Ai Sugiyama
2–6, 0–6
Win 6. Mar 2003 Abierto Mexicano Acapulco, Mexico Clay   Åsa Svensson   Petra Mandula
  Patricia Wartusch
6–3, 6–1
Loss 6. Sep 2003 Bali International, Indonesia Hard   Nicole Pratt   Angelique Widjaja
  María Vento-Kabchi
5–7, 2–6
Win 7. Sep 2003 Shanghai Open, China Hard   Nicole Pratt   Ai Sugiyama
  Tamarine Tanasugarn
6–3, 6–3
Win 8. Apr 2004 Casablanca Grand Prix, Morocco Clay   Marion Bartoli   Els Callens
  Katarina Srebotnik
6–4, 6–2
Win 9. May 2005 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco Clay   Barbora Strýcová   Lourdes Domínguez Lino
  Nuria Llagostera Vives
3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–5
Win 10. May 2005 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay   Nicole Pratt   Jelena Kostanić
  Barbora Strýcová
6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Win 11. Aug 2005 Nordic Light Open, Sweden Hard   Katarina Srebotnik   Eva Birnerová
  Mara Santangelo
6–4, 6–3
Win 12. Aug 2005 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay   Katarina Srebotnik   Lourdes Domínguez Lino
  Marta Marrero
6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Win 13. Oct 2005 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard   Maria Elena Camerin   Anastasia Rodionova
  Galina Voskoboeva
6–3, 6–0
Win 14. Oct 2005 Gaz de France Hasselt, Belgium Hard (i)   Katarina Srebotnik   Michaëlla Krajicek
  Ágnes Szávay
6–3, 6–4
Loss 7. Jan 2006 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard   Barbora Strýcová   Elena Likhovtseva
  Vera Zvonareva
3–6, 4–6
Win 15. Jan 2006 Hobart International, Australia Hard   Nicole Pratt   Jill Craybas
  Jelena Kostanić
6–2, 6–1
Win 16. Feb 2006 Paris Indoors, France Carpet (i)   Květa Peschke   Cara Black
  Rennae Stubbs
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 8. Mar 2006 Acapulco Grand Prix, Mexico Clay   Shinobu Asagoe   Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  Meghann Shaughnessy
1–6, 3–6
Loss 9. Sep 2006 Portorož Open, Slovenia Hard   Eva Birnerová   Lucie Hradecká
  Renata Voráčová
w/o
Loss 10. Mar 2007 Acapulco Grand Prix, Mexico Clay   Nicole Pratt   Arantxa Parra Santonja
  Lourdes Domínguez Lino
3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles (7–5)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 26 November 1995 ITF Le Havre, France Clay (i)   Selima Sfar 6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 7 October 1996 Open de Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i)   Susi Lohrmann 7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Win 1. 2 February 1997 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i)   Emmanuelle Curutchet 6–2, 7–6
Win 2. 11 May 1997 ITF Gelos, France Clay   Karolina Jagieniak 6–4, 6–2
Win 3. 1 February 1998 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i)   Élodie Le Bescond 6–1, 6–1
Win 4. 17 September 2000 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay   Lubomira Bacheva 7–5, 6–2
Loss 3. 14 October 2001 ITF Poitiers, France Clay   Petra Mandula 5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Win 5. 14 April 2002 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i)   Zuzana Ondrášková 6–2, 7–5
Win 6. 5 May 2002 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay   Alena Vašková 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 4. 16 June 2002 Open de Marseille, France Clay   Conchita Martínez Granados 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 5. 19 September 2004 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay   Virginie Razzano 7–5, 6–2
Win 7. 16 October 2005 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i)   Jelena Kostanić 6–2, 6–1

Doubles (5-6)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 2 February 1997 Dinan, France Hard   Laëtitia Sanchez   Sophie Georges
  Cécile de Winne
5–7, 2–6
Win 1. 12 April 1998 Estoril, Portugal Clay   Caroline Dhenin   Radka Bobková
  Caroline Schneider
6–2, 6–3
Loss 2. 18 October 1998 Southampton, England Carpet (i)   Amélie Cocheteux   Els Callens
  Laurence Courtois
2–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 25 October 1998 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i)   Amélie Cocheteux   Lenka Cenková
  Eva Martincová
6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 4. 6 December 1998 Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard (i)   Caroline Dhenin   Kristie Boogert
  Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
5–7, 2–6
Win 2. 19 September 1999 Bordeaux, France Clay   Åsa Carlsson   Lubomira Bacheva
  Cristina Torrens Valero
6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win 3. 11 October 1999 Bordeaux, France Hard (i)   Åsa Carlsson   Alexandra Fusai
  Rita Grande
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 5. 20 August 2000 Bronx Open, United States Hard   Alexandra Fusai   Surina De Beer
  Nana Miyagi
7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win 4. 9 September 2001 Open Denain, France Clay   Irina Selyutina   Debby Haak
  Jolanda Mens
6–1, 6–3
Win 5. 14 April 2002 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i)   Caroline Dhenin   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Patty Van Acker
6–3, 6–1
Loss 6. 3 November 2002 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i)   Caroline Dhenin   Lubomira Bacheva
  Evgenia Kulikovskaya
w/o

References

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  1. ^ "Roland-Garros: Émilie Loit prend sa retraite" (in French), Reuters, May 24, 2009.
  2. ^ Tennis Magazine (France), September 2011 issue
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