Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached QF at Sydney (d. No.7 seed Petrova en route; l. to No.2 seed Safina); reached 4r at Australian Open (as No.15 seed, l. to No.3 seed Safina 62 26 75; led 5-2 third set w/2mp at 5-4).

FEBRUARY - Went 0-2 in France's 5-0 Fed Cup World Group 1r loss to Italy; reached QF at Paris [Indoors] (as No.5 seed, l. to No.2 seed Jankovic in 3s); reached 3r at Dubai (as No.10 seed, l. to No.6 seed and eventual champion V.Williams).

MARCH - Dropped opener at Indian Wells (as No.11 seed w/1r bye, l. to qualifier Barrois in 2r); reached 3r at Miami (as No.14 seed, l. to No.17 seed Zheng).

APRIL - Fell 1r at Barcelona (as top seed, l. to Cohen-Aloro); went 0-2 in France's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group Play-off win over Slovakia; fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. to Hantuchova).

MAY - Reached 2r at Rome (as No.13 seed, l. to K.Bondarenko); fell 1r at Madrid (as No.13 seed, l. to qualifier Vesnina); reached 2r at Roland Garros (as No.21 seed, l. to Cirstea).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. to Razzano); fell 1r at Wimbledon (as No.22 seed, l. to Dushevina in 3s).

JULY - Reached 2r at Budapest (as No.2 seed, l. to Peer); fell 1r at Palermo (as No.3 seed, l. to Martinez Sanchez); reached SF at Bad Gastein (as top seed, l. to Olaru in 3s).

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. to Czink); fell 1r at Toronto (l. to Rezai); fell 1r at New Haven (l. to No.9 seed Stosur in 3s); reached 2r at US Open (l. to No.21 seed Zheng in 3s).

SEPTEMBER - Fell 1r at Tokyo (l. to No.15 seed Li); reached 2r at Beijing (d. No.15 seed Stosur in 1r; l. to Wozniak).

OCTOBER - Reached 2r at Linz (l. to No.2 seed A.Radwanska); reached 2r at Luxembourg (l. to No.5 seed Wickmayer).

2004 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in France.

2005 - Played first Tour main draw at Roland Garros, reaching 2r (as WC, l. to No.3 seed Mauresmo); continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Played two Tour main draws, falling 1r at Australian Open (as WC, l. to Nakamura) but reaching 2r at Roland Garros (as WC, l. to Garbin); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Near-Top 50 finish after first season playing regularly on the Tour; QF twice, at Acapulco (l. to Pennetta) and Fès (l. to Wozniak 63 16 75; held 3mp at 5-4 third set); played all four majors in a year for first time, best result being 3r at US Open (l. to Jankovic); fell 1r or 2r three times; won one singles title on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on August 6 (rose from No.107 to No.94).

2008 - Breakthrough season, highlighted by phenomenal results on clay and first Tour singles title; having never passed QF before, reached SF or better six times during season, first with runner-up finish at Acapulco (as No.2 seed, l. to top seed Pennetta in 3s in final), then back-to-back SF finishes at Amelia Island (l. to Cibulkova in 3s) and Charleston (l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion S.Williams 75 63; led 4-1 first set), another runner-up finish at Rome (as qualifier, d. No.3 seed Kuznetsova and No.6 seed Chakvetadze en route, falling to No.4 seed Jankovic in final; wins over world No.5 Kuznetsova and world No.8 Chakvetadze were first two career Top 10 wins), first Tour singles title at Budapest (as No.2 seed, d. Klepac in final; also won first Tour doubles title there w/Husarova) and finally first hardcourt SF at New Haven (as No.7 seed, d. No.2 seed Hantuchova en route; l. to eventual champion Wozniacki); also QF in last event of year, at Linz (as No.8 seed, l. to No.2 seed Zvonareva); best results in 17 other events were three 3r finishes, at Roland Garros (as No.19 seed, l. to No.14 seed A.Radwanska), Olympics (as No.15 seed, l. to No.4 seed S.Williams in 3s) and US Open (as No.17 seed, l. to qualifier Groenefeld); fell in 1r or 2r 13 times, incl. Australian Open (l. to No.9 seed Hantuchova in 2r), Wimbledon (as No.17 seed, l. to qualifier Pavlyuchenkova in 1r) and Bad Gastein (as No.2 seed coming off Budapest title, ret. vs. de los Ríos w/GI illness); fell in Tour qualifying once (in first event of year at Sydney); win over Kuznesova at Rome was 100th career singles match win; having begun year outside Top 50, made Top 50 debut on February 11 (after Paris [Indoors]; rose from No.58 to No.49), Top 40 debut on April 14 (after Amelia Island; rose from No.49 to No.40) and Top 30 and Top 20 debuts simultaneously on May 19 (after Rome; rose from No.34 to No.20) and reached career-high No.16 on November 10 year-end rankings; member of French Fed Cup team that l. 3-2 to China in World Group 1r (went 0-1) but d. Japan 4-1 in World Group Play-off (went 0-1); withdrew from Indian Wells w/wrist tendonitis.

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2008 - Budapest; 2007 - ITF/Dnepropetrovsk-UKR; 2006 - ITF/Bari-ITA, ITF/Padova-ITA.
Finalist (2): 2008 - Acapulco, Rome.
Semifinalist (4): 2009 - Bad Gastein; 2008 - Amelia Island, Charleston, New Haven.
Quarterfinalist (5): 2009 - Sydney, Paris [Indoors]; 2008 - Linz; 2007 - Acapulco, Fès.

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2008 - Budapest (w/Husarova).

ADDITIONAL
French Fed Cup Team, 2008-09; French Olympic Team, 2008.

Coached by Pierre Bouteyre ... Mother, Patricia, is housewife (who also travels with her); father, Francis, is commercial director; brother, Sébastien, is a doctor (also her agent) ... Has one cat and one dog ... Began playing at age 4 after watching brother play ... Baseliner whose favorite shot is backhand; favorite surface is clay ... Favorite type of music is rock; favorite artists are Muse, Jack Johnson ... Favorite movie is Lord of the Rings; favorite actor is Louis de Funès ... Other interests include basketball, handball, soccer, playing piano, reading, watching TV ... Favorite city is Nice ... People most admired are Andy Roddick and her brother.

Official Website: www.alizecornet.fr

- Junior highlights include doubles runner-up finish at 2006 Australian Open (w/Dentoni; l. to Fichman/Pavlyuchenkova) and winning 2007 Roland Garros singles title (d. Duque Marino in final).