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| Mauresmo began playing tennis (with
Philippe Leroy) at the age of six inspired
by the success of Yannick Noah when he captured the
title at the French Open. She was very honored when
Noah personally picked Amélie to compete on
the 1998 French Fed Cup team. |
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At age seventeen Amélie was named the 1996 Junior
World Champion by the International Tennis Federation after
capturing the Junior French Open and Wimbledon titles.
Dominant on the junior circuit, Mauresmo found the transition
to the COREL WTA TOUR a difficult one.
No longer could she rely solely on her talent to win matches.
She floundered for several months while she sought direction
for her natural ability. She found the person to guide her
in Warwick Bashford, a coach from South Africa.
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The decision to part with the coaching
system of the French Federation was a difficult one
for the teenager. Suddenly the support system disappeared
and Mauresmo felt the Federation believed it was only
a matter of time before she failed and came back into
their fold.
Bashford saw the talent in Mauresmo immediately and
sought to install in her the willingness to make the
necessary commitment both on and off the court. |
After some poor results the young lady from Bornel, France
decided it was time for a change. She is no longer content
to park herself on the baseline and bang away. She is learning
to take the ball earlier and to be more aggressive in finishing
the point. |
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Racket: Dunlop
200G
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Playing Characteristics:
Plays: Right-handed
She's an all-court player who prefers
fast courts.
Her best shots are forehand and backhand longline.
She likes to play Serve&Volley like Edberg used to.
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CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS - SINGLES
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WINNER:
7 Sanex WTA Tour:
2002
- Dubai
2001
- Paris Indoors
2001
- Nice
2001
- Amelia Island
2001
- German Open
2000
- Sydney
1999 - Bratislava
1997 - ITF / Thessaloniki - GRE
1996 - ITF / Wimbledon (Junior) - GB
1996 - ITF / French Open (Junior)
1995 - ITF / St. Raphael - FRA |
Further:
Final -> 1999 - Australian Open - AUS |
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Corel WTA TOUR singles titles: 7
Corel WTA TOUR doubles titles: 1
(Grand Slam titles: 0)
ITF Women's Circuit singles titles: 1 |
Grand Slam
Championship History
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01 |
00 |
99 |
98 |
97 |
96 |
95 |
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Australian Open
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QF |
4th |
2nd
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F
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3rd |
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- |
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Roland Garros
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1st |
4th |
2nd |
1st |
2nd |
2nd |
- |
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Wimbledon
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3rd |
1st |
- |
2nd |
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- |
- |
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US
Open
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QF |
- |
QF |
3rd |
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Corel WTA Tour
Singles Ranking
(Season Ending)
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| 2001 |
9
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| 2000 |
16
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1999 |
10
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| 1998 |
29
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| 1997 |
109
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| 1996 |
159
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| 1995 |
290
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1994 |
827
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Coached by former player Alexia Dechaume-Balleret; physical
trainer is Xavier Moreau.
* Voted 2001 Nasdaq Player of the Month for February
* Nominated for the 1998 Sanex WTA Tour Most Impressive
Newcomer Award
* Won 1996 Roland Garros and Wimbledon junior singles titles;
Named 1996 Junior World Champion by the International Tennis
Federation
* Sanex WTA TOUR mentor is Karine Quentrec-Eagle in the
Partners for Success Alumni program
* Elected to the Sanex WTA Tour Players' Council
Reached the final of the Paris Indoors 1999. Defeated worlds
number one Martina Hingis and Dominique van Roost
Reached the final of the Australian Open 1999. Defeated
worlds number one Lindsay Davenport, Patty Schnyder and
Dominique van Roost
Starting in the qualification, she reached the final of
the WTA-tournament "German Open" in Berlin in
May '98, defeating 14th seed Dominique van Roost, Florencia
Labat, 2nd seed Lindsay Davenport, Barbara Paulus and 3rd
seed Jana Novotna
Won second career satellite title at a 1997 event in Thessaloniki,
Greece, defeating sixth seed Eva Bes 6-0, 6-0 (!) in the
final
Won first satellite circuit event in St. Raphael, France
in 1995
Won the 1996 French Open and Wimbledon junior singles titles
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CAREER IN REVIEW
 2001
* Upset fourth-ranked Seles (third person to ever defeat Seles
in Australia) and No. 12 Coetzer en route to the SF at Sydney,
but withdrew from her SF match due to a recurring back injury
* Collected third career singles title and first in her home
country at the Paris Indoors, d. 16th-ranked Huber in the
final for first time, and d. No. 8 Kournikova (recovering
from a 6-2, 3-0 deficit) and No. 11 Tauziat en route to the
final; captured her second title in two weeks at Nice, defeating
Huber for a second-straight week and Maleeva in the final
* Did not play any tournaments in preparation for clay court
season
* With her third straight title at Amelia Island, ranking
jumped inside Top 10 (No.9) for first time since Jan. 2000;
the following week at Charleston extended winning streak to
16 matches before falling to No. 1 Hingis in QF; withdrew
from Bol due to exhaution
* Won fourth title in five tournaments at German Open d. No.
