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Amélie Mauresmo
Image:Amelie Mauresmo Australian Open 2005.jpg
CountryImage:Flag of France.svg France
ResidenceImage:Flag of Switzerland.svg Geneva
Date of birthJuly 5 1979 (1979-07-05) (age 30)
Place of birthImage:Flag of France.svg Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Weight69 kg (150 lb/10.9 st)
Turned Pro1994
PlaysRight; One-handed backhand
Career Prize MoneyUS$13,582,586
Singles
Career record:486-194
Career titles:24 (2 ITF)
Highest ranking:No. 1 (September 13, 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open W (2006)
French Open QF (2003, 2004)
Wimbledon W (2006)
U.S. Open SF (2002, 2006)
Doubles
Career record:78-55
Career titles:2 (2 ITF)
Highest ranking:No. 29 (June 26, 2006)

Infobox last updated on: November 6, 2007.

Olympic medal record
Women's Tennis
Silver 2004 Athens Singles

Amélie Simone Mauresmo (/ameli simɔn moʀɛsmo/ in French) (born on 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 and has won two Grand Slam singles titles.

Mauresmo first attained the top ranking on September 13, 2004, holding it for five weeks on that occasion. She was the fourteenth World No. 1 in women's tennis since the computer rankings began. She is well known for her powerful one-handed backhand and her strong net play. She is coached by Loïc Courteau.

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[edit] Biography and career

[edit] Early career

Amélie Mauresmo was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Inspired by watching Yannick Noah win the 1983 French Open on television, Mauresmo began to play tennis at the age of 4.

In 1996, Mauresmo captured both the junior French Open and Wimbledon titles. She was named 1996 Junior World Champion by the International Tennis Federation.

[edit] Breakthrough and controversy

In 1999, the then unseeded Mauresmo reached the Australian Open final with wins over three seeds (including world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport), before falling to world No. 2 Martina Hingis. Though she lost the final to Hingis, Mauresmo soundly defeated Hingis later in the year, en route to the final of the Paris indoor event.

It was after her surprise upset of Davenport in their Australian Open semifinal in 1999 that Mauresmo, 19 at the time, came out as a lesbian to the international press.[1]

Mauresmo was only the second French woman to reach the Australian Open final dating back to 1922 (Mary Pierce won it in 1995) and the third French woman to reach any Grand Slam final in the open era.

[edit] Climb to the top

Mauresmo rapidly climbed into the top ten in WTA rankings, and began to win significant events on the women's tour.

In 2003, she was the leading player on a team that captured the Fed Cup for France. She has won more Fed Cup singles matches than any other French player. She also beat Serena Williams for the very first time in Rome in the semi-finals.

In 2004 Amelie reached the semi-final at Wimbledon where she played Serena Williams and won the first set and was up a break in the second set but eventually lost the match in three sets. Veteran BBC Commentator John Barrett said it was one of the best matches of all time ever played by two women at Wimbledon. Mauresmo captured a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where she was defeated by Belgian Justine Henin in the women's singles final.

On September 13, 2004, Mauresmo became the first French tennis player to become number one since computer rankings began in the 1970s. She held that ranking for five weeks and has maintained a ranking in the top ten until September 2007.

[edit] 2005 Tour Championships

In 2005, Mauresmo claimed her first singles title at the WTA Tour Championships. She defeated Mary Pierce in the final 5-7, 7-6, 6-4, thereby avenging losses to Pierce in an earlier round-robin match and at the U.S. Open.


[edit] 2006- A Grand Year

Image:AmelieMauresmoWimbledon2006.jpg
Amélie Mauresmo at Wimbledon 2006

At the 2006 Australian Open, Mauresmo captured her first Grand Slam singles title, defeating Belgian former world number one players Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne en route. Both opponents retired from their respective matches, Clijsters with a right ankle sprain in the third set of their semifinal and Henin from gastroenteritis in the final. Mauresmo was leading in both matches at the time of the retirements; by 6-1, 2-0 against Henin-Hardenne.

Mauresmo then won her next two tournaments, the Open Gaz de France tournament in Paris (defeating Pierce in the final) and the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp (defeating Clijsters in the final).

In the Qatar Total Open in Doha, Mauresmo defeated Martina Hingis in a semifinal 6-2, 6-2 but lost to Nadia Petrova in the final 6-3, 7-5. Had she won the final, she would have immediately regained the No. 1 ranking from Clijsters. Nonetheless, the outcome was sufficient to ensure Mauresmo's return to the No. 1 ranking on March 20, 2006. This reflected the fact that neither Mauresmo nor Clijsters participated in the 2006 Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California. Thus, neither defended her ranking points from the 2005 tournament, which Clijsters won.

