Julie Coin

Julie Coin

Julie Coin at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Amiens, France
Born	(1982-12-02) 2 December 1982 (age 41) Amiens
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	November 2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$814,412
Singles
Career record	362–268
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 60 (27 July 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2009, 2010)
French Open	2R (2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2009, 2010)
US Open	3R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	170–124
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 49 (19 April 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010)
French Open	3R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)
US Open	2R (2009)

Coin recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating the then-world No. 1 ranked Ana Ivanovic at the 2008 US Open. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 60, achieved on 27 July 2009. She peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings on 19 April 2010.

Her parents, Philippe and Doriane Coin, were competitive team handball players.

Early career

Coin played at Clemson University, where she was an All-American, All-ACC, and ACC Player of the Year. She also holds numerous Clemson Women's Tennis records. Coin graduated from Clemson with a degree in mathematics.

2008

Coin and her doubles partner Violette Huck made it to the second round of the French Open women's doubles draw. Coin's breakthrough came at the US Open when she was ranked 188th in the world. She entered the main draw as a qualifier after defeating Amanda McDowell, Sesil Karatantcheva, and Elena Baltacha in the qualification rounds. This was the first time she had entered the main draw in singles at a WTA tournament. In the first round, she defeated Australian Casey Dellacqua 7–6, 7–6. Coin then rose to prominence and made worldwide headlines when she defeated world No. 1 and top-seeded Ana Ivanovic in the second round 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. ESPN and Sports Illustrated both called the win one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. Unfortunately, her parents only got to watch highlights of the match since Amélie Mauresmo, who was playing at the same time, was the one shown on French television.

Prior to Coin's upset victory, it had been 41 years since the top-seed had lost so early at the US Open, the previous time being when Maria Bueno lost in the second round of the 1967 U.S. National Championships. At the time of her victory against Ivanovic, Coin was ranked world No. 188.

She then lost 4–6, 4–6 to compatriot Amélie Mauresmo in the third round.

2009

Coin took on Mauresmo in the second round of woman's singles at Brisbane. The women played for approximately 3 hours, with Mauresmo eventually winning 5–7, 6–2, 7–6, after Coin held match points.

Coin beat Elena Vesnina 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 in the first round at the Australian Open. She fought hard, but ultimately fell to No. 14 Dominika Cibulková in three sets at Wimbledon.

2010

In the first round of the Australian Open, Coin recovered from a set down to defeat local favorite Alicia Molik 3–6, 7–6, 6–3 before losing in straight sets to Francesca Schiavone 3–6, 4–6.

2015

Partnering Emily Webley-Smith, Coin won the $100,000 tournament in February at Midland, defeating Jacqueline Cako and Sachia Vickery in the final. In November, she announced that the 2015 Open de Limoges will be her last professional tournament.

Singles: 22 (10–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	24 July 2005	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Dominika Nociarová	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	14 August 2005	London, United Kingdom	Hard	Claire Peterzan	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	22 January 2006	Oberhaching, Germany	Carpet (i)	Sabine Klaschka	6–7(0–7), 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	26 March 2006	Amiens, France	Clay (i)	Yaroslava Shvedova	6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	3.	17 March 2007	Mérida, Mexico	Hard (i)	Vanina García Sokol	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	29 July 2007	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	4.	3 February 2008	Belfort, France	Hard	Virginie Pichet	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	28 July 2008	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Urszula Radwańska	6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	12 October 2008	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard	Stéphanie Foretz	7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	5.	20 October 2008	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	4–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	1 March 2009	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 1–1 ret.
Runner-up	6.	26 July 2009	Lexington, United States	Hard	Sania Mirza	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Winner	7.	11 October 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Olga Savchuk	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	7.	31 July 2011	Vigo, Spain	Hard	Iryna Brémond	6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	8.	8 July 2012	Denver, United States	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	11 November 2012	Équeurdreville, France	Hard (i)	Alison Van Uytvanck	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	10 February 2013	Rancho Mirage, United States	Hard	Sachie Ishizu	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	11.	28 July 2013	Lexington, United States	Hard	Shelby Rogers	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	8.	29 September 2013	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Hard (i)	Doroteja Erić	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	28 September 2014	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Hard (i)	Richèl Hogenkamp	1–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	26 October 2014	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Jovana Jakšić	7–5, 6–3
Winner	10.	19 April 2015	Ponta Delgada, Portugal	Hard	Georgina García Pérez	6–0, 6–1

Doubles: 27 (16–11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	26 March 2001	Amiens, France	Clay	Olivia Cappelletti	Bianca Cremer   Jelena Pandžić	7–5, 6–1
Winner	2.	4 July 2005	Le Touquet, France	Clay	Alice Hall	Karla Mraz   Virginie Pichet	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	1.	15 January 2006	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Kildine Chevalier	Darija Jurak   Renata Voráčová	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	26 March 2006	Amiens, France	Clay (i)	Karla Mraz	Olga Panova   Yaroslava Shvedova	4–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	27 January 2007	Grenoble, France	Hard	Sherazad Benamar	Stéphanie Rizzi   Karolina Kosińska	1–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	4.	17 March 2008	Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Violette Huck	Mervana Jugić-Salkić   Tzipora Obziler	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	4 May 2008	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Monica Niculescu   Renata Voráčová	7–6(7–2), 1–6, [5–10]
Winner	5.	28 June 2008	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Story Tweedie-Yates	Estrella Cabeza Candela   Sara del Barrio Aragón	6–3, 6–1
Winner	6.	20 September 2008	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Irena Pavlovic	Yuliya Beygelzimer   Anastasia Poltoratskaya	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	11 October 2008	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard	Violette Huck	Mervana Jugić-Salkić   Kristina Barrois	2–6, 6–7
Winner	7.	3 May 2009	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Anna Tatishvili   Erica Krauth	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	29 August 2009	Bronx, United States	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Anna-Lena Grönefeld   Vania King	0–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	1 November 2009	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Marta Domachowska   Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 3–6, [10–3]
Winner	9.	16 July 2011	Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Emma Laine   Melanie South	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner	10.	24 July 2011	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Maria Abramović   Nicole Clerico	6–3, 6–2
Winner	11.	28 August 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Sandra Klemenschits   Irena Pavlovic	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	6 November 2011	Nantes, France	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Stéphanie Foretz   Kristina Mladenovic	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	28 January 2012	Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Eva Hrdinová	Karolína Plíšková   Kristýna Plíšková	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up	8.	24 March 2012	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Melanie South	Tatjana Maria   Stephanie Vogt	3–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Winner	12.	14 April 2012	Pelham, United States	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Elena Bovina   Ekaterina Bychkova	7–5, 6–4
Winner	13.	13 October 2012	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Séverine Beltrame	Justyna Jegiołka   Diāna Marcinkēviča	7–5, 6–4
Winner	14.	15 June 2013	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	Julia Glushko   Erika Sema	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	20 July 2013	Granby, Canada	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Lena Litvak   Carol Zhao	5–7, 4–6
Winner	15.	13 October 2013	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Ana Vrljić	Andrea Hlaváčková   Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 4–6, [15–13]
Winner	16.	8 February 2015	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Emily Webley-Smith	Jacqueline Cako   Sachia Vickery	4–6, 7–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	10.	11 April 2015	Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Mathilde Johansson	Jocelyn Rae   Anna Smith	6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up	11.	10 May 2015	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz	María Irigoyen   Paula Kania	1–6, 3–6