Cory Ann Avants-Dockins (born January 22, 1985) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography Born in Hawaii, Avants grew up in North Carolina, coached in tennis by her parents Hank and Sharon. A right-handed player, she had both a two-handed forehand and backhand.
Avants won her first ITF Circuit title at Raleigh in 2000.
From 2001 she competed as a professional and reached the final round of qualifying at the 2001 US Open, before having to retire hurt with a knee injury.
As a wildcard, she featured in WTA Tour main draws at Los Angeles in 2001 and the Miami Open the following year.
She continued to compete in juniors, making the quarterfinals of the girls' singles at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships and the semi-finals of the 2003 US Open as a qualifier, which included a win over Ana Ivanovic.
In 2004, she reached her career best ranking of world No. 226 and won her second ITF title, the Houston Pro Tennis Classic.
Avants qualified for the main draw of the WTA Tour tournament in Cincinnati in 2005.
ITF finals $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Singles (2–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. Oct 2000 Raleigh, United States Clay Eugenia Subbotina 5–7, 6–4, 6–3Loss 2. Feb 2004 Boca Raton, US Hard Sania Mirza 3–6, 2–6Win 3. May 2004 Houston, USA Hard Varvara Lepchenko 6–1, 6–4
Doubles (1–5) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1 Apr 2004 Jackson, US Clay Kristen Schlukebir Stéphanie Dubois Alisa Kleybanova 2–6, 3–6Win 2. May 2004 Hilton Head Island, US Hard Varvara Lepchenko Tanner Cochran Jaslyn Hewitt 6–2, 3–6, 6–3Loss 3. Jun 2004 Allentown, US Hard Varvara Lepchenko Angela Haynes Diana Ospina 0–6, 2–6Loss 4. Sep 2004 Ashland, US Hard Kristen Schlukebir Sandra Klösel María Emilia Salerni 3–6, 3–6Loss 5. Jan 2005 Tampa, US Hard Kristen Schlukebir Julie Ditty Vladimíra Uhlířová 1–6, 2–6Loss 6. Jun 2005 Allentown, US Hard Kristen Schlukebir Ansley Cargill Julie Ditty 2–6, 3–6
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