Marion Bartoli

Marion Bartoli

Acura Classic, 2007.
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	February 2000
Plays	Right (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$ 3,466,203
Singles
Career record	301-196
Career titles	4 WTA, 6 ITF titles
Highest ranking	No. 9 (October 22, 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (2009)
French Open	4r (2007)
Wimbledon	F (2007)
US Open	4r (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	117–82
Career titles	3 WTA, 1 ITF titles
Highest ranking	No. 15 (July 5, 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3r (2004, 2005)
French Open	3r (2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	QF (2004)
US Open	SF (2003)
Last updated on: March 9, 2009.

Marion Bartoli (born October 2, 1984) is a French professional tennis player. She has won four Women's Tennis Association titles, and was runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. She has defeated two WTA World No.1's in Grand Slam events, beating Justine Henin at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, and Jelena Jankovic at the 2009 Australian Open.

Playing style

Bartoli is known for her unorthodox and intense style of play on the court. She uses two hands on both the forehand and the backhand, and is generally classed as an aggressive and hard-hitting player. She developed her two-handed style on the advice of her father, who is also her coach. He had seen the classic 1992 French Open final in which Monica Seles defeated Steffi Graf, and immediately was inspired to teach the technique to his daughter.

Bartoli also had trouble with her forehand at the time, so when she made the switch to two hands, it greatly improved. She uses her double-fisted strokes to create sharp angles to open up the court and prefers to take the ball very early on groundstrokes and especially returns of serve, usually standing close to the baseline or even inside it during rallies. Her style of play can be most closely compared to that of Seles, who had a strong influence on Bartoli as a young player, though unlike Seles, Bartoli serves right-handed. However, she is not a very good mover and is further inhibited by her two-fisted strokes, which can make her vulnerable to fast all-court players. Bartoli is also known for her unusual serve, in which she uses her waist to generate speed. Bartoli is also unique in that she doesn't bounce the ball before her serve.

Tennis career

2001

Bartoli started entering tournaments regularly at the age of 16. After a few aborted starts in 1999 and 2000 and getting to the last 16 of the Australian Open Juniors in 2001 she attacked the ITF $10,000 clay events in the spring. Winning two tournaments back to back in May (in Hatfield and Torino) ensured the French Open gave her a wildcard into her first grand slam. Purely a learning experience she lost to Catalina Castaño, who was ranked just outside the top 100. Entering the Juniors of the same event proved a harder experience for Bartoli who was in tears on court being dumped out 6–0, 6–1 by Myriam Casanova after losing the first 11 games of the match. The rest of the year consisted of entering bigger tournaments and consistently improving her ranking. The major highlight though was winning the junior US Open title, beating Ashley Harkleroad 6–2, 6–3 in the semifinal before coming from behind to edge out Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. This victory prompted her father (Dr. Walter Bartoli) to give up his job and coach her full time. By the year's end she was the third-ranked junior player in the world and she had risen to 304 in the Women's Tennis Association rankings with a record of 28-8 in non-juniors competition with 21-4 coming on clay, 5–2 on hard courts, 1–1 on grass and 1–1 on carpet.

2002

On the back of her US Open junior win, Bartoli received a wildcard into the Australian Open. She lost a very tight match there to Tina Pisnik 6–3, 4–6, 9–7. In the juniors, she was expected to repeat the success of the US Open but fell in the round-of-16. Following her first round exit at the French Open in three sets to Ai Sugiyama (and losing to Ashley Harkleroad in the last 16 of the final juniors Grand Slam tournament she would enter), her form heading into the qualifying of the US Open was mixed (in her four tournaments in July and August her record was 3–4). Nevertheless she beat three players ranked higher than her to qualify for a Grand Slam on merit for the first time.

In the first round the 231st best player in the world dispatched the former champion and 25th seed Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 6–1. It was Bartoli's first win over a player in the top 100 and by far the most important victory of her career. She followed that win by beating Paraguayan Rossana de los Ríos (then ranked World No. 70) in three sets before finally succumbing in the third round to another former champion, the 4th seed Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–1. Those results catapulted Bartoli over 100 places higher in the Women's Tennis Association rankings which she would build on to finish the year.

