Sophie Amiach is a former professional tennis

Tennis

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 player. She is born in France

France

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 on November 10, 1963 in Paris and played on the WTA tour from 1980 to 1995.

Career

Born in Paris, Sophie Amiach grew up in the South of France. Starting playing tennis at 4 years old, she becomes one of the best French juniors.
After reaching the Womans Doubles quarterfinal at the 1980 Australian Open

1980 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Judy Chaloner and Dianne Evers were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Duk-Hee Lee and Elizabeth Little.Betsy Nagelsen and Martina Navratilova won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Ann Kiyomura and Candy Reynolds.-Seeds:...

, she won the first junior girls doubles at French Open in 1981.

Sophie Amiach was selected in the 1981 French team of the Fed-cup and played two doubles.

She reached the quarter finals of the Australian Open in 1984 and played in 10 French Opens.

After an injury in 1987, Sophie was coached by Billie-Jean King to come back to a professional level and played until 1995.

WTA doubles final (0-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in Final
Runner-Up	1989 1989 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...	Ilva Trophy Ilva Trophy The Ilva Trophy is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1984 to 1994, with the exception of 1986 and 1987. It was held in Taranto in Italy and played on outdoor clay courts. It was a Tier V tournament until 1992 and was promoted to Tier IV for its last two...	Clay	Emmanuelle Derly	Sabrina Goleš Sabrina Goleš Sabrina Goleš is a former Yugoslav tennis player, from modern day Croatia....   Mercedes Paz Mercedes Paz Mercedes María Paz is a former professional tennis player from Argentina, who won three singles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The right-hander reached her highest career ranking on April 29, 1991, when she became the number 28 of the world...	2–6, 2-6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Australia Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...	A	A	1R	QF	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
France	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	3R	2R	A	1R	1R
Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A
United States	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A

A = did not participate in the tournament.

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