Violette Huck

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Violette Huck
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Residence Gradignan, France
Born (1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 (age 35)
Pessac, France
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2010
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$134,004
Singles
Career record151–146
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 213 (3 December 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2008)
French Open 1R (2008)
US Open Q1 (2007)
Doubles
Career record59–77
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 158 (23 March 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 2R (2008)

Violette Huck (born 18 March 1988) is a French former tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 213, achieved in December 2007. On 23 March, she peaked at No. 158 of the doubles rankings.

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Career

Violette has a career win–loss record of 109–105 on the ITF Women's Circuit and she there won three singles and two doubles tournaments. She missed out on qualifying for the 2008 Australian Open as she lost to the Russian player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, in three sets. She was awarded a wildcard for the 2008 French Open at Roland Garros as a French player.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (3–1)

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.18 March 2007 Athens, GreeceClay Flag of Brazil.svg Teliana Pereira 2–6, 1–6
Win2.7 May 2007 Warsaw, PolandClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Stanislava Hrozenská 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win3.15 March 2009 Dijon, FranceHard (i) Flag of Romania.svg Laura-Ioana Andrei6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win4.22 March 2009 Amiens, FranceClay (i) Flag of France.svg Audrey Bergot 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (2–7)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.3 July 2005ITF Mont de Marsan, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Émilie Bacquet Flag of Argentina.svg Natalia Gussoni
Flag of Portugal.svg Frederica Piedade
1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss2.10 March 2007ITF Sabadell, SpainClay Flag of Italy.svg Nicole Clerico Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Sánchez García
Flag of Italy.svg Verdiana Verardi
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win3.17 March 2008ITF Tenerife, SpainHard Flag of France.svg Julie Coin Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Flag of Israel.svg Tzipora Obziler
6–4, 6–3
Loss4.24 March 2008ITF Jersey, United KingdomCarpet Flag of France.svg Youlia Fedossova Flag of the United States.svg Courtney Nagle
Flag of the United States.svg Robin Stephenson
3–6, 3–6
Loss5.15 September 2008ITF Mestre, ItalyClay Flag of Georgia.svg Margalita Chakhnashvili Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Flag of France.svg Aurélie Védy
2–6, 3–6
Loss6.6 October 2008 Open de Touraine, FranceHard Flag of France.svg Julie Coin Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Flag of Germany.svg Kristina Barrois
2–6, 6–7
Win7.9 February 2009ITF Stockholm, SwedenHard (i) Flag of Finland.svg Emma Laine Flag of Austria.svg Melanie Klaffner
Flag of Belarus.svg Ksenia Milevskaya
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Loss8.15 March 2009ITF Dijon, FranceHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Amanda Elliott Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kim Kilsdonk
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniëlle Harmsen
6–7(2–7), 1–6
Loss9.5 October 2009 Open de Limoges, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Florence Haring Flag of Russia.svg Elena Chalova
Flag of Georgia.svg Oksana Kalashnikova
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]


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