Samantha Schoeffel

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

Samantha Schoeffel

Full name	Samantha Schoeffel-Hechinger
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Obernai, France
Born	(1981-01-24) 24 January 1981 (age 44)
Prize money	$33,876
Singles
Career record	95–62
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 430 (18 May 2009)
Doubles
Career record	65–42
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 198 (12 July 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1999)

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.^[1]

In 2001, she left the tour to play collegiate tennis at Florida State University,^[2] 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.

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (5–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	12 August 2007	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Julia Babilon	2–6, 0–6
Loss	2.	28 October 2007	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Nataša Zorić	6–0, 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win	1.	5 November 2007	ITF Le Havre, France	Clay (i)	Romana Janshen	6–1, 6–2
Loss	3.	22 September 2008	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	Hard (i)	Ksenia Lykina	4–6, 4–6
Win	2.	6 October 2008	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	6–2, 6–1
Win	3.	18 October 2008	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Paola Cigui	6–1, 6–3
Win	4.	9 November 2008	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)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	15 March 1998	ITF Biel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Laura Bao	Kirstin Freye Jean Okada	0–6, 7–6, 1–6
Loss	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, 7–6
Win	2.	9 May 1999	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Clay	Iroda Tulyaganova	Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	3.	24 April 2000	ITF Talence, France	Hard	Séverine Beltrame	Aurore Desert Magalie Lamarre	6–2, 6–2
Win	4.	12 August 2007	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Émilie Bacquet	Claire Lablans Marcella Koek	7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Win	5.	19 August 2007	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Émilie Bacquet	Sylwia Zagórska Olga Brózda	6–1, 6–1
Win	6.	24 August 2007	ITF Westende, Belgium	Hard	Claire de Gubernatis	Leslie Butkiewicz Katharina Brown	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	7.	16 September 2007	ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy	Clay	Émilie Bacquet	Stefania Chieppa Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3.	21 October 2007	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Émilie Bacquet	Nataša Zorić Miljana Adanko	3–6, 3–6
Win	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, 2–6
Loss	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