Mary Pierce

Mary Caroline Pierce (born 15 January 1975) is a retired tennis professional who represented France internationally in team competitions and the Olympics. She was born in Canada to an American father and a French mother, and holds citizenship of all three countries.

Mary Pierce

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Sarasota, Florida, U.S., Mauritius
Born	(1975-01-15) 15 January 1975 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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
Singles
Career record	511–237 (68.3%)
Career titles	18 WTA, 2 ITF
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 WTA, 4 ITF
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)

Pierce won four Grand Slam titles: two in singles, one in doubles and one in mixed doubles. She reached six Grand Slam singles finals, most recently at the US Open and French Open in 2005. Her Grand Slam singles titles came at the 1995 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open; Pierce is the last French player, male or female, to win the latter title.[1] She won the doubles event at the 2000 French Open with Martina Hingis as her partner, and reached an additional Grand Slam women's doubles final at the 2000 Australian Open, also partnering Hingis. She also won the mixed doubles event at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi. Pierce won 18 WTA singles titles and 10 WTA doubles titles, including five Tier I singles events. She also twice reached the final of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019.

Personal life

Mary Pierce was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Yannick Adjaj and Jim Pierce. Her mother is French and her father American, qualifying Pierce for citizenship in all three countries. She was raised in the United States and represented France in international tennis competitions. She speaks English and French fluently, and lives in Mauritius as of May 2019.[2]

Pierce was briefly engaged to baseball player Roberto Alomar in 1999 and later to Air France pilot David Emmanuel Ades, but broke off both engagements.[3]

Pierce had a difficult relationship with her father, who had developed a reputation as an abusive tennis father in the early stages of Pierce's career. Pierce refused to speak with him for a while and even employed two bodyguards to keep him at bay, but the two eventually reconciled sometime after she retired from active professional tennis.[4][5]

Pierce is a born again Christian. After a loss in early months of 2000 (before the French Open which she would win), she said she felt "empty and miserable", but then "I gave my life to Jesus and was born again... things in me changed instantly."[4] Pierce also credits this change in spiritual direction to her pre-existing friendship with another tennis pro, Linda Wild.

Career

Early years

Pierce started playing tennis at the age ten.[6] Two years after being introduced to tennis, for girls aged 12 and under she was ranked No. 2 in the country.[7] In April 1989 at a WTA tournament in Hilton Head, Pierce became the youngest American player (prior to Jennifer Capriati in 1990) to make her debut on the professional tour, aged 14 years and 2 months.[7] Due to her physicality and aggressive approach, her ballstriking was compared to that of Capriati,[7] and she quickly gained a reputation for being one of the hardest hitters on the women's circuit.[8] Her dad developed an interest in the sport,[7] and became her coach for many years.[9] She won her first WTA Tour singles tournament in July 1991 in Palermo by defeating Sandra Cecchini in the final.[6]

1994–2003

In July 1993, Pierce successfully filed for a restraining order against her father, who was known to be verbally abusive to his daughter and her opponents, and was banned by the WTA from attending her tournaments.[10][11] Following this split from her father, Pierce was coached by Nick Bollettieri, whose tennis academy she had briefly attended as a teenager in 1988.[12] Her brother David was also Pierce's regular coach until 2006. German Aguero, founder of Future Tennis Champs, can also be credited with Mary's early success as he took her in for several years and coached her free of charge.

Pierce reached her first Grand Slam singles final at the 1994 French Open. She conceded just ten games en route to the final, which included a 6–2, 6–2 defeat of world No. 1 Steffi Graf in the semifinals. In the final, however, Pierce lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in straight sets 4–6, 4–6.[13]

The following year, Pierce won her first Grand Slam title for France by defeating Sánchez-Vicario in straight sets in the final of the 1995 Australian Open and lost just 30 games in the whole tournament in becoming the first Canadian-born tennis player to win a singles grand slam.[14]. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 3 that year. Pierce also won the Japan Open, defeating Sánchez Vicario in the final.

