Marie-Ève Pelletier

Marie-Ève Pelletier (French pronunciation: [maʁi ɛv pɛltje]; born May 18, 1982) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 106 in singles and 54 in doubles.

Marie-Ève Pelletier

Marie-Ève Pelletier at the 2009 US Open
Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Repentigny, Quebec
Born	(1982-05-18) May 18, 1982 (age 43) Quebec City, Quebec
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	January 9, 2013[1]
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 592,193
Singles
Career record	340–349
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 106 (June 20, 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2004)
French Open	Q3 (2001)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2004, 2005)
US Open	Q3 (2002)
Doubles
Career record	305–251
Career titles	25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (April 19, 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010)
French Open	1R (2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2005, 2010)
US Open	2R (2009)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2010)

Tennis career

1998–2013

Marie-Ève played in one career Grand Slam singles match in 2004, at the Australian Open, qualifying for the tournament before losing in the first round to Akiko Morigami. She is the previous winner of two events on the ITF Women's Circuit, the 2000 Virginia Beach and 2005 Waikoloa tournaments. Her best result in a WTA Tour event came at the 2005 Hyderabad Open, where she reached the quarterfinals.^[2] The biggest win of her career was when she beat then-world No. 16, Li Na, in straight sets in the first round of the 2006 Rogers Cup.^[3] She won in June 2012 the third singles title of her career at the $25k tournament in El Paso, beating Ashley Weinhold in the final.^[4]

Pelletier retired from pro tennis on 9 January 2013, after her loss in the first round of the Australian Open qualifying.^[1]

Fed Cup

Marie-Ève was a regular on Canada's Fed Cup team, playing every year from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2010 to 2012. She amassed a singles record of 9–9 and a doubles record of 16–6 in Fed Cup play.^[5]

