# Amélie Mauresmo

> French tennis player

**Wikidata**: [Q180872](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180872)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amélie_Mauresmo)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/amelie-mauresmo

## Summary
Amélie Mauresmo is a French tennis player who competed professionally from 1993 to 2009. She is a decorated figure in tennis, recognized with honors including being named a Knight of the Legion of Honour and an inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

## Biography
- Nationality: France (country in Western Europe and other continents through its overseas territories in America, Africa and Oceania)
- Known for: Professional tennis player
- Employer(s): Professional tennis (work period: 1993 to 2009; work_period_start: +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z; work_period_end: +2009-12-03T00:00:00Z)
- Field(s): Tennis (sportsperson who plays tennis)

## Contributions
- Sustained a professional tennis career spanning from 1993 to 3 December 2009, representing France in the sport of tennis.
- Recognized by national and sport institutions: named a Knight of the Legion of Honour (the first rank of the French Legion of Honour) and inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (the tennis museum and venue in Newport, USA; inception +1880-00-00T00:00:00Z).

## FAQs
Q: Who is Amélie Mauresmo?
A: Amélie Mauresmo is a French professional tennis player whose documented professional work period ran from 1993 to 3 December 2009.

Q: What are Amélie Mauresmo’s major honors?
A: She has been awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour and has been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Q: What is her nationality and field of work?
A: She is French and worked in the field of tennis as a professional player.

Q: Under what names might Amélie Mauresmo appear in records?
A: She appears under the aliases Amelie Mauresmo, Amelie Simone Mauresmo, and Amélie Simone Mauresmo.

Q: Where is Amélie Mauresmo listed online?
A: Her Wikipedia article title is "Amélie Mauresmo" and the subject has a sitelink_count of 69 in the provided data.

## Why They Matter
Amélie Mauresmo’s professional tenure from 1993 to 2009 marks a sustained presence in international tennis representing France. Her recognition by France with the Knight of the Legion of Honour places her among nationally celebrated figures in French sport. Induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame underlines her lasting standing within the global tennis community and secures her legacy within the sport’s institutional memory. Without her career and these honors, the roster of French players elevated to both national decoration and Hall of Fame status would be different, and French tennis history would lack one of its formally recognized figures.

## Notable For
- Professional tennis career with documented work period start in 1993 and work period end on 2009-12-03.
- Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (first rank of the French Legion of Honour).
- Inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame (tennis museum and venue in Newport, USA; inception +1880-00-00T00:00:00Z).
- Identified in data sources under multiple aliases: Amelie Mauresmo; Amelie Simone Mauresmo; Amélie Simone Mauresmo.
- Subject entry has a sitelink_count of 69 and the Wikipedia title "Amélie Mauresmo".
- Classified as a human and as a tennis player (sportsperson who plays tennis).

## Body

### Identity and Metadata
- Name and aliases:
  - Primary name: Amélie Mauresmo.
  - Aliases recorded: Amelie Mauresmo; Amelie Simone Mauresmo; Amélie Simone Mauresmo.
- Data identifiers:
  - Wikipedia article title: "Amélie Mauresmo".
  - sitelink_count (subject): 69.
  - Wikidata description: French tennis player.
- Classifications:
  - Human: listed under the Thing "human", defined as any single member of Homo sapiens (sitelink_count: 273).
  - Tennis player: listed under the Thing "tennis player", defined as a sportsperson who plays tennis (sitelink_count: 14).

### Professional Career
- Work period:
  - Work period start: +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z.
  - Work period end: +2009-12-03T00:00:00Z.
- Role:
  - Worked in the field of tennis as a professional athlete representing France.
- Scope:
  - The provided data documents a professional career spanning the 1990s and 2000s, concluding on 3 December 2009.

### Honors and Institutional Recognition
- Knight of the Legion of Honour:
  - Listed among Awards / Recognition as "Knight of the Legion of Honour".
  - Described as the first rank of the French Legion of Honour.
  - Associated country code in the data: .
  - sitelink_count for this award item: 12.
- International Tennis Hall of Fame:
  - Listed as an Award / Recognition: "International Tennis Hall of Fame".
  - Described as a tennis museum and venue in Newport, USA.
  - Inception of that institution in the data: +1880-00-00T00:00:00Z.
  - Associated country in the data: Q30 (United States).
  - sitelink_count for that item: 34.

### National and Contextual Connections
- Nationality and country context:
  - Country: France.
  - France is described in the provided data as a country in Western Europe and other continents through its overseas territories in America, Africa and Oceania.
  - Multiple inception-related historical qualifiers are present in the France record in the source data (for example references to West Francia, Francia, First French Empire) but no personal birth or place-of-birth data for Mauresmo are provided.

### Coverage and Source Scope
- The data set about Amélie Mauresmo supplied here is focused on identity, professional time span, honors, and data-metadata (aliases, sitelink counts, Wikidata/Wikipedia identifiers).
- There are no specific competition results, titles, match records, coaching roles, publications, or educational institutions listed in the source material provided.

## References

1. The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.)
2. [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/nov/26/tennis.features1)
3. [Source](https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/amelie-mauresmo)
4. Virtual International Authority File
5. WTA website
6. IMDb
7. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
8. Roglo
9. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
10. ITF website
11. BBC Things
12. Quora