Julia Cohen

Julia Cohen
	Julia Cohen at the 2013 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Born	March 23, 1989 (age 34); Philadelphia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Florida ; University of Miami
Prize money	$360,376
Singles
Career record	268–284 (48.6%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 97 (July 30, 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2011)
French Open	Q2 (2011)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2011)
US Open	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	99–148 (40.1%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 121 (May 13, 2013)

Last updated December 11, 2023

Julia Cohen (born March 23, 1989) is an American former professional tennis player. In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In her career, Cohen won five singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. On July 30, 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97.^[1] On May 13, 2013, she peaked at No. 121 in the doubles rankings.^[1]

Tennis career

Cohen grew up in Philadelphia ^[2]^[3] and started tennis at the age of three.^[2] Her father, Dr. Richard Cohen, played tennis for the University of Pennsylvania and played professional tennis for two years, and her brother Josh was an All-American tennis player at the University of Miami and became head coach of the World Team Tennis Philadelphia Freedoms.^[3]^[4] At the age of six she was ranked No. 1 in 18-and-under doubles in the USTA Middle States region (including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware).^[3] In 1997, at the age of eight, she became the youngest player to win an adult match in a Middle States Tennis Association tournament.^[5] She was then the US champion in the 9-and-under division.^[3]

In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship.^[6] In 2006, she was the top-ranked American girl tennis player.^[7] That same year, she and partner Kimberly Couts reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the Wimbledon Junior Championships.^[8]

When she was 15 years old, she was No. 6 in the ITF junior world rankings.^[3] On June 11, 2007, she was ranked No. 4 in the junior rankings.^[9]

Collegiate tennis career

In her first year of college tennis, playing number 1 singles for the University of Florida Gators. She was SEC Rookie of the Year and Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Rookie of the Year.^[9] She transferred to the University of Miami and finished the year ranked fifth in the U.S. in singles, and was named All-ACC.^[9]

Cohen earned her bachelor's degree in sports administration summa cum laude from California University of Pennsylvania in 2012 and a master's degree in sport psychology in 2013.^[10]

Professional career

She is coached by her brother's friend Conor Taylor. She won five career singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.^[9] Cohen played in the 2012 Baku Cup. She made it to her first and only WTA Tour final there, before losing in straight sets to fifth-seeded Serbian Bojana Jovanovski.^[9] That year she reached No. 121 in the WTA doubles rankings, and No. 97 in the singles rankings.^[9]

She played in World TeamTennis for the Philadelphia Freedoms and the Boston Lobsters.^[9]

Coaching career

As an assistant coach, Cohen joined the Chestnut Hill College men's and women's tennis coaching staffs prior to the spring 2017 season.^[10]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	July 28, 2012	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	Hard	Bojana Jovanovski	3–6, 1–6

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 15 (5–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	September 5, 2004	Mexico City	Hard	María José López Herrera	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	March 13, 2005	Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Larissa Carvalho	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	November 25, 2007	Mexico City	Hard	Clarisa Fernández	1–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	December 13, 2009	Xalapa, Mexico	Hard	Gira Schofield	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	April 25, 2010	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Lauren Albanese	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	July 18, 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	5–7, 1–6
Winner	3.	July 25, 2010	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Fatma Al Nabhani	1–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	November 21, 2010	Niterói, Brazil	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	December 5, 2010	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	May 28, 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ayu-Fani Damayanti	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	October 8, 2011	Yerevan, Armenia	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	November 28, 2011	Rosario, Argentina	Clay	Chanel Simmonds	3–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	December 10, 2011	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Romana Tabak	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	December 1, 2012	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	April 8, 2013	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Jovana Jakšić	6–2, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	September 5, 2009	Celaya, Mexico	Clay	Vivian Segnini	Anastasia Kharchenko Nathalia Rossi	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	April 24, 2010	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Lauren Albanese	Macall Harkins Vivian Segnini	6–3, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Runner-up	1.	June 27, 2011	Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Quirine Lemoine Maryna Zanevska	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	July 11, 2011	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Andrea Gámiz Adriana Pérez	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	November 14, 2011	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	3.	June 25, 2012	Rome, Italy	Clay	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	Marie-Ève Pelletier Laura Thorpe	0–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Runner-up	4.	October 28, 2012	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Winner	4.	April 15, 2013	Dothan, United States	Clay	Tatjana Maria	Maria Sanchez Irina Falconi	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	5.	June 25, 2013	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Alizé Lim	Anna Danilina Olga Doroshina	5–7, 3–6
Winner	5.	March 17, 2014	Innisbrook, United States	Clay	Gioia Barbieri	Allie Kiick Sachia Vickery	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–0

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References

1 2 Julia Cohen Archived January 22, 2019, at the Wayback Machine , itftennis.com.
1 2 "Tennis, anyone? » Kaplan's Korner on Jews and Sports". njjewishnews.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 CHRISTOPHER YAZBEC. "Born to Serve – Freshman Julia Cohen continues family tradition of tennis excellence". The Independent Florida Alligator.
↑ "Q&A: Philadelphia Freedoms' Josh Cohen". July 26, 2016.
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↑ "Jenkins Finishes Second in Nationals". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
↑ "Americans Turn Ugly - New York Daily News". articles.nydailynews.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012.
↑ "Couts Returns with Win". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "张家口服装有限公司". www.chiricocohen.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
1 2 "Julia Cohen - Women's Tennis Coach". Chestnut Hill College Athletics.

External links

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Julia Cohen at the International Tennis Federation

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[autogenerated3-1] 1 2 Julia Cohen Archived January 22, 2019, at the Wayback Machine , itftennis.com.

[autogenerated4-2] 1 2 "Tennis, anyone? » Kaplan's Korner on Jews and Sports". njjewishnews.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2011.

[autogenerated2-3] 1 2 3 4 5 CHRISTOPHER YAZBEC. "Born to Serve – Freshman Julia Cohen continues family tradition of tennis excellence". The Independent Florida Alligator.

[4] "Q&A: Philadelphia Freedoms' Josh Cohen". July 26, 2016.

[5] "x". nl.newsbank.com.

[6] "Jenkins Finishes Second in Nationals". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

[7] "Americans Turn Ugly - New York Daily News". articles.nydailynews.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012.

[8] "Couts Returns with Win". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

[autogenerated1-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "张家口服装有限公司". www.chiricocohen.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.

[autogenerated5-10] 1 2 "Julia Cohen - Women's Tennis Coach". Chestnut Hill College Athletics.

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