Tennis champion Amélie Mauresmo is appointed director of the Roland-Garros tennis tournament, franceinfo learned on Thursday.
The winner of the Australian Open and Wimbledon 2006 succeeds Guy Forget, which will leave the place vacant on December 31. The former world number 1 was named by Gilles Moretton, the president of the French Tennis Federation (FFT). She will work in close collaboration with Amélie Oudéa-Castera, the Managing Director of the FFT.
First woman at the head of the Parisian tournament
Amélie Mauresmo is the first woman appointed director of Roland-Garros, the second in Grand Slam after the Canadian Stacey Allaster, patron of the US Open for a year and a half.
Player and trainer, she won 25 titles
Amélie Mauresmo was captain of the French Fed Cup team from 2012 to 2016. Appointed captain of the French Davis Cup team in 2018, she had chosen to train Lucas Pouille until October 2020. In all, she won 25 titles. She was also Olympic vice-champion in Athens in 2004. La Picard is also known for having coached Scotsman Andy Murray in 2014.