At the age of only four Amelie Mauresmo began her passion for tennis. It was a love inspired by the success of Yannick Noah after his victory in the 1983 French open. Throughout her career as a tennis player Mauresmo won countless titles, playing in a multitude of matches across the world, including the Australian Open, Wimbledon, the French Open, and the Olympics. In 2004 she successfully achieved a silver medal in the Athens Olympics being narrowly defeated by Justine Henin in the final. That same year she was the first French woman to obtain the world no. 1. The years that followed generated numerous victories. She was victorious in the final at Wimbledon, which was particularly memorable as it was the first year neither of the Williams
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Mauresmo coached Andy for four years. The twos pairing caused a lot of controversy in tennis as it was rare for a male athlete to be coached by a female. Their relationship had a large influence on gender relationships in tennis. Martina Navratilova, former tennis player and coach stated “ women are judged by a different stick” “if it didn’t succeed, they’d say women can’t coach men.” Throughout her career as coach Mauresmo was continuously a victim of negative views for being a female. She once claimed “ Its essential that women are recognised and appreciated as coaches. We have a different way of approaching things, this is true, but I think its also interesting. We have something different to offer.” Through Mauresmo persistence and talent whilst working with Murray, she was successfully able to influence the views of society on gender equality within tennis and other in other sports. During his time with Mauresmo, Murray reached a peak in his career ranking no.2 in the world, reaching two Australian open finals and leading Great Britain to a Davis cup title. Mauresmo has been described as an understanding, caring and resilient coach and many have said that she was significant in giving Andy Murray the confidence he needed to develop a more aggressive technique when playing matches. After the birth of her first child Mauresmo struggled to commit the time to Murray’s
Mauresmo coached Andy for four years. The twos pairing caused a lot of controversy in tennis as it was rare for a male athlete to be coached by a female. Their relationship had a large influence on gender relationships in tennis. Martina Navratilova, former tennis player and coach stated “ women are judged by a different stick” “if it didn’t succeed, they’d say women can’t coach men.” Throughout her career as coach Mauresmo was continuously a victim of negative views for being a female. She once claimed “ Its essential that women are recognised and appreciated as coaches. We have a different way of approaching things, this is true, but I think its also interesting. We have something different to offer.” Through Mauresmo persistence and talent whilst working with Murray, she was successfully able to influence the views of society on gender equality within tennis and other in other sports. During his time with Mauresmo, Murray reached a peak in his career ranking no.2 in the world, reaching two Australian open finals and leading Great Britain to a Davis cup title. Mauresmo has been described as an understanding, caring and resilient coach and many have said that she was significant in giving Andy Murray the confidence he needed to develop a more aggressive technique when playing matches. After the birth of her first child Mauresmo struggled to commit the time to Murray’s