Valérie Tétreault

Valérie Tétreault
Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec
Born	January 21, 1988 (age 36); Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2006
Retired	December 9, 2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$158,841
Singles
Career record	130–98 (57.0%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 112 (February 22, 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2010)
French Open	Q1 (2010)
US Open	1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	36–58 (38.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 307 (April 5, 2010)

Valérie Tétreault (born January 21, 1988) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 112 in February 2010, and peaked at No. 307 in the doubles rankings in April of the same year.

Tennis career edit

2006–2010 edit

In 2006, at the Rogers Cup, she played doubles with Sharon Fichman, but they lost in the first round against the eventual winning team of Martina Navratilova and Nadia Petrova, in two sets. In 2007, she played again the Rogers Cup, this time with Aleksandra Wozniak. They lost their first-round match against Francesca Schiavone and Roberta Vinci, in two sets. In 2008, she played with Mélanie Gloria in the doubles draw at the Rogers Cup. They lost their match in the first round in three sets against Melinda Czink and Olga Savchuk. At the 2008 Challenge Bell, she lost in the second round of the singles competition against Bethanie Mattek-Sands in three sets. In 2009, she was handed a wildcard for the Rogers Cup, but lost her first-round match against Ágnes Szávay, in two sets. At the 2009 US Open, she lost her first-round match against Magdaléna Rybáriková, in three sets. In 2010, her final year on the tour, she won three qualifying matches at the Australian Open, but was handily eliminated by Kim Clijsters, former No. 1 and reigning US Open champion, in straight sets. She announced her retirement from professional tennis with immediate effect on December 9, 2010.^[1]

She had a brief comeback in October 2011 at the Challenger of Saguenay, but lost in the final round of qualifying.^[2]

Life after tennis edit

Tétreault today works for Tennis Canada as the regional manager for the communications and media relations. She is also a tennis analyst for TVA Sports.^[3]^[4]

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) edit

Legend
$50,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–3)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2006	Challenger de Saguenay, Canada	25,000	Hard (i)	Angelique Kerber	7–5, 5–7, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Loss	0–2	Apr 2006	ITF Bath, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard (i)	Urszula Radwańska	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2006	ITF Hamilton, Canada	25,000	Clay	Aleksandra Wozniak	1–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Aug 2006	Vancouver Open, Canada	25,000	Hard	Ansley Cargill	5–7, 4–6
Win	1–4	May 2009	Carson Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Alexandra Stevenson	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	2–4	Jun 2009	ITF El Paso, United States	25,000	Hard	Mashona Washington	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–4	Jul 2009	ITF Grapevine, United States	50,000	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	2–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Loss	3–5	Oct 2009	ITF Kansas, United States	50,000	Hard	Regina Kulikova	4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) edit

Legend
$50,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2006	ITF Monterrey, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Lorena Villalobos Cruz	Betina Jozami Agustina Lepore	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2007	ITF Southlake, United States	25,000	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	Surina De Beer Kim Grant	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2009	ITF Grapevine, United States	50,000	Hard	Kimberly Couts	Lindsay Lee-Waters Riza Zalameda	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline edit

**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.

Tournament	2009	2010	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	0–1
French Open	A	Q1	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	0–0
US Open	1R	Q3	0–1
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–2

Head-to-head records edit

Record against top-100 players edit

Tétreault's win–loss record (6–15, 29%) against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows:^[5]
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.