Mary Pierce

Career

1993 is the first great year for Mary Pierce. Indeed the Frenchwoman reaches for the first time the quarterfinals in a tournament of the Large slam to Open of Australia. Opposed to Argentina Gabriela Sabatini, Mary is useful for the match in the second handle and obtains even 4 match points in the tie break which it loses 14 points with 12.Elle does not oppose then more any resistance in the last set and is inclined 4-6 7-6 6-0 in almost 3 hours of play. In October it gains the tournament of Filderstadt vis-a-vis Zvereva. Taking part in Masters for the first time, Mary reached there the semi-finals by beating, for the first time, two signal 10: Gabriela Sabatini 7-6 6-3 with the first turn then Martina Navratilova 6-1 3-6 6-4 in quarterfinal. It is stopped in half final by Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario 6-2 5-7 6-2.

1994 is the year of its confirmation. Mary is 8th of finalist to Open of Australia, beaten once again by Sabatini 6-3 6-3. It reaches its first final of Large Slam with Roland Garros at the conclusion of an impressive course. Indeed the Frenchwoman loses only 10 plays to arrive finally, rolling with the passage the number one world and holding of the title Steffi Graf 6-2 6-2 in semi-final. But it finally inclines 6-4 6-4 vis-a-vis Sanchez-Vicario. She reaches 4 other finales this same year in Houston, Leipzig, Filderstadt and Philadelphia. In September it is for the first time quarter of finalist to US Open, beaten by Jana Novotna 6-4 6-0. It is then once again semi-finalist in Masters, beaten by Lindsay Davenport 6-2 6-3 after having overcome Steffi Graf in quarterfinal 6-4 6-4.

In 1995 it knows the dedication by gaining its first tournament of the large slam to Open of Australia. Impressive, it does not lose any set and beats successively 4 players of signal 10: Anke Huber (n°10) 6-2 6-4, Natasha Zvereva (n°8) in quarterfinal 6-1 6-4, Conchita Martinez (n°3) in semi-final 6-3 6-1 then Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario finally 6-3 6-2. At the conclusion of the Mary tournament its best classification with knowing number 3 world reaches. In February it is finalist in Open Gaz de France beaten by Steffi Graf 6-2 6-2 and finalist in Zurich in October, beaten by Iva Majoli 6-4 6-4. It gains in September the tournament of Tokyo vis-a-vis Sanchez-Vicario 6-3 6-3. In large slam it is 8th of finalist with Roland Garros, 2nd turn in Wimbledon and 3rd turn with US Open. It is beaten with the first turn of Masters by Anke Huber 6-2 6-3.

1996 is a bad season for Mary Pierce who wounded, connects against performances: it loses its title in Australia as of the second round, beaten by Elena Likhovtseva 6-4 6-4, does not exceed the third turn in Roland Garros and finishes the season number 22 world. Nevertheless it reaches all the same the finale of the tournament of Amelia Island where it is beaten 6-7 6-4 6-3 by Irina Spirlea as well as the quarterfinals in Wimbledon losing into three set 3-6 6-3 6-1 vis-a-vis the Japanese woman Kimiko Date.

In 1997 Mary returns very strong. Not head of series with Open of Australia, it reached there the final by beating Anke Huber in 8th of finale 6-2 6-3, Sabine Appelmans in quarter 1-6 6-4 6-4 and Amanda Coetzer (tombeuse of Steffi Graf) in semi-final 7-5 6-1. It finally fails vis-a-vis the Swiss wonder Martina Hingis on the score of 6-2 6-2. Given in confidence Mary is finalist with Amelia Island like in Berlin and gains the tournament of Rome 6-4 6-0 vis-a-vis Conchita Martinez. Beaten by Monica Saddles in 8th of finale of Roland Garros and US Open, Mary is égaement 8th of finalist in Wimbledon. It gains the Fed Cup against the Netherlands with Sandrine Testud and Nathalie Tauziat under the capitannat of Yannick Noah. In November it is for the first time finalist in Masters, overcome by Jana Novotna 7-6 6-2 6-3 after having beaten Martina Hingis in quarterfinal 6-3 2-6 7-5.

