Stephanie Dubois Canadian professional tennis player Date of Birth: 31.10.1986 Country: Canada

Biography of Stephanie Dubois

Stephanie Dubois is a Canadian professional tennis player. She was born to Jacques and Joanne Dubois and is one of their three children, along with her brother Steve and sister Veronique. Dubois started playing tennis at the age of five.

In 2001, she played her first match in an ITF tournament in Lachine, a suburb of Montreal. In 2004, Dubois won her first ITF tournaments in singles and doubles, in Hamilton, Canada and Jackson, USA respectively. She also made her first appearance in the main draw of a WTA tournament in Quebec.

Since 2004, Dubois has represented Canada in the Fed Cup, where she has achieved 21 victories in singles and doubles, with eight losses. In 2006, she had a memorable match against world number two Kim Clijsters in the second round of the Montreal tournament. Clijsters, who easily won the first set, had to retire in the middle of the second set due to injury, giving Dubois her first career victory over a top-ranked player. Another notable achievement was Dubois' participation in the II World Group of the Fed Cup after defeating the Argentine team.

In 2007, Dubois won two ITF singles titles and four doubles titles, two of which were with Russia's Alisa Kleybanova. In the same year, she reached her highest career achievement in WTA tournaments when she reached the final of the Bell Challenge in Quebec, partnering with Renata Voracova from the Czech Republic.

In May 2008, Dubois entered the top 100 of the WTA rankings for the first time. Shortly after, she lost in the first round of Wimbledon to Anna Chakvetadze in three sets, missing the opportunity to secure her second victory over a top-ten ranked player. In 2009, she reached the second round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the US Open.

In addition to her victory over Clijsters, Dubois also has three wins against players ranked in the top 30 of the WTA rankings: Maria Kirilenko (world number 20 at the time of the match), Kveta Peschke (26th), and Ai Sugiyama (27th).