Davenport then reached the semifinals, where her match against Amélie Mauresmo was interrupted by rain and was completed over the course of two days.

She then won the title in Filderstadt, defeating Mauresmo in the final for the second consecutive year.

She then withdrew from that match against Mauresmo due to injury.

At the French Open, seeded third, Mauresmo was upset in the third round by the then little-known 17-year-old Ana Ivanovic of Serbia in three sets.

Mauresmo then won her next two tournaments, the Open Gaz de France tournament in Paris ( defeating Mary Pierce in the final ) and the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp ( defeating Clijsters in the final ).

Mauresmo then reached the final of the China Open, losing to Kuznetsova.

Mauresmo then played the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open, where she lost to Justine Henin in the final.

Mauresmo then lost in the third round of Tier I events, the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California and the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida.

Henin then defeated Mauresmo and won the tournament for the first time in her career.

She then won two hardcourt tournaments in the Middle East, the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open ( for the fourth time in five years ) over Amélie Mauresmo and her first Qatar Total Open title in Doha, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final.

She then lost in the final of Berlin to Amélie Mauresmo, also in three sets.

Molik then played in the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, making the semifinals before losing to Amélie Mauresmo 6 – 3 7 – 6.

She then lost to top seed and eventual champion Amélie Mauresmo 7 – 6 ( 5 ) 5 – 7 2 – 6 in the semis, having held 4 – 2 second-set lead and a match point while serving for the match at 5 – 4.

She defeated Aravane Rezaï in the second round in three sets and then beat No. 9 in the world Victoria Azarenka in the third round, before eventually losing to Amélie Mauresmo, 5 – 7, 6 – 1, 6 – 1, in the quarterfinals.

She then lost to compatriot Amélie Mauresmo in's-Hertogenbosch.

She then competed at the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, where she lost in the semifinals to Mauresmo 6 – 3, 3 – 6, 6 – 2.

She reached the final of the clay-court J & S Cup in Warsaw, before being forced to retire against Amélie Mauresmo.

The unseeded Mauresmo reached the Australian Open final in 1999 with wins over three seeded players, including world no.

Mauresmo reached the semifinals at Wimbledon, where she lost to Serena Williams in three sets after Mauresmo had won the first set and was up a break in the second set.

Mauresmo reached the quarterfinals of the three other Grand Slam tournaments and won three Tier I titles in Rome, Berlin, and Montreal.

Mauresmo reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, but was defeated there by eventual champion Serena Williams.

To conclude the year, Mauresmo reached the final of the WTA Tour Championships in Madrid, losing to Henin, 4 – 6, 3 – 6.

At the Tier II Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Mauresmo reached her third quarterfinal of the year, but was unable to hold off second seed and eventual finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, losing 1 – 6, 6 – 7.

Henin next played the Rogers Cup in Toronto, where she reached the final after beating Mauresmo in a semifinal before losing to Clijsters in straight sets.

She and Mauresmo reached the final, which was the first time in nearly 30 years that the Eastbourne final included both finalists from Wimbledon the previous year.

She reached the semis of Berlin, defeating World No. 5 Myskina in the quarters for her first top 5 win of the season, before losing to Mauresmo in the semifinals.

She reached her third career final at the Qatar Total German Open in May, beating Mary Pierce, Amélie Mauresmo and Jelena Janković, before losing to Justine Henin.

She won one singles title, in Memphis, Tennessee and reached the final of the events in Cincinnati, Ohio and Philadelphia, losing to top-10 players Lindsay Davenport and Amélie Mauresmo.

Pierce reached the final of her next tournament, the Gaz de France in Paris, where she lost to compatriot Amélie Mauresmo in straight sets.

During the US Open, she again reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal, this time losing to top seed Amélie Mauresmo.

She reached the semifinals of the Tier I event in Montreal, losing to Amélie Mauresmo, and New Haven, losing to world no.

Srebotnik reached the quarterfinal five times, at Tier II Antwerp ( lost to Anastasia Myskina ), Tier I Charleston ( losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets ), Budapest ( losing to Laura Pous Tió in a third set tie-break ), Tier I Zürich ( upset No. 4 Amélie Mauresmo 6 – 2 6 – 0 for her career-best victory en route ; losing to Ana Ivanović ) and Hasselt ( losing to Safina in a third set tie-break ).

Šafářová has won four WTA tour singles titles, one doubles title and reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open, upsetting defending champion Amélie Mauresmo en route.

Czech teenager Nicole Vaidišová reached her first Grand Slam semifinal with victories over Amélie Mauresmo and Venus Williams.

She won her first WTA Tour singles title at the Ordina Open, beating Amélie Mauresmo, Elena Dementieva and Henin ; and reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time at Wimbledon.

In February, Chakvetadze reached the quarterfinals of the Open Gaz de France in Paris, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo 7 – 6 ( 5 ), 7 – 5.

At the US Open, Mauresmo lost to Sharapova in the semifinals 0 – 6, 6 – 4, 0 – 6.

Mauresmo's next tournament was the Open Gaz de France, where she lost in the semifinals to Nadia Petrova, 7 – 5, 4 – 6, 6 – 7 ( 7 ), after Mauresmo led 4 – 1 in the final set and had a match point in the tiebreak.

In the semifinals, Henin lost to Amélie Mauresmo 7 – 6 ( 2 ), 3 – 6, 6 – 3.

Capriati's streak of six consecutive Grand Slam semifinals was broken at Wimbledon, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo in three sets in the quarterfinals.

In the semifinals, Pierce beat top-ranked Lindsay Davenport 7 – 6, 7 – 6 ; however, Pierce lost the final to Mauresmo in just over three hours.

In the semifinals, Venus Williams beat defending champion Sharapova, while Davenport moved past Mauresmo in a tight match.

In the big finish to the season, the year-ending championships, Mauresmo beat Pierce to win her biggest career title up to that point, with Davenport and Sharapova reaching the semifinals.

However, she defeated Mauresmo in the Tier II Qatar Total Open semifinals 7 – 6 6 – 1 to set up a meeting with second seed Maria Sharapova.

The tournament that saved her from a poor 2004 was Eastbourne, in which she defeated Ai Sugiyama in the quarterfinals, 6 – 1 7 – 6 ( 7 ), and Amélie Mauresmo in the semifinals, 4 – 6, 6 – 4, 6 – 4, before losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third final of her career, 6 – 2, 6 – 7 ( 2 ), 4 – 6.

Schnyder began 2008 by beating Amélie Mauresmo in the quarterfinals of the Mondial Women's Hardcourts tournament in the Gold Coast before losing to Li Na in the semifinals.

In the absence of Amélie Mauresmo ( with a groin injury ) and Mary Pierce ( with a shoulder problem ), Bartoli received her debut Fed Cup call-up for France's semifinals against Spain.

After reaching the semifinals in Strasbourg, she lost to Amélie Mauresmo.

She defeated Amélie Mauresmo in the quarterfinals, Marion Bartoli in the semifinals, and Ágnes Szávay in the final to win her seventh career singles title.