Bibiane Schoofs
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| Country (sports) |
 Netherlands
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| Residence | Ede, Netherlands |
| Born |
13 May 1988 Rhenen, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (double-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $ 111,112 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 251–130 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 142 (11 June 2012) |
| Current ranking | No. 432 (13 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2012) |
| French Open | Q1 (2012) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2012) |
| US Open | Q1 (2012, 2014) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 72–35 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 9 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 473 (20 July 2009) |
Bibiane Schoofs (born 13 May 1988; previously known as Bibiane Weijers) is a Dutch professional tennis player. On 11 June 2012, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 142, whilst her best doubles ranking was 473 on 20 July 2009. She was married on 7 July 2014 and took her husband's surname. In late 2016, Weijers had reverted to her maiden name, Schoofs.
Playing for the Netherlands at the Fed Cup, Schoofs has a win–loss record of 3–6.
Schoofs' best season so far has been in 2011. She climbed more than 250 places in the rankings and won two 25k ITF tournaments in Montpellier and Middelburg. She also reached the final in Prague and Zwevegem.
At the end of the 2011 season, Schoofs qualified for the 2011 BGL Luxembourg Open, thus making her debut in a WTA event. She played Angelique Kerber in the first round and recorded the biggest win of her career, defeating world number 29 Kerber in three sets, 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 after being down 6–2, 2–0. She then caused another upset against world number 62 Canadian Rebecca Marino, defeating her in the second round in three sets, 1–6, 6–1, 7–5. Her run was ended by British qualifier Anne Keothavong in the quarterfinals where she was beaten 6–3 6–2.
Schoofs began her year as a qualifier at the 2012 ASB Classic in Auckland, but lost to Mónica Puig, 6–2 6–7 3–6, leading 6–2 5–4 and 6–3 6–7 3–0.
She then played qualifications for the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, the 2012 Australian Open. In a 2.5 hour match, she outlasted Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova 11–9 in the final set. In the second round she lost to Russian teenager Irina Khromacheva.
In the Fed Cup, Schoofs played four matches, winning two. She then was out for two months after a thigh injury.
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