Amalie Mauresmo Wallpapers

Amalie Mauresmo - biography, photo wallpapers: Am�lie Mauresmo (born on 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. She is well-known for her powerful one-handed backhand (a rarity in women's tennis). She was the 14th World No. 1 in women's tennis. Am�lie Mauresmo was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Inspired by watching Yannick Noah win the 1983 French Open on television, Mauresmo decided to play tennis at the age of 4. In 1996, she captured both the Junior French Open and Wimbledon titles; she was named 1996 Junior World Champion by the International Tennis Federation. 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 No. 2 Martina Hingis; she was only the second Frenchwoman to reach the Australian Open final dating back to 1922 (Mary Pierce won it in 1995) and third Frenchwoman to reach any Grand Slam final in the Open Era. She lost in the final to Hingis but later in the year, soundly defeated her en route to the final of the Paris [Indoors] event. It was after her surprise upset of Davenport at the semi-finals of the Australian Open that Mauresmo came out as a lesbian to the international press. Unlike the comings-out of players like Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, Mauresmo experienced neither public fallout nor loss of any lucrative commercial endorsements from her sponsors; she received tremendous support from the French public, and sports companies Nike and Dunlop continue to sponsor and use her in many of their commercials. In 2003, Mauresmo captured the Fed Cup for France. She has won more Fed Cup singles matches than any other French player. Mauresmo captured a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where she was defeated by Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne in the women's singles final. On September 13, 2004 she became the first French tennis player to become number one since computer rankings began in the 1970s. At the 2005 WTA Tour Championships Mauresmo reached the final. In round-robin she defeated Elena Dementieva (6-2 and 6-3) and Kim Clijsters (6-3 and 7-6) but she eventually lost against Mary Pierce (6-2, 4-6 and 2-6) but after the match she said that when she lost the second set, she didn't do her best anymore in the third set. Her second place in the Black Group gave her a ticket to the semi-finals where she overclassed Russian Maria Sharapova (7-6, 6-3) with beautiful points. In the final she meets countrywoman Mary Pierce. She is one of the few players to reach the top spot without first winning a Grand Slam event; other notable players who did so were Belgian Kim Clijsters, who ascended to the top spot in 2003, two years before winning her first Grand Slam title at the US Open, and Ivan Lendl, who first reached number 1 in 1983, before winning any of his eight Grand Slam titles. She is considered the best player on the tour not yet to have claimed a Grand Slam title. [br] [br]

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