Alizé Cornet donated the outfit and racket with which she defeated Serena Williams at Wimbledon to the Museum. This gesture was greatly appreciated by the mayor of Nice, who is also a former international Moto GP champion and a sports enthusiast.
While in Nice, Alizé will then join the French team on Sunday to participate in the Fed Cup match against Italy, next weekend in Genoa.
Also present were her parents and her older brother, Sébastien, as well as her two coaches who have supported her ascent since 1998, Samir LADJ at TC des Arènes de Cimiez from 1998 to 2002, now director of TC Montaleigne and head of the tennis section at Don Bosco, and Didier FRANTZ, who coached her at Nice LTC from 2002 to 2005.
D’Ambroise Waroquet, her benefactor who funded the beginning of her career from 2003 to 2008, was also present, along with numerous representatives of Nice tennis, children from Tennis Club Francis Giordan, Nice LTC, and Tennis Club de Montaleigne, where Alizé Cornet is the patron of the “Section Girls” to promote women’s tennis. She will also be one of the patrons of the upcoming European Masters Games to be held from October 1st to 11th.
Alizé CORNET, 25 years old, is ranked the 19th player in the world, and is the number 1 French player.
She was born and raised in Nice in the Port district, Riquier – She attended school at the Port School and Port Lympia College. She hit her first balls at the age of 4 at the Tennis Club des Arènes de Cimiez before joining the courts of Parc Impérial at the age of 12.
Brilliant both on the courts and at school: French champion in the 13-14 age group in 2004, European champion in the 15-16 age group in 2005, she passed her Baccalauréat S two years early, reaching the top early in her career, playing her first Roland-Garros at just 15 and winning the Roland-Garros Junior title at 17. She was ranked the 11th player in the world by the age of 19.
2014 was a year of resurgence with 3 victories over the world number 1, American Serena WILLIAMS: in Dubai in February, at Wimbledon in July, and in Wuhan in September (due to withdrawal).
She has won 6 titles since her beginnings on the WTA circuit.
