Virginie Pichet

Virginie Pichet
Pichet at the 2009 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer
Country (sports) France
Born (1983-01-28) 28 January 1983 (age 41)
France
Turned pro2000
Retired2014
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$233,925
Singles
Career record248–183
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 120 (21 June 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2004)
French Open1R (2003, 2004, 2006)
WimbledonQ2 (2006)
US OpenQ3 (2003)
Doubles
Career record69–62
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 239 (22 June 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

Virginie Pichet (French pronunciation: [viʁʒini piʃɛ]; born 28 January 1983) is a French former tennis player.

In her career, she won seven singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 June 2004, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 120. On 22 June 2009, she peaked at No. 239 in the doubles rankings.

Pichet, who started playing tennis at the age of seven, competed in the main draw of the French Open in singles 2003, 2004, 2006, and in doubles every year from 2003 to 2008, always losing her first round.

Virginie Pichet retired from professional tennis 2014.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 22 (7–15)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–7)
Clay (1–6)
Carpet (1–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 7 August 2000 Périgueux, France Clay France Céline Beigbeder 1–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 19 November 2001 Deauville, France Clay (i) France Sophie Erre 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3. 21 January 2002 Grenoble, France Hard (i) Austria Sybille Bammer 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4. 14 July 2002 Getxo, Spain Clay Spain María José Sánchez Alayeto 4–6, 3–6
Loss 5. 22 July 2002 Pamplona, Spain Hard (i) United Kingdom Elena Baltacha 2–6, 1–6
Loss 6. 5 August 2002 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Belgium Gaelle Taton 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 7. 19 August 2002 Westende, Belgium Hard Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz 4–6, 3–6
Loss 8. 10 November 2002 Le Havre, France Clay (i) Belgium Gaelle Taton 5–7, 1–6
Loss 9. 17 November 2002 Deauville, France Clay (i) Ukraine Julia Vakulenko 2–6, 1–6
Win 1. 20 July 2003 Les Contamines-Montjoie, France Hard Italy Nathalie Viérin 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 10. 30 November 2003 Prague, Czech Republic Carpet (i) Sweden Sofia Arvidsson 1–6, 2–6
Loss 11. 17 February 2004 Redbridge, UK Hard (i) Russia Anna Chakvetadze 2–6, 2–6
Win 2. 28 March 2004 Athens, Greece Hard Czech Republic Kateřina Böhmová 6–1, 6–2
Win 3. 20 June 2005 Périgueux, France Clay Belarus Ekaterina Dzehalevich 6–3, 7–6 (10–8)
Win 4. 22 January 2006 Tipton, UK Hard (i) France Irena Pavlovic 6–4, 6–1
Win 5. 29 January 2006 Grenoble, France Hard (i) France Gaëlle Desperrier 6–3, 6–1
Loss 12. 19 February 2006 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Russia Elise Tamaëla 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 6. 4 February 2007 Belfort, France Carpet (i) Switzerland Stefanie Vögele 2–6, 6–0, 6–2
Loss 13. 13 February 2007 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Croatia Nika Ožegović 2–6, 2–6
Loss 14. 7 October 2007 Nantes, France Hard (i) Poland Anna Korzeniak 4–6, 0–6
Win 7. 27 October 2007 Saint-Denis, France Hard Serbia Teodora Mirčić 6–1, 6–3
Loss 15. 28 January 2008 Belfort, France Carpet (i) France Julie Coin 0–6, 3–6

Doubles: 12 (5–7)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (3–3)
Carpet (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 15 November 1999 Deauville, France Clay (i) France Chloé Carlotti Netherlands Maaike Koutstaal
Czech Republic Magdalena Zděnovcová
7–5, 6–4
Loss 1. 7 August 2000 Périgueux, France Clay France Chloé Carlotti France Diana Brunel
France Edith Nunes
3–6, 4–6
Win 2. 21 March 2004 Amiens, France Clay (i) Belgium Caroline Maes France Florence Haring
Madagascar Natacha Randriantefy
3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 3. 1 November 2004 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium Hard (i) Tunisia Selima Sfar Slovakia Eva Fislová
Slovakia Stanislava Hrozenská
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2. 4 July 2005 Le Touquet, France Clay France Karla Mraz France Julie Coin
France Alice Hall
5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 3. 29 January 2006 Grenoble, France Hard (i) France Florence Haring Romania Simona Matei
Turkey Pemra Özgen
3–6, 5–7
Loss 4. 1 May 2006 Catania, Italy Clay France Diana Brunel Italy Francesca Lubiani
Italy Valentina Sassi
w/o
Loss 5. 28 October 2007 Saint-Denis, France Hard France Florence Haring Mauritius Marinne Giraud
Serbia Teodora Mirčić
2–6, 5–7
Win 4. 26 January 2009 Grenoble, France Hard (i) France Youlia Fedossova Russia Maria Kondratieva
France Sophie Lefèvre
6–3, 6–3
Loss 6. 2 February 2009 Belfort, France Hard (i) France Youlia Fedossova Latvia Irina Kuzmina
Ukraine Oxana Lyubtsova
3–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Loss 7. 23 March 2009 Jersey, United Kingdom Carpet (i) France Youlia Fedossova Italy Maria Elena Camerin
France Stéphanie Foretz
4–6, 2–6
Win 5. 13 April 2009 Tessenderlo, Belgium Clay (i) France Youlia Fedossova Switzerland Stefania Boffa
Croatia Darija Jurak
7–5, 6–3
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