Julia Cohen (born March 23, 1989) is an American former professional tennis player. In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In her career, Cohen won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On July 30, 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97.Julia Cohen , itftennis.com. On May 13, 2013, she peaked at No. 121 in the doubles rankings.
She played collegiate tennis for the Miami Hurricanes at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
Early life and education Cohen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 23, 1989. and started tennis at the age of three. Her father, Dr. Richard Cohen, played tennis for the Penn Quakers at the University of Pennsylvania and then played professionally for two years. Her brother Josh was an All-American tennis player at the University of Miami who later was named head coach of the Philadelphia Freedoms, a World Team Tennis team.
At the age of six, she was ranked No. 1 in 18-and-under doubles in the USTA Middle States region, which includes Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. In 1997, at the age of eight, she became the youngest player to win an adult match in a Middle States Tennis Association tournament. She was then the US champion in the 9-and-under division.
In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In 2006, she was the top-ranked American girls tennis player. That same year, she and partner Kimberly Couts reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the Wimbledon Championships.
When she was 15 years old, she was No. 6 in the junior world rankings. On 11 June 2007, she was ranked No. 4.
Collegiate tennis career In her first year of college tennis, playing number-one singles for the University of Florida Gators, she was SEC Rookie of the Year and Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Rookie of the Year. She transferred to the University of Miami and finished the year ranked fifth in the U.S. in singles, and was named All-ACC.
Cohen earned her Bachelor's degree in sports administration summa cum laude from California University of Pennsylvania in 2012 and a Master's degree in sport psychology in 2013.
Professional career She was coached by her brother's friend, Conor Taylor, and won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Cohen played in the 2012 Baku Cup where she made it to her first and only WTA Tour final, before losing in straight sets to No.5 seed Bojana Jovanovski. That year she reached No. 121 in the WTA doubles rankings, and No. 97 in the singles rankings.
She played in World TeamTennis for the Philadelphia Freedoms and the Boston Lobsters.
Coaching career In 2017, Cohen was hired as an assistant coach for the men's and women's tennis teams at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia.
WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsPremier M & Premier 5PremierInternational (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1.July 28, 2012Baku Cup, AzerbaijanHard Bojana Jovanovski3–6, 1–6
ITF finals $50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments
Singles (5–10) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. September 5, 2004 Mexico City Hard María José López Herrera 6–4, 6–4Runner-up 1. March 13, 2005 Toluca, Mexico Hard Larissa Carvalho 2–6, 2–6Runner-up 2. November 25, 2007 Mexico City Hard Clarisa Fernández 1–6, 2–6Winner 2. December 13, 2009 Xalapa, Mexico Hard Gira Schofield 5–7, 6–2, 7–5Runner-up 3. April 25, 2010 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Lauren Albanese 4–6, 1–6Runner-up 4. July 18, 2010 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Paula Ormaechea 5–7, 1–6Winner 3. July 25, 2010 Waterloo, Canada Clay Fatma Al-Nabhani 1–6, 7–5, 7–5Runner-up 5. November 21, 2010 Niterói, Brazil Clay Alexandra Cadanțu 1–6, 6–1, 1–6Runner-up 6. December 5, 2010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Alexandra Cadanțu 1–6, 3–6Runner-up 7. May 28, 2011 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Ayu-Fani Damayanti 6–3, 2–6, 3–6Winner 4. October 8, 2011 Yerevan, Armenia Clay Andrea Koch Benvenuto 7–6(6), 6–2Runner-up 8. November 28, 2011 Rosario, Argentina Clay Chanel Simmonds 3–6, 4–6Winner 5. December 10, 2011 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Romana Tabak 7–5, 6–3Runner-up 9. December 1, 2012 Santiago, Chile Clay Paula Cristina Gonçalves 6–0, 3–6, 4–6Runner-up 10. April 8, 2013 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Jovana Jakšić 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Doubles (5–5) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. September 5, 2009 Celaya, Mexico Clay Vivian Segnini Anastasia Kharchenko Nathalia Rossi 6–1, 6–4Winner 2. April 24, 2010 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Lauren Albanese Macall Harkins Vivian Segnini 6–3, 7–6(6)Runner-up 1. June 27, 2011 Middelburg, Netherlands Clay Florencia Molinero Quirine Lemoine Maryna Zanevska 3–6, 4–6Runner-up 2. July 11, 2011 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Andrea Koch Benvenuto Andrea Gámiz Adriana Pérez 3–6, 4–6Winner 3. November 14, 2011 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Tereza Mrdeža Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen 6–3, 2–6, [10–5]Runner-up 3. June 25, 2012 Rome, Italy Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko Marie-Ève Pelletier Laura Thorpe 0–6, 6–3, [8–10]Runner-up 4. October 28, 2012 Brasília, Brazil Clay Timea Bacsinszky Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru 3–6, 6–3, [8–10]Winner 4. April 15, 2013 Dothan, United States Clay Tatjana Maria Maria Sanchez Irina Falconi 6–4, 4–6, [11–9]Runner-up 5. June 25, 2013 Kristinehamn, Sweden Clay Alizé Lim Anna Danilina Olga Doroshina 5–7, 3–6Winner 5. March 17, 2014 Innisbrook, United States Clay Gioia Barbieri Allie Kiick Sachia Vickery 7–6(5), 6–0
See also List of select Jewish tennis players
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