Stéphanie Dubois


Stéphanie Dubois is a Canadian retired tennis player. She turned professional in 2004 and achieved a career-best ranking of No. 87 in the world in January 2012.
Dubois was awarded "Female Player of the Year" by Tennis Canada two times. She retired after the 2014 Coupe Banque Nationale in September.

Tennis career

2004–07

Dubois made her first appearance in July 2004 in the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs against Switzerland. She reached her first WTA quarterfinal at the 2005 Challenge Bell in Quebec City. At the 2006 Rogers Cup, she scored the biggest win of her career when she defeated Kim Clijsters, to reach the third round. In 2007, Dubois and Renata Voráčová reached the Challenge Bell final but lost to Christina Fusano and Raquel Kops-Jones in straight sets.

2008–10

In 2008, she got in the main draw of the Australian Open and the French Open, participating in a first in the latter, where two Quebec native players were in the main draw by their own ranking for the first time. Also in 2008, Dubois had three match points against eighth seed Anna Chakvetadze in the first round of Wimbledon but lost with a score of 6–8 in the final set. She also reached the third round of the 2008 Rogers Cup for the second time of her career with a victory over world No. 20 Maria Kirilenko. In 2009, Dubois won the $75,000 ITF Vancouver Open by beating the top seed Sania Mirza in three sets. Also in 2009, she defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round of the US Open, her first Grand Slam main-draw win, before losing to Sorana Cîrstea in the second round.

2011–14

Dubois reached the second round at Wimbledon in 2011 where she lost to world No. 11 Andrea Petkovic in three sets. She reached at the end of July 2011 the second WTA quarterfinal of her career at the Citi Open in College Park, but lost to Tamira Paszek in a match that lasted almost four hours. In January 2012, Dubois won her first-round match at the Australian Open for the first time, with a win over Elena Vesnina. She lost in the second round to 30th seed Angelique Kerber. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she teamed with Aleksandra Wozniak to represent Canada in the women's doubles; they lost in the opening round.
In September 2014, Dubois retired from tennis after losing in the first round of the Coupe Banque Nationale.

Life after tennis

In the spring of 2015, Dubois studied in communication at Promédia. She married British Oliver Sheath in July 2015 and gave birth to their daughter Alicia in April 2017. Dubois lives in London and is working as a tennis analyst for the WTA. She also has a level-3 coach certification from the LTA.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12007 Challenge Bell – Doubles|Tournoi de Québec, CanadaTier IIICarpet Renata Voráčová Christina Fusano
Raquel Kops-Jones		2–6, 6–7

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (10–13)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0ITF Hamilton, Canada25,000Clay Alexa Glatch6–1, 7–5
Loss1–1ITF Mont-Tremblant, Canada10,000Clay Soledad Esperón3–6, 4–6
Loss1–2Coleman Vision Tennis Championships, United States75,000Hard Marissa Irvin1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss1–3ITF Tucson, United States50,000Hard Jamea Jackson6–7, 5–7
Win2–3ITF Rockford, United States25,000Hard Hana Šromová6–1, 6–2
Loss2–4Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships, United States50,000Hard Natalie Grandin4–6, 3–6
Win3–4ITF Rockford, United States25,000Hard Anda Perianu7–6, 6–3
Loss3–5ITF Jackson, United States25,000Clay Vasilisa Bardina6–4, 2–6, 0–6
Win4–5ITF Lawrenceville, United States50,000Hard Julie Ditty6–3, 7–6
Win5–5ITF Hamilton, Canada25,000Clay Sharon Fichman6–2, 6–2
Win6–5ITF Lexington, United States50,000Hard Anne Keothavong4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss6–6Vancouver Open, Canada50,000Hard Anne Keothavong5–7, 1–6
Loss6–7ITF Troy, United States50,000Hard Maret Ani6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss6–8ITF La Quinta, United States50,000Hard Ashley Harkleroad3–6, 6–7
Loss6–9Tevlin Women's Challenger, Canada50,000Hard Alexa Glatch4–6, 3–6
Loss6–10ITF Grapevine, United States50,000Hard Valérie Tétreault6–2, 6–7, 6–7
Win7–102009 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Women's Singles|Vancouver Open, Canada75,000Hard Sania Mirza1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss7–11ITF Lexington, United States50,000Hard Kurumi Nara4–6, 4–6
Win8–11Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic, United States50,000Clay Michelle Larcher de Brito1–6, 7–6, 6–1
Win9–112011 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Women's Singles|Challenger de Granby, Canada25,000Hard Zhang Ling6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Loss9–122012 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Women's Singles|Challenger de Granby, Canada25,000Hard Eugenie Bouchard2–6, 2–5 ret.
Win10–12ITF Troy, United States25,000Hard Sharon Fichman3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss10–13ITF Florence, United States25,000Hard Mariana Duque6–4, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles (8–9)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0ITF Jackson, United States25,000Clay Alisa Kleybanova Cory Ann Avants
Kristen Schlukebir		6–2, 6–3
Loss1–1Coleman Vision Tennis Championships, United States75,000Hard María Emilia Salerni Maureen Drake
Carly Gullickson		3–6, 6–7
Win2–1ITF Redding, United States25,000Hard Yulia Beygelzimer Leanne Baker
Francesca Lubiani		6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss2–2ITF Raleigh, United States75,000Clay Maria Fernanda Alves Ashley Harkleroad
Lindsay Lee-Waters		2–6, 6–0, 3–6
Loss2–3ITF Orange, United States50,000Hard Lilia Osterloh Kateryna Bondarenko
Alona Bondarenko		2–6, 4–6
Win3–3ITF Pittsburgh, United States75,000Hard Alisa Kleybanova Ashley Harkleroad
Galina Voskoboeva		6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Loss3–4Dow Corning Tennis Classic, United States75,000Hard Maureen Drake Laura Granville
Abigail Spears		4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss3–5ITF Southlake, United States25,000Hard Valérie Tétreault Surina De Beer
Kim Grant		6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win4–5ITF Hamilton, Canada25,000Clay Surina De Beer Michaela Johansson
Paula Zabala		w/o
Win5–5Vancouver Open, Canada50,000Hard Marie-Ève Pelletier Soledad Esperón
Agustina Lepore		6–4, 6–4
Win6–5ITF Lawrenceville, United States50,000Hard Alisa Kleybanova Leanne Baker
Julie Ditty		6–2, 6–0
Win7–5ITF Pittsburgh, United States75,000Hard Alisa Kleybanova Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears		6–4, 4–6,
Loss7–6Hardee's Pro Classic, United States75,000Clay Maria Fernanda Alves Tetiana Luzhanska
Michaela Paštiková		1–6, 3–6
Win8–6Tevlin Women's Challenger, Canada50,000Hard Marie-Ève Pelletier Nikola Fraňková
Carmen Klaschka		6–4, 6–2
Loss8–7Challenger de Saguenay, Canada50,000Hard Rebecca Marino Sofia Arvidsson
Séverine Brémond Beltrame		3–6, 1–6
Loss8–8ITF Poza Rica, Mexico25,000Hard Olga Savchuk María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Maria Fernanda Alves		2–6, 3–6
Loss8–92013 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées – Doubles|Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées, France50,000Clay Kurumi Nara Julia Glushko
Paula Ormaechea		5–7, 6–7

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Record against top-50 players

Dubois' win-loss record against players who were ranked world No. 50 or higher when played is as follows:
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.