Pierce suffered a series of setbacks in 1996, including her split with Nick Bollettieri after failing to defend her title at the Australian Open.[15] Aside from a runner-up finish at the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida and a semifinal finish in Hamburg, the highlight of the year for Pierce was her first appearance in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

Pierce was back in the Australian Open singles final in 1997, where she lost to Martina Hingis in straight sets. She also lost in that year's WTA Tour Championships final to Jana Novotná. Pierce was a member of the French team that won the 1997 Fed Cup, and her only title that season was the Italian Open, defeating Conchita Martínez in the final. Pierce won the Comeback Player of the Year award for ending the year at World No. 7 after starting at world No. 21.[16]

Pierce won four titles in 1998: the Open Gaz de France in Paris, the Bausch & Lomb Championships, the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, and the Luxembourg Open. In addition, she was the runner-up at the Acura Classic in San Diego.

Pierce won her second Grand Slam singles title and her first Grand Slam doubles title at the 2000 French Open. In the singles final, she defeated Martínez to become the first French woman to claim the title since Françoise Dürr in 1967.[17][18] She also partnered with Hingis to win the women's doubles crown, their second Grand Slam tournament of the year after the Australian Open. Her ranking dropped to No. 130 at the end of 2001 and reached almost 300 in April 2002.

Pierce helped France win the Fed Cup for a second time in 2003 by defeating the United States in the final.[19]

2004–2005

After a few quiet years on the tour, Pierce won her first title since the 2000 French Open at the Ordina Open on grass, in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands in 2004. At the Olympics in Athens, Pierce defeated sixth-seeded Venus Williams in the third round before losing to top-seeded and eventual Gold-medallist Justine Henin of Belgium in the quarterfinals. At the US Open later in the year, Pierce defeated recent Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova, before losing to eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round.

Pierce then made it back into the top ranks of the women's game in 2005. At the French Open, she reached the singles final for the third time, where she lost to Henin in straight sets, losing 1–6, 1–6 in just over one hour. She then reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the first time since 1996. Pierce faced Venus Williams in that quarterfinal and lost the match after a second set tiebreak consisting of 22 points. Pierce also won the mixed-doubles title at Wimbledon, partnering Mahesh Bhupathi. In August, she won her first singles title of the year at the Acura Classic in San Diego, defeating Ai Sugiyama in the final.

In the fourth round of the 2005 US Open, Pierce defeated Henin for the first time in her career. In the quarterfinals, she beat third seeded Amélie Mauresmo to reach her first US Open semifinal. After the victory, Pierce remarked, "I'm 30 and I have been on the tour for 17 years and there are still firsts for me. That's pretty amazing."[20] She reached the final by defeating Elena Dementieva in three sets in the semifinals, taking a medical time-out after the first set. This caused controversy, many believing that this disrupted Dementieva's rhythm and concentration. In the final, she lost to Kim Clijsters in straight sets.[21] After the US Open, Pierce won her second title of the year at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. In her quarterfinal match against Russian Elena Likhovtseva, Pierce came back from 0–6, and thus six match points, in the third set tiebreak and won eight consecutive points to reach the semifinals.

The win in Moscow secured her spot at the year-ending championships in Los Angeles where the top eight singles players competed for the winner's prize of one million dollars. In round-robin play with her assigned group of four players, she won all three matches: against Clijsters in three sets; Mauresmo in three sets; and Dementieva in straight sets. In the semifinals, Pierce beat top-ranked Lindsay Davenport in two tiebreaks; however, Pierce lost the final to Mauresmo in a match lasting just over three hours.

Pierce's year-end ranking was world No. 5 compared to her year-beginning ranking of world No. 29. This matched her career-best performances of 1994, 1995, and 1999, and she was less than 200 points behind Sharapova for world No. 4 and less than 300 points behind Mauresmo for world No. 3. Pierce's return to form in 2005 was one of the surprising tennis stories of the year. Her successful performance in 2005 also encouraged the former world No. 1 player, Martina Hingis, to return to the game.

