Marion Bartoli

Marion Bartoli ( born October 2, 1984 in Le Puy -en -Velay, Haute-Loire ) is a former French tennis player. She celebrated her biggest success with winning the title in 2013 at Wimbledon.

  • 4.1 Single 4.1.1 Tournament Win
  • 4.1.2 finals
  • 5.1 Individual
  • 5.2 double

Career

Marion Bartoli was introduced at the age of six years by her father, a doctor, to the tennis game. In 2000, she became a professional player.

As a junior she won the 2001 not only the U.S. Open, but also the Australian Hard Court Championships and the Victorian Championships. In 2002, she outclassed the four-time Grand Slam tournament champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-3 and 6-1. A few months later, her then made ​​it into the top 100 in the WTA world rankings.

2006-2010

In 2006 she won in Auckland, New Zealand their first title on the WTA Tour; in New Haven she beat the then number 6 in the world, Nadia Petrova, 4:6, 6:4, 7:6. The season ended with a final participation in Bali and tournament titles in Tokyo and Quebec.

The first major success came Bartoli 2007, when they reached the final of Wimbledon, but it lost to Venus Williams in two straight sets. Set at position 18, she turned it in the second round with the Serb Jelena Janković number three of the tournament and in the semifinals, even the top-seeded Belgian Justine Henin. In addition, it was in this year, both at the French Open ( losing to Jelena Janković ) and at the U.S. Open in the second round ( losing to Serena Williams). In 2007, she also played the final in Prague ( losing to Akiko Morigami ) and reached in Eastbourne ( losing to Justine Henin ), Luxembourg ( against Daniela Hantuchova from ) and Linz (Off against Patty Schnyder ) respectively the semi-finals. In addition, she stood in the quarterfinals of Toronto ( losing to Zi Yan) and in Zurich (Off against Tatiana Golovin ). Bartoli qualified for the WTA Tour Championships in Madrid, and completed her best year as a provisional world rankings decades.

At last year's success, they could not repeat in 2008, but she confirmed with the final taking part in Stanford ( losing to Aleksandra Wozniak ) and semi-finals in Montreal ( losing to Dominika Cibulková ) and Linz (off against Vera Swonarjowa ) their top 20 placement.

At the Australian Open 2009 her again achieved a great victory ( 6-1, 6-4 ) over the new number one, Jelena Janković, with whom she moved into the quarter-finals. Your fourth tournament victory she won in Monterrey against Na Li at year Bartoli was number 12 in the world.

Her biggest success in 2010 was reaching the semifinals in Miami (Category: Premier Mandatory ), in which she defeated Venus Williams in straight sets. In Cincinnati and Montreal (both Category: Premier 5) came from each of the quarter-final against Maria Sharapova or Azarenka Wiktoryja.

2011-2013

At the French Open in 2011 before she came to the semifinals, where she defeated in a match plagued by violent gusts of defending champion Francesca Schiavone. Three weeks earlier, she had to give up at the beginning of the second set due to injury and leave the tournament Andrea Petković in the final of Strasbourg. When grass tournament of Eastbourne it secured then her first WTA title on grass. After a clear semi-final victory over Australian Samantha Stosur in the final they defeated the Czech Petra Kvitová, but which demanded her three sets. This Bartoli moved up to No. 9 in the world rankings. At Wimbledon, she ended by a contested 6:3, 7:66 over defending champion Serena Williams for now their comeback and moved into the quarter-finals, in which they Sabine Lisicki was beaten 4:6, 7:64, 1:6 itself. At Stanford, Serena Williams could then return the favor. In the final, Bartoli defeated the resurgent U.S. citizen after a hard-fought first set with 5:7 and 1:6.

