Stéphanie Vongsouthi
| Country (sports) |
 France |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 September 1988 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $82,523 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 178–157 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 311 (9 November 2009) |
| Current ranking | 1096 (7 May 2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 20–40 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 323 (22 March 2010) |
| Last updated on: 7 May 2012. | |
Stéphanie Vongsouthi (born 15 September 1988) is a French tennis player.
Vongsouthi played her first ever professional match on the clay at Amiens in France, at the age of 16. She lost a close match to compatriot Laurene Fayol, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4. She left Amiens with her first prize money of $98. Vongsouthi's first victory came four months later at Zwevegem in Belgium. She defeated the Belgian Davinia Lobbinger 6–4, 6–3. She went on to lost a tight match in the second round to Gabriela Velasco Andreu the world #380, 7–6 (5) 5–7, 6–2. Vongsouthi played three more tournaments that year but did not advance past the second round in any of them. She ended the year ranked 1090 with a singles record of 3–6.
Vongsouthi started her year in Belfort, France, where she lost in the qualifying rounds. Next she returned to Amiens where she managed to win her first round match against Tessy Van de Ven, 6–3, 6–1. However, she lost in the next round to 4th seed Gaëlle Widmer of Switzerland. She then lost in the first round of three more tournaments, all in France, including Strasbourg where she faced her highest ever ranked opponent, Virginie Pichet, ranked 203.
In June, Vongsouthi headed to Montpellier, here she experienced a breakthrough, beating through seed including Émilie Bacquet and Eva Fernández-Brugués to reach her first ever ITF final. However here Vongsouthi was unable to overcome Olivia Sanchez ranked #469 and after an impressive first set Vongsouthi let the match run away from her, 6–7 (6) 6–0, 6–0. Her results improved from then on with a Quarter final appearance in Brussels and a semi final in Rebecq.
She entered Enschede in the Netherlands as the no. 6 seed. Ranked at 646 this was the first time Vongsouthi had been seeded in a professional tournament. She struggled through her first round match against Olivia Scarfi, 6–3, 6–7 (4) 6–0. Before flying through the next three rounds to reach the final. Her second final of the year ended in the same way as the first, losing 6–2, 6–3 to Marlot Meddens.
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