Marie Benoît (French pronunciation: [maʁi bənwa]; born 16 March 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player.[1]

Marie Benoît
Country (sports) Belgium
Born (1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 (age 29)
Eupen, Belgium
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$366,515
Singles
Career record404–297 (57.6%)
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 188 (24 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 288 (12 February 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2021)
French OpenQ2 (2021)
WimbledonQ1 (2021, 2023)
US OpenQ1 (2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record193–133 (59.2%)
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 208 (18 October 2021)
Current rankingNo. 455 (12 February 2024)
Last updated on: 12 February 2024.

Benoît has won twelve singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. 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.

Playing for the Belgium Fed Cup team, Benoît has a win–loss record of 1–0.[2]

Career highlights edit

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.

In 2020, she reached final of a WTA Challenger doubles 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 semi-finals in a WTA $25,000 tournament in Grenoble, France, losing to the Swiss Viktorija Golubic. In a tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy, she lost in the final against Arantxa Rus.

In August 2022, she won an $25,000 event in Koksijde, Belgium, one week after reaching the final in the $25,000 tournament organised in her hometown of Eupen.


Grand Slam singles performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2021 2022 2023 W–L
Australian Open Q2 A A 0–0
French Open Q2 A Q1 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 A Q1 0–0
US Open Q1 A Q1 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0

WTA Challenger finals edit

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

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

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 24 (13 titles, 11 runner–ups) edit

Legend
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W25/35 tournaments (7–6)
W10/15 tournaments (5–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (10–10)
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 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 Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Arantxa Rus 4–6, 4–6
Loss 8–9 May 2022 ITF Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Arantxa Rus 4–6, 4–6
Loss 8–10 Aug 2022 ITF Eupen, Belgium W25 Clay   Aneta Kučmová 5–7, 4–6
Win 9–10 Aug 2022 ITF Koksijde, Belgium W25 Clay   Julia Riera 7–5, 6–3
Win 10–10 Jan 2023 ITF Vero Beach, United States W60 Clay   Emma Navarro 6–2, 7–5
Win 11–10 Feb 2023 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK W25 Hard (i)   Heather Watson 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 12–10 Jul 2023 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany W25 Clay   Julie Struplova 6–3, 6–3
Win 13–10 Jan 2024 ITF Naples, United States W35 Clay   Leonie Küng 6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss 13–11 Feb 2024 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W35 Clay   Lucija Ćirić Bagarić 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 26 (11 titles, 15 runner–ups) edit

Legend
W25/35 tournaments (9–7)
W10/15 tournaments (2–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (9–12)
Carpet (0–1)
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 Pula, Italy W10 Clay   Kimberley Zimmermann   Alice Balducci
  Georgia Brescia
6–3, 0–6, [5–10]
Loss 0–6 Sep 2014 ITF Pula, Italy W10 Clay   Kimberley Zimmermann   Verena Hofer
  Martina Pratesi
4–6, 5–7
Loss 0–7 Oct 2014 ITF 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 Spremo
6–2, 6–3
Loss 3–11 Apr 2018 ITF 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 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]

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Marie Benoit's WTA Profile".
  2. ^ "Marie Benoit at the Fed Cup".

External links edit