The year 2012 began auspiciously with the quarter-finals of Sydney, where she was stopped by the world number one Azarenka. In Melbourne, she succumbed in round three of the Chinese Zheng, reached after the tournament with No. 7 but their best position in the WTA world rankings. At the indoor tournament in Paris, she stood against Angelique Kerber in the final, in which she was beaten just under 6:7, 7:5, 3:6. In Doha she was disqualified in the semi-final against Sam Stosur. In Indian Wells, the blow came in the quarterfinals against Ana Ivanović before she could move into the semi-finals again in Miami, where she defeated Agnieszka Radwańska significantly. At the French Open, for they had acted in the run-up to an insider tip, they already failed in round two at the young Croat Petra Martić; well at Wimbledon, where she defeated Mirjana Lucic of the Croat - Baroni with 4:6 and 3:6. When hard court tournament in San Diego, then she reached the final, which she lost to Dominika Cibulková with 1:6 and 5:7.

On July 6, 2013 Bartoli won the tournament at Wimbledon with a 6-1 -, 6-4 final win over Sabine Lisicki and thus secured the only Grand Slam title of her career. She was the sixth player to have won the tournament without dropping a set.

On August 14, 2013 Marion Bartoli gave when she was eliminated from the tournament in Cincinnati in their second match against Simona Halep in three sets, known surprising her career end. Bartoli, who at that time was ranked seventh in the world rankings, justified this step with her ailing health.

Play

Marion Bartoli played with both hands since 1992 both forehand and backhand. Her father had in 1992 a match of Monica Seles, who successfully practiced this technique seen, and his daughter then recommended, but also to play with both hands.

Others

Bartoli was certified a far above the average intelligence quotient of 175. She has resided in Geneva.

Achievements

Singles

Tournament Win

Finals

Performance at Grand Slam tournaments

Singles

Doubles

Awards

  • 2013: Sportswoman of the Year in France
Le Puy-en-Velay 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2007 French Open – Women's Singles 2007 US Open – Women's Singles Luxembourg Open Rogers Cup (tennis) 2009 Australian Open Li Na 2011 French Open Medibank International Sydney Southern California Open 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Aiko Nakamura Olga Puchkova Monterrey Open 2009 Monterrey Open 2009 Bank of the West Classic Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic 2008 Bank of the West Classic 2011 Internationaux de Strasbourg 2011 Bank of the West Classic 2012 Mercury Insurance Open 2001 WTA Tour 2002 WTA Tour 2003 WTA Tour 2004 WTA Tour 2005 WTA Tour 2010 WTA Tour 2011 WTA Tour 2012 WTA Tour 2013 WTA Tour 2002 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2003 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2004 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2005 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2006 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2007 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2008 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2009 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2012 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2013 Australian Open – Women's Singles 2001 French Open – Women's Singles 2002 French Open – Women's Singles 2003 French Open – Women's Singles 2004 French Open – Women's Singles 2005 French Open – Women's Singles 2006 French Open – Women's Singles 2008 French Open – Women's Singles 2009 French Open – Women's Singles 2010 French Open – Women's Singles 2011 French Open – Women's Singles 2012 French Open – Women's Singles 2013 French Open – Women's Singles 2003 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2002 US Open – Women's Singles 2003 US Open – Women's Singles 2004 US Open – Women's Singles 2005 US Open – Women's Singles 2006 US Open – Women's Singles 2008 US Open – Women's Singles 2009 US Open – Women's Singles 2010 US Open – Women's Singles 2011 US Open – Women's Singles 2012 US Open – Women's Singles 2011 WTA Tour Championships 2004 Australian Open – Women's Doubles 2005 Australian Open – Women's Doubles 2007 Australian Open – Women's Doubles 2003 French Open – Women's Doubles 2004 French Open – Women's Doubles 2005 French Open – Women's Doubles 2006 French Open – Women's Doubles 2007 French Open – Women's Doubles 2003 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles 2003 US Open – Women's Doubles 2004 US Open – Women's Doubles 2005 US Open – Women's Doubles 2006 US Open – Women's Doubles
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