Amelie Mauresmo Career

Performance at Grand Slam events

Although Mauresmo has been one of the top players for several years, she did not have success in winning Grand Slam events until 2006. Her talents were never questioned, but Mauresmo was criticized for her mental strength after succumbing to nerves in Grand Slams. In consecutive Wimbledon championships, she lost to Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport after leading comfortably. Before her 2006 Australian win, Mauresmo was often touted as "the greatest women's player never to win a Grand Slam." After winning the 2006 Wimbledon title, Mauresmo openly joked, "I don’t want anyone to talk about my nerves any more."

Mauresmo is one of the few tennis players, male or female, to have reached the top ranking without first winning a Grand Slam singles event. Other notable players who did so were Belgian Kim Clijsters, who ascended to the top spot in 2003, two years before winning her first Grand Slam singles title at the 2005 US Open, and Ivan Lendl, who first reached number 1 in 1983, before winning any of his eight Grand Slam singles titles.

As a result of her victory in the 2006 Australian Open, there is no women's singles World No. 1 player, past or present, without a Grand Slam championship. In the men's singles, Marcelo Rios of Chile reached no. 1 in 1998 and never won a Grand Slam title.

Singles wins (23)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	Oct 18, 1999	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard	Kim Clijsters (Belgium)	6-3 6-3
2.	Jan 11, 2000	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Lindsay Davenport (USA)	7-6(2), 6-4
3.	Feb 5, 2001	Paris, France	Carpet	Anke Huber (Germany)	7-6(2), 6-1
4.	Feb 12, 2001	Nice, France	Carpet	Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria)	6-2, 6-0
5.	Apr 9, 2001	Amelia Island, USA	Clay	Amanda Coetzer (South Africa)	6-4, 7-5
6.	May 7, 2001	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Jennifer Capriati (USA)	6-4, 2-6, 6-3
7.	Feb 18, 2002	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Sandrine Testud (France)	6-4, 7-6(3)
8.	Aug 12, 2002	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Jennifer Capriati (USA)	6-4, 6-1
9.	Apr 28, 2003	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Venus Williams (USA)	6-7(6), 6-0, 3-0 retired
10.	Oct 27, 2003	Philadelphia, USA	Hard	Anastasia Myskina (Russia)	5-7, 6-0, 6-2
11.	May 3, 2004	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Venus Williams (USA)	walkover
12.	May 10, 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jennifer Capriati (USA)	3-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)
13.	Aug 2, 2004	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva (Russia)	6-1, 6-0
14.	Oct 18, 2004	Linz, Austria	Hard	Elena Bovina (Russia)	6-2, 6-0
15.	Oct 25, 2004	Philadelphia, USA	Hard	Vera Zvonareva (Russia)	3-6, 6-2, 6-2
16.	Feb 14, 2005	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Venus Williams (USA)	4-6, 7-5, 6-4
17.	May 9, 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	Patty Schnyder (Switzerland)	2-6, 6-3, 6-4
18.	Oct 31, 2005	Philadelphia, USA	Hard	Elena Dementieva (Russia)	7-5, 2-6, 7-5
19.	Nov 13, 2005	WTA Championships, Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Mary Pierce (France)	5-7, 7-6(3), 6-4
20.	Jan 28, 2006	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium)	6-1, 2-0 retired (stomach)
21.	Feb 12, 2006	Paris, France	Carpet	Mary Pierce (France)	6-1, 7-6(2)
22.	Feb 19, 2006	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Kim Clijsters (Belgium)	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
23.	Jul 8, 2006	Wimbledon, London, England	Grass	Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium)	2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Singles runner-ups (20)