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
Born	(1981-01-24) 24 January 1981
Prize money	$33,876
Singles
Career record	95–62
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 430 (18 May 2009)
Doubles
Career record	65–48
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 tour 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 singles titles. She reached her best singles ranking of 430 in the world in 2009.

She lives in Obernai, France.

ITF finals

Singles: 8 (5–3)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Runner-up 1. 12 August 2007 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Julia Babilon 2–6, 0–6 Runner-up 2. 28 October 2007 Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Nataša Zorić 6–0, 6–7^(5–7), 1–6 Winner 1. 5 November 2007 Le Havre, France Clay (i) Romana Janshen 6–1, 6–2 Runner-up 3. 22 September 2008 Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard (i) Ksenia Lykina 4–6, 4–6 Winner 2. 6 October 2008 Barcelona, Spain Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze 6–2, 6–1 Winner 3. 18 October 2008 Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Paola Cigui 6–1, 6–3 Winner 4. 9 November 2008 Le Havre, France Clay (i) Shérazad Reix 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(8–6) Winner 5. 5 April 2009 Antalya, Turkey Hard Julia Babilon 7–6^(10–8), 1–0 ret. Doubles: 15 (10–5) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Runner-up 1. 15 March 1998 Biel, Switzerland Hard (i) Laura Bao Kirstin Freye Jean Okada 0–6, 7–6, 1–6 Runner-up 2. 3 August 1998 Périgueux, France Clay Stephanie Testard Paula García Kelly Liggan 6–3, 3–6, 6–7^(3–7) Winner 1. 22 November 1998 Deauville, France Carpet (i) Emmanuelle Curutchet Lubomira Bacheva Iroda Tulyaganova 6–1, 2–6, 7–6 Winner 2. 9 May 1999 Seoul, South Korea Clay Iroda Tulyaganova Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 Winner 3. 24 April 2000 Talence, France Hard Séverine Beltrame Aurore Desert Magalie Lamarre 6–2, 6–2 Winner 4. 12 August 2007 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Émilie Bacquet Claire Lablans Marcella Koek 7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(3–7), 6–4 Winner 5. 19 August 2007 Koksijde, Belgium Clay Émilie Bacquet Sylwia Zagorska Olga Brózda 6–1, 6–1 Winner 6. 24 August 2007 Westende, Belgium Hard Claire de Gubernatis Leslie Butkiewicz Katharina Brown 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 Winner 7. 10 September 2007 Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay Émilie Bacquet Stefania Chieppa Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6–2, 6–2 Runner-up 3. 15 October 2007 Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Émilie Bacquet Nataša Zorić Miljana Adanko 3–6, 3–6 Winner 8. 5 November 2007 Le Havre, France Clay (i) Elodie Caillat Anna Savitskaya Bibiane Schoofs 6–2, 2–6, [10–6] Winner 9. 11 August 2008 Versmold, Germany Clay Bibiane Schoofs Nicola Geuer Laura Haberkorn 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–5] Runner-up 4. 22 September 2008 Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard (i) Bibiane Schoofs Ksenia Lykina Vivienne Vierin 3–6, 2–6 Runner-up 5. 6 October 2008 Barcelona, Spain Clay Bibiane Schoofs Kristi Miller Lucia Sainz-Pelegri 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(6–8), [7–10] Winner 10. 3 November 2008 Le Havre, France Clay (i) Bibiane Schoofs Ana Bezjak Neda Kozic 6–3, 6–1 References "French Open results". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Heritage Microfilm, Inc. 27 May 1999. Retrieved 15 September 2018. "Lady Seminoles fight hard but fall in a close match to No. 21 LSU". Seminoles.com. 13 February 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2018. External links Samantha Schoeffel at the Women's Tennis Association Samantha Schoeffel at the International Tennis Federation