Céline Beigbeder (born 25 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Céline Beigbeder
Country (sports) France
Born (1975-02-25) 25 February 1975 (age 49)
Bayonne, France
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$149,062
Singles
Career record128–89
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 84 (15 April 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2002)
French Open1R (2001, 2002, 2003)
Wimbledon1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record6–5
Career titles1 ITF
Highest ranking

Biography

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Beigbeder was born in Bayonne in south-western France, the daughter of Jean-Pierre and Nicole. The highlights of her junior career include winning the French national championships in 1993 and making the Orange Bowl quarterfinals in 1994. Her coach and educator was Jean Michel Etchebarne. Finishing school in 1994, she competed for several years on the ITF Women's Circuit.[1]

It wasn't until 2001, aged 26, that she committed to professional tennis full-time. At her first WTA Tour tournament, the 2001 Internationaux de Strasbourg, she made it into the main draw as a qualifier and reached the semifinals, with wins over Tamarine Tanasugarn, Sarah Pitkowski and Ai Sugiyama. She was granted a wildcard into the 2001 French Open and was beaten in the first round by Elena Dementieva.[2] Her five ITF titles in 2001 included two $50k events as well as a win over Jelena Janković en route to the title at Lenzerheide. By the end of the year, her ranking had risen to No. 101 in the world.

In 2002, she broke into the world's top 100, peaking at No. 84 in April, with main-draw appearances at the Australian Open, French Open and in Wimbledon. She was a quarterfinalist that year at both the Copa Colsanitas and Palermo Ladies Open.

ITF finals

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

Singles (9–2)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1 15 November 1998 ITF Le Havre, France Clay (i)   Stéphanie Foretz 6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Win 2 13 August 2000 ITF Périgueux, France Clay   Virginie Pichet 6–1, 6–1
Win 3 22 April 2001 ITF Gelos, France Clay   Laurence Andretto 6–2, 6–2
Win 4 24 June 2001 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay   Anousjka van Exel 6–3, 6–0
Win 5 1 July 2001 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay   Angelika Rösch 6–1, 6–1
Win 6 5 August 2001 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay   Julia Vakulenko 6–4, 6–1
Win 7 September 2001 Open Denain, France Clay   Lubomira Bacheva 6–4, 6–0
Win 8 July 2002 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay   Alexandra Kravets 7–5, 6–1
Loss 9 June 2003 ITF Perigueux, France Clay   Anabel Medina Garrigues 1–6, 2–6
Win 10 August 2003 ITF San Marino Clay   Kildine Chevalier 6–3, 6–1
Win 11 November 2003 ITF Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (i)   Bettina Pirker 6–1, 6–1

Doubles (1–0)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1 October 2003 ITF Carcavelos, Portugal Clay   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez   Romy Farah
  Neuza Silva
6–2, 1–0 ret.

References

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  1. ^ "Bio". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. ^ Roberts, Selena (6 June 2001). "Grand Slam Events Study Increasing Seedings to 32 Players". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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