Julia Cohen at the 2013 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes
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Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Philadelphia, United States |
Born |
Philadelphia, United States |
March 23, 1989
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Turned pro | 2003 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $360,308 |
Singles | |
Career record | 267-283 |
Career titles | 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | 97 (July 30, 2012) |
Current ranking | 580 (December 29, 2014) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2011) |
French Open | Q2 (2011) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2011) |
US Open | 1R (2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 99–148 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | 121 (May 13, 2013) |
Current ranking | 333 (December 29, 2014) |
Last updated on: December 31, 2014. |
Julia Cohen (born March 23, 1989) is an American professional tennis player.
Cohen has won five singles and four doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 30 July 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 97. On 13 May 2013, she peaked at world number 121 in the doubles rankings.
Cohen started tennis at the age of three. In 1997, at the age of eight, she became the youngest player to win an adult match in a Middle States Tennis Association tournament.
In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In 2006, she was the top-ranked American girl tennis player. That same year, she and partner Kimberly Couts reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the Wimbledon Junior Championships.
She is coached by her brother's friend Conor Taylor.
Cohen played in the 2012 Baku Cup. She made it to the second round after top seed Ksenia Pervak retired. She eventually made it to her first WTA final there, before losing to fifth-seeded Serbian Bojana Jovanovski.