Her record for 2002 was 34-17 with 27-10 on hard courts and 7–7 on clay. She finished the year ranked World No. 104.

2003

Bartoli began 2003 by immediately establishing herself as a top 100 player. She achieved this in her second tournament of the year, beating four top 100 players on her way through qualifying to the semifinals of Canberra. For the first time, she earned her place in a Grand Slam (the Australian Open) through her ranking but she drew the 11th seed Magdalena Maleeva in the first round and lost in straight sets. As a result of her increased ranking and improving results, she received a wildcard to her first Tier II event in Paris but lost in the first round to Maja Matevžič. Five weeks later, she qualified for her first Tier I event at Indian Wells, California before losing in straight sets to eighth-seeded Chanda Rubin in the second round. She repeated the trick a fortnight later by qualifying in Key Biscayne, Florida but this time made it to her first quarterfinal of a Women's Tennis Association tour event after Davenport retired in their fourth round match because of an injured hamstring.

Now a regular at Women's Tennis Association tour events, she had an indifferent clay court season with a 7–6 record heading into the French Open. She recorded her first win there in 3 attempts against her US Open opponent from the previous year de los Rios. She lost to seventh-seeded Jennifer Capriati 6–3, 6–0 in the second round. Bartoli then had her first experiences on grass in 2 years getting to the 3rd round in Birmingham and losing to compatriot Amélie Mauresmo in 's-Hertogenbosch but the now 52nd-ranked Bartoli had the misfortune at her first Wimbledon to draw the ninth seed, Slovak Daniela Hantuchová in the first round. She lost 6–4, 6–1.

The highlight of her American hard court season was beating her first top 20 player, Meghann Shaughnessy (then ranked World No. 18) in three sets on her way to the third round of the tournament in San Diego. That represented her best result of the summer as she drew Hantuchová again in the first round of the US Open and again only took five games off the Slovak, this time losing 6–3, 6–2. It was during this period that Bartoli started to really raise her doubles ranking. On the back of two second round performances at the French Open and Wimbledon Bartoli got to the semifinals of five successive tournaments (including the US Open, losing alongside Myriam Casanova to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navrátilová in the semifinal), getting to the final at the fifth attempt in Linz with Silvia Farina Elia

By the end of 2003, Bartoli was ranked World No. 57 and her record for the year stood at 35-26. Her hard court record was 24-15, clay 8–6, grass 1–3, and carpet 2–2. Her record against top 10 players was 0–8.

2004

Bartoli began 2004 by getting to her first Women's Tennis Association (WTA) semifinal in the season-opener in Auckland. She got to the second round of the Australian Open for the first time, losing to 22nd-seeded Patty Schnyder in three sets. Bartoli reached another semifinal in Hydrabad which briefly made her a top 50 player for the first time, but simultaneously she refound her doubles form of late 2003. Partnering compatriot Émilie Loit, they reached the semifinals of Acapulco, the quarterfinals of Indian Wells and then Bartoli won her first WTA tour doubles title in Casablanca.

After a forgettable singles clay court season (culminating in her second loss to Sugiyama at her native grand slam event) she rose back up the rankings by reaching the 3rd round of Wimbledon (losing to Sugiyama for the second successive slam). She also got to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in the doubles, partnering Loit for the second successive grand slam (they had failed to get beyond the second round of the French Open). Bartoli got to her third singles semifinal of the year in Cincinnati before pulling out of her match with Davenport with a blister on her right hand. She reached the second round of the US Open despite being drawn against 32nd-seeded Meghann Shaughnessy in the first round. She lost to Russian Vera Douchevina in three sets in the second round.

In the absence of Amélie Mauresmo (with a groin injury) and Mary Pierce (with a shoulder problem), Bartoli received her debut Fed Cup call-up for France's semifinals against Spain. She was teamed with Loit again and helped complete a 5–0 whitewash of the Spanish team. In the final against Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova had lost both of her matches and Anastasia Myskina had won both of hers, making Bartoli's and Loit's doubles match against Myskina and Vera Zvonareva the decisive rubber. The Russian pair won the first set in a tiebreak then the second set 7–5 handing the Fed Cup to Russia for the first time. As a result, her team leader Guy Forget resigned and she did not choose by her new team leader Georges Goven to play next year (2005) of the same tournament with Loit.