Mauresmo then reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, where she lost to the eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Though now a Grand Slam champion and the top ranked player in the world, Mauresmo once again succumbed to the weight of national expectations at the French Open, losing to Czech teen Nicole Vaidišová 6-7(5-7), 6-1, 6-2 in the fourth round in front of a packed Court Philippe Chatrier crowd.

Mauresmo next suffered a first round loss at the Wimbledon warm-up event in Eastbourne. Mauresmo and Kuznetsova won the doubles title there, which was their first as a team and Mauresmo's second overall.

Mauresmo was the top seed at Wimbledon. She defeated Anastasia Myskina in the quarter-final and Maria Sharapova in a semifinal and then came back from a first set blowout to defeat Henin-Hardenne in the final 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. The victory was Mauresmo's second Grand Slam singles title and first title on grass. She was also the first French woman since Suzanne Lenglen to win Wimbledon.

She then pulled out of the Fed Cup World Group I playoff tie against the Czech Republic due to a groin injury sustained during Wimbledon. She also withdrew from the Rogers Cup in Montréal.

Her next tournament was the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, Connecticut, where she lost in the quarterfinals to Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 7-5.

At the 2006 U.S. Open, Mauresmo lost to Sharapova in a semifinal 6-0, 4-6, 6-0. It was the first time in the open era that a female semifinalist here lost two sets at love.[2]

Mauresmo then reached the final of the China Open, losing to Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-0. During the tournament, Mauresmo won 137 ranking points to help preserve her World No. 1 ranking and ended a nine match losing streak to Davenport. The last time Mauresmo had defeated Davenport was in Sydney in January 2000.

To conclude the year, Mauresmo reached the final of the WTA Tour Championships in Madrid, losing to Henin and finishing the year ranked No. 3 behind Henin and Sharapova.


[edit] 2007- Downward Spiral

Mauresmo started 2007 with a quarterfinal loss to Serb Jelena Janković in Sydney.

At the 2007 Australian Open, Mauresmo lost in the fourth round to Lucie Safarova 6-4, 6-3 after winning her first three matches in straight sets.

Mauresmo's next tournament was the Open Gaz de France, where she lost a long semifinal match to Nadia Petrova 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(7) after Mauresmo led 4-1 in the final set and had a match point in the tiebreak. This was Mauresmo's third loss in the last four matches with Petrova.

In her next tournament at the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium, Mauresmo defeated the home favorite Kim Clijsters in the final 6-4, 7-6(5). This was Mauresmo's third consecutive title there, earning her the diamond encrusted racquet that comes with winning the title at least three times in five years. The trophy cost US$1.3 million. Mauresmo then played the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open, where she lost to Justine Henin in the final 6-4, 7-5.

On March 16, 2007, she received the Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur from President Jacques Chirac.

Mauresmo was scheduled to play the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, but was forced to withdraw because of acute appendicitis. She also withdrew from the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida for the same reason. Although she had resumed training, she was not fit enough to compete at the J & S Cup in Warsaw, Poland.

At the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, Mauresmo lost in the third round to Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine.

At the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome, Mauresmo lost in the second round to Australian Samantha Stosur 5-7, 6-7(4), 7-6(7) after Mauresmo led 5-3 in the third set and had a match point.

Going into the 2007 French Open, Mauresmo had played only three tournaments since the end of February. Mauresmo lost to Czech Lucie Šafářová in the third round 6-3, 7-6(4), committing eight double faults and 49 unforced errors.

After losing to Henin in the final of the International Women's Open in Eastbourne, United Kingdom, defending champion Mauresmo went into Wimbledon saying that she was ready to win another major title. However, she lost her fourth round match with Czech teen Nicole Vaidišová 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-1. The loss dropped her to #6 in the rankings, her first time outside the top 5 since November 2003.

Mauresmo has recently left Dunlop for HEAD. The partnership began immediately and will run through 2010. She is the second top 10 player who has recently defected to HEAD; Ivan Ljubičić joined in late December 2006. Mauresmo withdrew from the last grand slam of the year, the U.S. Open due to lack of fitness.

She made her return at the China Open in Beijing, where she was the fifth seed. However, she lost in the quarterfinals to homecrowd favourite Peng Shuai, who had taken out Martina Hingis in the previous round. She then entered the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, where she was handed a tough first round match with Elena Dementieva, which she lost in straight sets. At the Kremlin Cup, she lost in the first round to Vera Zvonareva. In Zürich she won her first round match against Eleni Danilidou in three sets.

[edit] 2008

At her first tournament of the year, the 2008 Australian Hardcourt Championships, Mauresmo crashed out in the quarterfinals to fourth seeded Patty Schnyder.