2006

Pierce trained hard in the off-season in a bid to win major titles in 2006. Her first tournament of the year was the Australian Open. She defeated Nicole Pratt of Australia in the first round before losing to Iveta Benešová of the Czech Republic in the second round. The loss denied her a third-round match with Martina Hingis. Pierce reached the final of her next tournament, the Gaz de France in Paris, where she lost to compatriot Amélie Mauresmo in straight sets. Pierce did not play again until August because of foot and groin injuries, withdrawing from the French Open and Wimbledon.

After spending six months away from the tour, Pierce began her comeback at the Acura Classic, where she was the 2005 champion. She lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Sharapova. In just her second tournament in over six months, Pierce played at the US Open and lost to Li Na, the 24th seed from China, in the third round. Pierce then lost in the first round of the next three tournaments she played. She was defeated at the Fortis Championships Luxembourg by Alona Bondarenko, who went on to win the title. Jelena Janković defeated Pierce in Stuttgart and Katarina Srebotnik defeated Pierce at the Zurich Open.

Knee injury

At the Generali Ladies Linz tournament in October 2006, Pierce defeated Ai Sugiyama in the first round and was leading against Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–5 in the second round when she ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. She had held three match points before the injury. Pierce underwent a successful operation in December 2006 and missed all of 2007. She expected to return to the tour in 2008 but at the end of that year, she was still sidelined with no projected return date. However, she stated that she was still not ready to retire.[22]

Pierce made an appearance at the 2007 French Open as an avenue at Roland Garros was named in her honor – Allée Mary Pierce. She also helped with the social side to the French Open, taking part in the post-match ceremony after the women's final. Pierce was named as a member of the French Olympic team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. On 21 July 2008, however, Pierce withdrew from the Olympics because of injury.[23]

Pierce, Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic[24] are the only three women to win both the championship and the wooden spoon at a Grand Slam tournament. Pierce's wooden spoon came at the 2002 Australian Open, where she retired in the first round to Jill Craybas; she was the champion in 1995, making her the first player to win both the championship and wooden spoon at the very same Grand Slam tournament.[25] Jeļena Ostapenko has since achieved the same distinction, winning the 2017 French Open but becoming the wooden spoon in her title defence the very next year.

As of October 2013, Pierce lives in Black River, Mauritius where she teaches tennis.[26][4]

Playing style

Pierce was an aggressive baseline player, who had a reputation for being one of the hardest hitters on the WTA tour, and would dictate a match from the first point. Her greatest strength was her forehand, which was hit hard and flat, and could be used to hit winners from any position on the court. Her two-handed backhand was similarly hit flat, and was used to attack weak second serves and create sharp angles around the court. Her first serve was powerful, typically being served at 104 mph (168 km/h) and being recorded as high as 116 mph (186 km/h), meaning that she aced frequently. Pierce also possessed an effective kick serve which was frequently deployed as a second serve, typically averaging 86 mph (139 km/h). Pierce was one of the most aggressive players on return, and could hit return winners at will. She was one of the least defensive players on the tour, predicating her game on raw power and aggression. Pierce's major weakness was her inconsistency. When she was in good form, she was one of the most dangerous players on the tour, accumulating high numbers of winners to a low number of unforced errors. In poor form, however, her aggressive game led to a high number of unforced errors. Her game was also heavily affected by nerves, and, when nervous, she would take increasingly long amounts of time preparing between points. Pierce's preferred surfaces were clay and hard courts.

