Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor

Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor
Country (sports) France
ResidenceParis
Born (1975-11-13) 13 November 1975 (age 48)
Seclin, France
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2+12 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2001
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$823,787
Singles
Career record278–198
Career titles1 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 29 (1 November 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1995, 2001)
French Open3R (1996)
Wimbledon3R (1999, 2000)
US Open3R (1998)
Doubles
Career record52–101
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 101 (5 August 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1996, 1997)
French Open2R (1996, 1998)
Wimbledon1R (1996)
US Open2R (1996)

Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor (born 13 November 1975) is a former professional tennis player from France. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 29, which she achieved on 1 November 1999.

Pitkowski won her only career singles final in Budapest in the spring of 1999, where she beat Cristina Torrens Valero in the final. She was also the runner-up at the WTA Tour tournament in Antwerp in the same year, where she lost to Justine Henin. She has won a total of ten singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit but never advanced beyond the third round of any Grand Slam event in singles competition. She represented France in the first round of the Fed Cup in 1998 as a rookie, and saved the defending champions from losing to Belgium by defeating Sabine Appelmans 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.

Pitkowski married the French professional tennis player Olivier Malcor, who has served as a coach for Nicolas Mahut, on 7 July 2001. The couple have a son.

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (1–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Apr 1999 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2. May 1999 Belgian Open, Antwerp Clay Belgium Justine Henin 1–6, 2–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Career W–L
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2–7
French Open 1R A 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 4–8
Wimbledon A A 1R A 2R 1R 3R 3R 1R 5–6
US Open A A 1R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R A 5–6
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 2–4 3–3 3–4 2–4 3–4 2–4 1–3 16–27

ITF Circuit finals

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$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (10–4)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 10 February 1992 ITF Swindon, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Belgium Caroline Wuillot 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2. 17 February 1992 ITF Reims, France Carpet (i) Belgium Caroline Wuillot 4–6, 1–6
Loss 3. 27 April 1992 ITF Lerida, Spain Clay Argentina Paola Suárez 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win 4. 26 October 1992 ITF Madeira, Portugal Hard France Angelique Olivier 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 5. 30 November 1992 ITF Le Havre, France Clay (i) Romania Ruxandra Dragomir 6–7, 5–7
Loss 6. 1 March 1993 ITF Cascais, Portugal Clay Italy Ginevra Mugnaini 2–6, 4–6
Win 7. 7 June 1993 ITF Caserta, Italy Clay Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos 7–5, 6–3
Win 8. 28 February 1994 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Spain Ángeles Montolio 6–4, 6–3
Win 9. 28 March 1994 ITF Moulins, France Hard (i) France Angelique Olivier 7–5, 6–4
Win 10. 14 August 1995 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Spain Magüi Serna 6–1, 6–3
Win 11. 4 December 1995 ITF Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard (i) Madagascar Dally Randriantefy 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win 12. 23 March 1997 ITF Reims, France Clay (i) Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva 7–5, 6–1
Win 13. 23 August 1998 Bronx Open, United States Hard Zimbabwe Cara Black 6–3, 7–5
Win 14. 6 December 1998 ITF Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard (i) France Nathalie Dechy 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles (1–1)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 23 August 1998 Bronx Open, United States Hard Greece Christína Papadáki United Kingdom Julie Pullin
United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe
3–6, 1–6
Win 2. 30 July 2001 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Gisela Riera
6–2, 6–3
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