Life after tennis

Pelletier is now a tennis analyst for TVA Sports, a sports television network in Quebec. She also was a tennis analyst for RDS for the 2013 Rogers Cup and an assistant coach for Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal. Pelletier married former NHL goaltender Pascal Leclaire in July 2014 and gave birth to their daughter Zoé in May 2015.^[6][7]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2000	ITF Nanjing, China	10,000	Hard	Li Na	6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2000	ITF Fresno, United States	25,000	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	May 2000	ITF Virginia Beach, US	25,000	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss	1–3	Sep 2001	ITF Peachtree City, US	25,000	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Nov 2001	ITF Pittsburgh, US	50,000	Hard (i)	Alina Jidkova	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–5	Sep 2002	Albuquerque Championships, US	75,000	Hard	Laura Granville	7–6(7–2), 4–6, 1–6
Win	2–5	Jan 2005	Waikoloa Challenger, US	50,000	Hard	Hana Šromová	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–6	Jun 2005	Open de Marseille, France	50,000	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	1–6, 1–6
Win	3–6	Jun 2012	ITF El Paso, US	25,000	Hard	Ashley Weinhold	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 51 (25 titles, 26 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1999	ITF Baltimore, US	10,000	Hard	Lauren Kalvaria	Candice de la Torre Nadia Johnston	7–6, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Oct 2001	ITF Fresno, US	50,000	Hard	Ashley Harkleroad	Clarisa Fernández Samantha Reeves	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	1–2	Jun 2002	ITF Caserta, Italy	50,000	Clay	Maja Palaveršić	Erica Krauth Vanessa Menga	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Oct 2003	ITF Oporto, Portugal	25,000	Clay	Iveta Gerlová	Sybille Bammer Laura Dell'Angelo	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–4	May 2004	ITF Raleigh, US	50,000	Clay	Anouska Van Exel	Ansley Cargill Christina Wheeler	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–5	May 2005	ITF Lafayette, US	50,000	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Beti Sekulovski Cindy Watson	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–6	Jun 2005	Open de Marseille, France	50,000	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Līga Dekmeijere Caroline Dhenin	2–6, 6–1, 2–6
Loss	1–7	Oct 2005	Open Nantes Atlantique, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Aurélie Védy	Renata Voráčová Mailyne Andrieux	7–6(7–3), 5–7, 2–6
Win	2–7	Jan 2006	Waikoloa Challenger, US	50,000	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Julie Ditty Lilia Osterloh	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Win	3–7	May 2006	ITF Charlottesville, US	50,000	Clay	Sunitha Rao	Maria Fernanda Alves Lilia Osterloh	6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–3
Loss	3–8	May 2006	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, US	50,000	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Edina Gallovits Jessica Kirkland	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–9	May 2006	ITF Palm Beach Gardens, US	25,000	Clay	Ansley Cargill	Angela Haynes Raquel Kops-Jones	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–9	Jul 2006	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Monique Adamczak	Nina Bratchikova Lioudmila Skavronskaia	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–9	Oct 2006	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Monique Adamczak	María José Argeri Carla Tiene	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–10	Oct 2006	ITF Saltillo, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Monique Adamczak	Larissa Carvalho Joana Cortez	2–6, 5–7
Loss	5–11	Jan 2007	ITF Fort Walton Beach, US	25,000	Hard	Sunitha Rao	Angelika Bachmann Tetiana Luzhanska	5–7, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	5–12	Apr 2007	ITF Hammond, US	25,000	Hard	Teodora Mirčić	Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	6–12	Jun 2007	ITF Galatina, Italy	25,000	Clay	Eva Hrdinová	Stefania Chieppa Darya Kustova	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win	7–12	Jun 2007	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Eva Hrdinová	Yuliya Beygelzimer Yevgenia Savranska	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win	8–12	Aug 2007	Vancouver Open, Canada	50,000	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	Agustina Lepore Soledad Esperón	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–12	Sep 2007	Open Denain, France	75,000	Clay	Eva Hrdinová	Timea Bacsinszky Karolina Kosińska	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–13	Oct 2007	ITF Troy, US	50,000	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	Angela Haynes Mashona Washington	4–6, 2–6
Loss	9–14	May 2008	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Julie Coin	Monica Niculescu Renata Voráčová	7–6(7–2), 1–6, [5–10]
Win	10–14	May 2008	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Hsieh Su-wei	Aurélie Védy Chanelle Scheepers	6–4, 6–0
Loss	10–15	Jun 2008	Internazionale di Roma, Italy	75,000	Clay	Alina Jidkova	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 1–6
Loss	10–16	Sep 2008	Open Denain, France	75,000	Clay	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	Maret Ani Lourdes Domínguez Lino	0–6, 5–7
Loss	10–17	Oct 2008	ITF Helsinki, Finland	25,000	Hard (i)	Patricia Mayr	Emma Laine Johanna Larsson	4–6, 2–6
Win	11–17	Oct 2008	Toronto Challenger, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Stéphanie Dubois	Nikola Fraňková Carmen Klaschka	6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–18	Apr 2009	ITF Pelham, US	25,000	Clay	Frederica Piedade	Danielle Harmsen Kim Kilsdonk	4–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Win	12–18	May 2009	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Julie Coin	Anna Tatishvili Erica Krauth	6–4, 6–3
Loss	12–19	Aug 2009	Bronx Open, US	100,000	Hard	Julie Coin	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King	0–6, 3–6
Win	13–19	Nov 2009	Internationaux de Poitiers, France	100,000	Hard (i)	Julie Coin	Marta Domachowska Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss	13–20	Nov 2009	Phoenix Tennis Classic, US	50,000	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	Sharon Fichman Mashona Washington	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	14–20	Oct 2010	ITF Bayamón, Puerto Rico	25,000	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	15–20	Apr 2011	ITF Pelham, US	25,000	Clay	Līga Dekmeijere	Kimberly Couts Heidi El Tabakh	2–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Win	16–20	Apr 2011	ITF Jackson, US	25,000	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Eva Hrdinová Natalie Piquion	7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–3)
Win	17–20	May 2011	ITF Charlottesville, US	50,000	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–3, 6–3
Win	18–20	May 2011	ITF Raleigh, US	50,000	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Beatrice Capra Asia Muhammad	6–1, 6–3
Loss	18–21	Jun 2011	ITF Boston, US	50,000	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Tetiana Luzhanska Alexandra Mueller	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	18–22	Oct 2011	Challenger de Saguenay, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Tímea Babos Jessica Pegula	4–6, 3–6
Win	19–22	Nov 2011	Toronto Challenger, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Tímea Babos Jessica Pegula	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–4]
Win	20–22	Apr 2012	ITF Pelham, US	25,000	Clay	Julie Coin	Elena Bovina Ekaterina Bychkova	7–5, 6–4
Loss	20–23	Apr 2012	Dothan Pro Classic, US	50,000	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Eugenie Bouchard Jessica Pegula	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	20–24	May 2012	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, US	50,000	Clay	Alyona Sotnikova	Maria Fernanda Alves Jessica Moore	7–6(8–6), 3–6, [8–10]
Win	21–24	May 2012	ITF Raleigh, US	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Alexandra Mueller Asia Muhammad	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	22–24	Jun 2012	ITF Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Julia Cohen Valentyna Ivakhnenko	6–0, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	23–24	Jul 2012	Colorado International, US	50,000	Hard	Shelby Rogers	Lauren Embree Nicole Gibbs	6–3, 3–6, [12–10]
Win	24–24	Jul 2012	Waterloo Challenger, Canada	50,000	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Shuko Aoyama Gabriela Dabrowski	6–2, 7–5
Win	25–24	Jul 2012	Challenger de Granby, Canada	25,000	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Shuko Aoyama Miki Miyamura	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss	25–25	Oct 2012	ITF Troy, US	25,000	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Angelina Gabueva Arina Rodionova	4–6, 4–6
Loss	25–26	Oct 2012	Challenger de Saguenay, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Sharon Fichman	Gabriela Dabrowski Alla Kudryavtseva	2–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q3	Q3	1R	Q3	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	Q3	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q2	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	Q2	Q2	A	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%