She ended 2004 ranked World No. 41, having gone 30-24 over the year. Her hard court record was 23-13, with clay going 4–7, grass 3–3 and carpet 0–1.

2005

After a promising start (semifinals in Auckland and quarterfinals in Canberra), which took her to World No. 32 and winning the second doubles tournament of her career in Pattaya City, injury disrupted the second quarter of 2005 for Bartoli. The only match she played in the clay court season was her straight sets first round loss to Shahar Pe'er at the French Open (where she was seeded for the first time, 28th). Her quarter-final run at Eastbourne (where she had to retire hurt) led her to a career-high ranking of 27 entering Wimbledon. She lost to Jill Craybas in the second round 6–1, 6–4. Highlights of the year were reaching the third round of the US Open for the second time (losing to Sania Mirza) and making her second Women's Tennis Association semifinal of the year (and fifth of her career) in Québec.

Her end of season stats were 35-26, albeit padded by a victory in a satellite tournament in Doha at the end of the year. She went 30-21 on hard courts, 0–1 on clay, 3–3 on grass and 2–1 on carpet. She was now ranked World No. 40.

2006

In January 2006, Bartoli at 21 years of age won her first senior title at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, beating Vera Zvonareva in the final 6–2, 6–2. The tournament marked the first time she had beaten a top 10 player when Nadia Petrova retired in the third set of their semifinal with a leg injury. She then lost in the second round of the first three Grand Slam events of the year (losing to Roberta Vinci in Australia, Serb Jelena Janković at the French Open, and Karolina Šprem at Wimbledon - all in three sets), but she won her third career doubles title by capturing the ECM Prague Open with Shahar Pe'er in May.

The North American summer hard court season was very productive for Bartoli, getting to the third round (and in some cases that meant the quarterfinals) of five of the seven tournaments she entered including the US Open where she again lost in the third round, this time to seventh-seeded Patty Schnyder. The following week, she beat the Swiss player on route to her second final of the year in Bali where she lost to World No. 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova.

In October, Bartoli won her second Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles title at the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships beating Aiko Nakamura 2–6, 6–2, 6–2 in the final. This was the first ever WTA final contested by two players using two-handed strokes on both the forehand and backhand. As a result of winning the title, she broke into the top twenty for the first time. In her last event of the year, she captured the Bell Challenge in Quebec City, shutting out Olga Poutchkova in the final 6–0, 6–0.

Bartoli finished the year ranked World No. 17, her record was 45-28, her best on tour so far. That compromised of 37-17 on hard courts, 4–6 on clay, 3–3 on grass and 1–2 on carpet. She was 3–6 against top 10 players.

2007

Bartoli began 2007 with another second-round exit at the Australian Open, this time falling to Victoria Azarenka in straight sets. She then reached the round-of-16 at the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California.

Bartoli then began to find her form during the clay court season, which had previously not been a successful surface for her. She reached the final of the ECM Prague Open in May, losing to Akiko Morigami. Bartoli was hindered by a hip injury during the latter stages of the Prague tournament and withdrew from the Tier I tournament in Rome as a result. After reaching the semifinals in Strasbourg, she lost to Amélie Mauresmo. Then she reached her first career Grand Slam fourth round at the French Open, defeating Elena Dementieva in the third round. In the fourth round, she was knocked out by Jelena Janković 6–1, 6–1. During this match, Bartoli injured her back.

Her form continued into the grass court season, beating Daniela Hantuchová in three sets en route to a semifinal encounter with Maria Sharapova in Birmingham, which she lost in straight sets. A week later in Eastbourne, she got to her second successive semifinal, dispatching Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals 6–1, 6–0 before losing to World No. 1 Justine Henin 6–1, 6–3.

