129 Facts About Alize Cornet

Alize Cornet is a French professional tennis player.

Alize Cornet has made the second week at each of the four Grand Slam events, having reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open, and the fourth round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 and 2017 French Opens, and the 2020 US Open.

Alize Cornet holds the record for the most consecutive Grand Slam appearances with 63 and in seventh place for overall appearances with 66.

In 2014, Alize Cornet became known for defeating world No 1, Serena Williams, on three occasions.

At the Dubai Championships, she recorded a straight-sets win over Williams in the semifinals, which resulted in Alize Cornet's reaching her biggest singles final in almost six years.

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Alize Cornet has an impressive junior record, reaching a career-high combined junior ranking of world No 8, on 11 June 2007.

Alize Cornet won her sole Grand Slam junior singles title at the 2007 French Open.

Alize Cornet made her Grand Slam singles debut at the age of 15 in the 2005 French Open after receiving a singles main-draw wildcard.

Alize Cornet defeated Maria Kirilenko the first round of the main draw before losing to the experienced No 26 seed Ai Sugiyama in the second round in three sets.

In 2007, Alize Cornet won the $50k singles title in Dnipropetrovsk, beating Stefanie Vogele in the final.

Alize Cornet reached the second round of the Australian Open where she lost to ninth seed Daniela Hantuchova.

Alize Cornet entered the Rome Masters and beat Vera Dushevina in the first round, Francesca Schiavone in the second, world No 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third, and then received a walkover from an injured Serena Williams to get into the semifinals.

Alize Cornet defeated Anna Chakvetadze to reach her first Tier-I final where she lost to Jankovic in two sets.

Alize Cornet defeated Julia Vakulenko in the first round after a stylish display.

Alize Cornet then beat clay specialist Gisela Dulko in the second round but lost to 14th seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round.

Alize Cornet suffered a poor grass-court season, making first round exits at Eastbourne and at Wimbledon, to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Alize Cornet was seeded second and received a bye into the second round.

Alize Cornet capped it off by winning the doubles with Janette Husarova at the same tournament.

Alize Cornet was seeded 15th for the singles event, and defeated Nicole Vaidisova in the first round, Peng Shuai in the second, before falling to No 4 seed Serena Williams in three sets.

Alize Cornet competed in the women's doubles with Virginie Razzano, where they lost in the first round.

Alize Cornet followed it up by beating Katarina Srebotnik, and a win over second seeded Daniela Hantuchova in the quarterfinal.

Alize Cornet played at the Hopman Cup, and placed third in her group, partnering Gilles Simon.

Alize Cornet defeated Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei and Italian Flavia Pennetta.

Alize Cornet began the season at the Sydney International where she defeated seventh seed Nadia Petrova and Alisa Kleybanova before losing to second seed and eventual finalist Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals.

Alize Cornet entered the Australian Open as the 15th seed, easily winning her two matches.

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Alize Cornet was then defeated by the No 2 seed Jelena Jankovic in the quarterfinal.

Alize Cornet lost her two matches to Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta in the Fed Cup, playing for France.

Alize Cornet fell in the early rounds in both the French Open and Wimbledon, continuing a dismal 2009 tennis season.

Alize Cornet was then defeated in the early rounds in Budapest and Palermo.

Alize Cornet began the season at the Auckland Open in New Zealand, losing to Francesca Schiavone in the quarterfinals.

Alize Cornet then suffered an early loss to Alona Bondarenko in Hobart.

Alize Cornet reached her first semifinal of the season in Fes, Morocco, losing to Iveta Benesova.

Alize Cornet had previously not dropped a set in her previous three matches at the tournament.

Alize Cornet won her first tournament of the year in doubles at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, playing with Vania King.

Alize Cornet then played on clay in the Suez Grand Prix upsetting Timea Bacsinszky before losing to eventual champion Agnes Szavay in the quarterfinals.

Alize Cornet reach her second semifinal of the year in Bad Gastein with a win over top seed and defending champion Andrea Petkovic, where she lost to Julia Gorges.

Alize Cornet then headed to Moscow for the quarterfinals of the Fed Cup against Russia.

Alize Cornet defeated two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets for her biggest win in nearly a year and one of the biggest of her career.

Alize Cornet's disastrous run continued when she lost in the first qualifying rounds of the Madrid Open and the Italian Open.

Alize Cornet then defeated Sania Mirza in the Internationaux de Strasbourg, before falling to Nadia Petrova in three sets in the second round.

Alize Cornet began her grass-court season in Birmingham, losing in the first round to 16th seed Alla Kudryavtseva.

Alize Cornet then lost in the first round of qualifications at the Aegon International to home favorite Anne Keothavong.

Alize Cornet then reached the quarterfinals of an ITF event in Italy, losing to Stefanie Vogele.

