Laurence Courtois

Laurence Courtois
Nation:	Belgium
Birthday:	January 18, 1976
Size:	172 cm
1st professional season:	1993
Resignation:	2002
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 739,366
singles
Career record:	220: 177
Career title:	0 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	37 (November 18 1996)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	183: 131
Career title:	4 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking:	32 (April 10, 2000)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Laurence Courtois (born January 18, 1976 in Kortrijk ) is a former Belgian tennis player .

Career

Laurence Courtois won a total of four doubles, but no single titles , in her career on the WTA Tour . She reached another seven finals (two in singles, five in doubles). Her greatest successes in Grand Slam tournaments were reaching the third round in singles at the Australian Open and in all four Grand Slam tournaments in doubles (round of 16). She achieved her best placements in the world rankings with 37th place in singles and 32nd place in doubles.

In the Fed Cup , Courtois won 19 of their 29 games in 25 appearances. She was part of the Belgian Fed Cup team when they triumphed in 2001 . She also represented Belgium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

2001 Courtois was in the Bundesliga with the TC Blau-Weiss Bocholt u. a. together with Kim Clijsters and Barbara Schett German team champion. In September 2002 she played her last professional match at an ITF tournament in Georgia.

successes

singles

Final participation

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Tournament winner	Result
1.	May 19, 1996	Cardiff	WTA World Tour	Clay court	Dominique Van Roost	2: 6, 4: 6
2.	June 13, 1999	Tashkent	WTA World Tour	Hard court	Anna Smaschnowa	3: 6, 3: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	February 20, 1994	Paris	WTA World Tour	Carpet (hall)	Sabine Appelmans	Mary Pierce Andrea Temesvári	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	August 9, 1998	Istanbul	WTA World Tour	Hard court	Meike Babel	Åsa Carlsson Florencia Labat	6-0, 6-2
3.	April 25, 1999	Cairo	WTA World Tour	Clay court	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis	7: 5, 1: 6, 7: 6
4th	October 24, 1999	Bratislava	WTA Tier IV	Hard court (hall)	Kim Clijsters	Wolha Barabanschtschykawa Lilia Osterloh	6: 2, 3: 6, 7: 5

Final participation

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Winners	Result
1.	January 9, 1995	Jakarta	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Nancy Feber	Claudia Porwik Irina Spîrlea	2: 6, 3: 6
2.	April 14, 1996	Jakarta	WTA World Tour	Hard court	Nancy Feber	Claudia Porwik Irina Spîrlea	6: 7 2 , 5: 7
3.	May 19, 1996	Cardiff	WTA World Tour	Clay court	Els Callens	Katrina Adams Mariaan de Swardt	0: 6, 4: 6
4th	October 26, 1997	Luxembourg	WTA World Tour	Carpet (hall)	Meike Babel	Larisa Neiland Helena Suková	2: 6, 4: 6
5.	November 5, 2000	Leipzig	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Kim Clijsters	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	7: 6 6 , 5: 7, 3: 6

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Australian Open	1	2	3	-	-	1	1
French Open	1	2	2	1	-	1	1
Wimbledon	1	2	2	1	-	1	1
US Open	1	1	2	-	1	1	-

Double

competition	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Australian Open	-	1	2	1	-	1	2	2	AF	-
French Open	2	1	1	1	-	-	AF	1	AF	1
Wimbledon	-	1	1	1	-	-	AF	1	2	-
US Open	-	-	AF	-	-	AF	2	AF	AF	-

Year-end placements

year	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
singles	733	293	124	103	63	37	188	124	79	130	190
Double											074	895

Web links

• WTA profile Laurence Courtois (English)
• ITF profile Laurence Courtois (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Laurence Courtois (English)
• Laurence Courtois in the database of Olympedia.org (English)