Neyssa Etienne

Neyssa Etienne

Country (sports)	Haiti
Born	(1983-10-31) 31 October 1983 Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$9,674
Singles
Career record	40–21
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 397 (15 September 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Junior	2R (2001)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2001)
US Open Junior	QF (2001)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	25–13
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 492 (7 October 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior	F (2001)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2001)
US Open Junior	QF (2001)
Medal record Representing Haiti Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 San Salvador Mixed

Neyssa Etienne (born 31 October, 1983) is a retired Haitian professional tennis player who represented Haiti in international competitions, including the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She competed on the ITF Women’s Circuit, played collegiate tennis in the United States, and is noted as one of Haiti’s leading female tennis players.^[1]

Etienne was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and began playing tennis at a young age. She developed as a promising junior player, achieving a career-high ITF junior ranking of world No. 25 in singles and No. 5 in doubles in 2001, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2001 US Open juniors.^[2][3][4] Over the course of her junior career, she won five ITF junior singles titles and 14 ITF junior doubles titles, and compiled a career win–loss record of 186–87.

Etienne attended the University of South Florida, where she competed for the USF Bulls women’s tennis team from 2003 to 2006. After navigating eligibility issues with the NCAA, she emerged as the team’s No. 1 singles player and was a key contributor in both singles and doubles play during her collegiate career.^[2][5]

Etienne turned professional in 1999. On the ITF Women’s Circuit, she won one singles title and two doubles titles, and reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 397 on September 15, 2003, and a top doubles ranking of No. 492 on October 7, 2002.^[2][3][4]

She represented Haiti in the women’s singles tennis event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she lost in the first round.^[3] Etienne also competed for Haiti in the Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup) and is credited with an 8–5 win–loss record for her country (Haiti Billie Jean King Cup team).

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	7 October 2001	ITF Aventura, United States	Clay	Melinda Czink	4–6, 3–6
Win	1.	22 September 2002	ITF Greenville, United States	Clay	Agata Cioroch	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2.	29 September 2002	ITF Raleigh, United States	Clay	Julie Ditty	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	3.	27 July 2003	ITF Evansville, United States	Hard	Stephanie Hazlett	4–6, 3–6

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	7 October 2001	ITF Aventura, United States	Clay	Ekaterina Afinogenova	Milangela Morales Shenay Perry	w/o
Loss	2.	27 January 2002	ITF Miami, United States	Hard	Melinda Czink	Stephanie Mabry Karin Miller	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Win	1.	7 July 2002	ITF Waco, United States	Hard	Marina Bernshtein	Michelle Dasso Julie Ditty	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	2.	20 July 2003	ITF Baltimore, United States	Hard	Surina De Beer	Tomoko Taira Mayumi Yamamoto	7–5, 6–1

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2001	French Open	Clay	Annette Kolb	Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová	3–6, 6–3, 3–6

• Neyssa Etienne at the Women's Tennis Association
• Neyssa Etienne at the International Tennis Federation
• Neyssa Etienne at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)