Bibiane Schoofs (born 13 May 1988), previously known as Bibiane Weijers, is a Dutch professional tennis player.

Bibiane Schoofs
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceEde, Netherlands
Born (1988-05-13) 13 May 1988 (age 36)
Rhenen, Netherlands
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 664,196
Singles
Career record388–264
Career titles0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 142 (11 June 2012)
Current rankingNo. 1,226 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2018)
French OpenQ2 (2018)
WimbledonQ3 (2012)
US OpenQ2 (2019)
Doubles
Career record239–146
Career titles3 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 77 (6 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 107 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French Open1R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2018, 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–10
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

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.[1][2]

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,[3][4] a tournament on the Challenger-level. In January 2018, she won her first doubles title on WTA Tour, at the Auckland Open,.[5] 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

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2011

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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

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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

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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.[6]

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: Grand Slam debut in doubles, two WTA Tour doubles titles

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In 2020, Schoofs made her main draw debut at the French Open, partnering compatriot Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove.[citation needed]

Alongside Greet Minnen, she won the doubles title at the WTA 125 2023 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo, defeating Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya in the final.[7]

At the 2023 Lyon Open, she won her second tour-level doubles title with Cristina Bucșa,[8] three years after she reached the final at the same tournament with partner Kerkhove.[6] As a result, she reached a doubles ranking of No. 164, on 6 February 2023.[citation needed]

In June 2024, she won her third tour-level doubles title at the Rosmalen Open, partnering with Ingrid Neel.[9][10]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
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

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Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250[a] (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

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Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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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

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Singles: 19 (8 titles, 11 runner–ups)

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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)

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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 ITF 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

Notes

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  1. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

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  1. ^ Schoofs klopt Rus in finale Lotto NK Tennis Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, KNLTB, 18 December 2016
  2. ^ De wonderbaarlijke wederopstanding van Bibiane Schoofs Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, Ede Stad, 21 December 2016
  3. ^ Eerste dubbelspeltitel op WTA-niveau voor Bibiane Schoofs, Omroep Gld, 26 November 2017
  4. ^ Schoofs succesvol bij debuut op WTA-toernooi, AD.nl, 26 November 2017
  5. ^ Schoofs pakt met Errani dubbeltitel in Auckland Archived 2018-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, NOS.nl, 7 januari 2018
  6. ^ a b "Parks upsets Garcia in Lyon to win first WTA singles title". 5 February 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Top seed Stephens captures Saint Malo 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  8. ^ https://x.com/WTA/status/1622307165573877760 [bare URL]
  9. ^ "Samsonova stops Andreescu in 's-Hertogenbosch to capture fifth career title". Women's Tennis Association. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Schoofs and Neel take doubles title". Libéma Open. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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