Audra Cohen - Pro Tournaments

Pro Tournaments

She was one of 12 collegiate players to be named to the 2006 USTA Summer Collegiate Team, an elite training program designed to give college’s top players exposure to professional tennis by competing on the USTA Pro Circuit. Cohen played in four USTA Circuit events, and reached the semifinals or better in three, including the $10,000 event in Evansville, Indiana, where she captured her first professional title.

She defeated world # 92 Olga Savchuk 6–4, 6–4, in August 2006 in New Haven, Connecticut. She defeated world # 93 Varvara Lepchenko 3–6, 6–2, 6–0, in October 2006 in Augusta, Georgia.

In August 2007 in Forest Hills, New York, in her greatest upset to date, she defeated world # 59 Elena Likhovtseva of Russia, 6–3, 6–4.

At the 2007 US Open, she entered as a wild card and was defeated 6-4, 6-1 in first round by Andrea Petkovic of Germany.

In April 2008 in Amelie Island she beat world # 89 Galina Voskoboeva, 6–1, 6–3.

In May 2008, partering with Heidi El Tabakh, she won the Landisville doubles.

In September 2008 in Beijing she defeated world # 84 Anne Keothavong of Great Britain, 6–3, 6–4.

Her season-ending rankings were 579 in 2006, 384 in 2007, and 230 in 2008.