At Wimbledon, Bartoli made her long-awaited Grand Slam breakthrough by advancing to her first ever Grand Slam final. After a win against 16th seed Shahar Pe'er, Bartoli upset the 3rd seeded Jelena Janković 3-6, 7-5 6-3 in a match interrupted by many rain delays. Bartoli followed this by beating Michaëlla Krajicek of the Netherlands 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 in another delayed match. In her first Grand Slam semifinal, Bartoli came from behind to stun top-seeded Justine Henin 1–6, 7–5, 6–1 in one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history. Bookmakers had Henin at 1/33 to win and Bartoli was a 10-1 outside shot. Bartoli claimed afterwards the reason for her turnaround in the match was seeing Pierce Brosnan in the royal box and was determined to play well in front of one of her favourite actors. In her post match interview, she asked the former James Bond star if he could come back for the final the next day to see her again. However, the following day Brosnan was unable to attend due to a wedding. In the final, Bartoli lost to three-time former champion Venus Williams 6–4 6–1. Her father, who was sitting in the player's box behind Williams' father Richard, broke down and cried when she acknowledged him in her post-match remarks as being responsible for her achievements. As a result of her Wimbledon performance, she rose to a career high of 11th in the Women's Tennis Association rankings and RACE.

After withdrawing from the Fed Cup, her first foray into the US Open Series ended in a defeat at Stanford. Seeded 2nd, Bartoli faced American wildcard Lilia Osterloh in the second round and lost 5–7, 6–4, 6–3. Bartoli suffered a leg injury in the first set which had further hindered her movement; she also cited fatigue and illness as contributing factors to the loss. In San Diego, Bartoli edged past Aiko Nakamura 7–6(4), 6–1 after a first round bye, but lost to Elena Dementieva in the third round 6–4, 7–5. This loss was perhaps seen as surprising because Bartoli had won their last two meetings, including losing just one game at Eastbourne. Despite the loss, Bartoli claimed that her level of play was fine, however she lost her next match in Los Angeles to an in-form Maria Kirilenko 7–6, 6–3 after receiving a bye to the second round.

Bartoli picked up her form in Toronto, winning consecutive matches for the first time since Wimbledon. She beat Maria Kirilenko and Dinara Safina but retired in her quarterfinal match against Yan Zi when trailing 6–2, 3–0. At New Haven, she beat Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–0, 6–4 before losing to Elena Dementieva once again 6–4, 6–2.

At the US Open she reached the fourth round for the first time by defeating world No. 25 Lucie Šafářová in three sets. In the fourth round she lost to 8-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams 6-3, 6-4.

After her US Open performance, Bartoli began her indoor season at a small tournament in Kolkata, India. She was the top-seeded player but lost to Vania King. She then played at the Fortis Championships in Luxembourg, where she reached her first semifinal since her Wimbledon run by beating defending champion Alyona Bondarenko and top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze for her third top ten win of the year. However, she was then beaten by Daniela Hantuchová 6-2, 6-2. She then suffered a first round loss at Stuttgart to Agnieszka Radwańska 0–6, 6–2, 6–1 on her 23rd birthday.

Bartoli then moved to the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, the first Tier I of the indoor season. She was the fifth seed at this event and in the first round beat Alyona Bondarenko for the second time in three weeks 6–2, 7–5. However, she lost in the next round to home favourite Vera Dushevina 2–6, 6–0, 6–4. She then moved on to another Tier I event in Zürich, and reached the quarterfinals with wins over Peng Shuai and Michaëlla Krajicek. Her run came to an unfortunate end against Tatiana Golovin, when she had to retire with a knee injury whilst leading 5–4. Bartoli hurt herself during the game at 4–4, where she broke Golovin to love due to a string of unforced errors from her compatriot, and despite attempts to continue she was forced to retire and reportedly left the court in tears.

Despite her injury, Bartoli still played at the Generali Ladies Linz held in Austria. After a first round bye, she defeated homecrowd favourite Tamira Paszek in the second round, beating her 6–2, 6–1. In the quarterfinals, she was pushed to three sets by a resilient Julia Vakulenko, but eventually prevailed 6–1, 1–6, 6–4 to reach her second semifinal since Luxembourg. There she lost to eventual runner-up Patty Schnyder 7–6, 6–3, ending her hopes of reaching the WTA Tour Championships. However, after Serena Williams withdrew from the tournament due to her injury, Bartoli entered the event and played in the yellow group. While Serena had already played one match, Bartoli did not play Anna Chakvetadze. Bartoli lost 6–0, 6–0 to Justine Henin, who avenged her shock Wimbledon defeat to Bartoli, but defeated Jelena Janković 6–1, 1–0 after the Serbian retired.

