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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 titles, and was runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. As of November 9 2009, Bartoli is ranked World No.11.
[edit] Early Life and Personal LifeBartoli was born on 2 October 1984 in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France. She is of Italian, Catalan and French descent.[1]. Marion started playing tennis at the age of 6 and trained in a facility which was a bit too small for tennis - 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. Marion is an animal lover and has a pet cat. Bartoli has a brother who is in the French military. Her role model off the court is Mohandas Gandhi as figures who fight for peace in the world are very important to her. [edit] 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 wrist to generate speed. [edit] EquipmentBartoli is currently playing using a Prince o3 red. She has previously used a prince ozone 7 but changed as the o3 red was longer and fitted her game better. Her clothing sponsor is Nike. Before her breakthrough into the top 100, Bartoli was playing with a Babolat racquet and she was wearing Le Coq Sportif apparel. [edit] Tennis career[edit] 2001Bartoli 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. [edit] 2002On 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[citation needed] 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. [edit] 2003Bartoli 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.[2] 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. [edit] 2004Bartoli 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. [edit] 2005After 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. [edit] 2006In 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.[citation needed] 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. [edit] 2007Bartoli 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.[3] 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.[4] 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,[5] 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. [edit] 2008Bartoli 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.  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 against 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. [edit] 2009Bartoli'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 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 and Anastasiya Yakimova 6-4, 6-3 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. In Charleston, she was seeded sixth and beat Anastasija Sevastova 6-1, 6-3 in the second round. In the third round she defeated Melanie Oudin 6-4, 6-1. She then beat Melinda Czink 6-4, 6-1, but lost to on-fire Sabine Lisicki 6-3, 6-1 in the semi final. Sabine Lisicki went on to take the title. In Stuttgart she defeated Karolina Sprem 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, and beat Caroline Wozniacki 7-6(6), 6-4 in the next round. She then lost a close match against #3 Elena Dementieva, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. In Rome she defeated Peng Shuai 6-0, 7-6 but fell to resurgent Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-1, 7-5. In Madrid, she fell to Aleksandra Wozniak 7-6, 6-2 in the first round. At the French Open, Bartoli won her opening match against fellow Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. Bartoli was then upset by Tathiana Garbin of Italy in the second round 3-6, 5-7. On grass, Bartoli advanced to the second round in Eastbourne by easing past Gisela Dulko 6-3, 6-1. She then deafeated Anna Chakvetadze 7-5, 6-3 and then Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1, 6-4 before retiring from injury against Virginie Razzano whilst trailing 4-6, 0-1. Seeded 12th at Wimbledon, Bartoli dominated Chan Yung-jan 6-0, 6-0. She then defeated Timea Bacsinszky in the second round 7-5, 6-1 and but fell, 7-6, 6-0, to Francesca Schiavone in the third round. Bartoli played her first tournament of the US Open Series in Stanford as the number 8 seed. She advanced to the quarterfinals without dropping a set by defeating Ayumi Morita 7-6, 6-3 and Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-4. In the quarterfinals, she defeated fourth seed Jelena Jankovic 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 saving two match points in the second set. She defeated Samantha Stosur in the semi-finals 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 to advance to the finals where she defeated second seed Venus Williams 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to win her second title of the year and fifth overall.[6] Bartoli was seeded 13th at the Cincinnati Masters, but fell to Kim Clijsters in her comeback match, in the first round, 6-4, 6-3. She then lost in the first round of Toronto to Alona Bondarenko 6-4, 6-3. In New Haven she beat Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, but retired from the next round vs. Magdalena Rybarikova.  Seeded 14th at the 2009 US Open, Bartoli totally outplayed Rossana de los Rios beating her 6-1, 6-0 but in the second round Marion lost to Kim Clijsters 7-5, 1-6, 2-6. Seeded 14th at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Bartoli won her opening match 6-3, 6-0 against Romanian teenager Sorana Cirstea. Bartoli followed up that win with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Aravane Rezai before finally coming through a tough match against the young Russian who took out Venus Williams in the 2nd Round Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. In the quarter-finals, Marion lost to 7th seed Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-3, a day shy of her 25th birthday. This was also the first time that Jankovic had beaten Marion since the 2007 French Open. Marion entered the 2009 China Open in Beijing and was seeded 14. In the first round she defeated Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 then Alisa Kleybanova 6-2, 6-3. In the third round, Bartoli defeated Chinese wildcard Zhang Shuai 6-1, 6-4. In the quarter-finals, Marion came back from the brink of defeat to stun 7th seed Vera Zvonareva. Marion won the first 3 games of the match before Zvonareva came back to win 6 games in a row and take it 6-3. In the second set, Marion found herself 1-5 down before she won 6 games in a row to take the second set 7-5 and eased through the final set 6-2. In the semi-finals, Marion lost to 12th seed Agnieszka Radwanska 4-6, 3-6 despite being up a break at stages in both sets. As the number 2 seed in Osaka, Japan, Bartoli won her opening match against Galina Voskoboeva 6-3, 7-5 despite being 2-5 down in the second set. In the second round she dominated teenage Japanese wildcard Kurumi Nara and only dropped 2 games, beating her 6-1, 6-1. In the quarter-finals, Bartoli was defeated by Sania Mirza 6-4, 2-0 as Marion retired due to a pain in her right shoulder. At the 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali, Bartoli was drawn in the A Group along with Shahar Peer and Magdalena Rybarikova. In the first Group A match-up, Bartoli defeated Rybarikova 6-4, 6-4, and qualified for the semis when she beat Peer 6-3, 6-2. She then booked her place in the final when she defeated Kimiko Date Krumm 6-1, 6-3. In the final, Bartoli lost the first set to Aravane Rezai 5-7 and then had to retire due to a left quad strain which she felt when serving at 5-6 15-40. She attempted to continue after a medical time out, but double faulted to hand Rezai the set and the title. Bartoli ended the year at world No.11 with an overall win-loss record of 49-22 and 4-4 against top 10 players. [edit] Major finals[edit] Grand Slam finals[edit] Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
[edit] Career finals[edit] Singles (11)[edit] Wins (5)
[edit] Runner-ups (6)
[edit] Doubles (7)[edit] Wins (3)
[edit] Runner-ups (4)
[edit] Singles performance timelineTo 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. To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.
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