Equipment

In the early 2000s, Pierce wore Nike apparel and used Yonex racquets on court.[27]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1994	French Open	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1995	Australian Open	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1997	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	2–6, 2–6
Winner	2000	French Open	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2005	French Open	Clay	Justine Henin	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2005	US Open	Hard	Kim Clijsters	3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2000	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	2000	French Open	Clay	Martina Hingis	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Tatiana Perebiynis Paul Hanley	6–4, 6–2

Year-end championships

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1997	New York	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	6–7^(4–7), 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2005	Los Angeles	Hard (i)	Amélie Mauresmo	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), 4–6

Tier I finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1994	Virginia Slims of Philadelphia	Carpet (i)	Anke Huber	0–6, 7–6^(7–4), 5–7
Runner-up	1995	Zurich Open	Carpet (i)	Iva Majoli	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1997	Italian Open, Rome	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1997	German Open, Berlin	Clay	Mary Joe Fernández	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1998	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Carpet (i)	Monica Seles	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
Runner-up	1999	Italian Open, Rome	Clay	Venus Williams	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2000	Charleston Open	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–0
Winner	2005	Southern California Open, San Diego	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	6–0, 6–3
Winner	2005	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Carpet (i)	Francesca Schiavone	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1998	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Carpet (i)	Natasha Zvereva	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1999	Canadian Open, Toronto	Hard	Jana Novotná	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	2000	Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Martina Hingis	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–1

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 41 (18–23)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (2–4) WTA Tour Championships (0–2) Tier I (5–4) Tier II (5–11) Tier III (2–1) Tier IV (1–1) Tier V (3–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (5–7) Grass (1–0) Clay (6–9) Carpet (6–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	8 July 1991	Palermo	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	6–0, 6–3
Winner	2.	17 February 1992	Cesena	Carpet (i)	Catherine Tanvier	6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	6 July 1992	Palermo	Clay	Brenda Schultz	6–1, 6–7^(3–7), 6–1
Winner	4.	26 October 1992	San Juan	Hard	Gigi Fernández	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	5 July 1993	Palermo	Clay	Radka Bobková	3–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	11 October 1993	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	21 March 1994	Houston	Clay	Sabine Hack	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	23 May 1994	French Open	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	26 September 1994	Leipzig	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	10 October 1994	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Anke Huber	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	7 November 1994	Philadelphia	Carpet (i)	Anke Huber	0–6, 7–6^(7–4), 5–7
Winner	6.	16 January 1995	Australian Open	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	13 February 1995	Paris	Carpet (i)	Steffi Graf	2–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	18 September 1995	Tokyo	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	2 October 1995	Zürich	Carpet (i)	Iva Majoli	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	8 April 1996	Amelia Island	Clay	Irina Spîrlea	7–6^(9–7), 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	13 January 1997	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	7 April 1997	Amelia Island	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	2–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	5 May 1997	Rome	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	12.	12 May 1997	Berlin	Clay	Mary Joe Fernández	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	13.	17 November 1997	Chase Championships	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	6–7^(4–7), 2–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	9 February 1998	Paris	Carpet (i)	Dominique Van Roost	6–3, 7–5
Winner	10.	6 April 1998	Amelia Island	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–7^(8–10), 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	3 August 1998	San Diego	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	3–6, 1–6
Winner	11.	19 October 1998	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Monica Seles	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
Winner	12.	26 October 1998	Luxembourg	Carpet (i)	Silvia Farina	6–0, 2–0 ret.
Runner-up	15.	4 January 1999	Gold Coast	Hard	Patty Schnyder	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Runner-up	16.	26 April 1999	Hamburg	Clay	Venus Williams	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	3 May 1999	Rome	Clay	Venus Williams	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	18.	4 October 1999	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Martina Hingis	4–6, 1–6
Winner	13.	25 October 1999	Linz	Carpet (i)	Sandrine Testud	7–6^(7–2), 6–1
Winner	14.	17 April 2000	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–0
Winner	15.	29 May 2000	French Open	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	19.	9 February 2004	Paris	Carpet (i)	Kim Clijsters	2–6, 1–6
Winner	16.	14 June 2004	's-Hertogenbosch	Grass	Klára Koukalová	7–6^(8–6), 6–2
Runner-up	20.	23 May 2005	French Open	Clay	Justine Henin-Hardenne	1–6, 1–6
Winner	17.	1 August 2005	San Diego	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	21.	29 August 2005	US Open	Hard	Kim Clijsters	3–6, 1–6
Winner	18.	10 October 2005	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Francesca Schiavone	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	22.	7 November 2005	Sony Ericsson Championships	Hard (i)	Amélie Mauresmo	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Runner-up	23.	6 February 2006	Paris	Carpet (i)	Amélie Mauresmo	1–6, 6–7^(2–7)

