Julia Cohen

Julia Cohen (born March 23, 1989) is an American former professional tennis player. In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In her career, Cohen won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On July 30, 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97. On May 13, 2013, she peaked at No. 121 in the doubles rankings. and started tennis at the age of three.

At the age of six, she was ranked No. 1 in 18-and-under doubles in the USTA Middle States region, which includes Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. She was then the US champion in the 9-and-under division. In 2006, she was the top-ranked American girls tennis player. That same year, she and partner Kimberly Couts reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the Wimbledon Championships.

When she was 15 years old, she was No. 6 in the junior world rankings.

Collegiate tennis career In her first year of college tennis, playing number-one singles for the University of Florida Gators, she was SEC Rookie of the Year and Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Rookie of the Year.

Professional career She was coached by her brother's friend, Conor Taylor, and won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. That year she reached No. 121 in the WTA doubles rankings, and No. 97 in the singles rankings.

She played in World TeamTennis for the Philadelphia Freedoms and the Boston Lobsters.

Coaching career In 2017, Cohen was hired as an assistant coach for the men's and women's tennis teams at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia.

WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsPremier M & Premier 5PremierInternational (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

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

Singles (5–10) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. September 5, 2004 Mexico City Hard María José López Herrera 6–4, 6–4Runner-up 1. March 13, 2005 Toluca, Mexico Hard Larissa Carvalho 2–6, 2–6Runner-up 2. November 25, 2007 Mexico City Hard Clarisa Fernández 1–6, 2–6Winner 2. December 13, 2009 Xalapa, Mexico Hard Gira Schofield 5–7, 6–2, 7–5Runner-up 3. April 25, 2010 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Lauren Albanese 4–6, 1–6Runner-up 4. July 18, 2010 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Paula Ormaechea 5–7, 1–6Winner 3. July 25, 2010 Waterloo, Canada Clay Fatma Al-Nabhani 1–6, 7–5, 7–5Runner-up 5. November 21, 2010 Niterói, Brazil Clay Alexandra Cadanțu 1–6, 6–1, 1–6Runner-up 6. December 5, 2010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Alexandra Cadanțu 1–6, 3–6Runner-up 7. May 28, 2011 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Ayu-Fani Damayanti 6–3, 2–6, 3–6Winner 4. October 8, 2011 Yerevan, Armenia Clay Andrea Koch Benvenuto 7–6(6), 6–2Runner-up 8. November 28, 2011 Rosario, Argentina Clay Chanel Simmonds 3–6, 4–6Winner 5. December 10, 2011 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Romana Tabak 7–5, 6–3Runner-up 9. December 1, 2012 Santiago, Chile Clay Paula Cristina Gonçalves 6–0, 3–6, 4–6Runner-up 10. April 8, 2013 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Jovana Jakšić 6–2, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles (5–5) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. September 5, 2009 Celaya, Mexico Clay Vivian Segnini Anastasia Kharchenko Nathalia Rossi 6–1, 6–4Winner 2. April 24, 2010 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Lauren Albanese Macall Harkins Vivian Segnini 6–3, 7–6(6)Runner-up 1. June 27, 2011 Middelburg, Netherlands Clay Florencia Molinero Quirine Lemoine Maryna Zanevska 3–6, 4–6Runner-up 2. July 11, 2011 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Andrea Koch Benvenuto Andrea Gámiz Adriana Pérez 3–6, 4–6Winner 3. November 14, 2011 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Tereza Mrdeža Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen 6–3, 2–6, [10–5]Runner-up 3. June 25, 2012 Rome, Italy Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko Marie-Ève Pelletier Laura Thorpe 0–6, 6–3, [8–10]Runner-up 4. October 28, 2012 Brasília, Brazil Clay Timea Bacsinszky Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru 3–6, 6–3, [8–10]Winner 4. April 15, 2013 Dothan, United States Clay Tatjana Maria Maria Sanchez Irina Falconi 6–4, 4–6, [11–9]Runner-up 5. June 25, 2013 Kristinehamn, Sweden Clay Alizé Lim Anna Danilina Olga Doroshina 5–7, 3–6Winner 5. March 17, 2014 Innisbrook, United States Clay Gioia Barbieri Allie Kiick Sachia Vickery 7–6(5), 6–0