# Bibiane Schoofs

Bibiane Schoofs (born 13 May 1988), previously known as Bibiane Weijers, is a Dutch professional tennis player.
On 11 June 2012, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 142, whilst her best doubles ranking was world No. 77 on 6 November 2023. She married on 7 July 2014, and took her husband's surname, however, in late 2016, reverted to her maiden name, Schoofs. In December 2016, she became national singles champion under that name.
In her career, she has won eight singles tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit, three of them in 2011. In doubles, she has won 23 ITF titles, three of them in 2017. At age 29, she won the doubles title at the 2017 Mumbai Open, a tournament on the Challenger-level. In January 2018, she won her first doubles title on WTA Tour, at the Auckland Open, her second in Lyon in 2023, and the third 2024 on grass, at her home tournament Rosmalen Open.
Playing for the Netherlands Billie Jean King Cup team, Schoofs has a win–loss record of 6–10 as of June 2024.

## Career
### 2011

Her best season so far has been in 2011 when she climbed more than 250 places in the rankings and won two $25k tournaments, in Montpellier and Middelburg. She also reached the finals in Prague and Zwevegem.
At the end of the season, Schoofs qualified for the Luxembourg Open, thus making her debut in a WTA Tour event. She played Angelique Kerber in the first round and recorded the biggest win of her career, defeating the world No. 29 in three sets after being down 6–2, 2–0. She then caused another upset against world No. 62, Canadian Rebecca Marino, defeating her in the second round in three sets. Her run was ended by British qualifier Anne Keothavong in the quarterfinals where she was beaten 6–3, 6–2.

### 2012

Schoofs began her year as a qualifier at the Auckland Open, but lost to Monica Puig, leading 6–2, 5–4 and 6–2, 6–7, 3–0.
She then qualified for the Australian Open. In a 2.5 hour match, she outlasted Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova 11–9 in the final set. In the second round she lost to Russian teenager Irina Khromacheva.
In Fed Cup competitions, Schoofs played four matches, winning two. She then was out for two months after a thigh injury.
She started playing again at a $25k event in Civitavecchia, Italy. She won against Anna Floris, but lost to eventual winner María Teresa Torró Flor in two sets. In the following week, she reached the semifinals at $25k event in Tunis defeating Çağla Büyükakçay, Pemra Özgen and Ana Savić, all in straight sets. She was beaten in three sets by Sandra Zaniewska. She played at the $50k Saint-Gaudens tournament and beat Melanie Oudin and Edina Gallovits-Hall in the first two rounds, before losing to former world No. 15, Aravane Rezaï, in the quarterfinals.
Schoofs tried to qualify for the main draw of the French Open. However, she was beaten in three close sets by Akgul Amanmuradova from Uzbekistan, in the first round. Schoofs also tried to qualify for the main draw of the WTA tournament in Birmingham, played on grass. She was beaten in the first round by Melanie Oudin, 6–4, 7–6. This was her first match on grass in seven years. She again played qualifying at the Wimbledon Championships where she beat Dia Evtimova, 6–2, 6–2, and Zheng Saisai, 6–3, 6–3, to reach the final qualifying round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. She held three setpoints in the first set against Mirjana Lučić before succumbing 5–7, 4–6.
Schoofs suffered a shock loss at the $25k tournament in Ystad where she was the top seed. The transition from grass to clay was too difficult to handle for her; she lost to Austrian Nicole Rottmann in three sets. Schoofs played a $50k clay-court tournament in Versmold, Germany the week after that. She beat French qualifier Anaïs Laurendon in the first round. She defeated Leticia Costas in the second round, and Kristina Mladenovic in the quarterfinals (all in straight sets), and faced former world No. 36, Anastasija Sevastova, in the semifinals.

### 2018: Maiden doubles title and top 100 debut

Schoofs won the doubles title of the Auckland Open together with her partner, five-time Grand Slam champion Sara Errani. With this victory, Schoofs entered the top 100 of the WTA rankings in women's doubles.
At the Australian Open qualifying, Schoofs defeated world No. 119, Naomi Broady, in the second round, but lost in the final round against Ivana Jorović, with a score of 3–6, 3–6.

### 2020–2024: Major debut in doubles, two WTA Tour doubles titles

In 2020, Schoofs made her main draw debut at the French Open, partnering compatriot Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove.
At the Lyon Open, she won her second tour-level doubles title with Cristina Bucșa, three years after she reached the final at the same tournament with partner Kerkhove. As a result, she reached a doubles ranking of No. 164 on 6 February 2023.
Alongside Greet Minnen, she also won the doubles title at the WTA 125 in Saint-Malo, defeating Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya in the final.
In June 2024, she won her third tour-level doubles title at the Rosmalen Open, partnering with Ingrid Neel.

## Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | W–L |
| Australian Open | Q2 | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0–0 |
| French Open | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | NH | A | A | 0–0 |
| US Open | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* WTA 1000 (0–0)
* WTA 500 (0–0)
* WTA 250 (3–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2018 | Auckland Classic, New Zealand | International | Hard | Sara Errani | Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2019 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | International | Grass | Lesley Kerkhove | Shuko Aoyama Aleksandra Krunić | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2020 | Lyon Open, France | International | Hard (i) | Lesley Kerkhove | Laura Ioana Paar Julia Wachaczyk | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Feb 2023 | Lyon Open, France | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | Cristina Bucșa | Olga Danilović Alexandra Panova | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2024 | ATX Open, United States | WTA 250 | Hard | Katarzyna Kawa | Olivia Gadecki Olivia Nicholls | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Jun 2024 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | WTA 250 | Grass | Ingrid Neel | Tereza Mihalíková Olivia Nicholls | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–3 |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2017 | Mumbai Open, India | Hard | Victoria Rodríguez | Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva | 7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2018 | Mumbai Open, India | Hard | Barbora Štefková | Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova | 4–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 2–1 | May 2023 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | Clay | Greet Minnen | Ulrikke Eikeri Eri Hozumi | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 19 (8 titles, 11 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $60,000 tournaments (0–1)
* $25,000 tournaments (3–6)
* $10/15,000 tournaments (5–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–4)
* Clay (6–6)
* Carpet (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2008 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 10,000 | Clay | Katarzyna Piter | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2008 | ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 10,000 | Clay | Marcella Koek | 1–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Aug 2010 | ITF Enschede, Netherlands | 10,000 | Clay | Nicola Geuer | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–2 | Mar 2011 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Daniëlle Harmsen | 6–0, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jun 2011 | Open de Montpellier, France | 25,000 | Clay | Leticia Costas | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jul 2011 | ITF Middelburg, Netherlands | 25,000 | Clay | Lesley Kerkhove | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Jul 2011 | ITF Zwevegem, Belgium | 25,000 | Clay | Mihaela Buzărnescu | 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Aug 2011 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | 25,000 | Clay | Jana Čepelová | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Aug 2012 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | 25,000 | Clay | Annika Beck | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Mar 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Denisa Allertová | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–6 | Apr 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Sandra Honigová | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–6 | Jul 2015 | ITF Amstelveen, Netherlands | 10,000 | Clay | Karen Barbat | 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 7–6 | Jul 2016 | ITF Amstelveen, Netherlands | 10,000 | Clay | Arianne Hartono | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–7 | Feb 2017 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Petra Krejsová | 6–2, 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–7 | Feb 2017 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | 25,000 | Carpet (i) | Quirine Lemoine | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 8–8 | Aug 2017 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | 25,000 | Clay | Isabelle Wallace | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8–9 | Oct 2017 | ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Vera Lapko | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 8–10 | Oct 2017 | Challenger de Saguenay, Canada | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Gréta Arn | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 8–11 | Mar 2020 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | 25,000 | Carpet (i) | Eva Lys | 2–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 41 (23 titles, 18 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments (1–0)
* $80,000 tournaments (1–1)
* $60,000 tournaments (1–2)
* $25,000 tournaments (13–6)
* $10/15,000 tournaments (7–9)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (12–7)
* Clay (11–11)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2005 | ITF Las Palmas, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | Laura Vallverdu-Zaira | Petra Cetkovská Katia Sabate | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2005 | ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 10,000 | Clay | Leonie Mekel | Rebecca Llewellyn Melanie South | 0–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Oct 2005 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | Agustina Lepore | Lucía Jara Lozano Denise Kirbijikian | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–2 | May 2006 | ITF Bournemouth, UK | 10,000 | Clay | Marrit Boonstra | Maya Gaverova Anastasia Poltoratskaya | 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 2007 | Open de Limoges, France | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Stella Menna | Adeline Goncalves Gracia Radovanovic | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Nov 2007 | ITF Le Havre, France | 10,000 | Clay (i) | Anna Savitskaya | Elodie Caillat Samantha Schoeffel | 2–6, 6–2, [6–10] |