Doubles: 16 (10–6)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–1) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (3–0) Tier II (5–3) Tier III (0–1) Tier IV (0–0) Tier V (1–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (3–2) Grass (0–1) Clay (4–1) Carpet (3–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 November 1990	São Paulo	Clay	Luanne Spadea	Bettina Fulco Eva Švíglerová	5–7, 4–6
Winner	1.	8 July 1991	Palermo	Clay	Petra Langrová	Laura Garrone Mercedes Paz	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
Runner-up	2.	11 November 1992	Philadelphia	Carpet (i)	Conchita Martínez	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	14 February 1994	Paris	Carpet (i)	Andrea Temesvári	Sabine Appelmans Laurence Courtois	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	16 September 1996	Tokyo	Hard	Amanda Coetzer	Park Sung-hee Wang Shi-ting	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	3.	28 April 1997	Hamburg	Clay	Anke Huber	Ruxandra Dragomir Iva Majoli	2–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–2
Winner	4.	6 April 1998	Amelia Island	Clay	Sandra Cacic	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	5.	19 October 1998	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Natasha Zvereva	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	16 August 1999	Toronto	Hard	Jana Novotná	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	1 November 1999	Leipzig	Carpet (i)	Larisa Neiland	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	10 January 2000	Sydney	Hard	Martina Hingis	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	17 January 2000	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	8.	31 January 2000	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Martina Hingis	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–1
Winner	9.	29 May 2000	French Open	Clay	Martina Hingis	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	16 June 2003	's-Hertogenbosch	Grass	Nadia Petrova	Elena Dementieva Lina Krasnoroutskaya	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	4 August 2003	Los Angeles	Hard	Rennae Stubbs	Elena Bovina Els Callens	6–3, 6–3

ITF finals

Singles (2–2)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	7 August 1989	York, United States	Clay	Shannan McCarthy	6-2 6-2
Winner	2.	22 January 1990	New Braunfels, United States	Hard	Pamela Jung	7-5 7-6^(6)
Runner-up	3.	29 January 1990	Midland, United States	Hard	Linda Ferrando	4-6 1-6
Runner-up	4.	2 July 1990	Brindisi, Italy	Hard	Csilla Bartos	6-2 2-6 2-6

Doubles (4–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	31 July 1989	Roanoke, United States	Hard	Shannan McCarthy	Anne-Marie Walson Tammy Whittington	6-4 6-2
Winner	2.	7 August 1989	York, United States	Clay	Shannan McCarthy	Sharon McNamara Jennifer Young	6-2 6-2
Winner	3.	22 January 1990	New Braunfels, United States	Hard	Jennifer Santrock	Sabine Lohmann Stefanie Rehmke	6-4 6-4
Runner-up	4.	29 January 1990	Midland, United States	Hard	Ann Wunderlich	Alissa Finerman Lisa Seemann	6-3 3-6 1-6
Winner	5.	2 July 1990	Brindisi, Italy	Clay	Sandrine Testud	Jennifer Fuchs Simone Schilder	6-1 1-6 6-0

