Stéphanie Dubois (born October 31, 1986) is a former tennis player from Canada. She turned professional in 2004 and achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 87 in January 2012.

Dubois was awarded Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada two times (2005, 2007). She retired after the tournoi de Québec in September 2014.

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 (who retired from the match), 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 $75k 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 major 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 the second WTA Tour quarterfinal of her career at the Washington 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 Tournoi de Québec.

Life after tennis In the spring of 2015, Dubois studied in communication at Promédia. She married Briton Oliver Sheath in July 2015 and gave birth to their daughter Alicia in April 2017 and Annabelle later. Dubois lives in Kent and works as a tennis analyst for the WTA. She also has a level-3 coach certification from the LTA.

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendTier IITier III, IV & V (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLossTournoi de Québec, CanadaTier IIICarpet (i) Renata Voráčová Christina Fusano Raquel Kops-Jones2–6, 6–7(6–8)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 23 (10–13) Legend$100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments (1–1)$50,000 tournaments (3–8)$25,000 tournaments (6–3)$10,000 tournaments (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0ITF Hamilton, Canada25,000Clay Alexa Glatch6–1, 7–5Loss1–1ITF Mont-Tremblant, Canada10,000Clay Soledad Esperón3–6, 4–6Loss1–2Albuquerque Championships, US75,000Hard Marissa Irvin1–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss1–3ITF Tucson, United States50,000Hard Jamea Jackson6–7(5), 5–7Win2–3ITF Rockford, United States25,000Hard (i) Hana Šromová6–1, 6–2Loss2–4Lexington Open, United States50,000Hard Natalie Grandin4–6, 3–6Win3–4ITF Rockford, United States25,000Hard (i) Anda Perianu7–6(4), 6–3Loss3–5ITF Jackson, United States25,000Clay Vasilisa Bardina6–4, 2–6, 0–6Win4–5ITF Lawrenceville, United States50,000Hard Julie Ditty6–3, 7–6(6)Win5–5ITF Hamilton, Canada25,000Clay Sharon Fichman6–2, 6–2Win6–5Lexington Open, United States50,000Hard Anne Keothavong4–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss6–6Vancouver Open, Canada50,000Hard Anne Keothavong5–7, 1–6Loss6–7Classic of Troy, United States50,000Hard Maret Ani6–3, 4–6, 2–6Loss6–8ITF La Quinta, United States50,000Hard Ashley Harkleroad3–6, 6–7(6)Loss6–9Toronto Challenger, Canada50,000Hard (i) Alexa Glatch4–6, 3–6Loss6–10ITF Grapevine, United States50,000Hard Valérie Tétreault6–2, 6–7(6), 6–7(1)Win7–10Vancouver Open, Canada75,000Hard Sania Mirza1–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss7–11Lexington Open, United States50,000Hard Kurumi Nara4–6, 4–6Win8–11 Charlottesville Open, United States50,000Clay Michelle Larcher de Brito1–6, 7–6(5), 6–1Win9–11 Challenger de Granby, Canada25,000Hard Zhang Ling6–2, 2–6, 6–1Loss9–12 Challenger de Granby, Canada25,000Hard Eugenie Bouchard2–6, 2–5 ret.Win 10–12 Classic of Troy, United States25,000Hard Sharon Fichman3–6, 6–4, 6–3Loss 10–13 ITF Florence, United States25,000Hard Mariana Duque Mariño6–4, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 17 (8–9) Legend$75,000 tournaments (2–4)$50,000 tournaments (3–3)$25,000 tournaments (3–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0ITF Jackson, United States25,000Clay Alisa Kleybanova Cory Ann Avants Kristen Schlukebir6–2, 6–3Loss1–1Albuquerque Championships, United States75,000Hard María Emilia Salerni Maureen Drake Carly Gullickson3–6, 6–7(6)Win2–1ITF Redding, United States25,000Hard Yulia Beygelzimer Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani6–4, 6–7(1), 6–3Loss2–2ITF Raleigh, United States75,000Clay Maria Fernanda Alves Ashley Harkleroad Lindsay Lee-Waters2–6, 6–0, 3–6Loss2–3ITF Orange, United States50,000Hard Lilia Osterloh Kateryna Bondarenko Alona Bondarenko2–6, 4–6Win3–3ITF Pittsburgh, United States75,000Hard (i) Alisa Kleybanova Ashley Harkleroad Galina Voskoboeva6–4, 5–7, 6–1Loss3–4Midland Tennis Classic, US75,000Hard (i) Maureen Drake Laura Granville Abigail Spears4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss3–5ITF Southlake, United States25,000Hard Valérie Tétreault Surina De Beer Kim Grant6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win4–5ITF Hamilton, Canada25,000Clay Surina De Beer Michaela Johansson Paula Zabalaw/oWin5–5Vancouver Open, Canada50,000Hard Marie-Ève Pelletier Soledad Esperón Agustina Lepore6–4, 6–4Win6–5ITF Lawrenceville, US50,000Hard Alisa Kleybanova Leanne Baker Julie Ditty6–2, 6–0Win7–5ITF Pittsburgh, United States75,000Hard (i) Alisa Kleybanova Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears6–4, 4–6, [10–6]Loss7–6Dothan Pro Classic, US75,000Clay Maria Fernanda Alves Tetiana Luzhanska Michaela Paštiková1–6, 3–6Win8–6Toronto Challenger, Canada50,000Hard (i) Marie-Ève Pelletier Nikola Fraňková Carmen Klaschka6–4, 6–2Loss8–7Challenger de Saguenay, Canada50,000Hard (i) Rebecca Marino Sofia Arvidsson Séverine Brémond Beltrame3–6, 1–6Loss8–8ITF Poza Rica, Mexico25,000Hard Olga Savchuk María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves2–6, 3–6Loss8–9Open Saint-Gaudens, France50,000Clay Kurumi Nara Julia Glushko Paula Ormaechea5–7, 6–7(11)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament2005200620072008200920102011201220132014 Australian OpenQ1AQ11R1R1RQ32RQ3Q30 / 41–4 French OpenQ1Q1Q21RQ21RQ31RQ2A0 / 30–3 WimbledonQ1Q1Q11R1R1R2R1RQ1A0 / 51–5 US OpenQ21RQ3Q22RQ3Q3Q2Q2A0 / 21–2Win–loss0–00–10–00–31–30–31–11–30–00–00 / 143–14