Her final record for the year was 47-31, with 19-16 on hard courts, 14-7 on clay, 12-3 on grass and 2–5 on carpet. Her record against top 10 players was 4–8. Despite not having earned a single title all year, she ended the year as a top 10 player at no. 10.

2008

Bartoli started the year by playing the Medibank International in Sydney. After only dropping one game in her first match, Bartoli lost to Francesca Schiavone in the second round 2–6, 6–3, 6–2. At the Australian Open, Bartoli was the first top ten seed to fall, losing her opening round match to Sofia Arvidsson 6–7(3), 6–4, 6–3 after Bartoli was up a break in both the second and third sets.

At the Tier II Open Gaz de France in Paris, Bartoli made it to the semifinals following easy wins over Virginie Razzano and Dominika Cibulková. However, she suffered a back injury while 6–2, 2–1 up against Anna Chakvetadze. She played on through the pain but lost the last eleven games, falling 2–6, 6–2, 6–0. In Doha and Dubai, she lost to Caroline Wozniacki and Francesca Schiavone, who went on to beat Justine Henin in the quarterfinals.

Bartoli at the 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis tennis tournament, where she beat Tsvetana Pironkova, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5.

She entered the Tier I event in Indian Wells, California and got a bye into the second round. Following wins over Elena Vesnina and Angelique Kerber, she lost in the fourth round to Lindsay Davenport 7–5, 6–2. In Key Biscayne, Florida, another Tier I event, she was defeated early by Danish teen Caroline Wozniacki, 6–3, 6–1.

On clay at Amelia Island, Florida, she lost in the second round to Olga Govortsova. At the Tier I event in Charleston, South Carolina, she received a bye into the second round where she defeated Casey Dellacqua 7–5, 4–6, 6–1. However, in the third round she lost to Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, who later made it to the final. Then at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, a Tier I event, she made the third round following an easy 6–0, 6–3 win over Lucie Šafářová. She was then defeated by Hungarian Ágnes Szávay in the third round 7–5, 7–5.

At the Tier I competition in Rome, she was seeded eighth and got a bye. In the third round, she was defeated by ninth-seeded Patty Schnyder 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7), after leading 4–1 in the last set and holding a match point in the tiebreak. She then played the Tier III tournament in Strasbourg, as the top seed. She badly injured her wrist and withdrew while trailing 6–1, 1–0 against Chinese Peng Shuai in her first match. At the French Open, she played through injury and was defeated by Dellacqua in the first round 6–7, 6–3, 6–2.

Seeded first at Birmingham, she led 7–5, 4–4 with 2 break points, but eventually lost 5–7, 6–4, 6–0 to Petra Cetkovská. During the match, her wrist was re-injured. At the Tier II tournament in Eastbourne she once again played through injury, but crushed Sybille Bammer of Austria 6–3, 6–0. Afterwards she defeated Alisa Kleybanova 6–3, 6–3. However she lost her semifinal match to fourth-seeded and eventual champion Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–3.

At Wimbledon, she was seeded eleventh and in the first round beat Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 6–4. In the second round, she defeated Tathiana Perebiynis 6–2, 7–5. But in the third round againest Bethanie Mattek, she suffered calf and shoulder injuries whilst leading 4–2 in the first set and lost 6–4, 6–1.

On her return to hardcourts at Stanford, she was seeded sixth and easily defeated Akgul Amanmuradova in straight sets. In the second round she faced Anne Keothavong and won 6–3, 1–6, 7–5 after being down numerous times during the match. She caused a minor upset in the quarterfinals by defeating second-seeded and defending champion Anna Chakvetadze 6–3, 6–4. The win marked the first time Bartoli has won three matches in a row this year. In the semifinals, she beat veteran Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–3, to move into her first final since Wimbledon in 2007. In the final, Bartoli lost to the Canadian qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak 7–5, 6–3. Later she stated she was once again injured.

At the Tier I tournament in Montreal, she overcame a stomach virus to beat Melanie South in the first round 6–3, 6–7, 6–0. After a walkover in the second round, Bartoli defeated Anna Chakvetadze 4–6, 7–5, 7–6, saving three match points in the process. Then in the quarterfinals, she beat Ai Sugiyama again in straight sets. Playing with a twisted ankle, Bartoli fell to Dominika Cibulková in the semifinals 4–6, 6–4, 6–3.

