Tennis player Amelie Mauresmo

Amelie Mauresmo was a French tennis player. Her average success on the international scene did not reflect her talent. Amelie Mauresmo was vulnerable under pressure and her adversaries often take advantage of her psychological weakness. Her best tennis season was in 2006 when she won at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. Amelie Mauresmo retired in 2009 at age 30.

Intro photo: Amelie Mauresmo

The greatest French female tennis player of the last 50 years retires at age 30 after a 16 years carreer. She made the announcement on December 3rd 2009. She lost her passion and felt it was better to retire. A very emotional moment for her. This is her official announcement at a press conference.

Amelie Mauresmo supports and represents l' Institut Curie who does research on cancer. She is very active in the organisation. You can see more on her FB page here: Les défis d'Amélie pour Curie (in French)

Amelie Mauresmo went pro in 1997. She was in 45 finals, won 25 titles including 2 Grand chelem ( Australia Open and Wimbeldon in 2006 ) and 1 Masters in 2005.

• 1999: Bratislava

• 2000: Sydney

• 2001: Paris, Nice, Amelia Island, Berlin

• 2002 : Dubai, Montreal

• 2003 : Warsaw, Philadelphia

• 2004 : Berlin, Rome, Montreal, Linz, Philadelphia

• 2005 : Antwerp, Rome, Philadelphia, L.A. MASTERS 2005

• 2006 : Australian Open , Paris, Antwerp, Wimbledon

• 2007 : Antwerp

• 2009 : Open GDF Suez

In 2004 she played in "Les 11 commandements" movie. A french comedy (a pretty dumb one, similar to the "jackass" series) featuring some well known french stand up comics (Dieudonne, Michael Youn, Gad Elmaleh) as well as some athletes and celebrities playing their own role (Amelie, Djibril Cisse).

In 2005 she became one of the athlete to represent Reebok in the "I am what I am" advertising campaign. Before Reebok, she was sponsored by Nike. Some of her other sponsors: Babolat, Gaz de France, Dunlop racquets until 2007, she then switched to HEAD.

Photo used under Creative Commons from Tripletrouble

In 2006 she did this TV ad for Gaz de France.

This Amelie Mauresmo webpage was last updated by Fanfreluche on March 30 2012