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Bibiane Schoofs

Bibiane Schoofs, previously known as Bibiane Weijers, is a Dutch former professional tennis player.

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. 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. Schoofs announced her retirement from professional tennis in October 2025, with her final professional appearance being at the 2025 US Open. ==Grand Slam singles performance timeline==
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) } Alexandra Panova ==WTA Challenger finals==
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ==ITF Circuit finals ==
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 19 (8 titles, 11 runner-ups) Doubles: 42 (23 titles, 19 runner-ups) ==Notes==
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