# Julia Cohen

Julia Cohen (born March 23, 1989) is an American former professional tennis player. In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In her career, Cohen won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 30 July 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97. On 13 May 2013, she peaked at No. 121 in the doubles rankings.
She played collegiate tennis for the Miami Hurricanes at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

## Tennis career

Cohen grew up in Philadelphia and started tennis at the age of three. Her father, Dr. Richard Cohen, played tennis for the University of Pennsylvania and played professional tennis for two years, and her brother Josh was an All-American tennis player at the University of Miami and became head coach of the World Team Tennis Philadelphia Freedoms. At the age of six, she was ranked No. 1 in 18-and-under doubles in the USTA Middle States region (including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware). In 1997, at the age of eight, she became the youngest player to win an adult match in a Middle States Tennis Association tournament. She was then the US champion in the 9-and-under division.
In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In 2006, she was the top-ranked American girls tennis player. That same year, she and partner Kimberly Couts reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the Wimbledon Championships.
When she was 15 years old, she was No. 6 in the junior world rankings. On 11 June 2007, she was ranked No. 4.

### Collegiate tennis career

In her first year of college tennis, playing number-one singles for the University of Florida Gators. She was SEC Rookie of the Year and Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Rookie of the Year. She transferred to the University of Miami and finished the year ranked fifth in the U.S. in singles, and was named All-ACC.
Cohen earned her Bachelor's degree in sports administration summa cum laude from California University of Pennsylvania in 2012 and a Master's degree in sport psychology in 2013.

### Professional career

She was coached by her brother's friend, Conor Taylor, and won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Cohen played in the 2012 Baku Cup where she made it to her first and only WTA Tour final, before losing in straight sets to fifth-seeded Bojana Jovanovski. That year she reached No. 121 in the WTA doubles rankings, and No. 97 in the singles rankings.
She played in World TeamTennis for the Philadelphia Freedoms and the Boston Lobsters.

### Coaching career

As an assistant coach, Cohen joined the Chestnut Hill College men's and women's tennis coaching staffs prior to the spring 2017 season.

## WTA Tour finals
### Singles: 1 (runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments
* Premier M & Premier 5
* Premier
* International (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | July 28, 2012 | Baku Cup, Azerbaijan | Hard | Bojana Jovanovski | 3–6, 1–6 |

## ITF finals

* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (5–10)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | September 5, 2004 | Mexico City | Hard | María José López Herrera | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | March 13, 2005 | Toluca, Mexico | Hard | Larissa Carvalho | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | November 25, 2007 | Mexico City | Hard | Clarisa Fernández | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | December 13, 2009 | Xalapa, Mexico | Hard | Gira Schofield | 5–7, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 3. | April 25, 2010 | Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Lauren Albanese | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | July 18, 2010 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Paula Ormaechea | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Winner | 3. | July 25, 2010 | Waterloo, Canada | Clay | Fatma Al-Nabhani | 1–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 5. | November 21, 2010 | Niterói, Brazil | Clay | Alexandra Cadanțu | 1–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | December 5, 2010 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | Alexandra Cadanțu | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | May 28, 2011 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Ayu-Fani Damayanti | 6–3, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 4. | October 8, 2011 | Yerevan, Armenia | Clay | Andrea Koch Benvenuto | 7–6$^{(6)}$, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 8. | November 28, 2011 | Rosario, Argentina | Clay | Chanel Simmonds | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 5. | December 10, 2011 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Romana Tabak | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 9. | December 1, 2012 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Paula Cristina Gonçalves | 6–0, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 10. | April 8, 2013 | Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Jovana Jakšić | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles (5–5)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1. | September 5, 2009 | Celaya, Mexico | Clay | Vivian Segnini | Anastasia Kharchenko Nathalia Rossi | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | April 24, 2010 | Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Lauren Albanese | Macall Harkins Vivian Segnini | 6–3, 7–6$^{(6)}$ |
| Runner-up | 1. | June 27, 2011 | Middelburg, Netherlands | Clay | Florencia Molinero | Quirine Lemoine Maryna Zanevska | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | July 11, 2011 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Andrea Koch Benvenuto | Andrea Gámiz Adriana Pérez | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 3. | November 14, 2011 | Asunción, Paraguay | Clay | Tereza Mrdeža | Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen | 6–3, 2–6, [10–5] |
| Runner-up | 3. | June 25, 2012 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Valentyna Ivakhnenko | Marie-Ève Pelletier Laura Thorpe | 0–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 4. | October 28, 2012 | Brasília, Brazil | Clay | Timea Bacsinszky | Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru | 3–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
| Winner | 4. | April 15, 2013 | Dothan, United States | Clay | Tatjana Maria | Maria Sanchez Irina Falconi | 6–4, 4–6, [11–9] |
| Runner-up | 5. | June 25, 2013 | Kristinehamn, Sweden | Clay | Alizé Lim | Anna Danilina Olga Doroshina | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Winner | 5. | March 17, 2014 | Innisbrook, United States | Clay | Gioia Barbieri | Allie Kiick Sachia Vickery | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 6–0 |