Marie Benoît

Marie Benoît (French pronunciation: [maʁi bənwa]; born 16 March 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player.^[1] On 24 July 2023, she achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 188. On 18 October 2021, she peaked at No. 208 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Marie Benoît

Benoit at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Belgium
Born	(1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 (age 30) Eupen, Belgium
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 401,332
Singles
Career record	463–303
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 188 (24 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 200 (13 January 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2021, 2025)
French Open	Q2 (2021)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2021, 2023)
US Open	Q1 (2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record	204–137
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 208 (18 October 2021)
Current ranking	No. 455 (13 January 2025)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–2
Last updated on: 25 January 2025.

Benoît has won 15 singles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for the Belgium Fed Cup team, Benoît has a win–loss record of 1–2 (as of November 2024).^[2]

Career

2019: WTA Tour debut

Benoît's singles debut on the WTA Tour came at the 2019 Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she was defeated in the first round by Ukrainian player Marta Kostyuk. In doubles, she made her debut at the 2019 Bucharest Open, when she lost with her partner Ysaline Bonaventure in the first round.

2020-2022: First WTA 125 doubles final

In 2020, she reached the final of a WTA 125 Challenger event, partnering with Jessika Ponchet. The following year was marked by participating in all four Grand Slam qualifying tournaments, twice reaching the second round. In 2021, she reached semifinals in a $25k tournament in Grenoble, France, losing to Viktorija Golubic. In a tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy, she lost the final against Arantxa Rus. In August 2022, she won a $25k event in Koksijde, Belgium, one week after reaching the final in the $25k tournament organised in her hometown of Eupen.

2023-2024: First WTA 125 singles quarterfinal

Benoît qualified for main draw at the 2023 Țiriac Foundation Trophy in Bucharest and defeated Chloé Paquet in three sets to reach the second round,^[3] where she lost to fifth seed Anna Bondár.^[4] She also made it through qualification for the 2024 Hamburg Open, but lost in the first round to top seed Mayar Sherif.^[5]

At the 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, Benoît reached her first WTA 125 singles quarterfinal defeating Leonie Küng^[6] and Valentina Ryser,^[7] before losing to Ekaterine Gorgodze.^[8]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2020	Newport Beach Challenger, United States	Hard	Jessika Ponchet	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	1–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 27 (15 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend W60 tournaments (1–0) W25/35 tournaments (9–7) W10/15 tournaments (5–5)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (12–11)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Laura Ioana Andrei	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jul 2013	ITF Iași, Romania	W10	Clay	Raluca Elena Platon	6–3, 7–6(0)
Win	3–0	Oct 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Anastasia Vdovenco	6–1, 6–1
Win	4–0	Feb 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Gai Ao	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–1	Sep 2014	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W10	Clay	Martina Trevisan	4–6, 3–6
Loss	4–2	Feb 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Isabella Shinikova	2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Win	5–2	Feb 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar	6–7(6), 6–3, 6–3
Win	6–2	Sep 2015	ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands	W25	Clay	Tena Lukas	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–3	Jul 2017	ITF Tampere, Finland	W15	Clay	Monika Kilnarová	6–7(5), 7–6(5), 4–6
Loss	6–4	Aug 2017	ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia	W15	Clay	Oana Gavrilă	7–6(3), 4–6, 5–7
Loss	6–5	Oct 2017	ITF Seville, Spain	W25	Clay	Daniela Seguel	6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	6–6	Nov 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Gaia Sanesi	3–6, 0–6
Win	7–6	Oct 2018	ITF Riba-Roja de Turia, Spain	W25	Clay	Aliona Bolsova	6–0, 7–6(2)
Loss	7–7	Oct 2019	ITF Riba-Roja de Turia	W25	Clay	Andrea Lázaro García	6–7(4), 5–7
Win	8–7	Jan 2020	ITF Daytona Beach, United States	W25	Clay	Andrea Lázaro García	6–4, 6–0
Loss	8–8	May 2022	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Arantxa Rus	4–6, 4–6
Loss	8–9	Aug 2022	ITF Eupen, Belgium	W25	Clay	Aneta Kučmová	5–7, 4–6
Win	9–9	Aug 2022	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	W25	Clay	Julia Riera	7–5, 6–3
Win	10–9	Jan 2023	ITF Vero Beach, United States	W60	Clay	Emma Navarro	6–2, 7–5
Win	11–9	Feb 2023	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	W25	Hard (i)	Heather Watson	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	12–9	Jul 2023	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	W25	Clay	Julie Štruplová	6–3, 6–3
Win	13–9	Jan 2024	ITF Naples, United States	W35	Clay	Leonie Küng	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	13–10	Feb 2024	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W35	Clay	Lucija Ćirić Bagarić	2–6, 5–7
Loss	13–11	Apr 2024	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W35	Clay	Nina Vargová	3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	14–11	May 2024	ITF Annenheim, Austria	W35	Clay	Tereza Valentová	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Win	15–11	May 2024	ITF Klagenfurt, Austria	W35	Clay	Sofia Costoulas	6–1, 6–3
Loss	15–12	Oct 2024	ITF Seville, Spain	W35	Clay	Sinja Kraus	6–2, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 29 (14 titles, 15 runner–ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments (1–0) W50 tournaments (1–0) W25/35 tournaments (10–7) W10/15 tournaments (2–8)

