PARIS − Ex-women’s number one Amelie Mauresmo was yesterday named director of the French Open, replacing Guy Forget.
Mauresmo will be in place until at least 2024, French Tennis Federation president Gilles Moretton said.
A two-time Grand Slam winner (Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2006) and 2004 Olympic singles silver medallist in Athens, the 42-year-old Mauresmo expressed “pride” at being named director of Roland Garros, the premier clay court tournament in the world and the Federation’s principal source of revenue.
Forget, who’d been in place since 2016 and had overseen the Paris Masters as well since 2012, was nearing the end of his contract but turned down potential offers, according to Moretton. – AFP, December 10, 2021
