Parmentier at the2019 Wimbledon | |
| Country (sports) | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Paris |
| Born | (1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (age 39) Cucq, France |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Retired | 2020 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Nicolas Sabas Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (2013-2016) Olivier Patience (2016-present) Loïc Courteau (2017-present) |
| Prize money | US$ 3,788,336 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 474–444 |
| Career titles | 4 WTA, 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 40 (21 July 2008) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2008,2012,2017) |
| French Open | 4R (2014) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2008,2009,2011,2019) |
| US Open | 3R (2012) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 79–141 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 89 (30 April 2012) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2013,2017) |
| French Open | 3R (2014) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2008,2013) |
| US Open | 2R (2014) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2008) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
| French Open | 2R (2009,2017) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | W (2019) |
Pauline Parmentier (French pronunciation:[pɔlinpaʁmɑ̃tje,po-]; born 31 January 1986) is a French formertennis player.
Her career-highWTA singles ranking is 40, which she attained on 21 July 2008. On 30 April 2012, she peaked at No. 89 on the WTA doubles rankings. She won four singles titles on theWTA Tour, as well as ten singles and three doubles titles on theITF Women's Circuit. She competed in thesingles andwomen's doubles events at the2008 Summer Olympics, and had been playing forFrance in theFed Cup since 2010, with a win–loss record of 7–14. Parmentier retired following the2020 French Open.[1]
Parmentier was born in the northern French town ofCucq to Dominique and Jean-Philippe. She has two older brothers named Olivier and Julien. Pauline began playing tennis at age six and trained for five years at theMouratoglou Tennis Academy.[2]

In 2000, Parmentier played only one tournament on theITF Women's Circuit; she lost her main-draw opening match in both the singles and doubles events of a $10k tournament held in November in the French commune ofVillenave-d'Ornon.[3]
In 2001, she played just threeITF tournaments (in Villenave-d'Ornon, Le Havre and Deauville – all held in November, $10k each) and only took part in their singles events; she was eliminated in the qualifying rounds of all three.[3]
She did not play a single ITF event in 2002.[3]She did not have any year-end WTA singles or doubles ranking for 2000, 2001 and 2002.[2]
Parmentier played 13 tournaments in the2003 ITF Women's Circuit, appearing in their singles or doubles events or both.[3]
In May 2004, she made herWTA Tour singles debut at theInternationaux de Strasbourg, losing in the second qualifying round toHenrieta Nagyová.[2] At her Grand Slam debut at the2004 French Open (she receivedwildcards for both events), she lost in the secondsingles qualifying round toRoberta Vinci and in the first round of thewomen's doubles.
It was in 2005 at theFrench Open that Parmentier appeared in the singles main draw of aWTA tournament for the first time in her career; she entered as a wildcard and lost in the first round toIveta Benešová. At theUS Open, she won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw, where she lost to No. 2 seedLindsay Davenport in the second round.[2]
Parmentier again qualified for the main draw of theUS Open where she defeatedTatjana Malek in the first round and fell toMartina Hingis in the second. She broke into the top 100 (at world No. 87) of theWTA rankings for the first time in her career on 10 September 2007 (her singles ranking was No. 106 on 27 August, at the start of the 2007 US Open).[2] Parmentier won her first careerWTA singles title at theTashkent Open as an unseeded player in October 2007; she did not drop a set during the tournament, defeating the three top seedsDominika Cibulková (first round),Olga Govortsova (semifinals) andVictoria Azarenka (final) en route to winning the title.She also won threeITF singles titles in 2007.
On 18 February 2008, two days after losing in the semifinals of the Tier-IIICachantún Cup in Viña del Mar to top seedFlavia Pennetta, Parmentier made her debut in the top 50 of the singles rankings; she rose from world No. 53 at the start of the 2008 Cachantún Cup to No. 47.[2] She won the title atBad Gastein in July – it was her second career (and first Tier III) singles title. Seeded No. 4, she defeated top seedÁgnes Szávay in the semifinals before defeating qualifierLucie Hradecká in the final. Parmentier was nominated to play at theSummer Olympics afterMary Pierce andAmélie Mauresmo withdrew. She lost hersingles first-round match to the No. 16 seedDominika Cibulková and herdoubles first-round match (she was paired withTatiana Golovin) to the Indian pair ofSania Mirza andSunitha Rao by walkover.[4]
Parmentier made herFed Cup debut at theWorld Group quarterfinal tie against the team of theUnited States in February 2010. She lost her first match againstMelanie Oudin but won her second againstChristina McHale by the same scoreline. France lost the tie 1–4.[5]
Parmentier qualified for the singles main draw of theMiami Open by defeating American teenagerLauren Davis andTamarine Tanasugarn in the qualifying rounds; in the main draw, she beatSybille Bammer before losing to No. 25 seedAna Ivanovic in the second round.