1998 is one year prolific for Mary which gains 4 tournaments: open Gaz de France, Amelia Island, Moscow, Luxembourg and are finalist with San Diego. In Large Slam it is quarter of finalist to Open of beaten Australia 6-3 6-2 by Martina Hingis, 8th of finale to US Open, 1ier turn in Wimbledon and 3rd Roland Garros turn. It is quarter of finalist in Masters beaten by Martina Hingis 7-6 6-3.

1999 is also a very beautiful season for the Frenchwoman who reaches 4 finales with Gold Coast, Hamburg, Rome, Filderstadt and gains the tournament of Linz 7-6 6-1 vis-a-vis her compatriot Sandrine Testud. She is quarter of finalist to Open of Australia, beaten for the third consecutive time by Martina Hingis. She loses in quarterfinal US Open face aà Lindsay Davenport 2-6 6-3 7-5 after having had 2 match points. She once again finishes the year by a quarterfinal in Masters, beaten by Hingis 6-1 6-2.

In 2000 , playing a tennis of great quality, Mary is semi-finalist with Indian Wells by beating Serena Williams 6-1 6-2. It gains the tournament of Hilton Head vis-a-vis Sanchez-Vicario 6-1 6-0, in semi-final it beats 6-1 6-1 Monica Seles. In Roland Garros it gains its second tournament of the Large Slam 6-2 7-5 vis-a-vis Conchita Martinez. In quarterfinal it beats Monica Seles 4-6 6-3 6-4 by carrying out a very famous gaining point played between the legs. In semi-final it beats the number one world Martina Hingis 6-4 5-7 6-2. Associated with Martina Hingis it also gains the double. The Frenchwoman becomes again then number 3 world. 2nd turn in Wimbledon, it finishes its season by a eighth of finale to US Open where wounded, it must give up vis-a-vis Anke Huber whereas it had lost the first sleeve 6-4.

The physical pips go then multipler for the Frenchwoman who will play only very little in 2001 . It tumbles down with classification WTA. Of return in 2002 , then classified in the neighborhoods of the 130ème world place, it succeeds in the exploit to reach as a wild card the quarterfinals in Roland Garros beaten 6-1 6-1 by future the winner Serena Williams.

In 2003 it obtains encouraging results with one 8th of finale in Wimbledon beaten 6-3 6-3 by Justine Henin-Hardenne and another 8th of finale to US Open beaten by Anastasia Myskina 7-6 6-1. With Amélie Mauresmo it gains for the second time the Fed Cup vis-a-vis the USA.

In 2004 Mary obtains solids results: finalist in Open Gaz de France, it gains then its first tournament since Roland Garros 2000 over the grass of Hertogenbosch 7-6 6-2 vis-a-vis Klara Koukalova. It is then quarter of finalist to the Olympic Games of Athens, inclining 6-4 6-4 vis-a-vis Justine Henin-Hardenne after having beaten on the same score holding it of the Venus Williams title with the preceding turn. With US Open it carries out a great performance by beating with the third tower the very recent winner of Wimbledon and n°7 world Maria Sharapova on the score of 4-6 6-2 6-3. In eighth of Mary finale inclines 7-6 6-2 vis-a-vis future the winner Svetlana Kuznetsova.

2005 is its greater season. After a defeat with the first turn the Open one of Australia vis-a-vis Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, Mary is quarter of finalist to the tournament of Indian Wells, inclining 6-4 6-2 vis-a-vis Maria Sharapova at the conclusion of a great match.

8th of finalist in several tournaments of preparations in Roland Garros, it starts International France as an head of series n°22. It will carry out an exceptional course there. It beats number 11 world Vera Zvonareva with the third turn on the score of 7-6 7-5 after to be carried out 5-2 and to have saved a set point in the first sleeve. In eighth of finale it beats number 10 world (and then considérèe like n°2 on beaten ground) Patty Schnyder in three sets: 6-1 1-6 6-4 in a match which applies to the intensity of its third epic sleeve where Mary needs 11 balls of matches to conclude. In quarterfinal the Frenchwoman beats the number one world Lindsay Davenport 6-3 6-2. The continuous dream for Mary Pierce who beats to it Russian Elena Likhovtseva 6-1 6-1 in half final. But missing its match completely it is beaten 6-1 6-1 finally by Justine Henin-Hardenne. Mary is then quarter of finalist in Wimbledon vis-a-vis Venus Williams 6-0 7-6. After a first missed set lost 6-0, the Frenchwoman hoists her level of play in one second keen sleeve which it loses 12 points with 10 with the tie break after having had 5 set points. She gains the mixed double associated with the Indian Mahesh Bhupathi.