Doubles

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	1R	A	A	Q1	A	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–1	0 / 7	2–7	22%

Record against top-100 players

Pelletier's win–loss record (9–53, 15%) against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows:^[8]
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

• Li Na 1–0^{[nb 1]}
• Chanelle Scheepers 1–0^{[nb 2]}
• Jill Craybas 1–0^{[nb 3]}
• Alina Jidkova 1–0^{[nb 4]}
• Samantha Reeves 1–0^{[nb 5]}
• Julia Schruff 1–0
• Tatiana Perebiynis 1–0^{[nb 6]}
• Stéphanie Foretz 1–2^{[nb 7]}
• Marissa Irvin 1–4
• Lindsay Davenport 0–1
• Jelena Janković 0–1
• Nadia Petrova 0–1
• Francesca Schiavone 0–1
• Marion Bartoli 0–1^{[nb 8]}
• Sabine Lisicki 0–1
• Amy Frazier 0–1
• Anna Smashnova 0–1
• Virginie Razzano 0–1
• Fabiola Zuluaga 0–1^{[nb 9]}
• Alexandra Stevenson 0–1^{[nb 10]}
• Magüi Serna 0–1
• Barbora Strýcová 0–1
• Klára Koukalová 0–1
• Iveta Benešová 0–1
• Petra Cetkovská 0–1^{[nb 11]}
• Tamira Paszek 0–1
• María Vento-Kabchi 0–1^{[nb 12]}
• Kristina Brandi 0–1^{[nb 13]}
• Sania Mirza 0–1
• Laura Granville 0–1
• Rachel McQuillan 0–1^{[nb 14]}
• Petra Mandula 0–1
• María Sánchez Lorenzo 0–1
• Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian 0–1
• Marlene Weingärtner 0–1
• Melinda Czink 0–1
• Marta Domachowska 0–1^{[nb 15]}
• Martina Suchá 0–1
• Ashley Harkleroad 0–1
• Shenay Perry 0–1^{[nb 16]}
• Akiko Morigami 0–1^{[nb 17]}
• Els Callens 0–1^{[nb 18]}
• Adriana Gerši 0–1
• Jennifer Hopkins 0–1^{[nb 19]}
• Anastasia Rodionova 0–1^{[nb 20]}
• Yuliana Fedak 0–1
• Jana Nejedly 0–1
• Zsófia Gubacsi 0–1
• Séverine Beltrame 0–2^{[nb 21]}
• Nuria Llagostera Vives 0–2^{[nb 22]}
• Tatiana Poutchek 0–2
• Irina Selyutina 0–2^{[nb 23]}

Notes

1. has a 1–1 overall record vs. Li
2. 2–0 overall record vs. Scheepers
3. 3–2 overall record vs. Craybas
4. 1–2 overall record vs. Jidkova
5. 2–3 overall record vs. Reeves
6. 4–0 overall record vs. Perebiynis
7. 1–4 overall record vs. Foretz
8. 0–3 overall record vs. Bartoli
9. 1–1 overall record vs. Zuluaga
10. 1–1 overall record vs. Stevenson
11. 0–3 overall record vs. Cetkovská
12. 1–1 overall record vs. Vento-Kabchi
13. 0–2 overall record vs. Brandi
14. 0–2 overall record vs. McQuillan
15. 1–1 overall record vs. Domachowska
16. 1–4 overall record vs. Perry
17. 1–1 overall record vs. Morigami
18. 0–2 overall record vs. Callens
19. 1–2 overall record vs. Hopkins
20. 1–3 overall record vs. Rodionova
21. 0–3 overall record vs. Beltrame
22. 0–4 overall record vs. Llagostera Vives
23. 0–3 overall record vs. Selyutina