Séverine Beltrame

Séverine Beltrame

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Aix-en-Provence, France
Born	(1979-08-14) 14 August 1979 Montpellier, France
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,149,705
Singles
Career record	302–282
Career titles	0 WTA (8 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 34 (5 February 2007)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2009)
French Open	2R (2005)
Wimbledon	QF (2006)
US Open	4R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	91–106
Career titles	0 WTA (8 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 85 (25 June 2007)

Séverine Beltrame (born 14 August 1979) is a retired professional female tennis player from France and the member of the notorious "generation 1979" which provided elite tennis players Amélie Mauresmo, Nathalie Dechy, Anne-Gaëlle Sidot and Émilie Loit. She was known as Séverine Brémond during her marriage to her coach Eric Brémond from September 2005 to November 2008, and then as Séverine Brémond-Beltrame until the end of 2009. She reverted to her birthname, Séverine Beltrame, in 2010.

Matches

In 2005, Beltrame was selected by the team leader Georges Goven to play with Mary Pierce, Amélie Mauresmo and Nathalie Dechy at semi final of FED Cup to face against Spain when their teammate Virginie Razzano was injured, Marion Bartoli and Émilie Loit were suspended. She lost to Arantxa Parra Santonja in fourth tie of single match when Mauresmo won the third tie of single match to advance the final after.

On 10 July 2006, Beltrame (as Séverine Brémond) achieved a career-high singles ranking: World No. 65, following her success at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event for the first time in her career—as a qualifier. On her run to the quarterfinal, Beltrame defeated No. 10 Patty Schnyder in the second round for her first top 10 win, Gisela Dulko in the third round, and Ai Sugiyama in the fourth, losing to Justine Henin-Hardenne, the eventual finalist, 6–4 6–4. Beltrame reached the 2nd round in the 2006 U.S. Open, where she lost to Maria Kirilenko 6–2 6–3. She also reached the quarterfinals in the Wismilak International Open defeating Trudi Musgrave and Sandy Gumulya, but lost to the eventual tournament winner Svetlana Kuznetsova. She reached a new career high singles ranking of No. 47 following this quarterfinal.

Beltrame reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Tier III PTT Bangkok Open in Bangkok, Thailand. She beat Ryōko Fuda, Klára Zakopalová, and Eleni Daniilidou (saving match points in the second set) to make it to the semifinal where she faced hometown favorite Tamarine Tanasugarn and was beaten. Beltrame's three previous matches had all been three-setters; by the time she was to face Tanasugarn she was worn out. Her run at this event boosted her rankings back into the top 50 at No. 43.

Beltrame's last event for 2006 was the Bell Challenge in Quebec, Canada, where she was seeded 4th. She defeated American Jill Craybas in the first round, Gréta Arn in the second, and Martina Suchá in the quarterfinal for her second semifinal in a row. She then lost to Olga Puchkova in three sets. Following her run to the semifinals at this event she broke the top 40 for the first time and landed at her new career high ranking of No. 38.

At the start of the 2007 season Beltrame played in the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts event defeating Iveta Benešová in the first round and losing to Tathiana Garbin in the second. She got out in the 2nd round at the Moorilla Hobart International also where she was beaten by Zheng Jie after her first round win over Michaëlla Krajicek. Her next tournament was a Grand Slam event; the Australian Open. She lost in the first round to Tamira Paszek. Her last tournament, the Toray Pan Pacific Open, brought her to a new career high ranking of No. 34 in the world after she defeated fellow Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli in the first round. She lost in the next round to Roberta Vinci.

Beltrame entered the 2008 US Open as a wildcard, where she beat Julia Görges, Nicole Vaidišová and Tathiana Garbin. She lost to eventual champion Serena Williams (6–2,6–2) in the fourth round.

While Beltrame has never won a doubles title on the WTA Tour, she has made the semifinals of the Mixed Doubles tournament at Wimbledon of 2007 with Fabrice Santoro.

In May 2013, Beltrame announced that she would be retiring from tennis right after the conclusion of the 2013 French Open.^[1]

WTA finals

Doubles (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 June 2008	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Cara Black Liezel Huber	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	19 September 2010	Quebec City, Canada	Hard (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	Vania King Barbora Strýcová	1–6, 3–6

Career statistics

Singles Finals (8–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 September 2000	Lerida, Spain	Clay	Maria Wolfbrandt	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	24 June 2001	Canet-en-Roussillon, France	Clay	Severine Arpajou	3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Winner	2.	2 July 2001	Périgueux, France	Clay	Daniela Olivera	6-4, 6-1
Runner-up	2.	27 October 2002	Saint Raphael, France	Hard (i)	Camille Pin	4–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	21 September 2003	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	6-3, 6-4
Winner	4.	5 October 2003	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Sybille Bammer	6-2, 6-3
Winner	5.	2 May 2004	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6-4, 6-4
Runner-up	3.	17 July 2005	Louisville, United States	Hard	Ashley Harkleroad	6–4, 5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	18 June 2006	Marseille, France	Clay	Ekaterina Bychkova	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	5 May 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Sofia Arvidsson	6–7(0–7), 2–6
Runner-up	6.	19 October 2008	Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Angelique Kerber	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	21 September 2009	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	7–5, 4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Winner	6.	25 June 2011	Périgueux, France	Clay	Audrey Bergot	6-4, 6-2
Winner	7.	24 June 2012	Montpellier, France	Clay	Catalina Castaño	6-2, 7-6(7–4)
Winner	8.	23 July 2012	Les Contamines-Montjoie, France	Hard	Tereza Mrdeža	6–2, 6–2

Doubles Finals (10–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	24 April 2000	Talence, France	Hard	Samantha Schoeffel	Aurore Desert Magalie Lamarre	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	7 May 2001	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Capucine Rousseau	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	24 February 2002	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Amandine Dulon	Anna Floris Giulia Meruzzi	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Runner-up	2.	1 July 2002	Mont de Marsan, France	Clay	Amandine Dulon	Stefanie Haidner Natacha Randriantefy	4–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	20 January 2003	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Amandine Dulon	Leslie Butkiewicz Kim Kilsdonk	5–7, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Winner	4.	12 July 2004	Vittel, France	Clay	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	Maria Goloviznina Maria Wolfbrandt	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	18 June 2006	Marseille, France	Clay	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	Conchita Martínez Granados María José Martínez Sánchez	5–7, 4–6
Winner	5.	27 September 2009	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	Stéphanie Dubois Rebecca Marino	6–3, 6–1
Winner	6.	000000002012-06-11-000011 June 2012	Marseille, France	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Kristina Barrois Olga Savchuk	6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	000000002012-06-18-000018 June 2012	Montpellier, France	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner	8.	000000002012-07-09-00009 July 2012	Biarritz, France	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Lara Arruabarrena Mónica Puig	6–2, 6–3
Winner	9.	000000002012-08-20-000020 August 2012	Charleroi, Belgium	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Ilona Kremen Diāna Marcinkēviča	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	10.	8 October 2012	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Julie Coin	Justyna Jegiołka Diāna Marcinkēviča	7–5, 6–4

Performance timeline

References

External links

• Séverine Beltrame at the Women's Tennis Association
• Séverine Beltrame at the International Tennis Federation
• Séverine Beltrame at the Fed Cup
  
• United Athletes Magazine Interview with Séverine about the sources of motivation.