Mary is then number 12 world. It gains in August the 17th title of its career with San Diego, beating finally the Japanese woman Have Sugiyama 6-0 6-3.

She then carries out US Open formidable by batant back-to-back Justine Henin-Hardenne (n°8) in eighth of finale 6-3 6-4, Amélie Mauresmo (n°3) 6-4 6-1 in quarterfinal and Elena Dementieva (n°7) 3-6 6-2 6-2 in semi-final. She becomes the first Frenchwoman then to reach the final of US Open. But finally it can nothing deal with Kim Clijsters who beats it 6-3 6-1. Mary is then n°6 world.

At the time of the finale of the Fed Cup which disputes in Roland Garros vis-a-vis in Russia, Mary loses its first match 7-6 2-6 6-1 vis-a-vis Elena Dementieva. It gains its second match at the conclusion of one époustouflant return vis-a-vis Anastasya Myskina, indeed in this Mary match at summer carried out 6-4 4-1 service to follow. It loses the decisive double and thus the EDF cup with Amélie Mauresmo vis-a-vis the pair Elena Dementieva- Dinara Safina 6-4 1-6 6-3.

It gains in Moscow the 18th title of its career vis-a-vis Francesca Schiavone 6-4 6-3. Mary is then number 5 world and is qualified for Masters.

In Masters it successively gains all its matches hens vis-a-vis Kim Clijsters 6-1 4-6 7-6, Elena Dementieva 6-2 6-3 and Amélie Mauresmo 2-6 6-4 6-2. In semi-final it beats Lindsay Davenport 7-6 7-6.En final Mary is however beaten 5-7 7-6 6-4 by Amélie Mauresmo in 3:07 of play at the conclusion of a fabulous match and of very great quality, considered as one of best the matches of 2005.

Mary begins its season 2006 with Open of Australia where it beats Nicole Pratt 6-1 6-1 with the first turn. It is the accident with the second round where Mary is beaten 6-3 7-5 by Iveta Benesova.

The Frenchwoman is then finalist in Open Gaz de France, beaten 6-1 7-6 by Amélie Mauresmo after having beaten Patty Schnyder in semi-final 6-4 6-2.

But a wound with ankle trowel its then its season and prevents it from defending its chances with Roland Garros and Wimbledon. After almost six months of patience to look after a tendinitis with the foot, Mary carries out its return on the circuit to San Diego, tournament of which it is holding it of the title. It beats first of all there Sybille Bammer 6-1 6-7 7-6 then Emma Laine 6-1 6-2.Elle is beaten in quarterfinal by future the winner Maria Sharapova 6-2 6-3.

With US Open It beats with the first turn Elena Vesnina 7-5 6-1, then Eva Birnerova 6-3 6-4 with the second round. With the third tower it is beaten 4-6 6-0 6-0 by Chinese the Na Li. Mary Pierce has then much evil to confirm her return. It loses with the first turn of Stuttgart, Luxembourg and Zurich.

In Linz, returning on good bases, Mary beats Have Sugiyama 7-6 7-6. But then, whereas it carried out 6/4 6/5 against Russian Vera Zvonareva in 1/8e of finale it twists very violently the left Genou (http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=3RlkyleaHVQ) and is forced with the abandonment. She suffers from a tear of the cross ligaments of the left knee, but estimates herself far from taking her retirement. She says to want to begin again at all costs with for main objective shining with the Olympic Games of Beijing in 2008.

Mary Pierce prize list

Titles into simple: 18

Final into simple: 23

Titles in double: 10

Final in double: 6

Titles in mixed double: 1

Final in mixed double: 1

Course in Large Slam

Into simple (1990 - 2006)

In double (1990 - 2005)

Cut of the Federation

Final gained: 2

Final lost: 1

detailed Course: fedcup.com

Classifications at the end of the season (simple)

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