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| Full name | Audra Marie Cohen |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United States |
| Residence | Plantation, Florida, U.S. |
| Born | (1986-04-21)April 21, 1986 (age 39) California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Turned pro | 2003 |
| Retired | 2011 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | Northwestern Miami |
| Prize money | $ 72,967 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 59–63 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 229 (03 November 2009) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2007) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 25–23 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 271 (27 April 2009) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| US Open | 2R (2004) |
| Last updated on: 20 April 2011. | |
Audra Marie Cohen (born April 21, 1986) is an American former professionaltennis player and current college tennis coach. She was the # 1 collegiate female tennis player in the United States in 2007. At theUniversity of Miami in 2005-2006 she was named theITA National Player of the Year and was the National Indoor Champion, and in 2006-07 she won the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship, theNCAA Singles Championship, and the ITA National Player of the Year award. She is currently the head women's tennis coach at theUniversity of Oklahoma.[1]
Her career-high world rank was 229 in singles, and 271 in doubles.[2]
Cohen was born in California and is Jewish.[3] When Cohen was a child, she first excelled at swimming, but she picked up a tennis racquet at the age of nine, and became a self-described “club rat,” who would hit as much as possible. She learned tennis at Bill Clark's Tennis Academy.
Cohen attendedSt. Thomas Aquinas High School inFort Lauderdale, Florida.[4][failed verification] She won the Florida state championship in singles and doubles as a junior and a senior, and was undefeated and anAll American and was named theMiami Herald andSun-Sentinel Player of the Year during both her junior and senior seasons.[4] She was a four-time All-State and All-County Award recipient.[4] As a senior, she earned theUSTA National Sportsmanship Award and was named USTA Florida Player of the Year.[4] In her senior year she also won the Easter Bowl doubles championship, and was a doubles champion in the Clay Courts Super Nationals, Hard Court Super Nationals, and Winter Super Nationals.[4]
Cohen attendedNorthwestern University in the Fall of 2004, and won her first 23 singles matches.[4] She then won the ITA National Singles Title, the ITA National Indoor Doubles Championship, and the ITA Midwest Championships.[4] In 2004–05 at Northwestern, Cohen played No. 1 singles and was 51–7.[4] Her 51 wins tied her for third all-time since 1988.[4] She was named All-American in both singles and doubles, received the ITA Midwest Regional Rookie Player of the Year Award and the ITA National Rookie of the Year Award, was namedBig Ten Freshman of the Year and Athlete of the Year, was named to the All-Big Ten team.[4]
Cohen later transferred after her freshman year and attended theUniversity of Miami, and played tennis for theMiami Hurricanes.[4] In 2005–2006 at Miami she was 34–2 in singles and 30–6 in doubles.[4] She sat out the fall season while recovering from injury that required serious back surgery.[4][5] She was named the ITA National Player of the Year, National Indoor Champion,ACC Player of the Year, and All-ACC team.[4] She completed her first season ranked #1 in singles and #2 in doubles.[4] She was voted All-American in singles and doubles, and named to the All-NCAA tournament team at the No. 1 position.[4]
In the Fall of 2006 she was 11–1, and won the National Indoor Championship.[4] During 2006–07, Cohen won the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship and the NCAA Singles championship.[6] She won the ITA National Player of the Year and ACC Player of the Year awards.[6] She also won the 2007Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female tennis player.[7][8] Cohen was honored byMiami-Dade County with “Audra Cohen Day” on June 29, 2007.[6]
Cohen left Miami after her junior year to turn professional, with a record of 76–4 in singles.[6][9] She earned her B.A. in Psychologycum laude in 2009.[6]
She was voted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.[6][9][10]
She defeated world No. 92Olga Savchuk, in August 2006 inNew Haven, Connecticut. Cohen defeated world No 93Varvara Lepchenko in a three-set match, in October 2006 inAugusta, Georgia.
In August 2007 inForest Hills, New York, in her greatest upset to date, Cohen defeated world No. 59Elena Likhovtseva of Russia. At the2007 US Open, she entered as awild card and was defeated in the first round byAndrea Petkovic of Germany. In April 2008 inAmelia Island she beat world No. 89Galina Voskoboeva. In May 2008, partnering withHeidi El Tabakh, she won the Landisville doubles.
In September 2008 in Beijing she defeated world No. 84Anne Keothavong of Great Britain in straight sets. Cohen's season-ending rankings were No. 579 in 2006, No. 384 in 2007, and No. 230 in 2008. In 2011, she retired from tennis.
Cohen was a captain on the2007 Pan-American Games Team USA, playing bothsingles and doubles in tennis.[6]
Starting in 2009, Cohen began her collegiate coaching career with a two-year stint as an assistant women's tennis coach at theUniversity of Wisconsin.[10]
in 2011 she joined theUniversity of North Florida, as the head coach of the women's tennis team, the Ospreys.[6] She was a three-timeAtlantic Sun Coach of the Year in five seasons, leading the team to a 77–27 record (.740 winning percentage), four NCAA Tournament appearances, and four Atlantic Sun Tournament titles.[11] She was three-time Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year.[11][10]
In 2016 she became the women's tennis program head coach at theUniversity of Oklahoma.[6][10]
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Winner | 1. | July 25, 2006 | Evansville, United States | Hard |  Lauren Albanese | 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 2. | January 13, 2008 | St. Leo, United States | Hard |  Anastasia Pivovarova | 4–6, 0–6 |
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | May 25, 2008 | Landisville, United States | Hard |  Heidi El Tabakh |  Stefania Boffa Anna Fitzpatrick | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
| Winner | 2. | November 18, 2008 | Puebla, Mexico | Hard | Megan Moulton-Levy |  María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Veronica Spiegel | 6–2, 6–4 |
