![]() ![]() He was a former tennis player who achieved a career-best ranking of No. Mauresmo's contract runs to 2024, the French federation said.įorget had been running the tournament at Roland Garros since 2016. It doesn't matter what gender you are, it's just what skills you have." We need to aim and move toward something more egalitarian, regardless of gender. "I would like this question to be no longer relevant today. "Yes, I am very proud to be the first woman director of Roland Garros, but I also believe that it is necessary to emphasize why I am here, other (reasons) than my gender," Mauresmo said. Mauresmo is the second woman to be appointed as a Grand Slam director after Stacey Allaster, the U.S. She was also France's Fed Cup women's team captain and did TV commentary work during Roland Garros this year. She won the Olympic silver medal in Athens in 2004.Īfter her playing career, Mauresmo coached one of the top men's players, Andy Murray. Mauresmo, whose backhand delighted tennis aficionados around the world, also won the Fed Cup with France in 2003 and the WTA Tour championship in 2005. "This tournament has made me dream since my early days, has created a vocation in me," Maursemo told a press conference on Thursday.īut she was never able to emulate Noah's feat of winning on the clay at Roland Garros, failing to go beyond the quarterfinals at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris, where she struggled to withstand the pressure in front of her home crowd. The 42-year-old Mauresmo, who was inspired to play tennis after watching Yannick Noah win the 1983 French Open, became the first player from France - male or female - to reach No. Two-time major champion Amelie Mauresmo was appointed as tournament director of the French Open on Thursday, replacing Guy Forget and becoming the first woman to hold the position.įorget, whose contract was to expire at the end of the year, resigned this week, citing communication issues with new French tennis federation president Gilles Moretton. "The new assistant coaching role may end up as a full-time position - in the way Dani Vallverdu complemented Murray's former coach Ivan Lendl so well.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserįormer top-ranked Amelie Mauresmo appointed French Open's 1st female director "Murray won the Masters event in Montreal after Mauresmo went on maternity leave, but was beaten in the fourth round of the US Open and his on-court demeanour has at times been unduly negative. "Murray still has a huge amount of time for Bjorkman, who played a significant part in him ending the year as the world number two, but the relationship was not an unqualified success. "Murray had been very keen to retain the services of Mauresmo but was adamant she would need to commit to at least 20 weeks of the year - so it is a huge boost she has signed up just four months after becoming a mother. ![]() The couple's first child is due in mid-February, and Murray told the Daily Mail: external-link "I want to make sure at the beginning I am there as much as I can be to try and help out, just be there for whatever is really required of me." 'A huge boost' - Analysis Murray also revealed he will withdraw from the Australian Open, which takes place in Melbourne from January 18-31, if wife Kim goes into labour. "When I started working with her officially I was ranked 11 in the world - I had just dropped out of the top 10 for the first time in eight years - and I'm now back up to number two, which is my highest ranking." He added: "Amelie did come in at a difficult time, when I had just come back from back surgery, which was tough. Murray - who won the US Open in 2012 and Wimbledon the following year - was speaking in Dubai, where he is playing for the Singapore Slammers in the International Premier Tennis League. I've just got to find the way to get the wins against the top players in the biggest matches again." Andy Murray (right) recently helped Great Britain win the Davis Cup "But the last step is the most important thing and we need to work hard together to get back to winning the Slams. "For me there were a lot of positives last year," said Murray. The world number two hopes to have a new assistant coach in place for the first Masters event of the year in Indian Wells in March. ![]()
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