[edit] Performance at Grand Slam events

Although Mauresmo has been one of the top singles players for several years, she did not have success in winning Grand Slam tournaments until 2006. Her talents were never questioned, but Mauresmo was criticized for her mental strength after succumbing to nerves in those events. In consecutive Wimbledon championships, she lost to Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport after leading comfortably. Before her 2006 Australian Open title, Mauresmo was often touted as "the greatest women's player never to win a Grand Slam."[3] After winning the 2006 Wimbledon title, Mauresmo openly joked, "I don’t want anyone to talk about my nerves any more." At the 2007 Australian Open, Mauresmo was the defending champion. However, she lost to Czech teenager Lucie Šafářová in the 4th round. At the 2007 French Open, Mauresmo once again lost to Šafářová in the third round. At the 2007 Wimbledon, Mauresmo was the defending champion, but she fell in the 4th round to Nicole Vaidišová. She did not play at the 2007 US Open.

Mauresmo is one of the few tennis players, male or female, to have reached the top ranking without first winning a Grand Slam singles title. Other players who did so were Belgian Kim Clijsters, who ascended to the top spot in 2003, two years before winning her first Grand Slam singles title at the 2005 U.S. Open, and Ivan Lendl, who first reached number 1 in 1983, before winning any of his eight Grand Slam singles titles. Marcelo Ríos of Chile reached number 1 in 1998 but never won a Grand Slam singles title.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] Wins (2)
Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
2006 Australian Open Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin 6-1, 2-0 retired
2006 Wimbledon Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
[edit] Runner-up (1)
Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1999 Australian Open Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-3

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Runner-ups (1)
Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score in Final
2005 Wimbledon Image:Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg Liezel Huber
6-2, 6-1

[edit] WTA Tour Championships finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] Wins (1)
Year Venue Opponent in Final Score in Final
2005 Los Angeles Image:Flag of France.svg Mary Pierce 5-7, 7-6, 6-4
[edit] Runner-ups (2)
Year Venue Opponent in Final Score in Final
2003 Los Angeles Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters 6-2, 6-0
2006 Madrid Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-3

[edit] WTA Tour wins (26)

[edit] Singles wins (24)

Legend
Grand Slam (2)
WTA Championships (1)
Tier I (6)
Tier II (14)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV & V (1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (12)
Clay (6)
Grass (1)
Carpet (5)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 18 October, 1999 Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Bratislava Hard Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters 6-3, 6-3
2. 11 January, 2000 Image:Flag of Australia.svg Sydney Hard Image:Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport 7-6(2), 6-4
3. 5 February, 2001 Image:Flag of France.svg Paris Carpet Image:Flag of Germany.svg Anke Huber 7-6(2), 6-1
4. 12 February, 2001 Image:Flag of France.svg Nice Carpet Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva 6-2, 6-0
5. 9 April, 2001 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Amelia Island Clay Image:Flag of South Africa.svg Amanda Coetzer 6-4, 7-5
6. 7 May, 2001 Image:Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Clay Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Capriati 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
7. 18 February, 2002 Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai Hard Image:Flag of France.svg Sandrine Testud 6-4, 7-6(3)
8. 12 August, 2002 Image:Flag of Canada.svg Montréal Hard Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Capriati 6-4, 6-1
9. 28 April, 2003 Image:Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw Clay Image:Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams 6-7(6), 6-0, 3-0 retired
10. 27 October, 2003 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Hard Image:Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina 5-7, 6-0, 6-2
11. 3 May, 2004 Image:Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Clay Image:Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams walkover
12. 10 May, 2004 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Rome Clay Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Capriati 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)
13. 2 August, 2004 Image:Flag of Canada.svg Montréal Hard Image:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva 6-1, 6-0
14. 18 October, 2004 Image:Flag of Austria.svg Linz Hard Image:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Bovina 6-2, 6-0
15. 25 October, 2004 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Hard Image:Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
16. 14 February, 2005 Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Antwerp Carpet Image:Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
17. 9 May, 2005 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Rome Clay Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Patty Schnyder 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
18. 31 October, 2005 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Hard Image:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
19. 13 November, 2005 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles Hard Image:Flag of France.svg Mary Pierce 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-4
20. 28 January, 2006 Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australian Open Hard Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin 6-1, 2-0 retired
21. 12 February, 2006 Image:Flag of France.svg Paris Carpet Image:Flag of France.svg Mary Pierce 6-1, 7-6(2)
22. 19 February, 2006 Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Antwerp Carpet Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
23. 8 July, 2006 Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Wimbledon Grass Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
24. 18 February, 2007 Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Antwerp Carpet Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters 6-4, 7-6(4)

[edit] Doubles wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. October 16, 2000 Linz, Austria Carpet Image:Flag of the United States.svg Chanda Rubin Image:Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama &
Image:Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat
6-4, 6-4
2. June 16, 2006 Eastbourne, England Grass Image:Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova Image:Flag of South Africa.svg Liezel Huber &
Image:Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navrátilová
6-2, 6-4

[edit] WTA Tour runner-ups (24)

[edit] Singles (23)

[edit] Doubles (1)

[edit] Fed Cup and Olympic teams

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through Zurich Open, which ended on October 21, 2007.

