Laura Thorpe (French pronunciation: [loʁa tɔʁp]; born 24 May 1987) is a French former tennis player.

Laura Thorpe
Country (sports) France
Born (1987-05-24) 24 May 1987 (age 37)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 270,081
Singles
Career record244–223
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 161 (6 June 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2011)
French OpenQ2 (2011,2012)
WimbledonQ1 (2011)
US OpenQ2 (2010)
Doubles
Career record156–132
Career titles16 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 86 (28 April 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (2013)
WimbledonQ1 (2013)

On 6 June 2011, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 161. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 86 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won two singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

In 2013, Thorpe played her first WTA Tour final at the Luxembourg Open alongside Kristina Barrois, which they lost against Yanina Wickmayer and Stephanie Vogt.

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Oct 2013 Luxembourg Open Hard (i)   Kristina Barrois   Stephanie Vogt
  Yanina Wickmayer
6–7(2), 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 16 July 2006 ITF Le Touquet, France Clay   Iryna Brémond 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 1. 6 August 2006 ITF Vigo, Spain Hard   Kelly Liggan 1–6, 3–6
Loss 2. 14 February 2009 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay   Tina Schiechtl 7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Win 2. 29 November 2009 ITF Vallduxo, Spain Clay   Amanda Carreras 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3. 13 June 2010 ITF Campobasso, Italy Clay   María Irigoyen 2–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 4. 25 June 2011 ITF Rome–Tevere Remo, Italy Clay   Karin Knapp 3–6, 0–6
Loss 5. 18 September 2011 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay   Bianca Botto 2–6, 4–6
Loss 6. 11 August 2013 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany Clay   Carina Witthöft 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 18 February 2006 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay   Marta Fraga   Estrella Cabeza Candela
  Núria Roig
6–4, 7–5
Loss 1. 3 June 2006 ITF Tortosa, Spain Clay   Irene Rehberger Bescos   Émilie Bacquet
  Bahia Mouhtassine
6–1, 4–6, 6–7(5)
Win 2. 13 February 2009 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay   Neda Kozić   Simona Dobrá
  Magdalena Kiszczyńska
6–3, 2–6, [10–3]
Loss 2. 20 March 2009 ITF Tenerife, Spain Hard   Paula Fondevila Castro   Sun Shengnan
  Zhang Shuai
1–6, 2–6
Win 3. 1 August 2009 ITF Vigo, Spain Hard   Karolina Kosińska   Jade Curtis
  Georgie Gent
7–6(3), 6–2
Win 4. 21 November 2009 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay   Mihaela Buzărnescu   Fatma Al-Nabhani
  Galina Fokina
6–4, 6–0
Loss 3. 12 June 2010 ITF Campobasso, Italy Clay   María Irigoyen   Yuliana Fedak
  Anastasiya Vasylyeva
6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 4. 24 July 2010 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay   Sophie Lefèvre   Sharon Fichman
  Monica Niculescu
4–6, 2–6
Win 5. 21 January 2012 ITF Plantation, United States Clay   Catalina Castaño   Jessica Pegula
  Ahsha Rolle
6–4, 6–2
Win 6. 15 June 2012 Open de Marseille, France Clay   Séverine Beltrame   Kristina Barrois
  Olga Savchuk
6–1, 6–4
Win 7. 22 June 2012 Open de Montpellier, France Clay   Séverine Beltrame   Mailen Auroux
  María Irigoyen
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win 8. 29 June 2012 ITF Rome, Italy Clay   Marie-Ève Pelletier   Julia Cohen
  Valentyna Ivakhnenko
6–0, 3–6, [10–8]
Win 9. 12 July 2012 Open de Biarritz, France Clay   Séverine Beltrame   Lara Arruabarrena
  Monica Puig
6–2, 6–3
Loss 5. 5 August 2012 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay   Anastasia Pivovarova   Rocio de la Torre Sanchez
  Nicole Rottmann
5–7, 1–6
Win 10. 24 August 2012 ITF Charleroi, Belgium Clay   Séverine Beltrame   Ilona Kremen
  Diāna Marcinkēviča
3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win 11. 28 June 2013 ITF Périgueux, France Clay   Michaela Hončová   Anna Katalina Alzate
  Dia Evtimova
7–6(7), 6–1
Loss 6. 11 August 2013 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany Clay   Laura Ioana Andrei   Barbora Krejčíková
  Kateřina Siniaková
1–6, 4–6
Win 12. 6 September 2013 Save Cup, Italy Clay   Stephanie Vogt   Petra Krejsová
  Tereza Smitková
7–6(5), 7–5
Loss 7. 13 September 2013 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay   Alizé Lim   Cecilia Costa Melgar
  Daniela Seguel
4–6, 2–6
Win 13. 4 October 2013 ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain Clay   Florencia Molinero   Cindy Burger
  Arantxa Rus
6–1, 6–4
Loss 8. 7 March 2014 ITF Campinas, Brazil Clay   Stephanie Vogt   Lyudmyla Kichenok
  Alexandra Panova
1–6, 3–6
Win 14. 5 July 2014 Lorraine Open, France Clay   Alexandra Panova   Irina-Camelia Begu
  María Irigoyen
6–3, 4–0 ret.
Win 15. 10 May 2015 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay   Johanna Konta   Jocelyn Rae
  Anna Smith
1–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win 16. 6 June 2015 Open de Marseille, France Clay   Tatiana Búa   Nicole Melichar
  Maryna Zanevska
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
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