Isabelle Demongeot (born 18 September 1966) is a former

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from

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, who turned professional on 1 May 1983. She lived in

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in the

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in the early stages of her career and later settled further south in Gassin. Demongeot won her only

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singles title in Purchase in

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state in 1991. She achieved her best Grand Slam singles performance by reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon in 1986. She won a total of nine

doubles titles. Her best Grand Slam doubles performance was reaching the

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quarter-finals with

Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberly P ...

of France in 1987 and 1992. She also represented her country from 1985 to 1993 in the Federation/Fed Cup and in the 1988 and 1992

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.Isabelle Demongeot
. sports-reference.com She retired from the

in 1996. In her 2007 book, ''Service volé'', she accused her coach, Régis de Camaret, of rape and sexual abuse. She would later be joined by several former pupils who confirmed the allegations. In 2012, the coach, aged 70, was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 1 (1–0)

Doubles 13 (9–4)

ITF finals

Singles (4-4)

Doubles (4-4)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Demongeot, Isabelle 1966 births Living people French female tennis players Olympic tennis players of France Sportspeople from Var (department) Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite