Audra Cohen
$ 72,967 | |
Singles | |
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Career record | 59–63 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 229 (03 November 2009) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | 1R (2007) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 25–23 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 271 (27 April 2009) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | 2R (2004) |
Last updated on: 20 April 2011. |
Audra Marie Cohen (born April 21, 1986) is an American former professional tennis player and current college tennis coach. She was the # 1 collegiate female tennis player in the United States in 2007. At the University of Miami in 2005-2006 she was named the ITA National Player of the Year and was the National Indoor Champion, and in 2006-07 she won the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship, the NCAA Singles Championship, and the ITA National Player of the Year award. She is currently the head women's tennis coach at the University of Oklahoma.[1]
Her career-high world rank was 229 in singles, and 271 in doubles.[2]
Early life
Cohen was born in California and is Jewish.[3] When Cohen was a child, she first excelled at swimming, but she picked up a tennis racquet at the age of nine, and became a self-described “club rat,” who would hit as much as possible. She learned tennis at Bill Clark's Tennis Academy.
High school
Cohen attended
College career
Cohen attended
Cohen later transferred after her freshman year and attended the University of Miami, and played tennis for the Miami Hurricanes.[4] In 2005-2006 at Miami she was 34-2 in singles and 30-6 in doubles.[4] She sat out the fall season while recovering from injury that required serious back surgery.[4][5] She was named the ITA National Player of the Year, National Indoor Champion, ACC Player of the Year, and All-ACC team.[4] She completed her first season ranked #1 in singles and #2 in doubles.[4] She was voted All-American in singles and doubles, and named to the All-NCAA tournament team at the No. 1 position.[4]
In the Fall of 2006 she was 11-1, and won the National Indoor Championship.
Cohen left Miami after her junior year to turn professional, with a record of 76-4 in singles.[6][9] She earned her B.A. in Psychology cum laude in 2009.[6]
She was voted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.[6][9][10]
Pro tournaments
She defeated world No. 92 Olga Savchuk, in August 2006 in New Haven, Connecticut. Cohen defeated world No 93 Varvara Lepchenko in a three-set match, in October 2006 in Augusta, Georgia.
In August 2007 in
In September 2008 in Beijing she defeated world No. 84 Anne Keothavong of Great Britain in straight sets. Cohen's season-ending rankings were No. 579 in 2006, No. 384 in 2007, and No. 230 in 2008. In 2011, she retired from tennis.
Pan American Games
Cohen was a captain on the
Coaching career
Starting in 2009, Cohen began her collegiate coaching career with a two-year stint as an assistant women's tennis coach at the
in 2011 she joined the University of North Florida, as the head coach of the women's tennis team, the Ospreys.[6] She was a three-time Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year in five seasons, leading the team to a 77-27 record (.740 winning percentage), four NCAA Tournament appearances, and four Atlantic Sun Tournament titles.[11] She was three-time Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year.[11][10]
In 2016 she became the women’s tennis program head coach at the University of Oklahoma.[6][10]
ITF finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | July 25, 2006 | Evansville, United States | Hard | Lauren Albanese | 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2. | January 13, 2008 | St. Leo, United States | Hard | Anastasia Pivovarova | 4–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 2 (2–0)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
Winner | 1. | May 25, 2008 | Landisville, United States | Hard | Heidi El Tabakh | Stefania Boffa Anna Fitzpatrick |
6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
Winner | 2. | November 18, 2008 | Puebla, Mexico | Hard | Megan Moulton-Levy | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Veronica Spiegel |
6–2, 6–4 |
See also
References
- ^ "Audra Cohen Bio - The Official Site of Oklahoma Sooner Sports". Archived from the original on 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
- ^ Audra Cohen at the Women's Tennis Association
- ISBN 9781602800137. Archivedfrom the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Audra Cohen". University of Miami Athletics. June 2, 2017. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ "Cohen To Be Inducted into Miami Sports HOF". University of Oklahoma. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Audra Cohen - University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame". UM Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ "Audra Cohen Voted Top Collegiate Female Tennis Player and Will Receive Honda Sports Award". University of Miami Athletics. Archived from the original on 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ "Tennis". CWSA. Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ a b "OU women's tennis coach Audra Cohen inducted into Miami Sports Hall of Fame". Tulsa World. 19 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ a b c d "Audra Cohen - Head Coach - Women's Tennis Coaches". University of Oklahoma. Archived from the original on 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ a b Weber, Will (30 July 2016). "UNF tennis coach Audra Cohen resigns". Archived from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
External links
- Audra Cohen at the Women's Tennis Association
- Audra Cohen at the International Tennis Federation
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived May 18, 2007)
- Northwestern University profile at the Wayback Machine (archived January 20, 2008)
- "Audra Cohen: Junior Spotlight of the Week," 4/22/2004 at the Wayback Machine (archived December 19, 2007)
- "Audra Cohen Named ITA National Player of the Year," 6/7/2006
- "UW women's tennis: Former NCAA singles champ on staff" at Madison.com sports