In late May, the unseeded Parmentier upset the top seedSabine Lisicki (who was then ranked world No. 12 in the singles ranking) in the first round of theInternationaux de Strasbourg. She then defeatedStéphanie Foretz in the second round andAlexandra Panova in the quarterfinals to reach her first WTA Tour singles semifinal since winning the title inBad Gastein; she lost her semifinal to her compatriot and unseeded wildcardAlizé Cornet in three sets.[6]
At theUS Open, as an unseeded player, Parmentier defeated No. 25 seedYanina Wickmayer in the second round before losing to No. 5 seedPetra Kvitová in the third; it was the first time that she had advanced to the third round of the main draw in a Grand Slam tournament.
In 2013, Parmentier won only one match (Auckland, held in the first week of January) and exited the first round nine times in ten singles main-draw events, including the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. She missed several events in April and May because of a right shoulder injury. In the second half of the year, she played the singles events of eleven tournaments (ten of those onITF level), including theUS Open qualifying event.[2]
In the first week of January, the unseeded Parmentier lost in the semifinals of the $25ktournament in Hong Kong toElizaveta Kulichkova in three sets after having defeated top seedMagda Linette in the first round and eighth-seededMayo Hibi in the quarterfinals.
At theFrench Open, Parmentier achieved her career-best singles showing in a Grand Slam tournament. She had received a main-draw wildcard and was ranked world No. 145 in the WTA rankings coming into that tournament. There she defeated three players then ranked in the top 100 (the No. 17 seed Roberta Vinci, the unseededYaroslava Shvedova and the unseededMona Barthel) before losing to the unseededGarbiñe Muguruza in the fourth round.[2][7]
In the first five months of 2016, Parmentier reached at least the last eight of the singles main draw in fourWTA Tour tournaments as a lucky loser, unseeded player or wildcard; she lost to No. 8 seed, Dominika Cibulková, in the semifinals inKatowice (that was her first singles semifinal appearance on the WTA Tour since the 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg) and was defeated in the singles quarterfinals inMonterrey,Rabat andStrasbourg.[2][6]
She was the No. 88 in the singles rankings coming into theFrench Open, defeating No. 31 seed Monica Niculescu in the first round andIrina Falconi in the second before losing to No. 8 seed,Timea Bacsinszky, in the third.[2]
In July, the unseeded Parmentier reached her fifth and finalWTA singles quarterfinal of the year at theBucharest Open, in which she lost toVania King.[2]
In February, Parmentier played only one match (which was the fourth and final singles rubber) in theFed Cup World Group quarterfinal againstSwitzerland. She lost it toBelinda Bencic, what enabled Switzerland to take an unassailable 3–1 lead and sent France to theWorld Group play-offs. Three weeks after her Fed Cup defeat, the unseeded Parmentier lost in the quarterfinals of theWTA Tour tournament inAcapulco to top seedMirjana Lučić-Baroni.
Coming into the Premier MandatoryIndian Wells Open, Parmentier had never in her singles career beaten a player ranked in the WTA top ten. In that tournament, Parmentier came close to doing so, holding a set point in the first set and leading 4–1 in the third set of her third-round match against world No. 2,Angelique Kerber, before losing in three sets.[8] She also lost in the third round of theMiami Open (the next Premier Mandatory tournament) to world No. 11,Johanna Konta, after causing an upset by beating No. 24 seedTímea Babos in the second round.
After her good performances at Indian Wells and Miami, Parmentier lost in the first round of her next four tournaments –Biel,Rabat,Madrid andStrasbourg. At Strasbourg, she failed to convert two match points while leading 6–5 in the final set against the American qualifierMadison Brengle.[9] She ended her run of four consecutive singles main-draw first-round defeats at theFrench Open when she defeatedIrina Khromacheva, before losing toCarina Witthöft in the second round.
