Under Tennis Anti-Doping Programme rules, players are required to be available for one hour every day for out-of-competition tests.

Cornet, who is ranked 42nd in the world, has alleged the ITF did not want to hear "valuable reasons" for missing the tests.

"Last October, I got a third 'no show' from the Anti Doping Agency and the ITF, which means that among the 20 anti-doping controls that I had in the 2017 season, which were all negative of course, I missed three unannounced controls at home because of valuable reasons that the ITF didn't want to hear," Cornet wrote in a statement on Twitter.

"My case will be presented in a hearing in March that will determine the rest of my season.

"I will continue my tournaments normally till then, nevertheless I won't be able to represent my country at the next Fed Cup event due to a clause in the ITF law."

The ITF have responded to Cornet's claims in a statement, which confirmed she had been charged on January 11.

"The process set out in the International Standard for Testing and Investigations for the management of whereabouts failures, which includes the right for the player to request an independent assessment of whether the requirements for such failures were met, was followed in all three instances," the ITF stated.

Should Cornet fail to provide an adequate defence for the missed tests, she could face the prospect of a lengthy ban.

Cornet reached the third round of the ongoing Australian Open, before losing to Belgium's Elise Mertens.

She has been a regular member of France's Fed Cup squad but will not play in their forthcoming tie with Belgium.

The French Tennis Federation claimed this would allow Cornet time to prepare her defence.

"In order to preserve the French Fed Cup team during the preparation of the first round against Belgium which will take place in Vendée on February 10 and 11, and pending the decision of the international disciplinary bodies, Pierre Cherret, national technical director by interim, in full agreement with Yannick Noah, the captain of the France team, decided to let Alize Cornet prepare her defence and therefore not to retain in the selection to be proposed next week to the Executive Committee," a statement read.

"The French Tennis Federation, despite the consequences that the absence of Alizé Cornet is likely to cause for the team of France on a sporting level, thus wishes to recall its firm determination to see the anti-doping programme of the ITF to be fully implemented."