ITF World Tennis Tour Player of the Month: Oceane Dodin
Oceane Dodin has been named ITF World Tennis Tour Player of the Month for January following a flying start to the season.
The 26-year-old Frenchwoman won two titles, including her most significant in over six years, and reeled off 13 victories in the 14 matches she contested through the opening month of the year.
Dodin, a powerful ball-striker with a rangy six-foot frame, recorded tournament victories at W25 Monastir and W60 Andreziuex-Boutheon, either side of a semi-final finish at W40 Monastir, to put her on the cusp of a return to the world’s Top 100.
While still 63 places shy of the career-best ranking of No. 46 she achieved in June 2017, the signs are promising for the now-world No. 109, who has proved more than capable of mixing it with the best in the past.
13 victories ✨
— ITF (@ITFTennis) January 31, 2023
Two titles 🏆🏆
One brilliant start to 2023 ✅
Introducing your inaugural ITF World Tennis Tour Player of the Month for January - Oceane Dodin#ITFWorldTennisTour
She has two top 20 wins to her name (having beaten Dominika Cibulkova in Madrid in 2017, and Johanna Konta in St. Petersburg in 2020), and though world No. 147 Daria Snigur was the highest-ranked opponent she faced this month, Dodin appears to have rediscovered the winning feeling after several tumultuous years plagued by indifferent form and injury.
Dodin’s triumph over Kristina Dmitruk at W25 Monastir secured her first singles title in 14 months, while her victory – over compatriot Audrey Albie - on home soil at W60 Andreziuex-Boutheon earned her silverware above W25 level for the first time since October 2016, when she sparked her rise towards the world’s top 50 by ruling the field at W100 Poitiers.
Whether her recent efforts can propel Dodin back into the WTA’s elite group remains to be seen, but one thing for sure this month - she’s riding a wave.
Dodin’s January on the ITF World Tennis Tour
- Compiled a 13-1 win-loss record
- Went 27-6 in sets
- Defeated five top 300 players
- Achieved four bagels (6-0 sets)
- Defeated seven players from her native France
- Climbed 12 spots in the WTA rankings to No. 109
- One of two women to win two titles on the ITF World Tennis Tour in 2023 along with 18-year-old Ukrainian Anastasiya Konstantinovna Soboleva
An honourable mention also goes to the following five players, who also produced a standout January on the ITF World Tennis Tour: Dragos Nicolae Madaras (won three M15 titles); Daniel Rincon (won two M25 titles and finished runner-up at a further M15 event; Clement Chidekh (won two M25 titles and reached a further M25 semi-final) and Sakura Hosogi (won W40 Monastir, and finished runner-up at further W40 and W25 events in Tunisia).
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