| Win | 4–3 | Dec 2007 | ITF Havana, Cuba | 10,000 | Hard | Monika Krauze | Yamile Fors Guerra Yanet Núñez Mojarena | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Mar 2008 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 10,000 | Clay | Anna Savitskaya | Galina Fokina Oksana Kalashnikova | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–4 | Aug 2008 | Reinert Open Versmold, Germany | 10,000 | Clay | Samantha Schoeffel | Nicola Geuer Laura Haberkorn | 4–6, 7–6$^{(5)}$, [10–5] |
| Loss | 5–5 | Sep 2008 | ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Samantha Schoeffel | Ksenia Lykina Vivienne Vierin | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Oct 2008 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Samantha Schoeffel | Kristi Miller Lucía Sainz | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 6–7$^{(6)}$, [7–10] |
| Win | 6–6 | Nov 2008 | ITF Le Havre, France | 10,000 | Clay (i) | Samantha Schoeffel | Ana Bezjak Neda Kozić | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6–7 | Mar 2009 | ITF Giza, Egypt | 10,000 | Clay | Marlot Meddens | Fatima El Allami Oksana Kalashnikova | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 6–8 | Mar 2009 | ITF Giza, Egypt | 10,000 | Clay | Sandra Zaniewska | Galina Fokina Alyona Sotnikova | 6–4, 3–6, [10–8] |
| Loss | 6–9 | Jun 2009 | ITF Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 10,000 | Clay | Neda Kozić | Richèl Hogenkamp Nicolette van Uitert | 3–6, 7–6$^{(9)}$, [8–10] |
| Win | 7–9 | Sep 2010 | ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands | 25,000 | Clay | Daniëlle Harmsen | Ksenia Lykina Irena Pavlovic | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–9 | Mar 2011 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Daniëlle Harmsen | Eugeniya Pashkova Maria Zharkova | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 9–9 | Sep 2012 | ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Diāna Marcinkēviča | Samantha Murray Jade Windley | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Loss | 9–10 | Feb 2017 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Ekaterina Yashina | Vera Lapko Dayana Yastremska | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 9–11 | Apr 2017 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Sandra Zaniewska | Alice Matteucci Camilla Rosatello | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 10–11 | Jul 2017 | ITF Middelburg, Netherlands | 25,000 | Clay | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | Naiktha Bains Dasha Ivanova | 6–7$^{(8)}$, 7–5, [10–5] |
| Win | 11–11 | Jul 2017 | ITF Horb, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Lesley Kerkhove | Ágnes Bukta Isabella Shinikova | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 11–12 | Aug 2017 | ITF El Espinar, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | Ayla Aksu | Quinn Gleason Luisa Stefani | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 12–12 | Aug 2017 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | 25,000 | Clay | Ankita Raina | Marie Benoît Magali Kempen | 3–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
| Win | 13–12 | Jan 2018 | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Ysaline Bonaventure | Camilla Rosatello Kimberley Zimmermann | 4–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
| Win | 14–12 | Feb 2018 | GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Michaëlla Krajicek | Tara Moore Conny Perrin | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 6–1, [10–6] |
| Win | 15–12 | Apr 2018 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Chantal Škamlová | Chiara Scholl Jelena Simić | 6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 15–13 | Jul 2018 | ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic | 80,000 | Clay | Kimberley Zimmermann | Cornelia Lister Nina Stojanović | 2–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
| Win | 16–13 | Oct 2018 | Open de Touraine, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Magdalena Fręch | Miriam Kolodziejová Jesika Malečková | 5–7, 6–2, [10–3] |
| Win | 17–13 | Mar 2019 | ITF Mâcon, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Lesley Kerkhove | Claudia Giovine Angelica Moratelli | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 17–14 | Jul 2019 | Reinert Open Versmold, Germany | 60,000 | Clay | Ankita Raina | Amina Anshba Anastasia Dețiuc | 6–0, 3–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 17–15 | Oct 2019 | Challenger de Saguenay, Canada | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Samantha Murray | Mélodie Collard Leylah Fernandez | 6–7$^{(3)}$, 2–6 |
| Win | 18–15 | Feb 2020 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Ankita Raina | Supapitch Kuearum Mananchaya Sawangkaew | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 19–15 | Feb 2020 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Ankita Raina | Miyabi Inoue Kang Jiaqi | 6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 20–15 | Feb 2021 | ITF Potchefstroom, South Africa | 25,000 | Hard | Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove | Naomi Broady Eden Silva | 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| Loss | 20–16 | Oct 2021 | ITF Lima, Peru | 25,000 | Clay | Victoria Rodríguez | Carolina Alves Andrea Gámiz | 3–6, 6–7$^{(2)}$ |
| Win | 21–16 | Oct 2021 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Jasmijn Gimbrère | Maja Chwalińska Miriam Kolodziejová | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 21–17 | Nov 2022 | ITF Pétange, Luxembourg | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Rosalie van der Hoek | Magali Kempen Xenia Knoll | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 21–18 | Jan 2023 | GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Justina Mikulskytė | Viktória Morvayová Anna Sisková | 3–6, 7–6$^{(3)}$, [6–10] |
| Win | 22–18 | Sep 2023 | Tokyo Open, Japan | 100,000 | Hard | Jessika Ponchet | Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls | 4–6, 6–1, [10–7] |
| Win | 23–18 | Oct 2023 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | 80,000 | Hard (i) | Jessika Ponchet | Ekaterina Maklakova Elena Pridankina | 7–5, 6–4 |