30 Facts About Alize Cornet

1. Alize Cornet wears Lotto clothing and shoes, and uses Babolat racquets.

2. At the US Open, Alize Cornet was given a code violation under Grand Slam rules for changing her shirt while on the court, which angered some as male players are not penalized for doing such.

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. Alize Cornet reached the final after 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.

8. Alize Cornet lost to 13th seed Eugenie Bouchard in the fourth round.

9. Alize Cornet dropped to the world No 24 after the French Open.

10. Alize Cornet was the defending champion at the Internationaux de Strasbourg but lost to Camila Giorgi in a tight three-setter in the 1st round.

11. Alize Cornet ended the year at No 27, her highest since 2008.

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

13. Alize Cornet kicked off her clay-court season at the Copa Colsanitas tournament in Colombia where she was defeated in the second round defeat, Cornet improved upon this performance in her next tournament, the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, reaching the semifinals before being defeated by eventual champion Sara Errani.

14. Alize Cornet kicked off the 2013 season by playing in the Brisbane International singles tournament.

15. At Wimbledon, Alize Cornet lost in the second round to eventual quarterfinalist Tamira Paszek.

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

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

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

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

20. Alize Cornet began the season at the ASB Classic in Auckland, losing to Francesca Schiavone in the quarterfinals.

21. Alize Cornet entered the Australian Open as the fifteenth seed, easily winning her two matches.

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

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

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

25. Alize Cornet reached the second round before being defeated by the experienced Ai Sugiyama in three sets.

26. Alize Cornet was defeated in the Wimbledon 2007 qualifying event by Olga Govortsova, but made it to the main draw as a lucky loser when Li Na withdrew.

27. Alize Cornet has an impressive junior's record, reaching a career-high combined ranking of world No 8 in 2007.

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

29. Alize Cornet has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

30. Alize Cornet is a French professional tennis player.