At Cincinnati she was seeded first but pulled out while trailing 7–6, 2–2 to Jamea Jackson because of an abdominal strain. Then at New Haven, she defeated Tsvetana Pironkova 2–6, 6–4, 7–5. However she lost to eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–0. This was her third loss to Wozniacki this year. She also finished second in the US Open Series.

At the US Open, she was seeded twelfth and strolled through her opening rounds against Galina Voskoboeva and Virginia Ruano Pascual. She then beat former champion and 23rd-seeded Lindsay Davenport in the third round, 6–1, 7–6. She lost to 29th-seeded Sybille Bammer in the fourth round 7–6, 0–6, 6–4. Bartoli played through injury in the three hour match, reportedly having problems with her blood pressure.

In Toyko, she beat Maria Kirilenko in the first round 6–2, 6–2 but then lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in the second round 6–2, 6–3. At Stuttgart, she opened by defeating Dominika Cibulková 6–3, 6–1 but fell to resurgent Vera Zvonareva 6–2, 6–0 in the next round on her 24th birthday. At the Kremlin Cup, she retired against Dominika Cibulková. Then in Zurich, she defeated Ágnes Szávay 6–4, 6–0 before losing to Ana Ivanović 6–2, 6–4.

In her final tournament for the year, she was seeded sixth and it took seven match points to defeat Ai Sugiyama 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(8). In the second round, she defeated Petra Kvitová 7–6(4), 1–6, 6–3. In the quarterfinals, she lost a 5–1 second set lead but came through in the end against Alyona Bondarenko, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1. She ended the year with a loss to Zvonereva.

Bartoli's record for the year ended at 29–26.

2009

Bartoli's first event during the new WTA calendar was inaugural Brisbane International. She was seeded third and in the first round crushed Monika Wejnert 6-1, 6-2. In the second round she beat Melinda Czink 5-7, 6-3, 6-1. She then beat Tathiana Garbin 6-3, 6-3. During the semi-final against Amelie Mauresmo, the latter had to retire due to injury; securing Bartoli a place in the final, which she lost to Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-1. Bartoli withdrew from the Medibank International Sydney due to a left calf strain during a match with qualifier Melanie South, while tied at 1-1.

At the Australian Open she was seeded 16th and started with a straightforward 6-2, 6-4 win over Melanie South. She followed this up by beating Tsvetana Pironkova 7-5, 6-2, marking the first time she made it past the second round of the Australian Open. She then came back from 3-6, 0-2 against Lucie Šafářová to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Bartoli then stunned top seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia by crushing her in straight sets 6-1, 6-4. However, she lost to seventh seeded Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinals by 3-6, 0-6.

In Dubai she was seeded 11th, and came up against Ai Sugiyama and won 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(6), after becoming very sick in the second set, and saved 3 MPs in the last set tie break. Veteran broadcaster Peter Fleming called it "One of the most extraordinary victories I have ever seen in 25 years of broadcasting." She then defeated Francesca Schiavone 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3 in the second round. However in the third round she retired while 5-2 down against Vera Zvonareva.

Bartoli then won her fourth career title at the Monterrey Open. Bartoli was seeded No. 2 and started with a solid 6-2, 6-4 victory over Michaella Krajicek. She followed it up with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Magdaléna Rybáriková, winning a remarkable 20 out of 23 points of Rybarikovas second serve. In the quarterfinals, Bartoli won a tight three-setter against qualifier Vania King, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Bartoli advanced to her second Tour final of the year after coming back from a break in the first set to defeat No. 4 seed Zheng Jie, 7-5, 6-3. In the final, Bartoli defeated another Chinese player, unseeded Li Na 6–4, 6–3. Next she suffered disappointing second round defeats at Indian Wells and Miami, to Shahar Peer and Anastasiya Yakimova, after suffering from a viral illness.

