Bartoli, Marion

Marion's trainer for a long time was her father Walter (a doctor by training) - he sold his private practice when his daughter was 14 and invested money in tennis training. In July 2013, the father and daughter Bartoli ceased collaboration. ^[3] For some time, Marion trained under the guidance of sparring partner Tom Drouet. ^{[4] [5]}

The idols of childhood French - Monica Seles and Pete Sampras .

According to Marion’s own statement, her IQ is 175 units, which is higher than those of intellectuals such as Einstein , Edison , Plato , Beethoven and others. ^{[6] [7]} , whose intellectual indicators are estimated according to data from the book ^{[8] of} Professor Stanford University Psychology Katherine Cox Miles ^[9] .

Unir career.

In 2000, junior Marion for the first time tries her hand at ITF junior tournaments, one of which, in Algeria , wins. In the same year, she won the prestigious Orange Bowl junior tournament in the age group up to 16 years. At 18, Bartoli became the second in the ranking among juniors. In addition, in 2001 she won the Junior US Open , where she beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final.

Carier start.

Bartoli's first performances at tournaments from the ITF cycle came in 1999, when she had just turned 15 years old. In May 2001, she won her first ITF title in a tournament with a minimum prize fund ($ 10,000) in the UK. In May 2001, the Frenchwoman made her debut in the WTA-tour and at the Grand Slam series tournaments , playing at the French Open . In her first match at this level, she lost to Colombian tennis player Catalina Castaño . By the end of 2002, Bartoli already had five titles in ITF tournaments. In August 2002, at the debut in the adult Open US Championships, she was able to get into the third round and beat the well-known tennis player Arancia Sanchez-Vicario in the first round.

In 2003, Bartoli first ranked in the Top 100 world rankings. At the very beginning of the season, she reached the semifinals of the tournament in Canberra . In early February, she played in the finals in the doubles tournament in Paris in a duet with compatriot Stephanie Cohen-Aloro . In March, at the 1st category tournament in Miami, Bartoli, who started the tournament with the qualification, was able to reach the quarter-finals stage. In the fourth round, she passed (on refusal to continue the fight due to injury) No. 6 in the world at that time Lindsay Davenport , taking her first set with a dry score of 6-0. The best result on the ground that season was for Marion to reach the quarterfinals in Strasbourg in May. At the US Open, Bartoli was able to reach the semifinals in a team with Miriam Casanova . In October, she played in the doubles finals in Linz in an alliance with Sylvia Farina .

The 2004 Bartoli season began with the semi-finals of the tournament in Auckland . In February, she reached the same stage in a Hyderabad tournament and for the first time reached the Top 50 of the single ranking. In April, the Frenchwoman won the WTA debut trophy, taking it in the doubles tournament in Casablanca (with Emily Lua ). At the Wimbledon tournament, their duo reached the quarterfinals of the doubles, and in the solo tournament Marion was able to reach the third round. In August, she played for the third time this season in the semifinals at a tournament in Cincinnati . In October, Bartoli played in the doubles final of the tournament in Tashkent in duet with the Italian Mara Santangelo . In November, Bartoli makes his debut as part of the French national team in the Federation Cup . In the final match for the Cup against the Russians, Bartoli played a doubles match, in which she was defeated with Emily Lua.

2005-08. Finals at Wimbledon.

The 2005 Bartoli season starts with the semi-finals in Auckland and the quarterfinals in Canberra. In February, she won the second WTA doubles prize in a career in Pattaya in alliance with German Anna-Lena Grönefeld . Best of all Big Helmets that season Marion competed at the US Open, passing into the third round. In November, for the second time in a season, she was able to reach the semi-finals at a tournament in Quebec . At the very end of the season, Bartoli won on the 75th ITF cycle in Dubai .

2006 is considered the breakthrough year of the French tennis player. Already at the beginning of the season, Marion won the WTA singles tournament for the first time. She excel at the tournament in Auckland, defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final with a score of 6-2, 6-2. In May, she won the doubles trophy of the tournament in Prague (with Shahar Peer ). The farthest away on the Grand Helmets Frenchwoman was at the US Open, where, like a year ago, went into the third round. After the USA, she played in a tournament in Bali , where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fight for the title - 5-7, 2-6. At the tournament in Seoul, she finished the semi-finals. In early October, Bartoli won another single title at a tournament in Tokyo . In the final, the 22-year-old Frenchwoman beat local tennis player Aiko Nakamura - 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. Thanks to this victory, Marion was able to rise already in the Top-20 female classification. In November, she won her third title in the season and for her career, winning it at a tournament in Quebec, where at a crucial moment Bartoli beat Olga Puchkova with a dry score of 6-0, 6-0.

