Audra Cohen

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Audra Cohen
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Full nameAudra Marie Cohen
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Plantation, Florida, U.S.
Born (1986-04-21) April 21, 1986 (age 38)
California, United States
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Turned pro2003
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College Northwestern
Miami
Prize money $ 72,967
Singles
Career record59–63
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 229 (03 November 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open 1R (2007)
Doubles
Career record25–23
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 271 (27 April 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open 2R (2004)
Last updated on: 20 April 2011.

Audra Marie Cohen (born April 21, 1986) is an American former professional tennis player and current college tennis coach. She was the # 1 collegiate female tennis player in the United States in 2007. At the University of Miami in 2005-2006 she was named the ITA National Player of the Year and was the National Indoor Champion, and in 2006-07 she won the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship, the NCAA Singles Championship, and the ITA National Player of the Year award. She is currently the head women's tennis coach at the University of Oklahoma. [1]

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Her career-high world rank was 229 in singles, and 271 in doubles. [2]

Early life

Cohen was born in California and is Jewish. [3] When Cohen was a child, she first excelled at swimming, but she picked up a tennis racquet at the age of nine, and became a self-described “club rat,” who would hit as much as possible. She learned tennis at Bill Clark's Tennis Academy.

High school

Cohen attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. [4] She won the Florida state championship in singles and doubles as a junior and a senior, and was undefeated and an All American and was named the Miami Herald and Sun-Sentinel Player of the Year during both her junior and senior seasons. [4] She was a four-time All-State and All-County Award recipient. [4] As a senior, she earned the USTA National Sportsmanship Award and was named USTA Florida Player of the Year. [4] In her senior year she also won the Easter Bowl doubles championship, and was a doubles champion in the Clay Courts Super Nationals, Hard Court Super Nationals, and Winter Super Nationals. [4]

College career

Cohen attended Northwestern University in the Fall of 2004, and won her first 23 singles matches. [4] She then won the ITA National Singles Title, the ITA National Indoor Doubles Championship, and the ITA Midwest Championships. [4] In 2004–05 at Northwestern, Cohen played No. 1 singles and was 51–7. [4] Her 51 wins tied her for third all-time since 1988. [4] She was named All-American in both singles and doubles, received the ITA Midwest Regional Rookie Player of the Year Award and the ITA National Rookie of the Year Award, was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Athlete of the Year, was named to the All-Big Ten team. [4]

Cohen later transferred after her freshman year and attended the University of Miami, and played tennis for the Miami Hurricanes. [4] In 2005–2006 at Miami she was 34–2 in singles and 30–6 in doubles. [4] She sat out the fall season while recovering from injury that required serious back surgery. [4] [5] She was named the ITA National Player of the Year, National Indoor Champion, ACC Player of the Year, and All-ACC team. [4] She completed her first season ranked #1 in singles and #2 in doubles. [4] She was voted All-American in singles and doubles, and named to the All-NCAA tournament team at the No. 1 position. [4]

In the Fall of 2006 she was 11–1, and won the National Indoor Championship. [4] During 2006–07, Cohen won the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship and the NCAA Singles championship. [6] She won the ITA National Player of the Year and ACC Player of the Year awards. [6] She also won the 2007 Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female tennis player. [7] [8] Cohen was honored by Miami-Dade County with “Audra Cohen Day” on June 29, 2007. [6]

Cohen left Miami after her junior year to turn professional, with a record of 76–4 in singles. [6] [9] She earned her B.A. in Psychology cum laude in 2009. [6]

She was voted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. [6] [9] [10]

Pro tournaments

She defeated world No. 92 Olga Savchuk, in August 2006 in New Haven, Connecticut. Cohen defeated world No 93 Varvara Lepchenko in a three-set match, in October 2006 in Augusta, Georgia.

In August 2007 in Forest Hills, New York, in her greatest upset to date, Cohen defeated world No. 59 Elena Likhovtseva of Russia. At the 2007 US Open, she entered as a wild card and was defeated in the first round by Andrea Petkovic of Germany. In April 2008 in Amelia Island she beat world No. 89 Galina Voskoboeva. In May 2008, partnering with Heidi El Tabakh, she won the Landisville doubles.

In September 2008 in Beijing she defeated world No. 84 Anne Keothavong of Great Britain in straight sets. Cohen's season-ending rankings were No. 579 in 2006, No. 384 in 2007, and No. 230 in 2008. In 2011, she retired from tennis.

Pan American Games

Cohen was a captain on the 2007 Pan-American Games Team USA, playing both singles and doubles in tennis. [6]

Coaching career

Starting in 2009, Cohen began her collegiate coaching career with a two-year stint as an assistant women's tennis coach at the University of Wisconsin. [10]

in 2011 she joined the University of North Florida, as the head coach of the women's tennis team, the Ospreys. [6] She was a three-time Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year in five seasons, leading the team to a 77–27 record (.740 winning percentage), four NCAA Tournament appearances, and four Atlantic Sun Tournament titles. [11] She was three-time Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year. [11] [10]

In 2016 she became the women's tennis program head coach at the University of Oklahoma. [6] [10]

ITF finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.July 25, 2006 Evansville, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Albanese 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up2.January 13, 2008 St. Leo, United StatesHard Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pivovarova 4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore
Winner1.May 25, 2008 Landisville, United StatesHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Heidi El Tabakh Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefania Boffa
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Fitzpatrick 		6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner2.November 18, 2008 Puebla, MexicoHard Flag of the United States.svg Megan Moulton-Levy Flag of Bolivia.svg María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Flag of Argentina.svg Veronica Spiegel 		6–2, 6–4

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  2. ↑ Audra Cohen at the Women's Tennis Association
  3. ↑ Wechsler, Bob (September 21, 2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN   9781602800137. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2018– via Google Books.
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  5. ↑ "Cohen To Be Inducted into Miami Sports HOF". University of Oklahoma. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
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  7. ↑ "Audra Cohen Voted Top Collegiate Female Tennis Player and Will Receive Honda Sports Award". University of Miami Athletics. Archived from the original on 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  8. ↑ "Tennis". CWSA. Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  9. 1 2 "OU women's tennis coach Audra Cohen inducted into Miami Sports Hall of Fame". Tulsa World. 19 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
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