Émilie Loit

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)

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

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 Slovakia Ľudmila Cervanová 6–2, 6–2
Win 2. Apr 2004 Portugal Open Clay Czech Republic Iveta Benešová 7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Win 3. Mar 2007 Mexican Open Clay Italy 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 France Alexia Dechaume-Balleret South Africa Mariaan de Swardt
Ukraine Elena Tatarkova
1–6, 2–6
Win 1. Nov 1999 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Sweden Åsa Carlsson Russia Evgenia Koulikovskaya
Austria Patricia Wartusch
6–1, 6–4
Win 2. Jan 2000 Hobart International, Australia Hard Italy Rita Grande Belgium Kim Clijsters
Australia Alicia Molik
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 2. Feb 2000 Paris Indoors, France Carpet (i) Sweden Åsa Carlsson France Julie Halard-Decugis
France Sandrine Testud
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win 3. Feb 2001 Internationaux de Nice, France Carpet (i) France Anne-Gaëlle Sidot United States Kimberly Po
France Nathalie Tauziat
1–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win 4. Apr 2002 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Australia Catherine Barclay Russia Elena Bovina
Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3. Sep 2002 Bahia Open, Brazil Hard Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
4–6, 1–6
Loss 4. Dec 2002 Gold Coast Hardcourts, Australia Hard France Nathalie Dechy Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
United States Martina Navratilova
4–6, 4–6
Win 5. Jan 2003 Canberra International, Australia Hard Italy Tathiana Garbin Czech Republic Dája Bedáňová
Russia Dinara Safina
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 5. Feb 2003 Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium Carpet (i) France Nathalie Dechy Belgium Kim Clijsters
Japan Ai Sugiyama
2–6, 0–6
Win 6. Mar 2003 Abierto Mexicano Acapulco, Mexico Clay Sweden Åsa Svensson Hungary Petra Mandula
Austria Patricia Wartusch
6–3, 6–1
Loss 6. Sep 2003 Bali International, Indonesia Hard Australia Nicole Pratt Indonesia Angelique Widjaja
Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi
5–7, 2–6
Win 7. Sep 2003 Shanghai Open, China Hard Australia Nicole Pratt Japan Ai Sugiyama
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
6–3, 6–3
Win 8. Apr 2004 Casablanca Grand Prix, Morocco Clay France Marion Bartoli Belgium Els Callens
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–4, 6–2
Win 9. May 2005 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco Clay Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–5
Win 10. May 2005 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Australia Nicole Pratt Croatia Jelena Kostanić
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Win 11. Aug 2005 Nordic Light Open, Sweden Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Czech Republic Eva Birnerová
Italy Mara Santangelo
6–4, 6–3
Win 12. Aug 2005 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Marta Marrero
6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Win 13. Oct 2005 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Italy Maria Elena Camerin Russia Anastasia Rodionova
Russia Galina Voskoboeva
6–3, 6–0
Win 14. Oct 2005 Gaz de France Hasselt, Belgium Hard (i) Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
6–3, 6–4
Loss 7. Jan 2006 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Russia Vera Zvonareva
3–6, 4–6
Win 15. Jan 2006 Hobart International, Australia Hard Australia Nicole Pratt United States Jill Craybas
Croatia Jelena Kostanić
6–2, 6–1
Win 16. Feb 2006 Paris Indoors, France Carpet (i) Czech Republic Květa Peschke Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 8. Mar 2006 Acapulco Grand Prix, Mexico Clay Japan Shinobu Asagoe Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
1–6, 3–6
Loss 9. Sep 2006 Portorož Open, Slovenia Hard Czech Republic Eva Birnerová Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
w/o
Loss 10. Mar 2007 Acapulco Grand Prix, Mexico Clay Australia Nicole Pratt Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
Spain 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) Tunisia Selima Sfar 6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 7 October 1996 Open de Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) Germany Susi Lohrmann 7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Win 1. 2 February 1997 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) France Emmanuelle Curutchet 6–2, 7–6
Win 2. 11 May 1997 ITF Gelos, France Clay France Karolina Jagieniak 6–4, 6–2
Win 3. 1 February 1998 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) France Élodie Le Bescond 6–1, 6–1
Win 4. 17 September 2000 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva 7–5, 6–2
Loss 3. 14 October 2001 ITF Poitiers, France Clay Hungary Petra Mandula 5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Win 5. 14 April 2002 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) Czech Republic Zuzana Ondrášková 6–2, 7–5
Win 6. 5 May 2002 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Czech Republic Alena Vašková 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 4. 16 June 2002 Open de Marseille, France Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 5. 19 September 2004 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay France Virginie Razzano 7–5, 6–2
Win 7. 16 October 2005 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Croatia 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 France Laëtitia Sanchez France Sophie Georges
France Cécile de Winne
5–7, 2–6
Win 1. 12 April 1998 Estoril, Portugal Clay France Caroline Dhenin Czech Republic Radka Bobková
Germany Caroline Schneider
6–2, 6–3
Loss 2. 18 October 1998 Southampton, England Carpet (i) France Amélie Cocheteux Belgium Els Callens
Belgium Laurence Courtois
2–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 25 October 1998 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) France Amélie Cocheteux Czech Republic Lenka Cenková
Czech Republic Eva Martincová
6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 4. 6 December 1998 Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard (i) France Caroline Dhenin Netherlands Kristie Boogert
France Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
5–7, 2–6
Win 2. 19 September 1999 Bordeaux, France Clay Sweden Åsa Carlsson Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Spain Cristina Torrens Valero
6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win 3. 11 October 1999 Bordeaux, France Hard (i) Sweden Åsa Carlsson France Alexandra Fusai
Italy Rita Grande
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 5. 20 August 2000 Bronx Open, United States Hard France Alexandra Fusai South Africa Surina De Beer
Japan Nana Miyagi
7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win 4. 9 September 2001 Open Denain, France Clay Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina Netherlands Debby Haak
Netherlands Jolanda Mens
6–1, 6–3
Win 5. 14 April 2002 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) France Caroline Dhenin Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Belgium Patty Van Acker
6–3, 6–1
Loss 6. 3 November 2002 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i) France Caroline Dhenin Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Russia 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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