Country (sports) | France |
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Residence | Rivière Noire, Mauritius |
Born | Montreal, Canada | 15 January 1975
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | March 1989 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $9,793,119 |
Int. Tennis HoF | 2019 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 511–237 |
Career titles | 18 |
Highest ranking | No. 3 (30 January 1995) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1995) |
French Open | W (2000) |
Wimbledon | QF (1996, 2005) |
US Open | F (2005) |
Other tournaments | |
Grand Slam Cup | QF (1999) |
Tour Finals | F (1997, 2005) |
Olympic Games | QF (2004) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 197–116 |
Career titles | 10 |
Highest ranking | No. 3 (10 July 2000) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2000) |
French Open | W (2000) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2002, 2004) |
US Open | SF (1999) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (1996, 2004) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 1 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1993) |
French Open | QF (1990, 1992) |
Wimbledon | W (2005) |
US Open | SF (1995) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | W (1997, 2003) |
Hopman Cup | F (1998) |
Mary Caroline Pierce (born 15 January 1975) is a French former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as No. 3 in singles by the WTA, achieved on 30 January 1995, and as high as world No. 3 in doubles, achieved on 10 July 2000. Pierce won 18 singles titles on the WTA Tour, including two majors at the 1995 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open, and five Tier I singles events. Pierce was a finalist at a further four singles majors, and twice at the WTA Tour Championships. She is the most recent Frenchwoman to win the French Open singles title.[1]
In addition, Pierce won 10 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including two major titles at the 2000 French Open in women's doubles partnering Martina Hingis, and in mixed doubles at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Mahesh Bhupathi. She was also a runner-up in women's doubles at the 2000 Australian Open, partnering Hingis. Pierce was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019.