Marie-Ève Pelletier

Marie-Ève Pelletier

Marie-Ève Pelletier at the 2009 US Open
Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
Born	May 18, 1982 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	January 9, 2013[1]
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$592,193
Singles
Career record	340–349
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 106 (June 20, 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2004)
French Open	Q3 (2001)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2004, 2005)
US Open	Q3 (2002)
Doubles
Career record	305–251
Career titles	0 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (April 19, 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2005, 2010)
US Open	2R (2009)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
Last updated on: November 11, 2013.

Marie-Ève Pelletier (born May 18, 1982) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career high ranking of 106 in singles on June 20, 2005 and a career high of 54 in doubles on April 12, 2010 on the WTA Tour.

Tennis career

1998–2013

Marie-Ève has played in one career Grand Slam singles match in 2004, at the Australian Open, qualifying for the tournament before losing in the first round to Japan's Akiko Morigami. She is the previous winner of two events on the ITF Circuit, the 2000 Virginia Beach and 2005 Waikoloa tournaments. Her best result in a WTA Tour event came at the 2005 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open, where she reached the quarterfinals.^[2][3] The biggest win of her career was when she beat then World No. 16 Li Na in straight sets in the first round of the 2006 Rogers Cup.^[4] She won in June 2012 the third singles title of her career at the $25,000 ITF in El Paso, beating Ashley Weinhold in the final.

Pelletier retired from tennis on January 9, 2013, after her loss in the first round qualifying at the Australian Open.^[1]

Fed Cup

Marie-Ève was a regular on Canada's Fed Cup team, playing every year from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2010 to 2012. She amassed a singles record of 9–9 and a doubles record of 16–6 in Fed Cup play.^[5]

Life after tennis

Pelletier is now an assistant coach for Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal. She also was a tennis analyst for RDS, a sports television network in Quebec, for the 2013 Rogers Cup.^[6]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

Legend
ITF $100,000 (0–0)
ITF $75,000 (0–1)
ITF $50,000 (1–2)
ITF $25,000 (2–2)
ITF $15,000 (0–0)
ITF $10,000 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	March 26, 2000	Nanjing, China	Hard	Li Na	6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Runner–up	2.	April 23, 2000	Fresno, United States	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	1–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	May 7, 2000	Virginia Beach, United States	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Runner–up	3.	September 16, 2001	Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner–up	4.	November 11, 2001	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard (i)	Alina Jidkova	4–6, 1–6
Runner–up	5.	September 29, 2002	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Laura Granville	7–6^(7–2), 4–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	January 30, 2005	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Hana Šromová	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner–up	6.	June 12, 2005	Marseille, France	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	1–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	June 10, 2012	El Paso, United States	Hard	Ashley Weinhold	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 51 (25 titles, 26 runners-up)

