Alizé Lim
{{short description|French tennis player (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Alizé Lim
|image = Lim RG16 (6) (27127178490).jpg
|caption = Alize Lim at the 2016 French Open
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|7|13}}
|height = 173 cm
|turnedpro = 2007
|plays = Right (two-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney = $492,196
|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=310|lost=284}}
|singlestitles = 3 ITF
|highestsinglesranking = No. 135 (26 May 2014)
|currentsinglesranking= No. 951 (3 March 2025)
|AustralianOpenresult = Q3 (2014)
|FrenchOpenresult = 1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
|Wimbledonresult = Q1 (2014, 2016)
|USOpenresult = Q3 (2015)
|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=119|lost=131}}
|doublestitles = 6 ITF
|highestdoublesranking = {{no wrap|No. 148 (7 November 2016)}}
|currentdoublesranking = No. 1380 (3 March 2025)
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult =
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
|WimbledonDoublesresult =
|USOpenDoublesresult =
|updated = 5 March 2025
}}
Alizé Lim (born 13 July 1990) is a French tennis player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinetelerevue.be/search/articles?keys=alize-lim-belle-de+match|title=Recherche pour alize-lim-belle-de match | Ciné Télé Revue|website=www.cinetelerevue.be}} Her career is WTA singles ranking is world No. 135, reached on 26 May 2014, and her doubles ranking is No. 148, attained on 7 November 2016.
Career
Alize Lim made her Grand Slam debut at the 2011 French Open where she and her French partner Victoria Larrière received a wildcard for the doubles main draw, and lost to sixth seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy, 2 - 6, 1 - 6, in the first round.{{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100090876|title=ITF profile of Alizé Lim|publisher=ITF|access-date=28 February 2018|archive-date=21 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921191154/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100090876|url-status=dead}}
In 2014, Alize Lim made her major singles debut at the French Open with a wildcard and again lost in the first round of the main draw, to occasional training partner and then-world No. 1, Serena Williams, 2 - 6, 1 - 6.
Alize Lim worked with Eurosport during the 2022 Australian Open, and presented their coverage of the event with Mats Wilander, Tim Henman, and Johanna Konta.{{cite news |title=AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2022 – FRENCH STAR ALIZE LIM JOINS STAR-STUDDED DISCOVERY TEAM FOR OPENING GRAND SLAM OF 2022 |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/australian-open/2022/australian-open-2022-french-star-alize-lim-joins-eurosport-team-for-opening-grand-slam-of-2022_sto8696592/story.shtml |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=Eurosport |publisher=Discovery, Inc. |date=10 January 2022}}
She also presented the 2024 Summer Olympics for France Télévisions on the online channel dedicated to the event.{{cite news |title=Paris 2024 : à quelle heure et sur quelles chaînes suivre les Jeux olympiques sur France Télévisions ? |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/les-jeux-olympiques/paris-2024-comment-suivre-les-jeux-olympiques-sur-france-televisions-et-sa-chaine-numerique_6662232.html |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=Franceinfo |publisher=Francetvinfo, Inc. |date=16 July 2024}}
Personal life
Born in France, Alizé Lim is of Vietnamese descent through her father.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lecourrier.vn/double-nationalite-en-vue-pour-la-tenniswoman-alize-lim/544721.html|title=Double nationalité en vue pour la tenniswoman Alizé Lim|first=Le Courrier du|last=Vietnam|website=lecourrier.vn}}
Grand Slam performance
{{performance key}}
=Singles=
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!Tournament !2011 !2012 !2013 !2014 !2015 !2016 !2017 !2018 !2019 !... !2022 !W - L |
align=left|Australian Open
|A |A |A |Q3 |A |Q2 |Q1 |A |A | |A |0 - 0 |
align=left|French Open
|A |Q1 |Q2 |bgcolor=afeeee|1R |bgcolor=afeeee|1R |bgcolor=afeeee|1R |bgcolor=afeeee|1R |A |Q1 | |A |0 - 4 |
align=left|Wimbledon
|A |A |A |A |A |Q1 |A |A |A |style=color:#767676| |A |0–0 |
align=left|US Open
|Q1 |A |Q1 |Q1 |Q3 |Q2 |A |A |A | |A |0–0 |
style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold
|align=left|Win - Lose |0 - 0 |0 - 0 |0 - 0 |0 - 1 |0 - 1 |0 - 1 |0 - 1 |0 - 0 |0 - 0 | |0 - 0 |0 - 4 |
ITF Circuit finals
=Singles: 13 (3 titles, 10 runner-ups)=
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|$50,000 tournaments |
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|$25,000 tournaments |
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|$10,000 tournaments |
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!Finals by surface |
Hard (1 - 4) |
Clay (2 - 6) |
|}
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Result
!class=unsortable|W - L !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class=unsortable|Score |
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style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|0 - 1 |Jan 2010 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF Saint-Martin, Guadeloupe |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Hard |{{flagicon|FRA}} Natalie Piquion |6 - 7(4), 1 - 6 |
style=background:#98fb98|Win
|1 - 1 |Jan 2010 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF Le Gosier, Guadeloupe |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Hard |{{flagicon|FRA}} Natalie Piquion |6 - 1, 6 - 2 |
style=background:#98fb98|Win
|2 - 1 |Aug 2010 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF Tampere, Finland |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|FRA}} Amandine Hesse |6 - 4, 6 - 3 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|2 - 2 |Nov 2010 |style=background:#addfad|ITF Toronto, Canada |style=background:#addfad|50,000 |Hard (i) |{{flagicon|GBR}} Heather Watson |3 - 6, 3 - 6 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|2 - 3 |June 2011 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Campobasso, Italy |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} Karin Knapp |2 - 6, 4 - 6 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|2 - 4 |May 2012 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|VEN}} Gabriela Paz |4 - 6, 4 - 6 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|2 - 5 |Oct 2013 |style=background:lightblue|ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|NED}} Arantxa Rus |1 - 6, 1 - 6 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|2 - 6 |Mar 2015 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF Amiens, France |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Clay (i) |{{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Ianchuk |6 - 3, 3 - 6, 4 - 6 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|2 - 7 |Apr 2015 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Pula, Italy |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|GER}} Anne Schäfer |6 - 4, 6 - 3 |