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Australian Open A A A 3R F 2R 4R QF A QF QF W 4R 1 / 9 34-8
French Open 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 4R 1R 4R QF QF 3R 4R 3R 0 / 13 24-13
Wimbledon A A A 2R A 1R 3R SF A SF SF W 4R 1 / 8 28-7
U.S. Open A A A 3R 4R A QF SF QF QF QF SF A 0 / 8 31-8
Grand Slam SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 3 2 / 38 N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0-1 1-1 1-1 5-4 10-3 4-3 9-4 17-4 8-2 17-4 15-4 22-2 8-3 N/A 117-36
WTA Tour Championships A A A A 4R A 4R A F SF W F A 1 / 6 12-9
Tokyo A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0-0
Indian Wells A A A A A 2R A A QF A 3R A A 0 / 3 4-2
Miami A A A 2R 3R A A A 4R A SF SF A 0 / 5 12-5
Charleston A A LQ 1R 2R A QF 2R A A A A A 0 / 5 4-5
Berlin A A A F 3R 2R W QF SF W QF SF 3R 2 / 10 30-7
Rome A A A LQ SF F F QF F W W A 2R 2 / 9 29-7
San Diego1 A A A A 1R A A A A 2R A A A 0 / 2 0-2
Montréal/Toronto A A A 1R A A 3R W QF W SF A A 2 / 6 16-4
Moscow A A A A A SF 2R SF F A 2R QF 1R 0 / 7 9-7
Zurich A A A 2R A A A A 2R A 2R QF 2R 0 / 5 3-4
Tournaments played 1 4 15 21 16 14 16 17 17 17 19 17 18 N/A 192
Finals reached 0 0 0 1 3 3 5 2 6 9 7 7 3 N/A 46
Tournaments Won 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 2 5 4 4 1 N/A 24
Hardcourt Win-Loss 0-0 1-1 5-3 16-8 21-8 5-4 15-6 25-5 23-10 34-6 32-10 24-7 9-6 N/A 210-74
Clay Win-Loss 3-1 1-1 5-7 12-7 7-4 13-4 15-3 7-4 15-3 18-3 9-2 6-2 6-4 N/A 117-45
Grass Win-Loss 0-0 1-1 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 2-1 7-2 1-1 7-2 5-2 7-1 6-2 N/A 39-17
Carpet Win-Loss 0-0 0-1 5-3 2-4 6-3 6-4 10-1 6-3 6-2 0-0 7-2 13-3 7-3 N/A 67-28
Overall Win-Loss 3-1 3-4 17-15 31-21 34-15 24-13 42-11 45-14 45-16 59-11 53-16 50-13 28-15 N/A 433-1642
Year End Ranking 290 159 109 29 10 16 9 6 4 2 3 3 18 N/A N/A
  • A = did not participate in the tournament.
  • SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
  • LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament.
  • 1 The San Diego tournament achieved Tier I status in 2004.
  • 2If ITF women's circuit (Hardcourt: 9-12; Clay: 7-6; Grass: 8-2; Carpet: 5-4) and Fed Cup (24-6) participations are included, overall win-loss record stands at 486-194.

[edit] WTA Tour career earnings

Year Majors WTA wins Total wins Earnings ($) Money list rank
1998 0 0 0 187,084 39
1999 0 1 1 582,468 13
2000 0 1 1 365,074 24
2001 0 4 4 867,702 11
2002 0 2 2 1,073,807 9
2003 0 2 2 1,632,909 5
2004 0 5 5 1,964,070 6
2005 0 4 4 2,843,708 2
2006 2 2 4 3,469,727 2
2007 0 1 1 580,104
Career 2 21 23 13,453,690 11

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Justine Henin-Hardenne
Kim Clijsters
World No. 1
September 13, 2004 - October 17, 2004
March 20, 2006 - November 12, 2006
Succeeded by
Lindsay Davenport
Justine Henin
Awards
Preceded by
Corina Morariu
WTA Comeback Player of the Year
2003
Succeeded by
Serena Williams
Preceded by
Kim Clijsters
WTA Player of The Year
2006
Succeeded by
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Women's Tennis Association | Top ten female tennis players as of December 17, 2007
1. Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin
6. Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Image:Flag of Russia.svg Anna Chakvetadze
2. Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Image:Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova
7. Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
3. Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Image:Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković
8. Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
4. Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Image:Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Ivanović
9. Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová
 5. Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Image:Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova
10. Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Image:Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli
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