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Amélie Mauresmo

Amélie Simone Mauresmo (born 5 July 1979) is a French retired tennis player.

Mauresmo was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. She turned professional in 1993. She was the world number 1 women's singles from 13 September to 17 October 2004 and from 20 March to 12 November 2006. She won a silver medal in singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2006, she won the Australian Open and Wimbledon. She retired in 2009.

She is openly lesbian.

In June 2014, Mauresmo became Andy Murray's coach.

   

United States Chris Evert (1975 – 260 weeks)
Australia Evonne Goolagong (1976 – 2 weeks)
United States Martina Navratilova (1978 – 331 weeks)
United States Tracy Austin (1980 – 22 weeks)
Germany Steffi Graf (1987 – 377 weeks)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles (1991 – 178 weeks)
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1995 – 12 weeks)

Switzerland Martina Hingis (1997 – 209 weeks)
United States Lindsay Davenport (1998 – 98 weeks)
United States Venus Williams (2002 – 11 weeks)
United States Serena Williams (2002 – 309 weeks)
Belgium Kim Clijsters (2003 – 20 weeks)
Belgium Justine Henin (2003 – 117 weeks)
France Amélie Mauresmo (2004 – 39 weeks)

Russia Maria Sharapova (2005 – 17 weeks)
Serbia Ana Ivanović (2008 – 12 weeks)
Serbia Jelena Janković (2008 – 18 weeks)
Russia Dinara Safina (2009 – 26 weeks)
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (2010 – 67 weeks)
Belarus Victoria Azarenka (2012 – 51 weeks)
Germany Angelique Kerber (2016 – 5 weeks)
WTA rankings began on November 3, 1975 · (year first held – number of weeks (w)) • current No. 1 in bold, as of 10 October 2016

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  • Amelie Mauresmo Australian Open 2005

    Mauresmo at the 2005 Australian Open

  • Mauresmo Wimbledon 2007 003

    Mauresmo at Wimbledon 2007

  • Amélie Mauresmo 2008

    Mauresmo at Fortis Championships 2008

  • Mauresmo Brisbane 2009

    Mauresmo at the Brisbane International tournament in 2009.


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