Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli, is France's no.1 today. She parted 2007 as 10th in rank where 12 months ago, she step forth her best effort of fourth round finish.
At a very young heart of 6, Marion was already taught to learn and play tennis which was introduced to her by her father, Dr. Walter Bartoli. She was born in Le Puy en Velay, France and presently residing in Switzerland. Marion is also interested with jet skiing, volleyball and basketball.
She is indeed a physically-fit young lass of 15 and love doing outdoor sports especially tennis. Marion turned pro in 2000. Sampras and Seles are among her idols and inspiration on the field that are also influential in gaining her achievements. Moreover, she won the US Open single title in 2001 where she defeated Kuznetsova in the final.
Marion started her first career games in three events way back in 1999 during the ITF Circuit in France. Continued to play on ITF Circuit and won three titles for singles in 2001. She delivered remarkable performance for doubles in 2003 and made it to two of the finals and five in the semi-finals which includes the US Open partnered with Casanova. It was also one of her achievements in 2004 to reach the top 20 notch over Rubin of Wimbledon. In 2005, she garnered her first Grand Slam run at 3rd runner up in the US Open. Then, among the first top 20 finish, 3 of which are her first tour singles titles. She have been doing pretty well with her career not until this month that there have been uncertainties for her to go through the tournament after her bad wrist injury that made her retire early in Strasbourg. She also holds 24 grand slams for singles and the recently, won first in the Austrian Open.
Her titles include three career singles in 2006 for Quebec City, Tokyo (Japan Open) and Auckland. On the other hand, she is holding three career titles for doubles as well, for Prague in 2006 together with Peer, in 2005 at Pattaya City partnered with Groenefeld and in 2004, with Loit at Casablanca. Added to that, she is also part of the French Fed Cup team in 2004.
At a very young heart of 6, Marion was already taught to learn and play tennis which was introduced to her by her father, Dr. Walter Bartoli. She was born in Le Puy en Velay, France and presently residing in Switzerland. Marion is also interested with jet skiing, volleyball and basketball.
She is indeed a physically-fit young lass of 15 and love doing outdoor sports especially tennis. Marion turned pro in 2000. Sampras and Seles are among her idols and inspiration on the field that are also influential in gaining her achievements. Moreover, she won the US Open single title in 2001 where she defeated Kuznetsova in the final.
Marion started her first career games in three events way back in 1999 during the ITF Circuit in France. Continued to play on ITF Circuit and won three titles for singles in 2001. She delivered remarkable performance for doubles in 2003 and made it to two of the finals and five in the semi-finals which includes the US Open partnered with Casanova. It was also one of her achievements in 2004 to reach the top 20 notch over Rubin of Wimbledon. In 2005, she garnered her first Grand Slam run at 3rd runner up in the US Open. Then, among the first top 20 finish, 3 of which are her first tour singles titles. She have been doing pretty well with her career not until this month that there have been uncertainties for her to go through the tournament after her bad wrist injury that made her retire early in Strasbourg. She also holds 24 grand slams for singles and the recently, won first in the Austrian Open.
Her titles include three career singles in 2006 for Quebec City, Tokyo (Japan Open) and Auckland. On the other hand, she is holding three career titles for doubles as well, for Prague in 2006 together with Peer, in 2005 at Pattaya City partnered with Groenefeld and in 2004, with Loit at Casablanca. Added to that, she is also part of the French Fed Cup team in 2004.
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