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, Serena 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 in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France. She is of Corsican, Catalan and metropolitan French descent. She started playing tennis at the age of six. Bartoli trained in a small facility as a youngster where there was not much room behind 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 cat named Calinette. Bartoli has a brother who is in the French military. Her role model off the court is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 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 has told the press she has an IQ of 175.
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