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	QF	4R	W	2R	F	QF	QF	4R	3R	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	1 / 13	36–12
French Open	A	2R	3R	4R	4R	F	4R	3R	4R	2R	2R	W	A	QF	1R	3R	F	A	1 / 15	44–14
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	4R	1R	4R	2R	A	3R	4R	1R	QF	A	0 / 10	21–10
US Open	A	Q3	3R	4R	4R	QF	3R	A	4R	4R	QF	4R	A	1R	4R	4R	F	3R	0 / 14	41–14
Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	4–2	6–2	10–3	13–3	13–3	7–3	15–4	8–4	12–4	14–3	2–1	6–4	7–4	5–3	16–4	3–2	2 / 52	142–50
Year-end championships
Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	SF	SF	1R	A	F	QF	QF	A	A	A	A	A	F	A	0 / 7	13–7
Tier I tournaments
Tokyo	T III	Tier II			1R	A	QF	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	1–4
Indian Wells	T III	Tier II							A	A	QF	SF	A	A	A	A	QF	A	0 / 3	9–3
Miami	A	A	4R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	6–4
Charleston	T II	A	A	A	A	SF	A	2R	A	2R	A	W	3R	3R	QF	1R	2R	A	1 / 9	16–8
Berlin	A	A	A	A	A	3R	QF	3R	F	2R	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 9	12–9
Rome	T II	A	A	2R	3R	3R	SF	A	W	3R	F	3R	1R	3R	A	2R	3R	A	0 / 12	23–11
San Diego	T IV	Tier III			Tier II											2R	W	QF	1 / 3	8–2
Montreal / Toronto	T II	A	A	A	A	SF	QF	3R	3R	1R	SF	A	A	1R	2R	3R	A	A	0 / 9	13–9
Moscow	Tier V			Not Held		Tier III			A	W	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	W	A	2 / 4	9–2
Zürich	T III	Tier II			A	QF	F	A	A	QF	SF	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	0 / 7	9–7
Philadelphia	Not Held		Tier II		2R	F	2R	Tier II					Not Held		Tier II			NH	0 / 3	5–3
Year-end ranking	243	107	26	13	12	5	5	20	7	7	5	7	130	52	33	29	5	79

• A= did not participate in the tournament
• SR= the ratio of the number of tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

WTA Tour career earnings

Year	Majors	WTA titles	Total titles	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
1991	0	1	1	94,582	53
1992	0	3	3	183,436	26
1993	0	1	1	347,360	19
1994	0	0	0	768,614	8
1995	1	1	2	698,838	7
1996	0	0	0	195,570	34
1997	0	1	1	881,639	7
1998	0	4	4	703,692	11
1999	0	1	1	996,442	6
2000	1	1	2	1,208,018	4
2001	0	0	0	No information
2002	0	0	0	185,095	59
2003	0	0	0	308,146	37
2004	0	1	1	344,481	35
2005	0	2	2	2,525,403	4
2006	0	0	0	163,228	89
Career	2	16	18	9,793,119	25