style=background:#98fb98|Win
|3 - 7 |Jul 2015 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Turin, Italy |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|BUL}} Dia Evtimova |3 - 6, 6 - 4, 6 - 4 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|3 - 8 |style=background:#addfad|Abierto Tampico, Mexico |style=background:#addfad|50,000 |Hard |{{flagicon|ESP}} Lourdes Domínguez Lino |5 - 7, 4 - 6 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|3 - 9 |Mar 2016 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Campinas, Brazil |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|UKR}} Dayana Yastremska |4 - 6, 4 - 6 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|3 - 10 |Jun 2018 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Sumter, United States |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Townsend |w/o |
=Doubles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner-ups)=
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| {|class=wikitable style=font-size:85% ! Legend |
style=background:lightblue
|$25,000 tournaments |
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|$10,000 tournaments |
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!Finals by surface |
Hard (4 - 2) |
Clay (2 - 9) |
|}
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Result
!class=unsortable |W - L !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class=unsortable |Score |
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style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|0 - 1 |May 2009 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF Bournemouth, UK |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|FRA}} Elixane Lechemia |{{flagicon|GBR}} Stephanie Cornish |w/o |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|0 - 2 |Aug 2009 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF Tampere, Finland |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} Vivienne Vierin |{{flagicon|SWE}} Sandra Roma |4 - 6, 3 - 6 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|0 - 3 |Nov 2009 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF Le Havre, France |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Clay (i) |{{flagicon|FRA}} Amandine Hesse |{{flagicon|ROU}} Mihaela Buzărnescu |2 - 6, 6 - 7(4) |
style=background:#98fb98|Win
|1 - 3 |Jan 2010 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF Le Gosier, France |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Hard |{{flagicon|DEN}} Malou Ejdesgaard |{{flagicon|USA}} Kayla Rizzolo |6 - 1, 5 - 7, 10 - 3 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|1 - 4 |Mar 2010 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF Amiens, France |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Clay (i) |{{flagicon|FRA}} Sherazad Benamar |{{flagicon|ISR}} Efrat Mishor |6 - 7(5), 7 - 5, 5 - 10 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|1 - 5 |Mar 2010 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF Cairo, Egypt |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|USA}} Ivana King |{{flagicon|CZE}} Jana Jandová |2 -6, 2 - 6 |
style=background:#98fb98|Win
|2 - 5 |Aug 2010 |style=background:#f0f8ff|ITF Fleurus, Belgium |style=background:#f0f8ff|10,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|ROU}} Diana Enache |{{flagicon|BEL}} Gally De Wael |6 - 0, 6 - 3 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|2 - 6 |Oct 2010 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Hard |{{flagicon|FRA}} Elixane Lechemia |{{flagicon|FRA}} Youlia Fedossova |6 - 7(5), 3 - 6 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|2 - 7 |Dec 2010 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|ARG}} Paula Ormaechea |{{flagicon|BRA}} Maria Fernanda Alves |w/o |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|2 - 8 |Mar 2012 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Fort Walton Beach, United States |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Hard |{{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Bovina |{{flagicon|USA}} Madison Brengle |3 - 6, 4 - 6 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|2 - 9 |May 2012 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Brasília, Brazil |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|BUL}} Aleksandrina Naydenova |{{flagicon|BOL}} María Fernanda Álvarez Terán |2 - 6, 4 - 6 |
style=background:#98fb98|Win
|3 - 9 |Mar 2013 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Innisbrook, United States |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|AUS}} Ashleigh Barty |{{flagicon|BRA}} Paula Cristina Gonçalves |6 - 1, 6 - 3 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|3 - 10 |Jun 2013 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|USA}} Julia Cohen |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Anna Danilina |5 - 7, 3 - 6 |
style=background:#ffa07a|Lose
|3 - 11 |Sep 2013 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Clay |{{flagicon|FRA}} Laura Thorpe |{{flagicon|CHI}} Cecilia Costa Melgar |4 - 6, 2 - 6 |
style=background:#98fb98|Win
|4 - 11 |Sep 2014 |style=background:lightblue|GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Hard (i) |{{flagicon|GER}} Carina Witthöft |{{flagicon|SWI}} Viktorija Golubic |6 - 2, 6 - 1 |
style=background:#98fb98|Win
|5 - 11 |Oct 2014 |style=background:lightblue|ITF Perth, Australia |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Hard |{{flagicon|UKR}} Veronika Kapshay |{{flagicon|AUS}} Jessica Moore |6 - 2, 2 - 6, 10 - 7 |
style=background:#98fb98|Win
|6 - 11 |Feb 2016 |style=background:lightblue|Open de l'Isère, France |style=background:lightblue|25,000 |Hard (i) |{{flagicon|FRA}} Manon Arcangioli |{{flagicon|BLR}} Lidziya Marozava |7 - 5, 6 - 2 |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Alizé Lim}}
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Category:French female tennis players
Category:French people of Vietnamese descent
Category:Sportspeople of Vietnamese descent
Category:Paris-Sorbonne University alumni