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- Birth nameAmélie Simone Mauresmo
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Amélie Mauresmo is a French former world No. 1 tennis player and tournament director. Mauresmo won two major singles titles at the 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships, and also won the silver medal in singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Mauresmo first attained the top ranking on 13 September 2004, holding it for five weeks on that occasion. She was known for her powerful one-handed backhand and strong net play. She officially announced her retirement from professional tennis on 3 December 2009, ending a career of 15 years. The following year, she started coaching several WTA and ATP players, including Andy Murray.
- IMDb mini biography by: wikipedia - Amélie Mauresmo is a French retired professional tennis player and former world No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles, at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon, and also won the silver medal in singles at the Athens 2004: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (2004).
Mauresmo first attained the top ranking on 13 September 2004, holding it for five weeks on that occasion. She was the fifteenth World No. 1 in women's tennis since the computer rankings began. She is well known for her powerful one-handed backhand and strong net play. She officially announced her retirement from professional tennis on 3 December 2009, ending a career of fifteen years. In 2010 she started her career as a coach for several WTA and ATP players, including Andy Murray.
Mauresmo was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2015.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast
- French tennis player. Currently world number 2 in the WTA rankings (August 2004).
- Became world number one in the WTA rankings after the US Open 2004.
- Has her look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).
- She won the 2006 Australian Open grand slam tournament. Her opponent in the final, Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium, retired when down 1-6 0-2 (0-30), due to a stomach illness.
- Won the 2006 Wimbledon championship as well beating her opponent, Justine Henin Hardenne, (2/6, 6/2, 6/3).
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