5 seed Coetzer (QF), No. 1 seed Hingis (SF) and No. 3 seed
Capriati (F); following week, d. Hingis in SF of Italian Open
before l. to Dokic in final; compiled a 25-2 record from Feb.
5-May 21 and ranking rose from No. 19 to No. 5; suffered 1r
l. to Kandarr at Roland Garros
* Withdrew from Eastbourne due to exhaustion
* Reached 3r of Wimbledon before l. to No. 31 seed Tanasugarn;
won two singles matches for France in Fed Cup play against
Italy
* L. to Huber in 3r in Toronto; following week, reached QF
in New Haven (17 of top 20 players entered) before l. to No.
1 seed Davenport
* Reached QF at US Open l. to Capriati, career-best showing
at US Open
* Fell in Moscow 2r to Bedanova after saving a match point
in the second set and forcing a third set; withdrew from Zurich
due to exhaustion and from Luxembourg with a left leg injury
suffered in practice; qualified for the season-ending championships
for a third straight year (injured in 2000) l. 1r to Testud
2000
* Won Sydney with straight-set wins over world No. 1 Hingis,
No. 2 Davenport and No. 5 Pierce; in final, snapped Davenport's
11-match winning streak; ranking moved up to a then-career
high No. 6; became one of four people to defeat Hingis and
Davenport in the same tournament, and the seventh and lowest-ranked
(9th) since computer rankings began in 1975 to defeat the
world's top two players on consecutive days
* Retired during 2r match at Indian Wells due to a lower back
injury (acute sacroiliac joint pain) and was off Tour for
seven weeks; returned at Bol and reached final, falling in
two tiebreakers to Pisnik
* Joined the Million Dollar Club in career earnings at the
German Open
* Reached third final of year at the Italian Open with wins
over Top 10 players Pierce and Sanchez-Vicario; reached the
SF in doubles, donating her $6,750 doubles prize money to
a child in Rome who was severely injured in a car accident
* Reached 4r at Roland Garros, her best showing there in six
appearances; was voted by fans as winner of the Prix Sanex
du Public as the nicest, best-liked player at the tournament
* Withdrew from tournaments in late July and August, including
the U.S. Open, due to a recurring low back injury; also withdrew
from the season-ending championships due to a left leg injury
1999
* Unseeded, reached final of Australian Open with wins over
three seeds including top seed and world No. 1 Davenport,
before falling to No. 2 Hingis; was the second Frenchwoman
ever to reach the final of the Australian Open, dating back
to 1922 (Pierce won it in 1995) and third Frenchwoman to reach
any Grand Slam final in the Open Era; became the eighth unseeded
Grand Slam finalist in the Open Era
* Won first career Sanex WTA Tour title at Bratislava; reached
second straight final at home in the Paris Indoors, defeating
world No. 1 Hingis in QF to avenge her loss a month earlier
in the Australian Open final; lost Paris Indoor final in a
third-set tiebreaker to S. Williams
* With win over No. 1 Davenport at Australian Open in January
and No. 1 Hingis in February at the Paris Indoors, became
the first player ranked outside the Top 10 to defeat two different
world No. 1's in a calendar year
* Reached SF of Italian Open and broke into the world's Top
10 rankings following the tournament; three French players
ranked in the Top 10 for the first time on May 10, 1999 (Mauresmo,
Pierce and Tauziat), making France only the third country
after the United States and Australia to have as many players
in the world Top 10 since computer rankings began in 1975
* Sprained her right ankle during a doubles match at Roland
Garros and missed Wimbledon due to the injury; returned the
first week of August in San Diego; re-injured right arm in
the fall and withdrew from Filderstadt and Zurich
1998
* At German Open, became the first qualifier and fourth-lowest
ranked player (No. 65) to reach a Tier I-level tournament
final on the Sanex WTA Tour; having never reached a quarterfinal
on Tour, saved match point to qualify for the main draw, then
collected first wins over Top 5 players ousting world No.
2 Davenport and No. 3 Novotna; lowest-ranked player to defeat
two of the world's top three players in a tournament; fell
in final to world No. 9 Martinez
1997
* Won an ITF event in Thessaloniki (GRE), winning the final
6-0, 6-0 |
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