Amelie Mauresmo

At 44 years old, Amelie Mauresmo has this physical status:

Amélie Simone Mauresmo (born 5 July 1979) is a retired professional tennis player and former world No. 1 on the French national team. 1.

Mauresmo has won two Grand Slam singles titles, as well as a silver medal in singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics. On September 13, 2004, Mauresmo first climbed to the top of the charts on the internet, where it stayed for five weeks.

She was the fifteenth World No. 1. Since the computer rankings were established, number one in women's tennis has risen to the top of the rankings.

She is best known for her strong one-handed backhand and solid net play.

On December 3, 2009, she officially announced her retirement from competitive tennis, capping a career of fifteen years.

Andy Murray started her career as a mentor for many WTA and ATP players in 2010, including Andy Murray. In 2015, Mauresmo was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Early life

Mauresmo was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, just northwest of Paris. After being inspired by Yannick Noah's win in the 1983 French Open on television, she began playing tennis at the age of four. Mauresmo's parents bought her her her first tennis racket after his triumph. Noah selected her on the French team for the Fed Cup in 1998. Françoise's mother Françoise is a housewife and her father Francis, who died in March 2004, was an engineer. Fabien, a software engineer, has a sister who is an engineer.

Mauresmo won both the junior French Open and Wimbledon women's singles titles in 1996. The International Tennis Federation named 1996 Junior World Champion.

Personal life

Mauresmo announced on August 16th, 2015, that she had given birth to a baby boy named Aaron. On April 26, 2017, she gave birth to her daughter, Ayla.

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Player career

In 1999, the unseeded Mauresmo defeated three seeded players, including world No. 1. Lindsay Davenport, 1, before sinking to world No. 1. Martina Hingis, 2, is a researcher from the University of Hingis. Mauresmo was the second French woman to qualify for the Australian Open final (Mary Pierce was the first Frenchwoman to win the event in 1995). She was only the third Frenchwoman to reach a Grand Slam final during the Open Era.

En route to the final of the Paris indoor tournament, Mauresmo defeated Hingis later this year.

Mauresmo, 19 at the time, came out as gay in the international press after losing Davenport at the Australian Open. "She attributed her success on the court to her sexuality and finding love."

Mauresmo advanced to the semifinals at Wimbledon, where she lost in three sets to Serena Williams after winning the first set and setting up a break in the second set. She reached the quarterfinals of three other Grand Slam tournaments and captured three Tier I titles in Rome, Berlin, and Montreal.

Athens, Mauresmo earned a silver medal in singles, where she was defeated by Justine Henin in the final.

Mauresmo made history by becoming the first French tennis player to reach the world No. 1 on September 13, 2004. In the 1970s, the first computer rankings have appeared since the 1970s. She stayed at the top for five weeks and was the second woman after Kim Clijsters to have risen to the top of the charts without winning a Grand Slam title.

Mauresmo reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, but Serena Williams, the eventual champion, was disqualified there.

Mauresmo's third round, seeded third, was threw out in three sets by the then little-known 17-year-old Ana Ivanovic. Mauresmo had won in straight sets in the third round after beating Serb in the Australian Open earlier this year.

Mauresmo lost in the quarterfinals to Mary Pierce in straight sets at the US Open. Lindsay Davenport suffered in semifinals at Wimbledon, triggering a retaliation.

Mauresmo claimed her first singles title at the WTA Tour Championships. Pierce defeated Pierce in the final after losing in a round-robin match at the tournament in three sets.

Mauresmo claimed her first Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open, defeating the Belgian former world No. 1. En route, one player, Kim Clijsters, and Justine Henin were en route. Both players have withdrawn from their respective matches, with Clijsters suffering a right ankle sprain in the third round of their semifinals and Henin from gastroenteritis in the final. At the time of the retirements, Mauresmo was leading both matches, 6–1, 2–0 against Henin.

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

Mauresmo defeated Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–2, but lost to Nadia Petrova in the final at the Qatar Open in Doha, Qatar. If she had won the final, she would have regained the world No. 1 position. Clijsters has ranked No. 1 in the world's top ten best rankings. However, the results were good enough to guarantee Mauresmo's return to the world number one rankings on March 20th.

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

In the fourth round of the French Open, Mauresmo lost to Czech teenager Nicole Vaidová, 6–7, 6–2, 6–2. Mauresmo lost in the first round of the Wimbledon warm-up tournament in Eastbourne. Mauresmo and Kuznetsova won the doubles championship there, their first as a team and Mauresmo's second overall.

At Wimbledon, Mauresmo was the top seed. She defeated Anastasia Myskina in a semifinal and Maria Sharapova in a semifinal, then came back from a set down to defeat Henin in the final 2–6, 6–4. The victory was Mauresmo's second Grand Slam singles title and the first on grass. She was also the first Frenchwoman to win Wimbledon since Suzanne Lenglen. She is still the most popular woman to win Wimbledon with a single-handed backhand. The Wimbledon final was notable because it was the first and only time in the decade that neither Williams sister qualified for the final.

Due to a groin injury suffered during Wimbledon, she was forced to pull out of the Fed Cup World Group I playoff match against the Czech Republic. She was also banned from the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

In New Haven, Connecticut, she defeated Lindsay Davenport, 4–6, 5–7, in the quarterfinals.

Mauresmo lost in the semifinals of the US Open to Sharapova 0–6, 6–6, 0–6. In a US Open semifinal, it was the first time in the open era a female had lost two sets at love.

Mauresmo then progressed to the final of the China Open, losing to Kuznetsova. Mauresmo won 137 ranking points to help save her world No. 1 from being dismantled. The 1st ranking brought an end to Davenport's nine-match losing streak dating back to January 2000 in Sydney.

Mauresmo qualified to the final of the WTA Tour Championships in Madrid this year, losing to Henin, 4–6, 3–6. Mauresmo finished the year as the world No. 1. Henin and Sharapova are the third and fourth in the rankings.

Mauresmo opened the year in Australia by defeating Jelena Jankovi at the Sydney International in quarterfinals. Mauresmo lost in the fourth round to Lucie afévá, 4–6, 3–6, after winning her first three matches in straight sets at the Australian Open.

Mauresmo's next tournament was the Open Gaz de France, where she lost in the semifinals to Nadia Petrova, 7–5, 6–7, after Mauresmo led 4–1 and had a match point in the tiebreak. This was Mauresmo's third defeat in the last four matches against Petrova. Mauresmo defeated Kim Clijsters in the final of the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp. This was Mauresmo's third straight title, earning her the diamond-encrusted racquet, which comes with winning the competition for the third time in five years. The trophy cost US$1.3 million. Mauresmo won the Dubai Open then, but she lost to Justine Henin in the final.

President Jacques Chirac awarded Mauresmo with the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on March 16, 2007.

Mauresmo had intended to compete in the Miami Open but was forced to cancel due to acute appendicitis. For the same reason, she was banned from the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida. Though she had resumed training, she was not fit enough to compete at the J & S Cup in Warsaw, Poland, because she was not well balanced.

Mauresmo was disqualified in the third round to Julia Vaumovenko of Ukraine, and she lost in the Rome Masters to Samantha Stosur, 7–5, 6–7. Mauresmo had only three tournaments since being drafted into the French Open in February. In the third round, Mauresmo lost to Czech Lucie afává, 6–7, with eight double faults and 49 unforced errors.

After losing to Henin in the final of the International Women's Open in Eastbourne, 5–7, 6–7, and 6–7, after being up 4–1 in the deciding set, defending champion Mauresmo said she was determined to win another major title in Wimbledon. However, she lost her fourth-round match against Czech teen Nicole Vaidová, 6–7, 1–6. The loss of her to the world No. 1 has boosted her to the top of the charts. She is the first child since being out of the top five since November 2003.

Due to a lack of endurance, Mauresmo was disqualified from the US Open Championships.

