Julia Cohen

Julia Cohen

Julia Cohen at the 2013 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Philadelphia, United States
Born	March 23, 1989 Philadelphia, United States
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$360,308
Singles
Career record	267-283
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	97 (July 30, 2012)
Current ranking	580 (December 29, 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2011)
French Open	Q2 (2011)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2011)
US Open	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	99–148
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	121 (May 13, 2013)
Current ranking	333 (December 29, 2014)
Last updated on: December 31, 2014.

Julia Cohen (born March 23, 1989) is an American professional tennis player.

Cohen has won five singles and four doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 30 July 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 97. On 13 May 2013, she peaked at world number 121 in the doubles rankings.

Early life and tennis career

Cohen started tennis at the age of three.^[1] In 1997, at the age of eight, she became the youngest player to win an adult match in a Middle States Tennis Association tournament.^[2]

In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship.^[3] In 2006, she was the top-ranked American girl tennis player.^[4] That same year, she and partner Kimberly Couts reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the Wimbledon Junior Championships.^[5]

She is coached by her brother's friend Conor Taylor.^[6]

Cohen played in the 2012 Baku Cup. She made it to the second round after top seed Ksenia Pervak retired. She eventually made it to her first WTA final there, before losing to fifth-seeded Serbian Bojana Jovanovski.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 28, 2012	Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Bojana Jovanovski	3–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 15 (5–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	September 5, 2004	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	María José López Herrera	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	March 13, 2005	Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Larissa Carvalho	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	November 25, 2007	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Clarisa Fernández	1–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	December 13, 2009	Xalapa, Mexico	Hard	Gira Schofield	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	April 25, 2010	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Lauren Albanese	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	July 18, 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	5–7, 1–6
Winner	7.	July 25, 2010	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Fatma Al Nabhani	1–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	November 21, 2010	Niterói, Brazil	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	December 5, 2010	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	May 28, 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ayu-Fani Damayanti	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	October 3, 2011	Yerevan, Armenia	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	7–6^(8–6), 6–2
Runner-up	12.	November 28, 2011	Rosario, Argentina	Clay	Chanel Simmonds	3–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	December 10, 2011	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Romana Tabak	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	December 1, 2012	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	6-0, 3-6, 4-6
Runner-up	15.	April 8, 2013	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Jovana Jakšić	6-2, 3-6, 4-6

Doubles finals: 10 (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	September 5, 2009	Celaya, Mexico	Clay	Vivian Segnini	Anastasia Kharchenko Nathalia Rossi	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	April 24, 2010	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Lauren Albanese	Macall Harkins Vivian Segnini	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Runner-up	3.	June 27, 2011	Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Quirine Lemoine Maryna Zanevska	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	July 11, 2011	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Andrea Gámiz Adriana Pérez	3–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	November 14, 2011	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	6-3, 2-6, [10-5]
Runner-up	6.	June 25, 2012	Rome, Italy	Clay	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	Marie-Ève Pelletier Laura Thorpe	0-6, 6-3, 8-10
Runner-up	7.	October 28, 2012	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru	3-6, 6-3, [8-10]
Winner	8.	April 15, 2013	Dothan, United States	Hard	Tatjana Maria	Maria Sanchez Irina Falconi	6-4 4-6 [11-9]
Runner–up	9.	June 25, 2013	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Alizé Lim	Anna Danilina Olga Doroshina	5–7, 3–6
Winner	10.	March 17, 2014	Innisbrook, United States	Clay	Gioia Barbieri	Allie Kiick Sachia Vickery	7–6^(7–5), 6–0

References

6. "Julia Cohen's Biography". International Tennis Federation. December 7, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.

External links

• Julia Cohen at the Women's Tennis Association
• Julia Cohen at the International Tennis Federation