In 2007, the French tennis player could not win in any tournament, but at the same time, the season got better than the previous one. Before the Australian Championship, Bartoli played in the doubles tournament finals in Sydney (with Meulen Tu ). In May, Marion reached the final of the tournament in Prague, as well as the semifinal of the tournament in Strasbourg. At the French Open, for the first time, she went to the fourth round of the Grand Slam. In June, while preparing for Wimbledon, Bartoli twice advanced to the semifinals at tournaments in Birmingham and Eastbourne . In fact, Wimbledon tournament Bartoli was able to create a sensation, reaching the final. In the semifinals, the first racket of the world, Justine Henin, won Bartoli's first set 6-1 and in the second led with a score of 5-3, but in the end the Frenchwoman was able to turn the tide of the match and snatch the victory. In the final, Marion lost to American Venus Williams .

By the end of August 2007, for the first time in his career, Bartoli rises to the top ten of the single ranking. The next season in the US Grand Slam, she passed into the fourth round, where she lost to Serena Williams . In September, the Frenchwoman reached the semifinals in Luxembourg , and in October in Linz. By the end of the year, she reaches the top spot in her career - the 9th line and participated in the WTA final tournament as a substitute player instead of Serena Williams, who starred due to injury. There, Marion meets with Justine Henin, who took revenge for the offensive defeat at Wimbledon: 6-0, 6-0 and with Elena Jankovic , who beat Bartoli on her refusal to continue the match in the second set.

The beginning of the season was inconclusive. In the second category tournament in Sydney, Francesca Schiavone conceded in the second round. The Grand Slam tournament also failed: in the first round, she lost to Sofia Arvidsson . Then came the home tournament in Paris, where, having received the third number of sowing, Marion reached the semifinals, losing to the future winner of this tournament, Anna Chakvetadze . After Paris, Marion went to Doha , where she lost in the opening match. In March, she reaches the 1/8 finals in super tournaments of the first category in Indian Wells and Miami, where she is stopped by Lindsay Davenport and again gives way to the opening match. In the ground season in six tournaments, including Roland Garros (defeat in the first round), she won just three matches.

In June 2008, switching to the grass, Marion again loses the opening match of the tournament in Birmingham. At the Eastbourne tournament, Marion reaches the semifinals, where she is beaten up by Agnieszka Radwanska . At the Wimbledon tournament, where last year the Frenchwoman reached the final, this time they managed to reach only the third round. In July, Bartoli reached the first and only this year's final at the Stanford tournament. In the decisive match, she lost to Canadian representative Alexandra Wozniak - 5-7, 3-6. At the 1st category tournament in Montreal, Marion advanced to the semifinals. At the US Open, its result was the exit in the fourth round. The best result in the autumn part of the season was the semi-final of the tournament in Linz in October. She completed the year at the 17th position in the world ranking.

2009-11. Semifinal at Roland Garros and return to the Top 10.

At the start of the 2009 season, Bartoli reached the final in Brisbane , where he lost to Victoria Azarenka - 3-6, 1-6. At the Australian Open, she reached the quarterfinals for the first time, beating the first racket of the world in the fourth round at that time, Elena Jankovic, with a score of 6-1, 6-4. After the 2007 Wimbledon final, this is Marion's best achievement in Grand Slam tournaments. In the fight for the semi-finals, she lost to Vera Zvonareva. In early March, she won the first WTA title in three years at a tournament in Monterrey , where she defeated Chinese woman Na Na in a playoff game. The best result on the ground in the season was the semi-final tournament in Charleston in mid-April. In June, the Frenchwoman played in the semifinal of the grass tournament in Eastbourne. and at Wimbledon she stopped at the stage of the third round. In early August, Bartoli wins the Premier tournament at Stanford. In the course of the competition, she managed to beat two tennis players from the Top 10: in the quarterfinal number 6 Elena Yankovich (3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3), and in the final number 3 Venus Williams (6-2, 5- 7, 6-4). In the autumn, she showed herself best in a tournament in Beijing , where she reached the semifinals, defeating No. 7 in the world Vera Zvonareva. At the end of the season, Bartoli secured a place in the second most important Final Competition - the WTA Champions Tournament . On it, she managed to reach the final, where in the match with compatriot Aravan Rezai refuses to fight after the first set lost due to injury.

Bartoli begins the year 2010 with a speech at the Australian Championship, where it reaches the third round. At the premier tournament in Miami, she was able to reach the semifinals and beat Svetlana Kuznetsova on her way to No. 4 in the world in the fourth round match. She reached the stage of the third round at Rolandn Garros. In June, Bartoli reached the semifinals of the Eastbourne grass tournament, and at Wimbledon advanced to the fourth round. In August, at a tournament in Cincinnati, Bartoli beat Carolina Wozniacki in the third-round match in the third round of the world and generally made it to the quarterfinals. In October, she reached the semifinals of the tournament in Osaka and finished her appearances for the season.