She returned to Beijing for the China Open Tour. However, she failed in the quarterfinals to Peng Shuai, a home-crowd favourite. She then progressed to the Porsche Grand Prix, where she defeated Elena Dementieva in straight sets. Mauresmo lost in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow to Vera Zvonareva. Mauresmo lost in the second round to Alona Bondarenko in three sets in Zürich.

Mauresmo was sent by Dunlop to HEAD racquets. The cooperation was supposed to last until 2010.

Patty Schnyder's first tournament of the year was the Tier III Australian Hardcourts in Gold Coast, where she lost in the quarterfinals to fourth-seeded Patty Schnyder. Mauresmo lost in the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne to Casey Dellacqua, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 4–6.

Mauresmo lost in the quarterfinals to Anna Chakvetadze, 6–3, 3–6, 3–6. Mauresmo's next tournament will be in Paris, France.

Both Mauresmo tournaments took place in the Middle East. She lost in the second round to Tamarine Tanasugarn, 6–7, 5–7. Mauresmo reached her third quarterfinal appearance of the year and eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, losing 1–6, 6–7.

Mauresmo also lost in the third round of Tier-I sports, the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, and the Miami Open in Key Biscayne.

In the quarterfinals of the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Mauresmo lost to eventual runner-up Dominika Cibulková on clay.

Mauresmo lost in the second round to Spanish qualifier Carla Suárez Navarro, 3–6, 4–6.

Mauresmo defeated sixth-seeded French woman Alizé Cornet in the first round, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5, but the second round was decided against because of her injury from her match with Sam Stosur, while Mauresmo was leading 2–1.

Mauresmo lost in the third round to Serena Williams, a two-time champion, 6–7, 1–6. Mauresmo was trailing 5–0 in the second set before breaking Williams' serve, only to be disqualified in the next game and forfeit the match. "I was not 100% in my movements," Mauresmo said after the match, but overall, I had some good times in the first set. But I started to feel the burns in the tiebreak, and I'm not going to worry about the second set."

After Mary Pierce was disqualified, Mauresmo decided not to participate in the Olympic Games by the French Tennis Federation. When Pauline Parmentier was nominated, she was honoured.

Mauresmo, who had been on a two-month absence from tennis due to a thigh injury sustained at Wimbledon, lost in the Cincinnati Open semifinals to Nathalie Dechy, 6–3, 2–6. Mauresmo, who was bouncing about her chances at the forthcoming US Open, said "I had four matches in this week, which is what I was hoping for." It would have been amazing to play five, but I'll head to New Haven (Connecticut) to try a little more rhythm and build up to the US Open. Mauresmo also lost in the semifinals of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament (in New Haven) to top-seeded Chakvetadze 3–6, 6–6. Mauresmo failed in the fourth round to Flavia Pennetta, 16th-seeded, 0–6.

Mauresmo revealed on September 29 that she would resign from Loc Courteau, her long-time coach.

In the first round of games against Tokyo and Beijing, Mauresmo lost in the first round, both times in long three-set losses by Dominika Cibulková. Victoria Azarenka, a Belarusian teenager, reached the second round in Moscow, losing 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, and 6, 4–6.

She came to an end of her year with a quarter-final appearance at Luxembourg, losing to eventual champion Elena Dementieva. Mauresmo also ranked No. 1 in the world rankings at the end of the year. 24, with a singles record of 32-19.

Mauresmo defeated the world no. 2 at the Brisbane International tournament. 177 Jelena Doki in the first round, 7–6, 7–6, before defeating Julie Coin in the second round, 5–7, 6–6, 7–6 in 3 hours, 14 minutes. Mauresmo, the fifth seeded, later defeated top-seeded Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals before withdrawing in their semifinal match against third-seeded Marion Bartoli, with a score of 0–4 in the first set. Mauresmo lost in the third round to Victoria Azarenka at the Australian Open.

Mauresmo won her first tournament since 2007 by defeating Elena Dementieva in the final of the Open Gaz de France tournament in Paris.

