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Isabelle Demongeot

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Isabelle Demongeot
Country (sports) France
Born (1966-09-18) 18 September 1966 (age 58)
Gassin, France
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Turned pro1983
Retired1996
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$804,884
Singles
Career record249–221
Career titles1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 35 (23 May 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1990, 1993)
French Open3R (1988)
Wimbledon4R (1986)
US Open3R (1987, 1994)
Doubles
Career record251–187
Career titles9 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 20 (8 May 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1990, 1992)
French OpenQF (1987, 1992)
Wimbledon3R (1985, 1988, 1992, 1995)
US Open3R (1989, 1992)

Isabelle Demongeot (born 18 September 1966) is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional on 1 May 1983. She lived in Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in the early stages of her career and later settled nearby in Gassin.

Demongeot won her only WTA Tour singles title in Purchase in New York state in 1991. She achieved her best Grand Slam singles performance by reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon in 1986. She won a total of nine WTA Tour doubles titles. Her best Grand Slam doubles performance was reaching the French Open quarter-finals with Nathalie Tauziat of France in 1987 and 1992. She also represented her country from 1985 to 1993 in the Federation/Fed Cup and in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games.[1] She retired from the WTA Tour in 1996.

In her 2007 book, Service volé, she accused her coach, Régis de Camaret, of rape and sexual abuse. She would later be joined by several former pupils who made similar allegations. Although her own case was time-barred, she acted as a witness in the 2012 trial of de Camaret for offences against two young players.[2] The 70-year-old coach was sentenced to eight years in prison, increased to ten years on appeal in 2014.[3]

WTA Tour finals

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Singles 1 (1–0)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Virginia Slims (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)
Tier IV & V (1/0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 July 1991 Westchester, US Hard United States Lori McNeil 6–4, 6–4

Doubles 13 (9–4)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Virginia Slims (1/0)
Tier I (1/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (1/1)
Tier IV & V (6/3)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Sep 1987 Paris, France Clay France Nathalie Tauziat Italy Sandra Cecchini
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš
1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2. May 1988 Berlin, West Germany Clay France Nathalie Tauziat Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czech Republic Helena Suková
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 1. Jul 1988 Nice, France Clay France Nathalie Tauziat France Catherine Suire
France Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win 3. Oct 1988 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) France Nathalie Tauziat West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6–3, 6–3
Loss 2. Oct 1988 Brighton, UK Carpet (i) France Nathalie Tauziat United States Lori McNeil
United States Betsy Nagelsen
7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 4. May 1989 Hamburg, West Germany Clay France Nathalie Tauziat Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
walkover
Win 5. Aug 1991 Albuquerque, US Hard United States Katrina Adams South Africa Lise Gregory
United States Peanut Louie Harper
6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3. Sep 1991 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) United Kingdom Jo Durie Soviet Union Elena Brioukhovets
Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva
7–5, 6–3
Win 6. Sep 1991 Leipzig, Germany Carpet (i) Netherlands Manon Bollegraf Canada Jill Hetherington
United States Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel
6–4, 6–3
Win 7. Apr 1992 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Ukraine Natalia Medvedeva France Pascale Paradis
France Sandrine Testud
6–1, 6–1
Win 8. Apr 1992 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Ukraine Natalia Medvedeva Japan Rika Hiraki
Czechoslovakia Petra Langrová
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 9. Feb 1993 Auckland, New Zealand Hard South Africa Elna Reinach Canada Jill Hetherington
United States Kathy Rinaldi
6–2, 6–4
Loss 4. Apr 1994 Taranto, Italy Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini Romania Irina Spîrlea
France Noëlle van Lottum
6–3, 2–6, 6–1

ITF finals

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Singles (4-4)

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 17 October 1983 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Israel Rafeket Benjamini 6–0, 6–0
Winner 2. 23 January 1984 Key Biscayne, United States Hard Sweden Carin Anderholm 7–5, 6–3
Winner 3. 20 August 1984 Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Renata Šašak 7–6, 7–5
Winner 4. 31 December 1984 Chicago, United States Hard United States Kirsten Dreyer 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 15 July 1991 Evansville, United States Hard United States Kimberly Po 6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 6. 9 December 1991 Val-d'Oise, France Hard France Nathalie Tauziat 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 7. 12 December 1994 Cergy, France Hard (i) Poland Katarzyna Nowak 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 3 March 1996 Southampton, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Bulgaria Elena Pampoulova 3–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles (4-4)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 11 June 1984 Lyon, France Clay France Nathalie Tauziat Argentina Mercedes Paz
United States Ronni Reis
6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 31 December 1984 Chicago, United States Hard France Nathalie Tauziat United States Lynn Lewis
Canada Wendy Barlow
6–4, 6–7, 5–7
Winner 3. 21 January 1985 San Antonio, United States Hard France Nathalie Tauziat Sweden Elisabeth Ekblom
Netherlands Marianne van der Torre
6–3, 6–4
Winner 4. 30 March 1987 Limoges, France Clay France Nathalie Tauziat Switzerland Céline Cohen
Switzerland Eva Krapl
7–5, 6–2
Winner 5. 7 December 1992 Val-d'Oise, France Hard France Catherine Suire Belgium Sabine Appelmans
France Julie Halard-Decugis
7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 29 March 1993 Moulins, France Hard France Catherine Suire Latvia Agnese Blumberga
Czech Republic Jana Pospíšilová
6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 6 December 1993 Val-d'Oise, France Hard France Catherine Suire Poland Magdalena Feistel
Russia Elena Makarova
6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 8. 10 April 1994 Limoges, France Clay Sweden Maria Strandlund France Angelique Olivier
Austria Heidi Sprung
6–2, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ Isabelle Demongeot Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ "French tennis coach jailed for rapes". 23 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Procès en appel : 10 ans de prison pour l'ex-entraîneur de tennis Régis de Camaret". Le Parisien (in French). 11 February 2014.
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