Legend
ITF $100,000 (2–2)
ITF $75,000 (1–2)
ITF $50,000 (10–13)
ITF $25,000 (11–9)
ITF $15,000 (0–0)
ITF $10,000 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	August 1, 1999	Baltimore, United States	Hard	Lauren Kalvaria	Candice De La Torre Nadia Johnston	7–6, 6–3
Runner–up	1.	October 7, 2001	Fresno, United States	Hard	Ashley Harkleroad	Clarisa Fernández Samantha Reeves	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Runner–up	2.	June 9, 2002	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Maja Palaveršić	Erica Krauth Vanessa Menga	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	3.	October 5, 2003	Oporto, Portugal	Clay	Iveta Gerlová	Sybille Bammer Laura Dell'Angelo	3–6, 5–7
Runner–up	4.	May 9, 2004	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Anouska Van Exel	Ansley Cargill Christina Wheeler	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	5.	May 1, 2005	Lafayette, United States	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Beti Sekulovski Cindy Watson	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Runner–up	6.	June 12, 2005	Marseille, France	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Līga Dekmeijere Caroline Dhenin	2–6, 6–1, 2–6
Runner–up	7.	October 9, 2005	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Aurélie Védy	Renata Voráčová Mailyne Andrieux	7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 2–6
Winner	2.	January 29, 2006	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Julie Ditty Lilia Osterloh	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	3.	May 7, 2006	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Sunitha Rao	Maria Fernanda Alves Lilia Osterloh	6–7^(6–8), 6–2, 6–3
Runner–up	8.	May 14, 2006	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Edina Gallovits Jessica Kirkland	3–6, 2–6
Runner–up	9.	May 21, 2006	Palm Beach Gardens, United States	Clay	Ansley Cargill	Angela Haynes Raquel Kops-Jones	3–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	July 2, 2006	Périgueux, France	Clay	Monique Adamczak	Nina Bratchikova Lioudmila Skavronskaia	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	October 7, 2006	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Monique Adamczak	María José Argeri Carla Tiene	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	10.	October 14, 2006	Saltillo, Mexico	Hard	Monique Adamczak	Larissa Carvalho Joana Cortez	2–6, 5–7
Runner–up	11.	January 20, 2007	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Sunitha Rao	Angelika Bachmann Tetiana Luzhanska	5–7, 7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(4–7)
Runner–up	12.	April 1, 2007	Hammond, United States	Hard	Teodora Mirčić	Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska	1–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Winner	6.	June 1, 2007	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Eva Hrdinová	Stefania Chieppa Darya Kustova	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	7.	June 29, 2007	Périgueux, France	Clay	Eva Hrdinová	Yulia Beygelzimer Yevgenia Savranska	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Winner	8.	August 4, 2007	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	Agustina Lepore Soledad Esperón	6–4, 6–4
Winner	9.	September 9, 2007	Denain, France	Clay	Eva Hrdinová	Timea Bacsinszky Karolina Kosińska	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	13.	October 7, 2007	Troy, United States	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Angela Haynes Mashona Washington	4–6, 2–6
Runner–up	14.	May 4, 2008	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Julie Coin	Monica Niculescu Renata Voráčová	7–6^(7–2), 1–6, [5–10]
Winner	10.	May 18, 2008	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Hsieh Su-wei	Aurélie Védy Chanelle Scheepers	6–4, 6–0
Runner–up	15.	June 7, 2008	Rome, Italy	Clay	Alina Jidkova	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 1–6
Runner–up	16.	September 7, 2008	Denain, France	Clay	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	Maret Ani Lourdes Domínguez Lino	0–6, 5–7
Runner–up	17.	October 4, 2008	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Patricia Mayr	Emma Laine Johanna Larsson	4–6, 2–6
Winner	11.	October 18, 2008	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Stéphanie Dubois	Nikola Franková Carmen Klaschka	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	18.	April 4, 2009	Pelham, United States	Clay	Frederica Piedade	Danielle Harmsen Kim Kilsdonk	4–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Winner	12.	May 3, 2009	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Julie Coin	Anna Tatishvili Erica Krauth	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	19.	August 29, 2009	Bronx, United States	Hard	Julie Coin	Anna-Lena Grönefeldn Vania King	0–6, 3–6
Winner	13.	November 1, 2009	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Julie Coin	Marta Domachowska Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 3–6, [10–3]
Runner–up	20.	November 15, 2009	Phoenix, United States	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	Sharon Fichman Mashona Washington	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	14.	October 30, 2010	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Winner	15.	April 2, 2011	Pelham, United States	Clay	Līga Dekmeijere	Kimberly Couts Heidi El Tabakh	2–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Winner	16.	April 9, 2011	Jackson, United States	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Eva Hrdinová Natalie Piquion	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	17.	May 1, 2011	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–3, 6–3
Winner	18.	May 15, 2011	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Beatrice Capra Asia Muhammad	6–1, 6–3
Runner–up	21.	June 26, 2011	Boston, United States	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Tetiana Luzhanskan Alexandra Mueller	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Runner–up	22.	October 29, 2011	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Tímea Babos Jessica Pegula	4–6, 3–6
Winner	19.	November 4, 2011	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Tímea Babos Jessica Pegula	7–5, 6–7^(5–7), [10–4]
Winner	20.	April 14, 2012	Pelham, United States	Clay	Julie Coin	Elena Bovina Ekaterina Bychkova	7–5, 6–4
Runner–up	23.	April 22, 2012	Dothan, United States	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Eugenie Bouchard Jessica Pegula	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner–up	24.	May 6, 2012	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Alyona Sotnikova	Maria Fernanda Alves Jessica Moore	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, [8–10]
Winner	21.	May 13, 2012	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Alexandra Mueller Asia Muhammad	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner	22.	June 29, 2012	Rome, Italy	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Julia Cohen Valentyna Ivakhnenko	6–0, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner	23.	July 8, 2012	Denver, United States	Hard	Shelby Rogers	Lauren Embree Nicole Gibbs	6–3, 3–6, [12–10]
Winner	24.	July 14, 2012	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Shuko Aoyama Gabriela Dabrowski	6–2, 7–5
Winner	25.	July 21, 2012	Granby, Canada	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Shuko Aoyama Miki Miyamura	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Runner–up	25.	October 13, 2012	Troy, United States	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Angelina Gabueva Arina Rodionova	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	26.	October 27, 2012	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Sharon Fichman	Gabriela Dabrowski Alla Kudryavtseva	2–6, 2–6

References

1. "Happy retirement Marie-Ève!". Tennis Canada. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
2. "WTA profile - Marie-Ève Pelletier". WTA. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
3. "ITF profile - Marie-Ève Pelletier". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
4. "Pelletier pulls off a huge upset". Rogers Cup. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
5. "Fed Cup profile - Marie-Ève Pelletier". Fed Cup. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
6. "Seen and Heard Around the Grounds". Rogers Cup. Retrieved August 12, 2013.

External links

• Marie-Ève Pelletier at the Women's Tennis Association
• Marie-Ève Pelletier at the International Tennis Federation
• Marie-Ève Pelletier at the Fed Cup
• Marie-Ève Pelletier on Twitter