Mauresmo lost in the third round of the Indian Wells Open in California, the first Premier Mandatory event of the year, to Li Na, 5–7, 2–6. At Key Biscayne, the next event on the WTA Tour would be another Premier Mandatory tournament. Mauresmo was seeded 20th and lost in the fourth round to unseeded Sam Stosur, 4–6, 4–6, but she and her tennis partner Svetlana Kuznetsova combined to win the doubles competition after oustering the world champions on their way to the cup.

Mauresmo defeated Zheng Jie in the second round of the Madrid Masters, 6–2, 7–5. In the third round and quarterfinal respectively, she came from behind to defeat Elena Dementieva, 6–4, 6–2, and gnes Szávay, 5–7, 6–1. In the semifinals, she defeated fast-rising teenager Caroline Wozniacki, 6–7, 3–6.

In the first round of the French Open, Mauresmo lost 4–6, 3–6.

Mauresmo was the 17th seed in the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. Melinda Czink opened with a 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 win over her. Kristina Kuová and Flavia Pennetta were then defeated by her. It was the first competitive match in which the new, multimillion-pound roof collapsed due to rain in her fourth round match against first seed Dinara Safina. Mauresmo lost the game 6–4, 3–6, 4–6.

Mauresmo was the 17th seed in the 2009 US Open but losing to unseeded Aleksandra Wozniak, 4–6, 0–6, in the second round.

On October 8, 2009, Mauresmo announced that she was considering retiring from tennis at a press conference. At a press conference in Paris on December 3, she officially announced her resignation. She began her career at No. 1 in the world No. 9. 21.

Coaching career

During the grass season, Mauresmo temporarily coached fellow French player Michael Llodra. Mauresmo ran her first marathon at the 2010 New York City Marathon on Sunday in 3hr: 20s.

Mauresmo had hoped to reunite with Llodra in the 2011 French Open, but she was disqualified before competing because she had not renewed her anti-doping procedures that had to be used to compete on the tour.

Mauresmo joined forces in 2012 with the 2012 Australian Open champion and then-world No. 2 James Bond. Victoria Azarenka and her team, as a support coach, will assist the Belarusian in defending her world No. 1. 1 in a ranking and launching an attack on the remaining three Grand Slams of 2012 and the 2012 Olympics.

Mauresmo began training French No. 1 in 2013. Marion Bartoli, 1, will compete with her in the 2013 Wimbledon Championships shortly. Bartoli will win her first Grand Slam title under her tutelage, without losing a single set (or even playing a tiebreak set), and she was praised for her career (bartoli had yet to qualify for a semi-final in 2013).

Mauresmo was unveiled as Andy Murray's next coach on June 8, 2014. The FFT revealed in December 2014 that it would continue to produce Mauresmo's Fed Cup contract for another two years. Murray qualified for the 2015 Australian Open final under her guidance, but he lost in four sets to Novak Djokovic. Mauresmo won the 2015 Madrid Open clay, beating Rafael Nadal in their first clay-court victory on clay in May 2015. Murray also reached the French Open and Wimbledon semi-finals. After Wimbledon, Mauresmo gave birth to a son in August 2015 and was on maternity leave until late in the year, with Murray coached by Jonas Björkman in Mauresmo's absence. Mauresmo was back coaching Murray in 2016 when he reached his fifth Australian Open final before losing in straight sets to Djokovic. Murray reached the semi-finals at Monte Carlo, where he lost to Nadal. Murray's last tournament as Murray's manager was the 2016 Madrid Open, where Murray defeated Nadal in the semi-finals but then fell short of Djokovic in the final. Mauresmo revealed in Rome on Monday that she had stepped down as Murray's coach on the next day, May 9, 2016.

Simultaneously, she had captained the France Fed Cup team since 2013. She revealed she would not be able to comment in the 2016 final after losing to the Czech Republic in the Czech Republic.

She was appointed captain of France's Davis Cup team for the following season in June 2018. Nonetheless, she never did come to fulfil this role, since she renounced in order to mentor French player Lucas Pouille during the 2019 season at the end of the year.

Pouille, who had never won a match at the Australian Open before, advanced to the semifinals of the 2019 edition, where he lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Mauresmo and Pouille parted ways in October 2020, largely due to the changes in the tennis world and elsewhere.

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