Stéphanie Foretz

Stéphanie Foretz
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born	3 May 1981 (age 43); Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1997
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,881,212
Singles
Career record	570–455
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 62 (24 February 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2003, 2012, 2013)
French Open	2R (2000, 2003, 2004, 2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2004, 2005, 2012)
US Open	3R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	251–239
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 42 (19 May 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2006)
French Open	2R (2000, 2002, 2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2007, 2012, 2013)
US Open	QF (2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–1

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)	Michaëlla Krajicek	Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik	1–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	May 2009	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Claire Feuerstein	Nathalie Dechy 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	Ainhoa Goñi	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	25 October 1998	Open de Touraine, France	Hard (i)	Amélie Cocheteux	1–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	15 November 1998	ITF Le Havre, France	Clay	Céline Beigbeder	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	28 March 1999	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Lubomira Bacheva	2–6, 6–2, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	12 September 1999	ITF Denain, France	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	4–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	3 July 2000	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Dally Randriantefy	6–2, 6–3
Winner	7.	3 May 2004	ITF Catania, Italy	Clay	Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	6–4, 6–7⁽²⁾, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	16 May 2004	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Maria Kirilenko	6–7⁽²⁾, 3–6
Winner	9.	24 April 2005	Open de Valencia, Spain	Clay	Anna Floris	6–3, 6–0
Winner	10.	13 September 2005	ITF Bordeaux, France	Clay	Lioudmila Skavronskaia	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	4 September 2006	Open Denain, France	Clay	Romina Oprandi	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	12.	1 October 2006	ITF Biella, Italy	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	7–5, 3–1 ret.
Winner	13.	16 October 2006	Open Saint-Raphaël, France	Carpet (i)	Youlia Fedossova	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–1
Runner-up	14.	5 August 2007	ITF Rimini, Italy	Clay	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	3–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Runner-up	15.	21 October 2007	Open Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Alberta Brianti	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	16.	15 June 2008	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Kirsten Flipkens	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 2–6
Runner-up	17.	20 July 2008	Contrexéville Open, France	Clay	Raluca Olaru	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	18.	12 October 2008	Open de Touraine, France	Hard (i)	Julie Coin	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–7⁽³⁾
Runner-up	19.	3 October 2009	ITF Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Ksenia Pervak	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	20.	9 January 2011	Blossom Cup, China	Hard	Lu Jingjing	6–3, 6–7⁽²⁾, 3–6
Runner-up	21.	6 March 2011	ITF Hammond, United States	Hard	Madison Brengle	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	22.	18 April 2011	Dothan Classic, United States	Clay	Melinda Czink	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	23.	28 June 2011	Bella Cup, Poland	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	24.	11 July 2011	Contrexéville Open, France	Clay	Iryna Brémond	4–6, 7–6⁽¹⁾, 2–6
Runner-up	25.	8 September 2013	Trabzon Cup, Turkey	Hard	Aleksandra Krunić	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	26.	13 July 2014	ITF Gatineau, Canada	Hard	Françoise Abanda	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	27.	20 July 2014	Challenger de Granby, Canada	Hard	Miharu Imanishi	4–6, 4–6
Winner	28.	9 November 2014	ITF Équeurdreville, France	Hard (i)	Anhelina Kalinina	5–2 ret.
Runner-up	29.	12 June 2016	Surbiton Trophy, UK	Grass	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	Chloé Carlotti	Cindy Schuurmans Iroda Tulyaganova	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	20 March 2000	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Eva Bes Gisela Riera	7–6⁽²⁾, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	9 April 2000	Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Patty Van Acker	Vanessa Henke Syna Schmidle	7–6⁽²⁾, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	3 May 2004	Catania, Italy	Clay	Virginie Razzano	Mariya Koryttseva Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6–2, 6–1
Winner	5.	19 April 2005	Valencia, Spain	Hard	Kildine Chevalier	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Winner	6.	11 September 2006	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Julia Schruff	Kira Nagy Jasmin Wöhr	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	7 April 2007	Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Aurélie Védy	Angelique Kerber Yvonne Meusburger	4–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	11 May 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Melinda Czink Sunitha Rao	4–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	20 July 2008	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Erica Krauth Hanna Nooni	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	27 July 2008	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	İpek Şenoğlu	Corinna Dentoni Anastasia Pivovarova	4–6, 1–6
Winner	11.	23 March 2009	Jersey, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Maria Elena Camerin	Youlia Fedossova Violette Huck	6–4, 6–2
Winner	12.	19 October 2009	Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Claire Feuerstein	Margalita Chakhnashvili Sílvia Soler Espinosa	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 7–5
Winner	13.	10 May 2010	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Claire Feuerstein	Olga Savchuk Anastasiya Yakimova	6–2, 6–4
Winner	14.	7 June 2010	Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Tereza Hladíková Michaela Pochabová	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	15.	25 September 2010	Saguenay Challenger, Canada	Hard (i)	Jorgelina Cravero	Heidi El Tabakh Rebecca Marino	6–3, 6–4
Winner	16.	12 April 2011	Osprey, United States	Clay	Alexa Glatch	María Irigoyen Erika Sema	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	17.	4 July 2011	Bella Cup Toruń, Poland	Clay	Tatjana Maria	Edina Gallovits-Hall Andreja Klepač	6–2, 7–5
Winner	18.	6 November 2011	Open Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Julie Coin Eva Hrdinová	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	19.	12 February 2012	Midland Classic, United States	Hard (i)	Vesna Dolonc	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 2–6
Runner-up	20.	28 October 2012	ITF Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Tatjana Maria	Catalina Castaño Mervana Jugić-Salkić	4–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Runner-up	21.	31 March 2013	ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Eva Hrdinová	Anna-Lena Friedsam Alison Van Uytvanck	3–6, 4–6
Winner	22.	15 June 2013	Nottingham Challenge, UK	Grass	Julie Coin	Julia Glushko Erika Sema	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	23.	31 March 2013	Open Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Eva Hrdinová	Lucie Hradecká Michaëlla Krajicek	3–6, 2–6
Winner	24.	19 October 2014	Open de Touraine, France	Hard (i)	Amandine Hesse	Alberta Brianti Maria Elena Camerin	def.
Runner-up	25.	2 November 2014	Open Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Amandine Hesse	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	26.	22 February 2015	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Irina Ramialison	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	27.	28 February 2015	Neva Cup, Russia	Hard (i)	Ana Vrljić	Viktorija Golubic Aliaksandra Sasnovich	4–6, 5–7
Winner	28.	6 April 2015	GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK	Hard (i)	Ana Vrljić	Naomi Broady Ekaterina Bychkova	6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Runner-up	29.	10 May 2015	Nana Trophy, Tunisia	Clay	Julie Coin	María Irigoyen Paula Kania	1–6, 3–6
Winner	30.	11 October 2015	ITF Kirkland, United States	Hard	Mandy Minella	Lesley Kerkhove Arantxa Rus	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Runner-up	31.	1 November 2015	ITF Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Amandine Hesse	Andreea Mitu 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

External links

Stéphanie Foretz at the Women's Tennis Association
Stéphanie Foretz at the International Tennis Federation
Stéphanie Foretz at the Billie Jean King Cup