Trade wind Horn

See also: Horn

Alizé Horn (born the January 22nd 1990 with Nice) is a young French tennis player originating in the Riviera.

It started to play tennis at the 4 years age to Tennis Club of the Arenas of Cimiez, to Nice, with its professor and his brother. It gained the championship of France 13-14 years in 2004. In 2005, it profited from a wild card to take part in the tournament of Roland-Garros where it manages to pass the first turn before being eliminated by Amélie Mauresmo. She likes also the tennis shoe ball and to play of the piano.

In parallel of its career of champion, it continues her schooling with two years in advance.

It appeared in an episode of the series Instit , in 2001, where it plays a future champion of tennis.


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Career

2005

  • second round with Roland-Garros
For its first tournament of the year, Alizé offers a performance of choice. It eliminates in two sets the Italian Maria Elena Camerin. It is thanks to this victory that it truly makes speak about it. The organizers of the tournament of Roland-Garros then decide to grant to him an invitation for the large table. Trade wind is then the youngest player of this vintage 2005. It gains its first turn in a noticed way, nobody really expecting it. It finds with the second turn his idol and model Amélie Mauresmo. Trade wind marks two plays vis-a-vis Amélie, which is already not so badly.

But the confirmation is then harder. Trade wind will make only one quarterfinal on circuit ITF after this great event. It finishes however its second year on the circuit with the doors of signal 300.

2006

  • gaining tournament junior of Banana Bowl
  • second round with Roland Garros
  • gaining tournament ITF of Bari (25 000$)
  • gaining tournament ITF of Padova (25 000$)
Trade wind does not strike a great blow this year, it is shown rather very regular and climbed the levels gradually. Recipient of a new invitation but for the Open of Australia this time, it fails alas in three sets against the Japanese woman Aiko Nakamura. But it quickly finds the way of the success by taking down its first title ITF and its third and fourth victory over a player of signal 100. After other encouraging results all obtained on ground, Alizé receives Wild Card for Roland Garros where it reproduces the same course as the previous year. Frustrated and tired, it is inclined with the second round vis-a-vis Tathiana Garbin 6-2 6-4. Disappointment is of short duration since Alizé gains a new title ITF on the side of Padoue. Trade wind will play a last final, lost this time, before passing its baccalaureat. It finishes the year on two failures with the first turn, but what imports, Alizé knew to confirm. It finishes the year in signal 200.

2007

  • semi-finalist of the tournament junior of the Open of Australia
  • quarter of finalist to the tournament of Acapulco (Tier III)
  • quarter of finalist to the tournament of Fes (Tier IV)
  • victorious of Roland-Garros victorious junior
  • of tournament ITF of Dnepropetrovsk (50.000$)
  • finalist of tournament ITF of Bordeaux (100.000$)

Trade wind begins the springtide very well when it was given for objective to return in the first 100 world. She indeed manages to qualify herself for the large table of the Open of Australia by eliminating in particular Ukrainian the Kateryna Bondarenko, she will fall nevertheless 6-4 6-1 vis-a-vis Daniela Hantuchova. Trade wind thus acquires points and experiment and that will be only beneficial for him. She will dispute besides the semi-final of the tournament junior in the tread, inclining herself only vis-a-vis the number 1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6 (6) 6-1.

Its beautiful course is worth an invitation to him to dispute the large table with the Open Gaz de France, it falls of entry vis-a-vis a frightening adversary Tatiana Golovin. Although decreased by bronchitis, Alizé even could reveal with the French public sound beautiful tennis more offensive than front.

It flies away then for South America for its first tournaments on beaten ground of the season. With Bogota, it stops with the second round vis-a-vis Roberta Vinci not without having gained 4 matches as a preliminary, but it is with Acapulco that it signs its larger performance, it beats there its first player of signal 50 in the person of Severine Brémond and reached its first quarterfinal in a tournament WTA. She will fall only at the end of a very tight match lost against the future finalist Flavia Pennetta 7-5 6-4.

To prepare Roland-Garros, Alizé makes a great round on circuit ITF without truly boring alas, but it is begun again for its last tournament before the great Parisian appointment, in Morocco where it passes two turns before losing vis-a-vis the future finalist Aleksandra Wozniak while having had three match points. This year, Alizé does not pass from turn to Roland-Garros, but it probably delivered its most convincing service in this tournament, it indeed hung ex-number 1 world Venus Williams during one hour and half where it knew to show the extent of its progress and its sharpened tactical direction. In addition, it gains the tournament juniors, where it is head of series n°2. She arrives until finally while losing only one set in 5 matches (in semi-final) and only 9 plays in the 4 first turns. She beats finally the Colombian Mariana Duque Marino 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 in 1:17.

With Wimbledon, it is inclined with the third turn of the qualifications but arrives all the same at the second round as a Lucky loser thanks to the fixed price of Chinese the Na Li. To follow this good first service on grass, Alizé is turned over from there to its first loves on beaten ground. After a failure with Biella (100.000$), it is in Ukraine that it allocates its first title of the season on circuit ITF.

It then makes its comeback with the tournament of the US Open. For its first participation, it leaves the qualifications once more and eliminates the head of series n°29 Samantha Stosur in two small sets, for then qualifying itself for the third turn by easily beating (2 sets at 0,1 hours 10 minutes) its former rival of the circuit junior: Caroline Wozniacki. She meets then the 3rd world player in the person of Jelena Jankovic. Trade wind passes very close to the exploit but must be inclined in three sets 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in favor of the Serb one. This tournament of the Large Slam was nevertheless an great adventure for the young Frenchwoman. Trade wind is aligned then with tournament ITF of Bordeaux where it reaches the final, beaten by Tsvetana Pironkova.

Better performances

  • Acapulco 2007 (Tier III) - Second round, Alizé beats Severine Brémond (36e) 7-6 (3) 6-2
  • Wimbledon 2007 (Large Slam) - First turn, Alizé beats Maria Kirilenko (42e) 6-4 6-4
  • Biella 2007 (ITF 100.000$) - First turn, Alizé beats Martina Muller (34e) 6-3 3-6 7-6 (4)
  • US Open 2007 (Large Slam) - First turn, Alizé beats Samantha Stosur (35e) 6-3 6-2
  • Bordeaux 2007 (ITF 100.000$) - Semi-final, Alizé beats Emilie Loit (42e) 6-3 6-2

Prize list Trade wind Horn

Titles into simple

No

Lost finales of simple

No

Titles in double

No

Lost finales of double

No

Course in Large Slam

Into simple

On the right of the result, the ultimate adversary

In double

Under the result, the partner; on the right, the ultimate opposing team

Course in Fed Cup

Did not play in Fed Cup

Classifications at the end of the season (simple)

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