Amélie Cocheteux

Amélie Cocheteux
Country (sports)	France
Born	27 March 1978 (age 46); Amiens, France
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2001
Prize money	$422.851
Singles
Career record	165–145
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 55 (10 May 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000)
French Open	2R (1997)
Wimbledon	2R (1999)
US Open	3R (1999)
Doubles
Career record	52–69
Highest ranking	No. 61 (18 September 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2000)
French Open	QF (2000)
Wimbledon	QF (2000)
US Open	1R (1999)

Amélie Cocheteux (born 27 March 1978) is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career-high ranking of No. 55 in the world on 10 May 1999. She defeated world No. 10, Nathalie Tauziat in the Prostějov tournament in 1999. As a junior, she won the 1995 French Open title.

In 2000, Cocheteux and another French player, Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, were accused of racism by Alexandra Stevenson. Cocheteux allegedly used a racial remark to Stevenson whilst bumping into her in the locker room.^[1] Cocheteux denied the claims, and no action was taken by the WTA Tour.^[2]

Her results seriously deteriorated throughout the year, ending it with an 8–26 record and dropping out of the top 100. In 2001, she played just three events on the ITF Circuit, losing first round in all of them, and stopped playing on the women's tour at the age of just 23.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	9 May 1999	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Janette Husárová	Cătălina Cristea Irina Selyutina	1–6, 2–6

ITF finals

Singles (4–5)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 April 1995	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Ana Alcázar	0–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	14 May 1995	Le Touquet, France	Clay	Patty Van Acker	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	11 February 1996	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Clay	Gloria Pizzichini	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	3 November 1996	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Noëlle van Lottum	6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	22 June 1997	Marseille, France	Clay	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	2 November 1997	Poitiers, France	Clay	Kristie Boogert	4–6, 5–7
Winner	7.	7 June 1998	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Seda Noorlander	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	18 October 1998	Southampton, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	5–7, 4–6
Winner	9.	25 October 1998	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Stéphanie Foretz	6–1, 6–1

Doubles (0–3)

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 November 1994	Giza, Egypt	Clay	Caroline Toyre	Ágnes Muzamel Christina Zachariadou	7–6^(8–6), 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	18 October 1998	Southampton, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Émilie Loit	Els Callens Laurence Courtois	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	25 October 1998	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Émilie Loit	Lenka Cenková Eva Martincová	6–3, 4–6, 5–7

References

^ Stevenson charges hazing, racism on women's tour Archived 31 March 2002 at the Wayback Machine
^ "I'm not a racist", says Frenchwoman Sidot Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Amélie Cocheteux at the Women's Tennis Association
Amélie Cocheteux at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] Stevenson charges hazing, racism on women's tour Archived 31 March 2002 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "I'm not a racist", says Frenchwoman Sidot Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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