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Émilie Loit

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born	(1979-06-09) 9 June 1979 (age 45) Cherbourg, France
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2009
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,086,943
Singles
Career record	371–295
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 27 (19 April 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1999)
French Open	3R (2000, 2002, 2005, 2008)
Wimbledon	3R (2003)
US Open	3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record	265–175
Career titles	16
Highest ranking	No. 15 (10 November 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2003, 2006)
French Open	QF (2003, 2005)
Wimbledon	QF (2004)
US Open	QF (1998)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (2003)

Émilie Loit (French pronunciation: [emili lwa]; born 9 June 1979) is a former tennis player from France.

Her three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril and Casablanca both in 2004, and Acapulco in 2007. She also won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her highest rankings were No. 27 in singles and No. 15 in doubles.

On 24 May 2009, right after losing her first-round match at the French Open, she announced her retiring from professional tennis by the end of the tournament.

In summer 2011, she gave birth to a son, Mathias.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Apr 2004	Morocco Open	Clay	Ľudmila Cervanová	6–2, 6–2
Win	2.	Apr 2004	Portugal Open	Clay	Iveta Benešová	7–5, 7–6
Win	3.	Mar 2007	Mexican Open	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	7–6, 6–4

Doubles: 26 (16 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jan 1999	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	1–6, 2–6
Win	1.	Nov 1999	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Åsa Carlsson	Evgenia Koulikovskaya Patricia Wartusch	6–1, 6–4
Win	2.	Jan 2000	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Rita Grande	Kim Clijsters Alicia Molik	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	2.	Feb 2000	Paris Indoors, France	Carpet (i)	Åsa Carlsson	Julie Halard-Decugis Sandrine Testud	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3.	Feb 2001	Internationaux de Nice, France	Carpet (i)	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat	1–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win	4.	Apr 2002	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Catherine Barclay	Elena Bovina Zsófia Gubacsi	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	3.	Sep 2002	Bahia Open, Brazil	Hard	Rossana de los Ríos	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4–6, 1–6
Loss	4.	Dec 2002	Gold Coast Hardcourts, Australia	Hard	Nathalie Dechy	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	Jan 2003	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	Tathiana Garbin	Dája Bedáňová Dinara Safina	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	5.	Feb 2003	Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Dechy	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	2–6, 0–6
Win	6.	Mar 2003	Abierto Mexicano Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Åsa Svensson	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6.	Sep 2003	Bali International, Indonesia	Hard	Nicole Pratt	Angelique Widjaja María Vento-Kabchi	5–7, 2–6
Win	7.	Sep 2003	Shanghai Open, China	Hard	Nicole Pratt	Ai Sugiyama Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 6–3
Win	8.	Apr 2004	Casablanca Grand Prix, Morocco	Clay	Marion Bartoli	Els Callens Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–2
Win	9.	May 2005	Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco	Clay	Barbora Strýcová	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
Win	10.	May 2005	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Nicole Pratt	Jelena Kostanić Barbora Strýcová	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	11.	Aug 2005	Nordic Light Open, Sweden	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Eva Birnerová Mara Santangelo	6–4, 6–3
Win	12.	Aug 2005	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Marta Marrero	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Win	13.	Oct 2005	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Maria Elena Camerin	Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva	6–3, 6–0
Win	14.	Oct 2005	Gaz de France Hasselt, Belgium	Hard (i)	Katarina Srebotnik	Michaëlla Krajicek Ágnes Szávay	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7.	Jan 2006	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Barbora Strýcová	Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva	3–6, 4–6
Win	15.	Jan 2006	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Nicole Pratt	Jill Craybas Jelena Kostanić	6–2, 6–1
Win	16.	Feb 2006	Paris Indoors, France	Carpet (i)	Květa Peschke	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	7–6, 6–4
Loss	8.	Mar 2006	Acapulco Grand Prix, Mexico	Clay	Shinobu Asagoe	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy	1–6, 3–6
Loss	9.	Sep 2006	Portorož Open, Slovenia	Hard	Eva Birnerová	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	w/o
Loss	10.	Mar 2007	Acapulco Grand Prix, Mexico	Clay	Nicole Pratt	Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino	3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (7–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	26 November 1995	ITF Le Havre, France	Clay (i)	Selima Sfar	6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	7 October 1996	Open de Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Susi Lohrmann	7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Win	1.	2 February 1997	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Emmanuelle Curutchet	6–2, 7–6
Win	2.	11 May 1997	ITF Gelos, France	Clay	Karolina Jagieniak	6–4, 6–2
Win	3.	1 February 1998	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Élodie Le Bescond	6–1, 6–1
Win	4.	17 September 2000	ITF Bordeaux, France	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	7–5, 6–2
Loss	3.	14 October 2001	ITF Poitiers, France	Clay	Petra Mandula	5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Win	5.	14 April 2002	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Zuzana Ondrášková	6–2, 7–5
Win	6.	5 May 2002	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Alena Vašková	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	4.	16 June 2002	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	5.	19 September 2004	ITF Bordeaux, France	Clay	Virginie Razzano	7–5, 6–2
Win	7.	16 October 2005	Open de Touraine, France	Hard (i)	Jelena Kostanić	6–2, 6–1

Doubles (5-6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	2 February 1997	Dinan, France	Hard	Laëtitia Sanchez	Sophie Georges Cécile de Winne	5–7, 2–6
Win	1.	12 April 1998	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Caroline Dhenin	Radka Bobková Caroline Schneider	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2.	18 October 1998	Southampton, England	Carpet (i)	Amélie Cocheteux	Els Callens Laurence Courtois	2–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	25 October 1998	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Amélie Cocheteux	Lenka Cenková Eva Martincová	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	4.	6 December 1998	Cergy-Pontoise, France	Hard (i)	Caroline Dhenin	Kristie Boogert Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	5–7, 2–6
Win	2.	19 September 1999	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Åsa Carlsson	Lubomira Bacheva Cristina Torrens Valero	6–2, 7–6
Win	3.	11 October 1999	Bordeaux, France	Hard (i)	Åsa Carlsson	Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande	6–2, 7–6
Loss	5.	20 August 2000	Bronx Open, United States	Hard	Alexandra Fusai	Surina De Beer Nana Miyagi	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	4.	9 September 2001	Open Denain, France	Clay	Irina Selyutina	Debby Haak Jolanda Mens	6–1, 6–3
Win	5.	14 April 2002	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Caroline Dhenin	Yuliya Beygelzimer Patty Van Acker	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6.	3 November 2002	ITF Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Caroline Dhenin	Lubomira Bacheva Evgenia Kulikovskaya	w/o

References

1. "Roland-Garros: Émilie Loit prend sa retraite" (in French), Reuters, May 24, 2009.
2. Tennis Magazine (France), September 2011 issue

External links

• Émilie Loit at the Women's Tennis Association
• Émilie Loit at the International Tennis Federation
• Émilie Loit at the Billie Jean King Cup

• 1979 births
• Living people
• French female tennis players
• Sportspeople from Manche