“I was moving well. I was returning well. I mean, I really played a wonderful match.”
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Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French former professional tennis player. Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title, after previously being runner-up in 2007, and was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open. She also won seven singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour.
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Born 2 October 1984 · Q105838
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2026· 3 entries
“I wanted that so badly. ... It was like: Dare to dream. I kept dreaming. I kept my head up. I kept working hard. And it just happened.”
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Public attention spiked: 5,776 Wikipedia readers in one day, 30.7× the usual 188, with 0 article edits.
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2023· 2 entries
Yahoo! Sports: Former Wimbledon champ Marion Bartoli details health struggles that forced her to retire
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2023).
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2017· 1 entry
The Guardian: Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli to return to WTA Tour in 2018
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2016· 2 entries
The Guardian: Former tennis champion Marion Bartoli hits back over weight loss abuse
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The Guardian: Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli 'unable to eat due to virus'
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2015· 3 entries
The Guardian: BBC reporter gets a touch Alan Partridge with Marion Bartoli
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The Guardian: Andy Murray gets self-belief from Amélie Mauresmo, says Marion Bartoli
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The Guardian: Marion Bartoli hints at return to tennis 18 months after retirement
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2014· 7 entries
The Guardian: What I see in the mirror: Marion Bartoli
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The Guardian: Wimbledon 2014: Marion Bartoli sees more fairytales for the fearless
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Awarded Officer of the National Order of Merit (2014).
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The Guardian: Marion Bartoli recalls Baltacha pep talk that helped her win Wimbledon
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The Guardian: BBC Wimbledon team to include Marion Bartoli and Laura Robson
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The Guardian: John Inverdale tells of horror at criticising Marion Bartoli's looks
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Bartoli played for the Austin Aces' inaugural season in the World TeamTennis
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2013· 5 entries
The Guardian: Unable to live a lie, Marion Bartoli takes a champion's way out
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The Guardian: Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli announces retirement from tennis
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Won the Wimbledon Women with _Retired Tennis (2013).
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Awarded Champion des champions français de L'Équipe (2013).
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“Cosas que siempre quise contar”
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2012· 3 entries
Where she upset fifth seed Petra Kvitová in the fourth round (she was ultimately defeated in the quarterfinals by Maria Sharapova); that performance marked a quarterfinals-or-better finish in all four Grand Slams for Bar
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Because she would not play in the Fed Cup without his private coaching (which is not a given at team tennis events, where some nations allow it while others including France exercised their right to exclude individual pl
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With Bartoli losing twice
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2009· 1 entry
In Tokyo, where Janković won comfortably in two sets
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2008· 1 entry
Observer: Marion Bartoli
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2007· 3 entries
“, referring to Presley's early SUN Records label recordings and their influence on the Liverpool rock and roll scene”
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And was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open
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At Wimbledon where she went on to reach the final, and a win at the 2009 Australian Open when Janković was ranked world No
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2006· 1 entry
And soon won her first tournament in Auckland
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2005· 1 entry
“Whether one is an Elvis fan or not there is no doubting that no church in Grimsby or any other town, possibly, has ever seen anything like it before, the most moving and joyful service I have ever officiated at. Some people used to think rock and roll was the devil's music but Elvis was a devout Christian.”
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2002· 1 entry
Received a wildcard into the Australian Open
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1999· 1 entry
And 2000, she played in the $10,000 clay events in the spring of 2001
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1984· 1 entry
Born 1984-10-02.
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1974· 1 entry
“The Great American Popular Singers”
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1957· 1 entry
“Santa Claus Is Back in Town.”
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