Samantha Schoeffel
# Samantha Schoeffel

Samantha Schoeffel-Hechinger (born 24 January 1981) is a former professional tennis player from France.

## Biography

Schoeffel, who is originally from Cape Town, South Africa began competing on the professional circuit in 1996.

As a doubles player, she broke into the world's top 200, with WTA Tour quarterfinal appearances at the 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg and the 2000 Belgian Open. She featured in the women's doubles main draw at the 1999 French Open, as a wildcard pairing with Stéphanie Foretz.

In 2001, she left the tour to play collegiate tennis at Florida State University, later returning to the professional circuit in 2006 and going on to win five ITF Circuit singles titles. She reached her best singles ranking of 430 in the world in 2009.

She lives in Obernai, France.

## ITF finals

* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (5–3)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Runner-up | 1. | 12 August 2007 | ITF Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | Julia Babilon | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 28 October 2007 | ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia | Clay | Nataša Zorić | 6–0, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 1–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 5 November 2007 | ITF Le Havre, France | Clay (i) | Romana Janshen | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 22 September 2008 | ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France | Hard (i) | Ksenia Lykina | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 6 October 2008 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Ekaterine Gorgodze | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | 18 October 2008 | ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia | Clay | Paola Cigui | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 9 November 2008 | ITF Le Havre, France | Clay (i) | Shérazad Reix | $7–6^{(7–4)},$ $7–6^{(8–6)}$ |
| Winner | 5. | 5 April 2009 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Julia Babilon | $7–6^{(10–8)},$ 1–0 ret. |

### Doubles (10–5)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Runner-up | 1. | 15 March 1998 | ITF Biel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | Laura Bao | Kirstin Freye Jean Okada | 0–6, 7–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 3 August 1998 | ITF Périgueux, France | Clay | Stephanie Testard | Paula García Kelly Liggan | 6–3, 3–6, $6–7^{(3–7)}$ |
| Winner | 1. | 22 November 1998 | ITF Deauville, France | Carpet (i) | Emmanuelle Curutchet | Lubomira Bacheva Iroda Tulyaganova | 6–1, 2–6, 7–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 9 May 1999 | ITF Seoul, South Korea | Clay | Iroda Tulyaganova | Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 24 April 2000 | ITF Talence, France | Hard | Séverine Beltrame | Aurore Desert Magalie Lamarre | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | 12 August 2007 | ITF Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | Émilie Bacquet | Claire Lablans Marcella Koek | $7–6^{(8–6)},$ $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 19 August 2007 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | Émilie Bacquet | Sylwia Zagórska Olga Brózda | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 6. | 24 August 2007 | ITF Westende, Belgium | Hard | Claire de Gubernatis | Leslie Butkiewicz Katharina Brown | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 7. | 10 September 2007 | ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy | Clay | Émilie Bacquet | Stefania Chieppa Giulia Gatto-Monticone | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 15 October 2007 | ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia | Clay | Émilie Bacquet | Nataša Zorić Miljana Adanko | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 5 November 2007 | ITF Le Havre, France | Clay (i) | Elodie Caillat | Anna Savitskaya Bibiane Schoofs | 6–2, 2–6, [10–6] |
| Winner | 9. | 11 August 2008 | ITF Versmold, Germany | Clay | Bibiane Schoofs | Nicola Geuer Laura Haberkorn | 4–6, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ [10–5] |
| Runner-up | 4. | 22 September 2008 | ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France | Hard (i) | Bibiane Schoofs | Ksenia Lykina Vivienne Vierin | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 6 October 2008 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Bibiane Schoofs | Kristi Miller Lucía Sainz | $7–6^{(7–5)},$ $6–7^{(6–8)},$ [7–10] |
| Winner | 10. | 3 November 2008 | ITF Le Havre, France | Clay (i) | Bibiane Schoofs | Ana Bezjak Neda Kozić | 6–3, 6–1 |
