Samantha Schoeffel

Samantha Schoeffel-Hechinger (born 24 January 1981) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Biography Schoeffel, who is originally from Cape Town, South Africa began competing on the professional circuit in 1996.

As a doubles player, she broke into the world's top 200, with WTA Tour quarterfinal appearances at the 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg and the 2000 Belgian Open. She featured in the women's doubles main draw at the 1999 French Open, as a wildcard pairing with Stéphanie Foretz.

In 2001, she left the tour to play collegiate tennis at Florida State University, later returning to the professional circuit in 2006 and going on to win five ITF Circuit singles titles. She reached her best singles ranking of 430 in the world in 2009.

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Singles (5–3) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 12 August 2007 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Julia Babilon 2–6, 0–6Loss 2. 28 October 2007 ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Nataša Zorić 6–0, 6–7(5–7), 1–6Win 1. 5 November 2007 ITF Le Havre, France Clay (i) Romana Janshen 6–1, 6–2Loss 3. 22 September 2008 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard (i) Ksenia Lykina 4–6, 4–6Win 2. 6 October 2008 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze 6–2, 6–1Win 3. 18 October 2008 ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Paola Cigui 6–1, 6–3Win 4. ITF Le Havre, France Clay (i) Shérazad Reix 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6)Win 5. 5 April 2009 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Julia Babilon 6–7(8–10), 0–1 ret.

Doubles (10–5) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 15 March 1998 ITF Biel, Switzerland Hard (i) Laura Bao Kirstin Freye Jean Okada 0–6, 7–6, 1–6Loss 2. 3 August 1998 ITF Périgueux, France Clay Stephanie Testard Paula García Kelly Liggan 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)Win 1. 22 November 1998 ITF Deauville, France Carpet (i) Emmanuelle Curutchet Lubomira Bacheva Iroda Tulyaganova 6–1, 2–6, 7–6Win 2. 9 May 1999 ITF Seoul, South Korea Clay Iroda Tulyaganova Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook 6–3, 4–6, 6–4Win 3. 24 April 2000 ITF Talence, France Hard Séverine Beltrame Aurore Desert Magalie Lamarre 6–2, 6–2Win 4. 12 August 2007 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Émilie Bacquet Claire Lablans Marcella Koek 7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 6–4Win 5. 19 August 2007 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Émilie Bacquet Sylwia Zagórska Olga Brózda 6–1, 6–1Win 6. 24 August 2007 ITF Westende, Belgium Hard Claire de Gubernatis Leslie Butkiewicz Katharina Brown 4–6, 6–2, 6–2Win 7. 16 September 2007 ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay Émilie Bacquet Stefania Chieppa Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6–2, 6–2Loss 3. 21 October 2007 ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Émilie Bacquet Nataša Zorić Miljana Adanko 3–6, 3–6Win 8. 11 November 2007 ITF Le Havre, France Clay (i) Elodie Caillat Anna Savitskaya Bibiane Schoofs 6–2, 2–6, [10–6]Win 9. 17 August 2008 ITF Versmold, Germany Clay Bibiane Schoofs Nicola Geuer Laura Haberkorn 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]Loss 4. 28 September 2008 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard (i) Bibiane Schoofs Ksenia Lykina Vivienne Vierin 3–6, 2–6Loss 5. 12 October 2008 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Bibiane Schoofs Kristi Miller Lucía Sainz 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [7–10]Win 10. 8 November 2008 ITF Le Havre, France Clay (i) Bibiane Schoofs Ana Bezjak Neda Kozić 6–3, 6–1