In July, she reached her secondTour singles quarterfinal of the year at the tournament inBucharest, where she eliminated No. 5 seed,Elise Mertens, in the second round before losing her quarterfinal match against No. 7 seed, Irina-Camelia Begu. In her third-last event of the year inLuxembourg, Parmentier won three qualifying and three main-draw matches to reach her first and only singles semifinal of the 2017 WTA Tour, where she lost to Carina Witthöft in three sets (it was Witthöft's third straight win over Parmentier).[10][11] In November, Parmentier narrowly failed to qualify for her firstWTA 125 singles final when she was beaten in three sets in thesemifinals byMonica Niculescu at the Open de Limoges. However, she reached her first career WTA 125doubles final at Limoges; she and her partnerChloé Paquet lost in the final toValeria Savinykh andMaryna Zanevska.
In the first 15 weeks of the year, Parmentier compiled a singles match record of two wins and 13 defeats. During that period, she won her first-round match but lost her second-round match in the singles main draw events at theTaiwan Open and inCroissy-Beaubourg. She registered eleven other singles defeats during that period by losing both her matches in theFed Cup World Group quarterfinal tie againstBelgium on 10–11 February, and her opening matches at sevenWTA Tour tournaments (Shenzhen,Hobart,Australian Open,Budapest,Acapulco,Indian Wells andMiami) and twoITF tournaments (Andrézieux-Bouthéon andTunis).[2] In April, Parmentier played in the World Group semifinal tie against theUnited States inAix-en-Provence. She pushed two players ranked in the top 20 to tight losses, losing toSloane Stephens andMadison Keys; the Americans won the tie 3–2.[6]
At theIstanbul Cup, held in the last week of April, Parmentier registered her first career singles win over a top-ten player in her 16th attempt by defeating the top seed and world No. 2,Caroline Wozniacki, who retired in the quarterfinals, after leading 4–6, 6–3 due to a left abdominal injury.[6][12] She then defeated the No. 7 seed, Irina-Camelia Begu, in the semifinals to reach her first WTA Tour singles final since winning the2008 Gastein Ladies title. In the final, she defeated the unseededPolona Hercog to win her third career singles title.[13] On 30 April, the day after winning the Istanbul Cup singles title, Parmentier rose from No. 122 (seven days earlier) to world No. 76 in the singles rankings.[14]
She lost in the first and second round in her next two tournaments, inCagnes-sur-Mer andStrasbourg, respectively. She entered the main draw of theFrench Open as a wildcard, and defeatedChloé Paquet (another French wildcard) and Alizé Cornet (seeded No. 32) in the first and second rounds, respectively, both in three sets. She lost to second seeded Caroline Wozniacki in the third round. Parmentier played only one pre-Wimbledon grass-court tournament in June, inSouthsea, where she was defeated byKirsten Flipkens in the semifinals. Parmentier lost her opening matches in her next two tournaments (Wimbledon Championships andContrexéville Open) toTaylor Townsend andZheng Saisai, respectively. Parmentier entered theBucharest Open as the No. 7 seed and defeatedAlexandra Dulgheru in three sets. In her second-round match againstWang Yafan, Parmentier was trailing 6–7, 0–3 when she was forced to retire because of a neck injury.[15] The following week inMoscow, she was beaten in the first round by third-seededAnastasija Sevastova. Parmentier entered the main draw of theNew Haven tournament as a lucky loser, losing in the first round toAnett Kontaveit. She lost her opening matches in her next two tournaments (US Open andChicago Challenger) to Madison Keys andDayana Yastremska, respectively.
