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Alizé Cornet (born January 22, 1990 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France) is a female tennis player from France. She has a career-high ranking of #48, achieved on March 3, 2008
She made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open in 2005 and made it to the second round. In 2006, she reached the second round again by beating Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the first round. She could not repeat this performance in 2007, as she lost in the first round to Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3. Alizé was defeated in the Wimbledon 2007 qualifying event by Olga Govortsova 7-6 (14-12) 3-6 6-4, but made it to the main draw as a lucky loser when Na Li of China withdrew. Alizé reached the second round before being defeated by the experienced Ai Sugiyama 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. Also in 2007, she won a $50,000 ITF tournament in Dnepropetrvsk; beating Stefanie Vogele 6-4, 6-3 in the final. In the 2007 US Open, Cornet lost to Jelena Jankovic in the 3rd round 6-4 2-6 3-6.
In 2008, Alizé reached 2nd round at Australian Open where she lost to #9 seed Daniela Hantuchova. Alizé also has an extensive juniors record, winning the 2007 Girl's Singles at Roland Garros.