Alize Cornet again lost in the first rounds of the Swedish Open and the Gastein Ladies to Caroline Wozniacki and Ksenia Pervak.

Alize Cornet then played two ITF events, reaching the second round of one and the quarterfinals of the other.

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Alize Cornet began her 2012 season at the Auckland Open, losing in the first round of qualifying to wildcard Claire Feuerstein.

Alize Cornet suffered an early first round loss at the Australian Open to Monica Niculescu.

Alize Cornet played one Fed Cup singles match against Slovakia, losing to former world No 5, Daniela Hantuchova, in straight sets.

Alize Cornet was then awarded a wildcard for the Paris indoor event.

Alize Cornet then fell in the first round of the Mexican Open to Alberta Brianti, in three sets.

Alize Cornet's poor run continued when she fell in the qualifying of the Indian Wells Open.

Alize Cornet then reached the final of the $100k Bahamas Open, where she lost to Aleksandra Wozniak.

Alize Cornet reached the second round at Stuttgart, after defeating Anna Chakvetadze before losing to Maria Sharapova.

Alize Cornet then reached the final at the Internationaux de Strasbourg where she lost to Francesca Schiavone.

Alize Cornet competed in the women's doubles with Kristina Mladenovic.

Alize Cornet reached the quarterfinals at Guangzhou, losing to Sorana Cirstea in straight sets.

Alize Cornet then entered the Kremlin Cup, defeating Anastasia Rodionova in the first round, only to be defeated by Sam Stosur in the second round.

Alize Cornet kicked off the new season by playing in the Brisbane International where she defeated Australian qualifier Bojana Bobusic in the first round.

Alize Cornet drew world No 3, Serena Williams, in the second round, and was defeated in two sets.

The next week, Alize Cornet played at the Hobart International, but was beaten in the first round by Chanelle Scheepers.

Alize Cornet drew Venus Williams in the second round, to whom she lost.

Alize Cornet played in the doubles tournament, partnering with German player Mona Barthel.

Alize Cornet drew the Swedish No 1, Sofia Arvidsson, in the first round, and defeated her in three sets.

Alize Cornet did not fare well in doubles either, as she and her partner Kristina Mladenovic were defeated in the first round by 2013 Australian Open doubles champions Errani and Vinci.

Alize Cornet began clay-court season at the Copa Colsanitas tournament in Colombia where she was defeated in the second round.

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Alize Cornet improved upon this performance in her next tournament, the Mexican Open, reaching the semifinals before being defeated by eventual champion Sara Errani.

Alize Cornet entered the French Open playing some of her best tennis of the year, and advanced to the third round before being defeated by third-seeded Victoria Azarenka.

At the final Grand Slam event of 2013, the US Open, Alize Cornet was seeded 26th and reached the third, losing to Victoria Azarenka in three sets.

Alize Cornet then suffered two first-round defeats at Tokyo and Beijing in the hands of Stosur and veteran Schiavone, respectively.

At the Kremlin Cup, Alize Cornet defeated Elina Svitolina in round one before succumbing to Stosur again.

Alize Cornet teamed with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win the Hopman Cup for Team France.

Alize Cornet lost to Maria Sharapova in the third round at the Australian Open.

At the Dubai Championships, in what was the fourth match between them, Alize Cornet defeated world No 1, Serena Williams, for the first time to reach the finals.

Alize Cornet defeated Agnieszka Radwanska, the top seed en route to the final.

Alize Cornet then competed at the Madrid Open where she faced Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round but lost in three sets.

Alize Cornet defeated Kirsten Flipkens in the first round at the Internazionali d'Italia but lost to Ana Ivanovic in the second round.

Alize Cornet was the defending champion at the Internationaux de Strasbourg but lost to Camila Giorgi in a tight three-setter in the first round.

At the French Open, Alize Cornet was seeded 20th, her highest seeding in more than four years.

Alize Cornet defeated wildcard Ashleigh Barty easily in round one.

Alize Cornet then faced American wildcard Taylor Townsend but lost in three roller coaster sets.

Alize Cornet kicked off her grass-court season by defeating Bojana Jovanovski in the first round at the Eastbourne International.

Alize Cornet was seeded 25th at Wimbledon and defeated WTA rising star Anna Schmiedlova in the first round.

Alize Cornet played in the second week of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in five years, her first at Wimbledon, and lost to 13th seed Eugenie Bouchard in the fourth round.

Alize Cornet was the top seed at the Swedish Open but suffered a shocking defeat to Anett Kontaveit in the first round.

Alize Cornet then participated in Washington where she was seeded third.

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Alize Cornet suffered an opening-round exit to rising American Shelby Rogers.

The following week at Cincinnati, Alize Cornet lost to young American Madison Keys in the first round.

