Séverine Bremond

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**Séverine Brémond**

Country	France
Residence	Aix-en-Provence, France
Date of birth	August 14, 1979
Place of birth	Montpellier, France
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 3/4 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb.)
Turned Pro	2002
Plays	Right, one-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	$546,065
Singles
Career record:	220-179
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	38 (November 06, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1r (2005, 2006)
French Open	2r (2005)
Wimbledon	QF (2006)
U.S. Open	2r (2004, 2006)
Doubles
Career record:	54-55
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	107 (October 23, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: 25 October 2006.

Séverine Brémond (born Séverine Beltrame August 14, 1979 in Montpellier, France) is a professional female tennis player from France.

On July 10, 2006, Brémond achieved a career-high singles ranking: World No. 65, following her success at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event for the first time in her career—as a qualifier. She lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne, eventual finalist. She has yet to win her first WTA Tour title. Séverine reached the 2nd round in the 2006 U.S. Tennis Open, but lost to Maria Kirilenko. She also reached the quarterfinals in the Wismilak International Open defeating Trudi Musgrave and Sandy Gumulya, but lost to the eventual tournament winner Svetlana Kuznetsova. She reached a new career high singles ranking of No. 47 following this quarterfinal.

But 2006 has been a breakthrough year for Séverine, as she made her first WTA Tour semifinal at the PTT Bangkok Open in Bangkok, Thailand. She beat fellow players Ryoko Fuda, Klara Zakopalova, and Eleni Daniilidou to make it to the semifinal where she faced hometown favorite Tamarine Tanasugarn and was finally beaten. Brémond's three previous matches had all been three-setters; by the time she was to face Tanasugarn she was worn out and exhausted.

Her run at this event boosted her rankings back into the top 50 at number 43. Her current ranking as of October 23, 2006 is No. 42, a new all-time high.

Bremond's last event for 2006 was the Bell Challenge in Quebec, Canada, where she was seeded 4th. She defeated American Jill Craybas in the first round, Greta Arn in the second, and Martina Sucha in the quarterfinal for her second semifinal in a row. She then lost to Olga Poutchkova in three sets. Following her run to the semifinals at this event she broke the top 40 for the first time and landed at her new career high ranking of No. 38.

[edit] Singles 2006 Wins

No.	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Christina Wheeler	6-2 6-4
2.	Indian Wells, California	Hard	Zuzana Ondraskova	6-2 6-2
3.	Wimbledon, London, England	Grass	Anastasiya Yakimova	7-5 6-3
4.	Wimbledon, London, England	Grass	Patty Schnyder	4-6 6-1 6-4
5.	Wimbledon, London, England	Grass	Gisela Dulko	7-6 5-7 7-5
6.	Wimbledon, London, England	Grass	Ai Sugiyama	7-6 6-3
7.	Forest Hills, New York	Hard	Sofia Arvidsson	6-3 7-5
8.	US Open, Queens, New York	Hard	Stephanie Dubois	6-1 6-3
9.	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	6-2 6-2
10.	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Sandy Gumulya	6-3 7-6
11.	Seoul, Korea	Hard	Meilen Tu	6-4 6-7 6-1
12.	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ryoko Fuda	6-2 2-6 7-5
13.	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Klara Zakopalova	5-7 6-4 6-3
14.	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	4-6 7-6 6-3
15.	Quebec, Canada	Hard	Jill Craybas	6-4 3-6 6-4
16.	Quebec, Canada	Hard	Greta Arn	6-1 6-4
17.	Quebec, Canada	Hard	Martina Sucha	6-1 6-4