Marion Bartoli professional tennis player

Marion Bartoli born October 2, 1984 is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 1. She has won five Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.
Bartoli has defeated two reigning World No.1 players in her career so far. She defeated Justine Henin in the semi-final of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships 1–6, 7–5, 6–1 and she defeated Jelena Janković in the fourth round of the 2009 Australian Open 6–1, 6–4. She has also recorded wins over former World No. 1 Venus Williams, Ana Ivanović, Lindsay Davenport, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Dinara Safina, and Kim Clijsters as well as many top 5 and top 10 players.
Contents
* 1 Early life and personal life
* 2 Playing style
* 3 Equipment
* 4 Tennis career
o 4.1 Early years
o 4.2 2003
o 4.3 2004
o 4.4 2005
o 4.5 2006
o 4.6 2007
o 4.7 2008
o 4.8 2009
o 4.9 2010
o 4.10 2011
* 5 Singles performance timeline
* 6 Career statistics
* 7 References
* 8 External links
Early life and personal life
Bartoli was born on 2 October 1984 in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France. She is of Corsican, Catalan and French descent. She started playing tennis at the age of 6. Marion trained in a small facility as a youngster where there was not much room behind the baseline. It is thought that this is the reason why she likes to return serve from inside the baseline. Her father, Walter, gave up his career as a doctor to become her full time coach when Bartoli won the 2001 Junior US Open title, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 6–3, 6–4.
She is an animal lover and has a pet cat called Calinette. Bartoli has a brother who is in the French military. Her role model off the court is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as a figure whose fight for peace in the world are very important to her. She is also an admirer of Roger Federer. Her mother, Sophie, is a nurse and is rarely seen in the crowd as she gets so nervous watching her daughter play.
Bartoli claims to have a genius level IQ of 175 however many are in disbelief of how she could surpass the most famous thinkers and inventors of all time.

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