Julia Cohen

Julia Cohen

Full name	Julia Cohen
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Philadelphia, United States
Born	(1989-03-23) March 23, 1989 Philadelphia, United States
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$156,736
Singles
Career record	191–176
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 97 (July 30, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 97 (July 30, 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2011)
French Open	Q2 (2011)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2011)
US Open	Q2 (2010)
Australian Open Junior	2R (2007)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2006)
US Open Junior	3R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	47–82
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 208 (September 12, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 214 (October 31, 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	F (2007)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2006)
US Open Junior	2R (2006)
Last updated on: November 1, 2011.

Julia Cohen (born March 23, 1989) is an American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit.

Early life and tennis career

Cohen, who is Jewish, started tennis at the age of 3.[1] In 1997, at the age of eight, she became the youngest player to win an adult match in a Middle States Tennis Association tournament.[2]

In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship.[3] In 2006, she was the top-ranked American girl tennis player.[4] That year she partnered with Kimberly Couts in doubles at the Wimbledon Junior Championships, making it to the quarterfinals.[5]

She is coached by her brother, Josh Cohen.

Cohen participated in the 2012 Baku Cup. She made it to the second round after top seed Ksenia Pervak retired. Julia got to her first quarter and semifinal after wins over Alla Kudryavtseva and Magdaléna Rybáriková. She played unseeded Olga Puchkova in the semifinals, beating her in three sets and reaching her first WTA final. She lost the final to fifth-seeded Serbian Bojana Jovanovski.

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 28, 2012	Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Bojana Jovanovski	3–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 11 (4–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	5 September 2004	ITF $10,000 Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	María José López Herrera	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	13 March 2005	ITF $10,000 Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Larissa Carvalho	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	25 November 2007	ITF $25,000 Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Clarisa Fernández	1–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	13 December 2009	ITF $10,000 Xalapa, Mexico	Hard	Gira Schofield	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	25 April 2010	ITF $25,000 Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Lauren Albanese	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	18 July 2010	ITF $25,000 Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	5–7, 1–6
Winner	7.	25 July 2010	ITF $25,000 Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Fatma Al Nabhani	1–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	21 November 2010	ITF $25,000 Niterói, Brazil	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	5 December 2010	ITF $25,000 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	28 May 2011	ITF $25,000 Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ayu-Fani Damayanti	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	03 October 2011	ITF $25,000 Yerevan, Armenia	Clay	Andrea Koch-Benvenuto	7-6(6), 6-2

Doubles finals: 4 (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	5 September 2009	ITF $10,000 Celaya, Mexico	Clay	Vivian Segnini	Anastasia Kharchenko Nathalia Rossi	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	24 April 2010	ITF $25,000 Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Lauren Albanese	Macall Harkins Vivian Segnini	6–3, 7–6(6)
Runner-up	3.	27 June 2011	ITF $25,000 Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Quirine Lemoine Maryna Zanevska	3-6, 4-6
Runner-up	4.	11 July 2011	ITF $25,000 Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Andrea Koch-Benvenuto	Andrea Gamiz Adriana Perez	3-6, 4-6

External links

• Julia Cohen at the Women's Tennis Association