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French tennis player
Samantha Schoeffel Full name Samantha Schoeffel-Hechinger Country (sports) France Born (1981-01-24 ) 24 January 1981 (age 43) Prize money $33,876 Career record 95–62 Career titles 5 ITF Highest ranking No. 430 (18 May 2009) Career record 65–48 Career titles 10 ITF Highest ranking No. 198 (12 July 1999) French Open 1R (1999 )
Samantha Schoeffel-Hechinger (born 24 January 1981) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Biography
Schoeffel, who is originally from Cape Town, South Africa began competing on the professional tour in 1996.
As a doubles player she broke into the world's top 200, with WTA Tour quarterfinal appearances at the 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg and the 2000 Belgian Open . She featured in the women's doubles main draw at the 1999 French Open , as a wildcard pairing with Stéphanie Foretz .[1]
In 2001, she left the tour to play collegiate tennis at Florida State University [2] , later returning to the professional circuit in 2006 and going on to win five ITF singles titles. She reached her best singles ranking of 430 in the world in 2009.
She lives in Obernai , France.
ITF finals
Singles: 8 (5–3)
Legend
$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.
12 August 2007
Rebecq , Belgium
Clay
Julia Babilon
2–6, 0–6
Runner-up
2.
28 October 2007
Dubrovnik , Croatia
Clay
Nataša Zorić
6–0, 6–7(5–7) , 1–6
Winner
1.
5 November 2007
Le Havre , France
Clay (i)
Romana Janshen
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up
3.
22 September 2008
Clermont-Ferrand , France
Hard (i)
Ksenia Lykina
4–6, 4–6
Winner
2.
6 October 2008
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Ekaterine Gorgodze
6–2, 6–1
Winner
3.
18 October 2008
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Clay
Paola Cigui
6–1, 6–3
Winner
4.
9 November 2008
Le Havre, France
Clay (i)
Shérazad Reix
7–6(7–4) , 7–6(8–6)
Winner
5.
5 April 2009
Antalya , Turkey
Hard
Julia Babilon
7–6(10–8) , 1–0 ret.
Doubles: 15 (10–5)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
1.
15 March 1998
Biel , Switzerland
Hard (i)
Laura Bao
Kirstin Freye Jean Okada
0–6, 7–6, 1–6
Runner-up
2.
3 August 1998
Périgueux , France
Clay
Stephanie Testard
Paula García Kelly Liggan
6–3, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner
1.
22 November 1998
Deauville , France
Carpet (i)
Emmanuelle Curutchet
Lubomira Bacheva Iroda Tulyaganova
6–1, 2–6, 7–6
Winner
2.
9 May 1999
Seoul , South Korea
Clay
Iroda Tulyaganova
Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner
3.
24 April 2000
Talence , France
Hard
Séverine Beltrame
Aurore Desert Magalie Lamarre
6–2, 6–2
Winner
4.
12 August 2007
Rebecq , Belgium
Clay
Émilie Bacquet
Claire Lablans Marcella Koek
7–6(8–6) , 6–7(3–7) , 6–4
Winner
5.
19 August 2007
Koksijde , Belgium
Clay
Émilie Bacquet
Sylwia Zagorska Olga Brózda
6–1, 6–1
Winner
6.
24 August 2007
Westende , Belgium
Hard
Claire de Gubernatis
Leslie Butkiewicz Katharina Brown
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner
7.
10 September 2007
Casale Monferrato , Italy
Clay
Émilie Bacquet
Stefania Chieppa Giulia Gatto-Monticone
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up
3.
15 October 2007
Dubrovnik , Croatia
Clay
Émilie Bacquet
Nataša Zorić Miljana Adanko
3–6, 3–6
Winner
8.
5 November 2007
Le Havre , France
Clay (i)
Elodie Caillat
Anna Savitskaya Bibiane Schoofs
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner
9.
11 August 2008
Versmold , Germany
Clay
Bibiane Schoofs
Nicola Geuer Laura Haberkorn
4–6, 7–6(7–5) , [10–5]
Runner-up
4.
22 September 2008
Clermont-Ferrand , France
Hard (i)
Bibiane Schoofs
Ksenia Lykina Vivienne Vierin
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up
5.
6 October 2008
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Bibiane Schoofs
Kristi Miller Lucia Sainz-Pelegri
7–6(7–5) , 6–7(6–8) , [7–10]
Winner
10.
3 November 2008
Le Havre, France
Clay (i)
Bibiane Schoofs
Ana Bezjak Neda Kozic
6–3, 6–1
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