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Country (sports)
  
Canada

Career record
  
347–264

Weight
  
59 kg

Residence
  
Laval, Quebec, Canada

Name
  
Stephanie Dubois

Turned pro
  
2004

Prize money
  
$902,867

Role
  
Tennis player

Retired
  
September 8, 2014

Official website
  
stephdubois.com

Height
  
1.62 m


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Born
  
October 31, 1986 (age 37) Laval, Quebec, Canada (
1986-10-31
)

Plays
  
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Profiles

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Stéphanie Dubois (born October 31, 1986) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She turned professional in 2004 and she achieved a career-best ranking of No. 87 in the world on January 30, 2012. Dubois was named Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada at two occasions (2005, 2007). Dubois retired after the 2014 Coupe Banque Nationale in September.

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2004–07

Dubois made her first appearance in July 2004 in the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs against Switzerland. She reached her first WTA quarterfinal at the 2005 Challenge Bell in Quebec City. At the 2006 Rogers Cup, she scored the biggest win of her career when she defeated Kim Clijsters (who retired from the match), to reach the third round. In 2007, Dubois and Renata Voráčová reached the Challenge Bell final but lost to Christina Fusano and Raquel Kops-Jones in straight sets.

2008–10

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In 2008, she got in the main draw of the Australian Open and the French Open, participating in a first in the latter, where two Quebec native players were in the main draw by their own ranking for the first time. Also in 2008, Dubois had 3 match points against 8th seed Anna Chakvetadze in the first round of Wimbledon but lost with a score of 6–8 in the final set. She also reached the third round of the 2008 Rogers Cup for the second time of her career with a victory over World No. 20 Maria Kirilenko. In 2009, Dubois won the $75,000 ITF Women's Circuit Vancouver Open by beating the top seed Sania Mirza in three sets. Also in 2009, she defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round of the US Open, her first Grand Slam main draw win, before losing to Sorana Cîrstea in the second round.

2011–14

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Dubois reached the second round at Wimbledon in 2011 where she lost to World No. 11 Andrea Petkovic in three sets. She reached at the end of July 2011 the second WTA quarterfinal of her career at the Citi Open in College Park, but lost to Tamira Paszek in a match that lasted almost 4 hours. In January 2012, Dubois won her first round match at the Australian Open for the first time, with a win over Elena Vesnina. She lost in the second round to 30th seed Angelique Kerber. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she teamed with Aleksandra Wozniak to represent Canada in the women's doubles, where they lost in the opening round. In September 2014, Dubois retired from tennis after losing in the first round of the Coupe Banque Nationale.

Record against top-50 players

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Dubois' win-loss record (8–32, 20%) against players who were ranked world no. 50 or higher when played is as follows:
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

Awards

  • 2005 – Tennis Canada female player of the year
  • 2007 – Tennis Canada female player of the year

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    References

    Stéphanie Dubois Wikipedia