Bibiane Schoofs

Bibiane Schoofs

Country	Netherlands
Residence	Ede, Netherlands
Born	(1988-05-13) May 13, 1988 (age 24) Rhenen, Netherlands
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Retired	Active
Plays	Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Career prize money	$ 46,140
Singles
Career record	149–86
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	153 (February 27, 2012)
Current ranking	161 (January 8, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	61–29
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 473 (July 20, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 792 (October 17, 2011)
Last updated on: February 27, 2012.

Bibiane Schoofs (born May 13, 1988) is a Dutch professional tennis player. On February 27, 2012, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 153 whilst her best doubles ranking was 473 on July 20, 2009. She is currently the third best ranked player from the Netherlands.^[1] Schoofs' best season so far has been in 2011. She climbed more than 250 places in the rankings and won two 25k ITF tournaments in Montpellier and Middelburg. She also reached the final in Prague and Zwevegem.

At the end of the 2011 season, Schoofs qualified for the 2011 BGL Luxembourg Open, thus making her debut in a WTA event. She played Angelique Kerber in the first round and recorded the biggest win of her career, defeating world number 29 Kerber in three sets, 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 after being down 6–2, 2–0. She then caused another upset against world number 62 Canadian Rebecca Marino, defeating her in the second round in three sets, 1–6, 6–1, 7–5. Her run was ended by British qualifier Anne Keothavong in the quarterfinals where she was beaten 6-3 6-2.

2012

Schoofs began her year as a qualfier at the 2012 ASB Classic in Auckland, but lost to Monica Puig, 6-2 6-7 3-6, leading 6-2 5-4 and 6-3 6-7 3-0.

She than played qualifications for the first Grand Slam of the year, the 2012 Australian Open. In a 2.5 hour thriller, she outlasted Kazach Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4 3-6 11-9. In the 2nd round she lost 2-6 4-6 to Russian teenager Irina Khromacheva.

At the Fed Cup, Schoofs played 4 matches, winning 2. She then was out for 2 month's after a thigh injury.

She started playing again at an 25k event in Civitavecchia, Italy. She won 6-4 6-0 against Anna Floris, but lost to eventual tournament winner Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, 6-7 2-6.

References

External links

• Bibiane Schoofs at the Women's Tennis Association
• Bibiane Schoofs at the International Tennis Federation

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Dutch female singles tennis players as of May 28, 2012 Michaëlla Krajicek (73 2) Arantxa Rus (88 9) Kiki Bertens (91 2) Bibiane Schoofs (148 ) Richel Hogenkamp (222 1) Lesley Kerkhove (343 4) Daniëlle Harmsen (462 5) Angelique Van Der Meet (487 9) Quirine Lemoine (504 39) Lisanne Van Riet (537 6)

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