Stéphanie Vongsouthi

She lost a close match to compatriot Laurene Fayol, 7–5, 5–7, 4–6, and left the tournament with her first prize money of $98.

She defeated home favorite Davinia Lobbinger in straight sets, and went on to lose a tight match in the second round to Gabriela Velasco Andreu, the world No.

Next, she returned to Amiens where she won her first-round match against Tessy van de Ven, 6–3, 6–1.

In June, Vongsouthi headed to Montpellier, where she experienced a breakthrough, beating through seed including Émilie Bacquet and Eva Fernández Brugués to reach her first ever ITF Women's Circuit final.

Ranked 646 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), this was the first time Vongsouthi had been seeded in a professional tournament.

However the next two rounds proved considerably more difficult, each time pushing Vongsouthi to three setters, all the same she managed to pull through to reach the semifinals.

However, Bergot played some brilliant tennis to overcome Vongsouthi in a long three-set match.

She struggled a little bit more in the semifinal against Patricia Mayr but managed to pull through 2–6, 6–4, 7–6 to make it to her third ever ITF Circuit final.

This was her first ever match at a Grand Slam championship and she lost to 13th seed Hsieh Su-wei who was ranked 300 places above her.

She began her year at Sunderland once more, she reached the quarterfinals again, before losing to Elena Kulikova of Russia, 3–6, 7–6, 1–6.

Facing off against Sarah Borwell of Great Britain, ranked 296 and the top seed in Bath, Vongsouthi looked visibly nervous.

She played as a wildcard in the French Open qualifying draw and lost once again, this time to Margit Rüütel of Estonia.

Vongsouthi's success of Great Britain continued when she returned to Bath, a finalist the year before she was ranked even higher at 314 and looked prepared to win.

She didn't drop a set the whole tournament, knocking out Naomi Broady in the semifinal and Verdiana Verardi in the final.