After being too late to receive a Wildcard into the Ponte Vedra Beach main draw, Bartoli accepted a WC into the qualifying draw, where she was nearly knocked out by Lauren Albanese, but survived 1–6, 7–6(5), 6–4. Bartoli won easily in the next stage 6–1, 6–2 against Jessica Pegula. She then qualified after beating Sesil Karatantcheva 6–4, 3–6, 6–4. In the first round of the main draw, Bartoli faced the lower ranked No. 8 seed, Bethanie Mattek-Sands. However, Bartoli was lost in a closely fought match, 5–7, 7–6(4), 6–3.

Her record for the year stands at 15-6.

Grand Slam singles finals

Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2007	Wimbledon	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–1

Titles (7+6 ITF)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (2)

Tier IV (1)

Premier (0)

International (1)

ITF Tour (6)

Singles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
-	May 6, 2001	ITF / Hatfield, United Kingdom	Clay	Maki Arai	6–0, 6–2
-	May 20, 2001	ITF / Torino, Italy	Clay	Stephanie Rizzi	6–1, 6–1
-	August 19, 2001	ITF / Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–2, 6–1
-	February 24, 2002	ITF / Columbus, Ohio, U.S.	Hard	Maureen Drake	6–2, 6–3
-	November 3, 2002	ITF / Poitiers, France	Hard	Seda Noorlander	6–1, 6–0
-	December 18, 2005	ITF / Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Kaia Kanepi	6–2, 6–0
1.	January 7, 2006	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	6–2, 6–2
2.	October 8, 2006	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Aiko Nakamura	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
3.	November 5, 2006	Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada	Hard	Olga Poutchkova	6–0, 6–0
4.	March 8, 2009	Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Li Na	6–4, 6–3

Doubles (3)

No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	April 11, 2004	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Émilie Loit	Els Callens / Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–2
2.	February 6, 2005	Pattaya Women's Open, Thailand	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Marta Domachowska / Silvija Talaja	6–3, 6–2
3.	May 14, 2006	ECM Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Shahar Pe'er	Ashley Harkleroad / Bethanie Mattek	6–4, 6–4

Runner-ups (9)

Singles runner-ups (5)

• 2006 - Wismilak International, Bali, Indonesia (lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 7–5, 6–2)
• 2007 - ECM Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic (lost to Akiko Morigami 6–1, 6–3)
• 2007 - Wimbledon Championships, London (lost to Venus Williams 6–4, 6–1)
• 2008 - Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, California, U.S. (lost to Aleksandra Wozniak 7–5, 6–3)
• 2009 - Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia (lost to Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-1)

Doubles runner-ups (4)

• 2003 - Open Gaz de France, with Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (lost to Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(5))
• 2003 - Generali Ladies Linz, with Silvia Farina Elia (lost to Liezel Huber and Ai Sugiyama 6–1, 7–6(6))
• 2004 - Tashkent Open, with Mara Santangelo (lost to Adriana Serra Zanetti and Antonella Serra Zanetti 1–6, 6–3, 6–4)
• 2007 - Medibank International, with Meilen Tu (lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy 6–3, 3–6, 7–6)

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career W/L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	QF	8–8
French Open	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	4R	1R		5–8
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	3R	2R	2R	F	3R		12–6
US Open	A	A	3R	1R	2R	3R	3R	4R	4R		13–7
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0-0	0-1	2-3	1-4	4-4	4-4	5-4	13-4	5-4		38-29
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A		1–1
WTA Tier I tournaments
Doha1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2R		3–3
Indian Wells	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	3R	4R	4R	2R	9–7
Key Biscayne	A	A	A	QF	A	2R	3R	3R	2R	2R	9–6
Charleston	A	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	2R	3R		4–4
Berlin	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	A	A	A	3R		2–3
Rome	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	3R		1–1
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	3R	QF	SF		10–5
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R		2–3
Moscow	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R		1–2
Career Statistics
Tournaments played	0	2	6	26	27	25	31	31	24	3	175
Finals reached	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	8
Tournaments won	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Year End Ranking	1120	345	106	57	41	40	17	10	17

• ¹As of 2008, Doha is a Tier I tournament, replacing San Diego and Zurich.

See also

• Accountability System

External links

• Official Site (in French)
• http://www.marion-bartoli.net (Linked to by official site)
• http://marionbartoli.blog.co.uk (Partner to marion-bartoli.net)
• Marion Bartoli at the Women's Tennis Association

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