Capucine Rousseau

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Capucine Rousseau
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Born (1980-04-21) 21 April 1980 (age 43)
Croix, France
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$97,050
Singles
Career record149–107 (58.2%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 118 (1 November 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2005)
Doubles
Career record20–24 (45.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 310 (25 October 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (2003, 2004)

Capucine Rousseau (born 21 April 1980) is a former professional tennis player from France.

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Biography

Rousseau, a right-handed player from Croix in the far north of France, began competing on tour in 2000. She won her first ITF title in 2001 at Tortosa, where she had a win over Svetlana Kuznetsova en route. In 2003, she won two further ITF events, including a $25,000 level tournament in Ostrava. She featured in the women's doubles main draws at the 2003 and 2004 French Opens. Ranked as high as 118 in singles, she made her only WTA Tour main draw appearance at Hasselt in 2004. [1] She received a wildcard into the 2005 Australian Open and lost a close first-round match to Tatiana Perebiynis, 5–7 in the third set. [2]

Based in Brittany, Rousseau now works as a financial advisor for Allianz and also plays the sport of beach tennis competitively on the ITF Beach Tennis Tour. [3]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (3–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.13 May 2001ITF Tortosa, SpainClay Flag of Austria.svg Daniela Klemenschits 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up2.30 June 2002ITF Perigueux, FranceClay Flag of Spain.svg Maria-Rosa Sitja-Gibert3–6, 6–7(7)
Runner-up3.10 November 2002ITF Villenave-d'Ornon, FranceClay (i) Flag of Croatia.svg Maja Palaveršić 2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner4.20 July 2003ITF Le Touquet, FranceClay Flag of Madagascar.svg Natacha Randriantefy 7–6(3), 6–0
Winner5.14 December 2003ITF Ostrava, Czech RepublicCarpet (i) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mervana Jugić-Salkić 6–2, 7–6(4)

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.6 May 2001ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Sophie Georges Flag of France.svg Carine Bornu
Flag of France.svg Caroline Dhenin
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up2.7 May 2001ITF Tortosa, SpainClay Flag of France.svg Séverine Beltrame Flag of Austria.svg Daniela Klemenschits
Flag of Austria.svg Sandra Klemenschits
3–6, 3–6

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