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Julia Cohen

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Philadelphia, Pa.

High School:
Laurel Springs HS

Last College:
Florida

Height:
5-6

Experience:
TR

Fall 2008...
Saw her only action of the year in the ITA/Riviera All-American Championships ... Gained a 6-2 record throughout the fall campaign in her only tournament played ... Started off her UM career by defeating Ohio State's Kirsten Flower (No. 41) ... Defeated Flower in a 6-1, 6-2 straight-set victory ... Also defeated No. 46 Ela Kaluder of Arkansas, 7-5, 6-1 in the next round of competition ... Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Mississippi's Kristi Boxx in the round of 16 ... Lost to No. 2 Ani Mijacika (Clemson) in straight sets, 3-6, 1-6 ... Bounced back to win her next three consecutive matches in the consolation round ... Knocked-off No. 15 Megan Falcon (LSU) in a three-set come-from-behind affair, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the consolation round ... Lost in the consolation finals of her flight to Amanda Fink (No. 5) of Southern California, 4-6, 2-6.

Before Miami...
Spent her freshman year with the University of Florida program ... Selected as the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Rookie of the Year ... Also tabbed ITA Rookie of the Year ... The third different Gator from Philadelphia, joining Lisa Raymond and Traci Green ... The first Gator rookie to open dual match season playing the No. 1 singles position since Anouschka Popp (1994) ... Collected a record of 14-8 overall in singles competition ... Had a 21-0 record in doubles play leading into the NCAA Tournament.

High School/Prep...
Extremely accomplished and successful junior player, reaching a combined career-high of No. 4 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior world rankings on June 11, 2007 ... has been ranked as high as No. 360 in the WTA Tour professional singles rankings (April 23, 2007) and No. 771 in doubles (December 3, 2007) ... competed in 12 Junior Grand Slam events, highlighted by her showing at the 2007 Australian Open Junior Championships where she reached the doubles final with Poland's Urszula Radwanska, falling to Russia's Evgeniya Rodina and Arina Rodionova, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 ... during that same 2007 Australian Open Junior, advanced to the round of 32 of the singles draw ... played in the qualifying draw of the 2004 and 2005 Women's U.S. Open ... won the $10K ITF/Mexico City in 2004 ... finalist at the $25K ITA/ Mexico City in 2007 ... won three Grade A and numerous other ITF tournaments ... three-time member of the U.S. Junior Fed Cup team ... accumulated over 12 Gold Balls in national competition ... won the singles and doubles titles at the 2007 Grade A International Casablanca Junior Cup ... ranked No. 1 in the 2002 USTA 12s and 14s ... during the 2006 season when she ranked as high as No. 7 in the ITF World Junior rankings, Cohen captured the Copa Graiman singles championship, reached the doubles quarterfinals of The Junior Championships at Wimbledon and at the Girls' 18 USTA National Championships ... coached in Miami, Fla., by Pablo Arraya, a former professional player who reached No. 30 in the ATP rankings.

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