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (11–12) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2011	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	W10	Hard	Kimberley Zimmermann	Kim Kilsdonk Nicolette van Uitert	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2013	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	W25	Clay	Kimberley Zimmermann	Magali Kempen Nicky van Dyck	3–6, 6–7(3)
Loss	0–3	Oct 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Kimberley Zimmermann	Quirine Lemoine Gabriela van de Graaf	3–6, 6–0, [7–10]
Loss	0–4	Apr 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Kimberley Zimmermann	Polina Leykina Despina Papamichail	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–5	Sep 2014	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W10	Clay	Kimberley Zimmermann	Alice Balducci Georgia Brescia	6–3, 0–6, [5–10]
Loss	0–6	Sep 2014	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W10	Clay	Kimberley Zimmermann	Verena Hofer Martina Pratesi	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–7	Oct 2014	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W10	Clay	Kimberley Zimmermann	Anna Klasen Charlotte Klasen	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	1–7	Nov 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W25	Hard	Demi Schuurs	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Polina Monova	6–4, 7–5
Win	2–7	Apr 2016	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	W25	Clay	Arantxa Rus	Steffi Distelmans Demi Schuurs	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–8	Apr 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	Emma Laine Yuuki Tanaka	6–3, 1–6, [4–10]
Loss	2–9	Jul 2017	Tampere Open, Finland	W15	Clay	Estelle Cascino	Anna Iakovleva Gyulnara Nazarova	w/o
Loss	2–10	Aug 2017	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	W25	Clay	Magali Kempen	Ankita Raina Bibiane Schoofs	6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	3–10	Dec 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Julia Terziyska	Anna-Giulia Remondina Milana Špremo	6–2, 6–3
Loss	3–11	Apr 2018	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Xu Shilin	Naiktha Bains Chiara Scholl	4–6, 5–7
Win	4–11	May 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Angelica Moratelli	Ulyana Ayzatulina Julyette Steur	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–11	Sep 2018	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	W25	Clay	Manon Arcangioli	Amina Anshba Polina Monova	6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss	5–12	Feb 2019	AK Ladies Open, Germany	W25	Carpet (i)	Katarzyna Piter	Cristina Bucșa Rosalie van der Hoek	7–5, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss	5–13	Oct 2019	ITF Riba-Roja de Turia, Spain	W25	Clay	Ioana Loredana Roșca	Lara Arruabarrena Sara Errani	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	6–13	Oct 2019	ITF Seville, Spain	W25	Clay	Julia Wachaczyk	Eva Guerrero Álvarez Arantxa Rus	6–0, 6–7(3), [10–4]
Win	7–13	Sep 2020	ITF Tarvisio, Italy	W25	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	Anna Bondár Paula Ormaechea	6–1, 6–3
Win	8–13	Jun 2021	ITF The Hague, Netherlands	W25	Clay	Ioana Loredana Roșca	María Portillo Ramírez Panna Udvardy	6–7(5), 7–5, [10–7]
Win	9–13	Sep 2021	ITF Santarém, Portugal	W25	Hard	Eden Silva	Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls	7–5, 6–1
Win	10–13	Feb 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W25	Clay	Amina Anshba	Andreea Roșca Ioana Loredana Roșca	7–5, 7–6(4)
Loss	10–14	Mar 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W25	Clay	Nicoleta Dascălu	Funa Kozaki Naho Sato	2–6, 4–6
Loss	10–15	Apr 2023	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Dea Herdzelas	Alessandra Teodosescu Federica Urgesi	4–6, 3–6
Win	11–15	Jan 2024	ITF Naples, United States	W35	Clay	Leonie Küng	Mayuka Aikawa Hsu Chieh-yu	6–7(6), 6–2, [10–8]
Win	12–15	Jun 2024	ITF Ystad, Sweden	W50	Clay	Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	Alevtina Ibragimova Anna Zyryanova	6–3, 6–1
Win	13–15	Oct 2024	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W35	Clay	Ekaterina Makarova	Luiza Fullana Michaela Laki	7–6(4), 6–1
Win	14–15	Feb 2025	AK Ladies Open, Germany	W75	Carpet (i)	Dalila Jakupović	Emily Appleton Isabelle Haverlag	7–5, 7–6(6)