Céline Cohen

Céline Cohen
Full name	Céline Meinecke-Cohen
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Born	5 March 1967 (age 57)
Prize money	$87,250
Singles
Career record	57–86
Highest ranking	No. 114 (7 November 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1988)
French Open	3R (1990)
Doubles
Career record	24–42
Highest ranking	No. 104 (17 July 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1988, 1989)
French Open	1R (1987, 1988, 1989)

Céline Meinecke-Cohen (born 5 March 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.

Biography

Tennis career

Cohen, who grew up in Cartigny near Geneva, represented Switzerland in 11 Federation Cup ties, the first in 1986.^[1]

Her best performance in a grand slam tournament came at the 1988 Australian Open, where she made it to the round of 16. After beating Jill Hetherington to start her run, she won two close matches, over Catherine Suire 11–9 in the final set and then Lea Antonoplis 9–7 in the decider. She lost in the round of 16 to third seed Chris Evert.^[2]

She reached her career high singles ranking of 114 in the world in 1988. The following year she had a win over world number 17 Lori McNeil at the 1989 European Open held in Geneva.^[3] She retired from professional tennis after the 1991 season.

Personal life

Cohen is married to German tennis player Tore Meinecke and has three children.^[4] She is Jewish.^[5]

ITF finals

Doubles (0–2)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	28 July 1986	Neumünster, West Germany	Clay	Susana Maria Villaverde	Denisa Krajčovičová Alice Noháčová	6–7, 3–6
Loss	2.	30 March 1987	Limoges, France	Clay	Eva Krapl	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	5–7, 2–6