Record against top-50 players Dubois' win–loss record (8–32, 20%) 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.

Olga Govortsova 3–0Has a 4–1 overall record vs. Govortsova Kim Clijsters 1–0 Carla Suárez Navarro 1–0 Květa Peschke 1–0 Maria Kirilenko 1–1 Ai Sugiyama 1–2 Victoria Azarenka 0–1Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Azarenka Jelena Janković 0–1 Venus Williams 0–1 Nadia Petrova 0–1 Anna Chakvetadze 0–1 Angelique Kerber 0–1Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Kerber Andrea Petkovic 0–1Has a 1–1 overall record vs. Petkovic Nathalie Dechy 0–1 Shahar Pe'er 0–1Has a 0–3 overall record vs. Pe'er Roberta Vinci 0–1Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Vinci Ágnes Szávay 0–1Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Szávay Zheng Jie 0–1 Tamarine Tanasugarn 0–1Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Tanasugarn Virginie Razzano 0–1 Lucie Šafářová 0–1Has a 1–1 overall record vs. Šafářová Sybille Bammer 0–1 Klára Zakopalová 0–1Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Zakopalová Sorana Cîrstea 0–1 Tamira Paszek 0–1Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Paszek Bethanie Mattek-Sands 0–1 Tsvetana Pironkova 0–1Has a 0–5 overall record vs. Pironkova Julia Vakulenko 0–1Has a 1–1 overall record vs. Vakulenko Chanelle Scheepers 0–1Has a 1–1 overall record vs. Scheepers Rebecca Marino 0–1Has a 1–3 overall record vs. Marino Pauline Parmentier 0–1Has a 0–2 overall record vs. Parmentier Sara Errani 0–2 Katarina Srebotnik 0–2

Awards 2005 – Tennis Canada female player of the year 2007 – Tennis Canada female player of the year

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