Georgie Gent

Georgina Gent (formerly Stoop, born 13 January 1988) is an English tennis player. She won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 178. The AEGON Award-winning former professional player was coached by Damien Roberts.

Personal life Stoop's parents are named Angus and Tessa and she has three older siblings, Sam, Olly and Milly, who she used to play tennis against. Her mother, Tessa, an interior designer spent time with her children playing tennis during their childhood. Stoop first began playing tennis at the age of 5 but enjoys all other sports as well, particularly hockey. After attending St Faith's School, she was selected to be educated at The Leys School while being coached by national coaches, and left school when she was sixteen. In 2008, Stoop's mother remarried and in 2010 Stoop changed her surname to her mother's new married name, to be known as Georgie Gent.

Career Junior (2003–2006) Stoop's first match on the ITF Junior Circuit was in February 2003. In only the second junior tournament of her career (the Team Leschly Danish Junior Cup), she won two matches to qualify and then four more to reach the final; a marathon match which she eventually lost, 7–6(11), 6–7(3), 5–7. She reached one more final over the course of her junior career (in the Nottingham ITF tournament in August 2004) where she also lost. Her overall win–loss record in singles was 27–19.

She had less success in doubles, only reaching two quarterfinals (both with Laura Peterzan) over the course of her career and never passing this stage. Her doubles win–loss record was 6–16. She reached a career-high combined singles and doubles ranking of world No. 234 on 1 August 2005.

2006 started slowly for Stoop up until April when she reached the semifinals of the ITF tournament in Bath. She continued playing on the ITF Circuit, reaching two more quarter-finals, until June when she was awarded a wildcard into the Tier II International Women's Open qualifying event in Eastbourne, England. She was beaten without winning a single game by Akiko Morigami who was ranked 69 at the time, 553 places above Stoop. This wildcard was followed by another, this time into the qualifying tournament of her home Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon where she was beaten by Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, in straight sets. After this her ranking rose steadily as she played out the rest of the year on the ITF Circuit. She reached one more semi-final and three more finals, losing in two of them but winning the last as a qualifier in the $25k event in Nuriootpa, Australia. She ended the 2006 season ranked No. 412. However, she did team up with Laura Robson in the doubles to face Jade Curtis and Anna Smith, a match which they won in an epic three sets, 6–4, 3–6, 13–11. Stoop and Robson went on to lose to Grand Slam champions Amélie Mauresmo and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round. After Wimbledon, Stoop reached one more ITF quarterfinal and won her second title, beating Katie O'Brien in an all-British final at the $25k event in Vigo, Spain.

ITF Circuit finals Legend $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (2–6) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. ITF Bournemouth, Great Britain Clay Gaëlle Widmer 3–6, 2–6Runner-up 2. ITF Frinton, Great Britain Grass Irena Pavlovic 2–6, 4–6Runner-up 3. ITF Nottingham, Great Britain Hard Anna Smith 1–6, 4–6Winner 4. ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Raquel Kops-Jones 6–3, 4–6, 6–1Runner-up 5. ITF La Palma, Spain Hard María Emilia Salerni 3–6, 3–6Runner-up 6. ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard Nicole Thyssen 4–6, 4–6Runner-up 7. ITF Troy, United States Hard Anna Tatishvili 6–7(4–7), 4–6Winner 8. ITF Vigo, Spain Hard Katie O'Brien 7–5, 6–2

Doubles: 6 (2–4) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. ITF Edinburgh, Great Britain Clay Deborah Armstrong Mari Andersson Nadja Roma 2–6, 2–6Runner-up 2. ITF Budapest, Hungary Clay Naomi Cavaday Antonia Xenia Tout Nataša Zorić 1–6, 2–6Winner 3. ITF Frinton, Great Britain Grass Jane O'Donoghue Danielle Brown Ana Četnik 6–4, 4–6, 6–2Winner 4. ITF Nottingham, Great Britain Hard Emily Webley-Smith Naomi Cavaday Claire Peterzan 3–6, 7–5, 6–4Runner-up 5. ITF Jersey, Great Britain Hard (i) Katie O'Brien Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 0–6, 4–6Runner-up 6. ITF Vigo, Spain Hard Jade Curtis Karolina Kosińska Laura Thorpe 6–7(3–7), 2–6

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