Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor

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Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Residence Paris
Born (1975-11-13) 13 November 1975 (age 48)
Seclin, France
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2+12 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2001
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$823,787
Singles
Career record278–198
Career titles1 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 29 (1 November 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1995, 2001)
French Open 3R (1996)
Wimbledon 3R (1999, 2000)
US Open 3R (1998)
Doubles
Career record52–101
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 101 (5 August 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1996, 1997)
French Open 2R (1996, 1998)
Wimbledon 1R (1996)
US Open 2R (1996)

Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor (born 13 November 1975) is a former professional tennis player from France. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 29, which she achieved on 1 November 1999.

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Pitkowski won her only career singles final in Budapest in the spring of 1999, where she beat Cristina Torrens Valero in the final. She was also the runner-up at the WTA Tour tournament in Antwerp in the same year, where she lost to Justine Henin. She has won a total of ten singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit but never advanced beyond the third round of any Grand Slam event in singles competition. She represented France in the first round of the Fed Cup in 1998 as a rookie, and saved the defending champions from losing to Belgium by defeating Sabine Appelmans 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.

Pitkowski married the French professional tennis player Olivier Malcor, who has served as a coach for Nicolas Mahut, on 7 July 2001. The couple have a son.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (1–1)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.Apr 1999 Budapest Grand Prix, HungaryClay Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Torrens Valero 6–2, 6–2
Loss2.May 1999 Belgian Open, AntwerpClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin 1–6, 2–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Career W–L
Australian Open AA 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2–7
French Open 1R A 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 4–8
Wimbledon AA 1R A 2R 1R 3R 3R 1R 5–6
US Open AA 1R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R A5–6
Win–loss0–10–02–43–33–42–43–42–41–316–27

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (10–4)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.10 February 1992ITF Swindon, United KingdomCarpet (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Caroline Wuillot 6–2, 6–4
Loss2.17 February 1992ITF Reims, FranceCarpet (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Caroline Wuillot4–6, 1–6
Loss3.27 April 1992ITF Lerida, SpainClay Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win4.26 October 1992ITF Madeira, PortugalHard Flag of France.svg Angelique Olivier 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss5.30 November 1992ITF Le Havre, FranceClay (i) Flag of Romania.svg Ruxandra Dragomir 6–7, 5–7
Loss6.1 March 1993ITF Cascais, PortugalClay Flag of Italy.svg Ginevra Mugnaini 2–6, 4–6
Win7.7 June 1993ITF Caserta, ItalyClay Flag of Paraguay.svg Rossana de los Ríos 7–5, 6–3
Win8.28 February 1994ITF Madrid, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Ángeles Montolio 6–4, 6–3
Win9.28 March 1994ITF Moulins, FranceHard (i) Flag of France.svg Angelique Olivier7–5, 6–4
Win10.14 August 1995ITF Koksijde, BelgiumClay Flag of Spain.svg Magüi Serna 6–1, 6–3
Win11.4 December 1995ITF Cergy-Pontoise, FranceHard (i) Flag of Madagascar.svg Dally Randriantefy 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win12.23 March 1997ITF Reims, FranceClay (i) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Svetlana Krivencheva 7–5, 6–1
Win13.23 August 1998 Bronx Open, United StatesHard Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black 6–3, 7–5
Win14.6 December 1998ITF Cergy-Pontoise, FranceHard (i) Flag of France.svg Nathalie Dechy 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles (1–1)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.23 August 1998 Bronx Open, United StatesHard Flag of Greece.svg Christína Papadáki Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julie Pullin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Woodroffe
3–6, 1–6
Win2.30 July 2001Open Saint-Gaudens, FranceClay Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Irina Selyutina Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Flag of Spain.svg Gisela Riera
6–2, 6–3

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