Parmentier won the title at theTournoi de Québec in September, defeating qualifierJessica Pegula in the final.[16]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 10 | 3–10 | 23% |
| French Open | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 15 | 10–15 | 40% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 11 | 4–11 | 27% |
| US Open | A | A | 2R | Q2 | 2R | 2R | Q3 | 2R | 2R | 3R | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 11 | 7–11 | 39% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0 / 47 | 24–47 | 34% |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 17 | Career total:168 | |||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Career total: 4 | |||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Career total: 4 | |||
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 9–4 | 17–21 | 6–12 | 6–16 | 5–14 | 13–16 | 1–10 | 7–10 | 2–9 | 13–15 | 16–20 | 15–18 | 4 / 168 | 111–169 | 40% | |
| Win (%) | – | – | 33% | 0% | 69% | 45% | 33% | 27% | 26% | 45% | 9% | 41% | 18% | 46% | 44% | 45% | Career total: 40% | |||
| Year-end ranking | 493 | 261 | 207 | 197 | 59 | 62 | 109 | 102 | 74 | 66 | 225 | 79 | 116 | 73 | 91 | 54 | $3,709,571 | |||
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 2–7 | 22% |
| French Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 16 | 8–16 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 7 | 2–7 | 22% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0 / 36 | 13–36 | 27% |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | |||
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Win (%) | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 733 | 356 | 369 | 657 | 424 | 172 | 192 | 587 | 124 | 210 | 112 | 129 | 295 | 364 | 262 | 384 | $3,709,571 | |||
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2007 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | Tier IV[a] | Hard | 7–5, 6–2 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2008 | Gastein Ladies, Austria | Tier III[a] | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Apr 2018 | İstanbul Cup, Turkey | International | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | |
| Win | 4–0 | Sep 2018 | Tournoi de Québec, Canada | International | Carpet (i) | 7–5, 6–2 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2011 | Texas Open, United States | International | Hard | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2017 | Open de Limoges, France | Hard (i) | 0–6, 2–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Dec 2004 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 10,000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | Dec 2004 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 10,000 | Clay | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2006 | ITF Périgueux, France | 25,000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–7(3), 2–6 | |
| Win | 2–2 | Jan 2007 | ITF Fort Walton Beach, United States | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 3–2 | Apr 2007 | Open de Biarritz, France | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Win | 4–2 | Jul 2007 | Pétange Open, Luxembourg | 75,000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 4–3 | Oct 2009 | GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK | 50,000 | Hard (i) | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 5–3 | Oct 2009 | Open Saint Raphaël, France | 50,000 | Hard (i) | 7–6(4), 6–2 | |
| Loss | 5–4 | Jul 2010 | ITF Cuneo, Italy | 100,000 | Clay | 0–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 5–5 | Oct 2010 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | 100,000 | Hard (i) | 2–6, 6–7(4) | |
| Loss | 5–6 | May 2011 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | 100,000 | Clay | 7–6(5), 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 6–6 | Jun 2011 | Open de Marseille, France | 100,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | 7–6 | Jul 2011 | Open de Biarritz, France | 100,000 | Clay | 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 7–7 | Jun 2012 | Open de Marseille, France | 100,000 | Clay | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 7–8 | Sep 2013 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | 25,000 | Clay | 1–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 7–9 | Sep 2013 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | 25,000 | Clay | 2–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 8–9 | Feb 2014 | Open de l'Isère, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 2–6, 6–0, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 8–10 | Feb 2014 | ITF Nottingham, England | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 0–3 ret. | |
| Loss | 8–11 | Apr 2014 | ITF Edgbaston, England | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 4–6, 6–2, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 8–12 | May 2014 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | 50,000 | Clay | 1–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 8–13 | Jun 2015 | Open de Marseille, France | 100,000 | Clay | 2–6, 5–7 | |
| Win | 9–13 | Jun 2015 | Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–3 | |
| Loss | 9–14 | Nov 2015 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | 100,000 | Hard (i) | 5–7, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 9–15 | Apr 2016 | Open de Seine-et-Marne, France | 50,000 | Hard (i) | 1–6, 6–4, 4–6 | |
| Win | 10–15 | Jul 2016 | Contrexéville Open, France | 100,000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–1 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2003 | ITF Le Touquet, France | 10,000 | Clay | 2–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2003 | ITF Deauville, France | 25,000 | Clay (i) | 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 2004 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 10,000 | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2009 | Contrexéville Open, France | 50,000 | Clay | 2–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 3–2 | Mar 2015 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | 7–5, 4–6, [10–8] |
| Season | 2018 | 2019 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ||||||
| 1. | No. 2 | Istanbul Cup, Turkey | Clay | QF | 4–6, 6–3, ret. | |
| 2019 | ||||||
| 2. | No. 6 | Madrid Open, Spain | Clay | 1R | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) | |
| Result | W–L | Date | Competition | Surface | Partner/Team | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2016 | Fed Cup, France | Hard (i) | 2–3 |