Head-to-head vs. top 10 ranked players

Player	Record	W%	Hardcourt	Clay	Grass	Carpet
Number 1 ranked players
Dinara Safina	1-0	100%	0-0	0–0	0–0	1–0
/ Ana Ivanovic	1-0	100%	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
/ Jelena Janković	1-1	50%	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
/ Martina Navratilova	1–1	50%	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5-5	50%	2-0	3–2	0–1	0–2
// Monica Seles	4–5	44.4%	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–2
Amélie Mauresmo	4-6	40%	2-2	1-1	0–0	1–3
Martina Hingis	6-10	37.5%	2-8	2-0	0–0	2–2
Lindsay Davenport	4-8	33.3%	2–4	2-2	0–0	0-2
Steffi Graf	2-4	33.3%	0-3	1–0	0–0	1–1
Venus Williams	3-7	30%	2-2	0–3	0-1	1-1
Kim Clijsters	1-3	25%	1-2	0–0	0–0	0–1
Maria Sharapova	1-3	25%	1-2	0–1	0–0	0–0
Justine Henin	1-4	20%	1-1	0–2	0–1	0–0
Jennifer Capriati	1-4	20%	1-1	0-3	0-0	0–0
Serena Williams	1-5	16.7%	1-1	0–3	0–0	0–1
Number 2 ranked players
Conchita Martínez	12–6	66.7%	4-1	7–4	0–0	1–1
Vera Zvonareva	2-1	66.7%	0-1	1–0	0–0	1–0
Anastasia Myskina	2-4	33.3%	0-2	2–1	0–0	0–1
/ Jana Novotná	1-5	16.7%	0-2	0–0	0–0	1–3
Li Na	0–1	0%	0-1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Svetlana Kuznetsova	0–1	0%	0-1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Number 3 ranked players
Amanda Coetzer	8–2	80%	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–0
Nathalie Tauziat	2-1	66.7%	1-0	0–0	0–1	1–0
Nadia Petrova	2-2	50%	2-0	0-2	0–0	0–0
Elena Dementieva	2-3	40%	2-1	0–2	0–0	0–0
Gabriela Sabatini	1-4	20%	0–2	0-2	0–0	1–0
/ Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Pam Shriver	0-1	0%	0-0	0–0	0–0	0–1
Number 4 ranked players
Francesca Schiavone	2-0	100%	0-0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
/ Iva Majoli	7–4	63.6%	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–1
Anke Huber	6–5	54.5%	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–3
Kimiko Date-Krumm	1-1	50%	1–0	0-0	0–1	0–0
/ Jelena Dokić	2–3	40%	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0
Magdalena Maleeva	2–4	33.3%	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–2
Mary Joe Fernández	2-5	28.6%	0–2	1–3	0–0	1–0
Zina Garrison	1-3	25%	1–1	0-0	0–0	0–2
/ Helena Suková	0-1	0%	0-1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Number 5 ranked players
Lucie Šafářová	1–0	100%	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Daniela Hantuchová	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Anna Chakvetadze	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
/ Natasha Zvereva	5-2	71.4%	4-0	0–1	0–0	1–1
Number 6 ranked players
Katerina Maleeva	1-0	100%	0-0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Chanda Rubin	3-1	75%	2-1	0–0	0–0	1–0
Flavia Pennetta	2–1	66.7%	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0
Number 7 ranked players
Barbara Schett	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Marion Bartoli	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Nicole Vaidišová	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Patty Schnyder	7–2	77.8%	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0
Andrea Temesvári	2–1	66.7%	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0
Irina Spîrlea	5–3	62.5%	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0
Julie Halard-Decugis	0–3	0%	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0
Number 8 ranked players
Alicia Molik	2–0	100%	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
Anna Kournikova	2-0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	1-0
Sandrine Testud	6-1	85.7%	2-1	2–0	1–0	1–0
Ai Sugiyama	6-6	50%	3-2	1–1	0–1	2–2
Number 9 ranked players
Dominique Monami	5–0	100%	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Lori McNeil	2-0	100%	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	5-2	71.4%	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1
Paola Suárez	2-4	33.3%	1–4	1–0	0–0	0–0
Number 10 ranked players
Maria Kirilenko	1–0	100%	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
/ Karina Habšudová	3–2	60%	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0
Stephanie Rehe	1–1	50%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1
Barbara Paulus	2-2	50%	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0
Total	163–154	51.4%	65–62 (51.2%)	54–50 (51.9%)	8–8 (50.0%)	35–35 (50.0%)

Top 10 wins

Season	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Total
Wins	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	11	10	1	6	0	1	2	1	9	1	55