2011 for Bartoli in terms of stable results was the best in his career. She started it with the semi-finals of the tournament in Brisbane. Next time she got to this stage in February at the Doha tournament. In March, at the prestigious Indian Wells tournament, Bartoli was able to achieve a good result. At the stage of the fourth round, she passed the second racket of the world, Kim Cliasters, when she was removed from the match due to injury. In 1/4 final Marion won against Ana Ivanovich , and in 1/2 won Yanina Vikmeyer . In the first final of the Premier Mandatory series, Bartoli fought against Caroline Wozniacki and lost to her with a score of 1-6, 6-2, 3-6. A week before Roland Garros, the French played in the final of the tournament in Strasbourg, but could not finish it, losing the title to Andrei Petkovich (4-6, 0-1). At the French Open, Bartoli was able to reach the semifinals. Last year's champion Francesca Schiavone did not let her into the finals, who ended up playing the decisive match for the second year in a row. Thanks to this high result, Bartoli was able to return to the Top-10, finishing 9th.

In June 2011, in Eastbourne, Bartoli was able to win her first WTA title on grass. On the way to him, she beat three representatives of the Top 10: in 1/4 finals Victoria Azarenka (No. 5), in 1/2 finals Samantha Stosur (No. 10) and in the final Petru Kvitov (No. 8) with a score of 6-1 4-6, 7-5. At the Wimbledon tournament, Bartoli, who was in good shape, was able to defeat the famous Serena Williams (6-3, 7-6 (6)) in the fourth round. In the quarterfinal, she lost to German Sabina Lisitski . At the end of July, Bartoli reached another final at the tournament in Stanford. Here, she took revenge for the defeat at Wimbledon, Serena Williams - 5-7, 1-6. Next time Marion got to the final in October at the tournament in Osaka. This time she was able to win the title by beating Samantha Stosur, the sixth racket of the world, 6-3, 6-1. In the end of the season as a reserve hit the final tournament. Here Bartoli replaced Maria Sharapova during the competition and played one match. In it, the Frenchwoman beat number 4 in the world Victoria Azarenka. At the end of 2011, Bartoli took the 9th place in the single ranking.

2012-13. Triumph at Wimbledon and the completion of a career.

At the start of the 2012 season, Marion performed at the unofficial team tournament, the Hopman Cup . Together with Richard Gasquet, she presented the French team and made it to the finals, where they lost to the Czech Republic. The Australian championship ended for Bartoli with a defeat in the third round. at its end, she rose to the highest in her career - the seventh line in the single ranking. In February, she played in the finals of the hall tournament in Paris, where Angelica Kerber lost 6-7 (3), 7-5, 3-6 to German for the main prize. At the next Doha tournament, Marion was able to reach the semifinals. In March, she also looked good at US premier tournaments. In Indian Wells, its result was a quarter-final, and in Miami, it reached the semifinals, beating Victoria Azarenka (6-3, 6-3) in the quarter finals. The soil part of the season was unsuccessful and Bartoli never reached the quarterfinals. In June, on the grass in Eastbourne, she reached the semifinals. In July, already on hard, the Frenchwoman reached the final of the tournament in Carlsbad , but lost there to Dominica Cibulkova - 1-6, 5-7. At the US Open, she was able to reach the quarterfinals. To do this, in the fourth round it was necessary to beat the fifth in the world to Peter Kvitov (1-6, 6-2, 6-0). In the fight for the semi-final, Bartoli lost to Maria Sharapova (6-3, 3-6, 4-6). In the autumn part of the season, she played the best in October at the tournament in Beijing, reaching the semi-finals.

The 2013 Australian Open ended for a 28-year-old Frenchwoman in the third round. Until the end of June, she only reached the quarter-finals once (in February at a tournament in Dubai ). At Roland Garros, she lost in the third round. All the more surprising was her triumphal performance at the Wimbledon tournament. Many favorites of the tournament were eliminated in the early stages and Bartoli on the way to the title did not meet anyone above her rating (15th place at the beginning of the tournament). In the final match of the Wimbledon tournament, Marion defeated German Sabina Lisitski and won her first title in the Grand Slam tournaments. It is also noteworthy that the Frenchwoman has not lost a single set in the tournament. After Wimbledon in the ranking, she rose to the 7th line.

After her triumph, the Frenchwoman played in only two tournaments and, losing the last one at the start of the tournament in Cincinnati, Simone Halep , announced the end of her professional career at the age of 28. ^[one]

2018 Return to the tour.

In December 2017, Bartoli’s intention to resume his career after a nearly five-year hiatus became known. She announced that the first tournament for her would be Miami in March. ^[10] }}

As of January 15, 2018

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