Alize Cornet was the 22nd seed at the US Open and defeated Amandine Hesse and Daniela Hantuchova in her first two matches before succumbing to Lucie Safarova.

Alize Cornet was seeded second and was the sole seed to advance past the first round.

Alize Cornet reached the final by defeating the likes of Yulia Putintseva, former champion Shahar Pe'er, Hsieh Su-wei and Timea Bacsinszky before falling to Monica Niculescu, in straight sets.

Alize Cornet competed in the Wuhan where she defeated Romina Oprandi in round one before recording her third straight over Serena Williams, this time via retirement.

Alize Cornet became the first player since Justine Henin in 2007 to win against Serena three times in a season.

Alize Cornet then booked her place in the quarterfinals with a three-set win over Kirsten Flipkens.

Alize Cornet then lost in the quarterfinal round to Eugenie Bouchard, the tournament's eventual runner-up.

Alize Cornet started her year by playing for France at the Hopman Cup.

Alize Cornet won all three of her Group-B singles matches, beating Heather Watson of Great Britain, Casey Dellacqua of Australia, and Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.

At the Premier tournament in Sydney, Alize Cornet lost in the first round to third seed Radwanska in straight sets.

Whole of 2015, Alize Cornet managed to advance beyond the last 16 of the singles main draw of a WTA Tour tournament only twice; she lost in the singles quarterfinals at the International tournaments in Katowice and Hong Kong.

Alize Cornet lost in the second round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

At the Australian Open, Alize Cornet was defeated in the second round by qualifier Zhang Shuai.

Alize Cornet lost in the second round to third seed and 2012 champion Agnieszka Radwanska.

In Prague, Alize Cornet fell in her first-round match to Czech wildcard Katerina Siniakova.

At the Madrid Open, Alize Cornet was eliminated in the second round by fourth seed Victoria Azarenka.

Alize Cornet lost in the third round at the Wimbledon Championships to ninth seed Madison Keys.

At the final grand slam of the year, the US Open, Alize Cornet was defeated in the first round by Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.

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Alize Cornet played her first tournament of the year at the Brisbane International.

Alize Cornet defeated French wildcard Myrtille Georges in the first round before losing to Maria Sakkari in the second.

Alize Cornet lost to Carla Suarez Navarro in the quarterfinals of the Monterrey Open.

Alize Cornet suffered early exits in the singles main draw of her next four WTA tournaments in Rabat, Madrid, Rome and Strasbourg.

Alize Cornet ended her five-singles match losing streak when she defeated Catherine Bellis in the first round of the Premier-5 tournament in Cincinnati before losing world No 11, Dominika Cibulkova, in the second round.

On 11 January 2018, Alize Cornet was charged by the ITF with missing three out-of-competition drugs tests that were to be conducted between November 2016 and October 2017.

Alize Cornet would be allowed to play WTA and ITF tournaments until then, but if found guilty all prize money and rankings points accumulated during a certain period in 2017 would be forfeited.

At the US Open, Alize Cornet was given a code violation under Grand Slam rules for changing her shirt while on the court.

Alize Cornet played for France at the Hopman Cup, alongside Lucas Pouille.

In Hobart, the sixth-seeded Alize Cornet won her first three matches in straight sets to reach the semifinals, where she lost to Sofia Kenin.

At the Australian Open, Alize Cornet was eliminated in the second round by Venus Williams.

Alize Cornet lost in the first round at the St Petersburg Trophy to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

At the Italian Open, Alize Cornet won two qualifying matches to reach the singles main draw, where she defeated No 9 seed and world No 10, Aryna Sabalenka, in the first round and lost her second-round match against Carla Suarez Navarro.

Alize Cornet reached the quarterfinals where she retired against eventual finalist Jessica Pegula due to an upper-right thigh injury.

Alize Cornet lost in the second round at the Hobart International to third seed and eventual champion Elena Rybakina.

Alize Cornet stunned second seed Sofia Kenin in the second round.

Alize Cornet was defeated in the third round by eventual champion, Victoria Azarenka.

Alize Cornet started her 2021 season in January at the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Open.

Alize Cornet was defeated in the second round of the first edition of the Gippsland Trophy by second seed Naomi Osaka.

Alize Cornet defeated fifth seeded Andreescu again at Wimbledon, in the first round, her second top-10 win for the year.

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Alize Cornet reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, defeating Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova, world No 3 Garbine Muguruza, 29th seed Tamara Zidansek, and 14th seed Simona Halep en route.

Alize Cornet lost to Danielle Collins in the third round in straight sets.

From 2018, Alize Cornet has worn Lotto clothing and shoes, having been endorsed by Lacoste from the beginning of her professional career in 2005, whilst typically wearing Asics shoes.

Alize Cornet uses Babolat racquets, specifically endorsing the Pure Strike range of racquets.