Marion Bartoli

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**Marion Bartoli**
Marion Bartoli at the 2005 JP Morgan Chase Open in Carson, CA.
Country	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Date of birth	October 2, 1984
Place of birth	Le Puy en Velay, France
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 6.75 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lbs)
Turned Pro	February 2000
Plays	Right (two-handed both sides)
Career Prize Money	$1,320,420
Singles
Career record:	210-135
Career titles:	3 WTA, 6 ITF titles
Highest ranking:	No. 17 (November 6, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2r (2004, 2005, 2006)
French Open	2r (2003)
Wimbledon	3r Round (2004)
U.S. Open	3r (2002, 2005)
Doubles
Career record:	94-62
Career titles:	3 WTA, 1 ITF titles
Highest ranking:	No. 15 (July 5, 2004)
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Marion Bartoli (born October 2, 1984) is a female professional tennis player from France. She lives in Geneva in Switzerland. She is currently ranked 17 in the world in singles and 33 in doubles.

1 Biography
2 WTA titles (5)
- 2.1 Singles (3)
- 2.2 Doubles (2)
3 External links

[edit] Biography

Born in in Le-Puy-en-Velay, Marion Bartoli was introduced to tennis by her father, Walter, at the age of 6.

As a junior she won the junior US Open title in 2001 as well as the Australian Hardcourt Championships and Victorian Championships in the same year. As a senior, Marion Bartoli has not yet won a Grand Slam singles titles, but won her first WTA Tour title in 2006 in New Zealand. She has also won 3 WTA Tour Doubles titles. She is the French Number 2, behind Amélie Mauresmo. Her career best wins have been over Lindsay Davenport, Nadia Petrova, Nathalie Dechy, Poala Suarez, Vera Zvonareva, Meghann Shaughnessy & Arantxa Sanchez- Vicario. In October 2006, Bartoli won her second WTA Tour title at the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships beating Aiko Nakamura 2/6 6/2 6/2 in the final. As a result she broke into the top 20 for the very first time. In her last event of the season she captured the Bell Challenge beating Olga Poutchkova 6/0 6/0 in the final. As a result she rose to No.17, a new career high.

[edit] WTA titles (5)

[edit] Singles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface, Tier	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	7 January 2006	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard, Tier IV	Vera Zvonareva, (Russia)	6-2 6-2
2.	8 October 2006	AIG Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Aiko Nakamura, (Japan)	2-6 6-2 6-2
3.	5 November 2006	Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada	Hard	Olga Poutchkova, (Russia)	6-0 6-0

[edit] Doubles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface, Tier	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	2004	Casablanca		Emilie Loit, (France)
2.	2005	Pattaya City		Anna-Lena Groenefeld, (Germany)