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Henin was seeded tenth at the French Open and defeated the French player Mary Pierce in the final in straight sets to take her second title at Roland Garros.
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1 Amélie Mauresmo in the quarterfinals, but was forced to retire with a right shoulder injury while playing Justine Henin in the final.
Unfortunately Henin had to pull out and Serena Williams replaced her as the match was played in front of the largest crowd ever for a single match, beating the attendance set at the Battle of the Sexes.
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Mauresmo won a silver medal in singles at the Olympic Games in Athens, where she was defeated by Belgian Justine Henin in the final.
Mauresmo was leading in both matches at the time of the retirements, by 6 – 1, 2 – 0 against Henin.
After losing to Henin in the final of the International Women's Open in Eastbourne, 5 – 7, 7 – 6 ( 4 ), 6 – 7 ( 2 ), after being up 4 – 1 in the deciding set, defending champion Mauresmo went into Wimbledon saying that she was ready to win another major title.
Justine Henin was born in Liège.
Her father is José Henin ; her mother, Françoise Rosière, was a French and history teacher who died when Justine was 12 years old.
Henin, known as " Juju " to many of her fans, was coached by Carlos Rodriguez of Argentina.
By the end of the year, Henin was ranked seventh in singles, with three titles to her name.
At the French Open, Henin was the fourth seeded player.
At the grass court Ordina Open in Rosmalen, Henin lost in the final to Clijsters when Henin was forced to retire from the match after injuring her finger.
At Wimbledon, Henin was the third seeded player.
Henin was the second-seeded player at the US Open.
Henin recovered from a 5 – 3 deficit in the second set and a 5 – 2 deficit in the final set and was just two points from defeat eleven times.
Henin was named the International Tennis Federation's women's singles World Champion for 2003.
Henin was a perfect 24 – 0 on clay this year and joined Monica Seles as the only two currently active ( in 2005 ) players on the WTA Tour to have won the French Open at least twice.
Henin was criticized by the press because she had stated after her semifinal win against Sharapova that she was at the " peak of her fitness " and was playing the " best tennis of her life ".
Henin was the third seed going into Wimbledon and advanced to her third consecutive Grand Slam final without losing a set.
Henin was the first player since Hingis in 2000 to win the WTA Tour Championships and end the year as the top-ranked player.
Henin and seeded
At the French Open, Henin defeated second seeded Clijsters in the semifinals 6 – 3, 6 – 2.
Henin then participated at the 2010 French Open, seeded 22nd, the second grand slam of the year where she has won four previous titles.
Capriat's 19-match Grand Slam win streak ended in the semis at the hands of eighth seeded Justine Henin.
Seeded 6th, Capriati reached the semifinal, where she faced second seeded Justine Henin.
The US Open arrived, and, seeded twenty-eighth, she defeated Zuzana Ondrášková, Tathiana Garbin before falling to second seed Justine Henin 4 – 6 6 – 1 6 – 0.
She began the year by qualifying for the Australian Open and then reached the fourth round at the major tournament in Indian Wells, beating seeded player Eleni Daniilidou before losing to Justine Henin, a result that broke her into the top 100 for the first time.
Henin and tenth
She finished the year ranked tenth, having defeated world number one Justine Henin in the round robin section of the season-ending championships.
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As the top seed at Wimbledon, Williams defeated Henin in the semifinals to make the final for the third consecutive year.
Despite her relatively small size, Henin has a powerful serve, which has been measured at a top speed of 196 km / h ( 122 mph ) at the 2005 Family Circle Cup.
At the Dubai Tennis Championships one week later, Henin defeated former World No. 1 Monica Seles in the final 4 – 6, 7 – 6, 7 – 5 after Seles had a match point at 5 – 4 in the second set.
In May, Henin successfully defended her Tier I title at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin.
Two weeks later at the Tier I Rogers Cup in Toronto, Henin defeated Russia's Lina Krasnoroutskaya in the final.
Two weeks later at the indoor Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Filderstadt, Germany, Henin lost in the final to Clijsters.
Henin, however, held this ranking for only one week as she declined to defend her title at the Generali Ladies Linz tournament in Linz, Austria.
After months of layoff because of a virus, Henin returned to competition in August and won the women's singles gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, defeating Amélie Mauresmo of France in the final 6 – 3, 6 – 3.
On 25 March, after more than six months away from competition, Henin returned to the Women's Tennis Association tour at the Miami Masters.
Justine Henin at the 2006 Medibank International in Sydney, Australia.
In January, Henin returned to competitive tennis at the tournament in Sydney, a tune-up for the Australian Open.
Henin captured her second title of the year at a Tier II event in Dubai, defeating Sharapova 7 – 5, 6 – 2.
On clay, Henin failed to retain her title at the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, losing in the semifinals to third-seeded Patty Schnyder 2 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 2.
Henin was the first woman to win at least one Grand Slam singles title in four consecutive years since Steffi Graf from 1993 through 1996.
At the Miami Masters, Henin reached the final for the first time in her career, where she lost to Serena Williams 0 – 6, 7 – 5, 6 – 3 after holding two match points at 6 – 0, 5 – 4.
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