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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.

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World number 1 singles players

Chris Evert (1975 – 260 weeks)
Evonne Goolagong (1976 – 2 weeks)
Martina Navratilova (1978 – 331 weeks)
Tracy Austin (1980 – 22 weeks)
Steffi Graf (1987 – 377 weeks)
// Monica Seles (1991 – 178 weeks)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1995 – 12 weeks)

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

Maria Sharapova (2005 – 17 weeks)
Ana Ivanović (2008 – 12 weeks)
Jelena Janković (2008 – 18 weeks)
Dinara Safina (2009 – 26 weeks)
Caroline Wozniacki (2010 – 67 weeks)
Victoria Azarenka (2012 – 51 weeks)
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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Mauresmo at the 2005 Australian Open
Mauresmo at Wimbledon 2007
Mauresmo at Fortis Championships 2008
Mauresmo at the Brisbane International tournament in 2009.

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