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
1993
1.	Gabriela Sabatini	6	WTA Tour Championships, New York, United States	Carpet (i)	1R	7–6^(10–8), 6–3
2.	Martina Navratilova	3	WTA Tour Championships, New York, United States	Carpet (i)	QF	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
1994
3.	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2	Hilton Head, United States	Clay	QF	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
4.	Steffi Graf	1	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	SF	6–2, 6–2
5.	Natasha Zvereva	10	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet (i)	SF	6–3, 6–3
6.	Steffi Graf	1	WTA Tour Championships, New York, United States	Carpet (i)	QF	6–4, 6–4
1995
7.	Anke Huber	10	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	4R	6–2, 6–4
8.	Natasha Zvereva	8	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	QF	6–1, 6–4
9.	Conchita Martínez	3	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	SF	6–3, 6–1
10.	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	F	6–3, 6–2
11.	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	F	6–3, 6–3
1996
12.	Conchita Martínez	2	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	QF	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
13.	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3	Fed Cup, Bayonne, France	Carpet (i)	SF	6–3, 6–4
1997
14.	Irina Spîrlea	10	Sydney, Australia	Hard	1R	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
15.	Anke Huber	7	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	4R	6–2, 6–3
16.	Anke Huber	7	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	3R	7–6^(7–0), 6–2
17.	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	QF	6–2, 6–1
18.	Iva Majoli	9	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	SF	2–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
19.	Monica Seles	3	Rome, Italy	Clay	3R	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(8–6)
20.	Conchita Martínez	6	Rome, Italy	Clay	F	6–4, 6–0
21.	Conchita Martínez	8	Berlin, Germany	Clay	3R	6–2, 6–0
22.	Iva Majoli	9	Berlin, Germany	Clay	QF	6–1, 6–4
23.	Amanda Coetzer	10	Berlin, Germany	Clay	SF	6–4, 6–4
24.	Martina Hingis	1	WTA Tour Championships, New York, United States	Carpet (i)	QF	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1998
25.	Jana Novotná	3	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	SF	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
26.	Iva Majoli	8	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	QF	6–3, 6–2
27.	Lindsay Davenport	2	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	SF	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
28.	Conchita Martínez	9	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	F	6–7^(8–10), 6–0, 6–2
29.	Conchita Martínez	7	San Diego, United States	Hard	2R	6–7^(1–7), 6–2, 6–3
30.	Venus Williams	5	San Diego, United States	Hard	QF	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 4–0, ret.
31.	Martina Hingis	1	San Diego, United States	Hard	SF	3–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–2
32.	Amanda Coetzer	10	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	1R	6–2, 6–2
33.	Venus Williams	5	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	SF	2–6, 6–2, 6–0
34.	Monica Seles	6	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	F	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
1999
35.	Barbara Schett	8	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	QF	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–2)
2000
36.	Serena Williams	4	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	SF	6–2, 6–1
37.	Monica Seles	7	Hilton Head, United States	Clay	SF	6–1, 6–1
38.	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	10	Hilton Head, United States	Clay	F	6–1, 6–0
39.	Monica Seles	3	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	QF	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
40.	Martina Hingis	1	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	SF	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
41.	Conchita Martínez	5	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	F	6–2, 7–5
2002
42.	Sandrine Testud	10	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	2R	6–3, 6–4
2003
43.	Anastasia Myskina	10	Charleston, United States	Clay	2R	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
44.	Jennifer Capriati	5	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	2R	6–4, 6–2
2004
45.	Maria Sharapova	7	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	3R	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
2005
46.	Patty Schnyder	10	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	4R	6–1, 1–6, 6–4
47.	Lindsay Davenport	1	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	QF	6–3, 6–2
48.	Justine Hénin-Hardenne	7	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	4R	6–3, 6–4
49.	Amélie Mauresmo	3	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	QF	6–4, 6–1
50.	Elena Dementieva	6	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	SF	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
51.	Kim Clijsters	2	WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles, United States	Hard (i)	RR	6–1, 4–6, 7–6^(7–2)
52.	Amélie Mauresmo	4	WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles, United States	Hard (i)	RR	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
53.	Elena Dementieva	7	WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles, United States	Hard (i)	RR	6–2, 6–3
54.	Lindsay Davenport	1	WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles, United States	Hard (i)	SF	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(8–6)
2006
55.	Patty Schnyder	9	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	SF	6–4, 6–2

See also

• List of sportspeople with dual nationality

References

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External links

• Mary Pierce at the Women's Tennis Association
• Mary Pierce at the International Tennis Federation
• Mary Pierce at the Fed Cup
• Mary Pierce on IMDb