Mary Pierce - Tennis Hall of Fame (2000 French Open Champion)

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🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Mary Pierce is one of the most decorated female tennis players of the past 30 years. She made her tennis debut in March of 1989 at the age of 14 and would go on to a storied career that saw her win two Grand Slam singles championships, 1995 Australian Open, the 2000 French Open and two Grand Slam doubles titles at the 2000 French Open (Doubles) and 2005 Wimbledon (Mixed Doubles).

In 2019, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame after a career that saw her high ranking reach as high as No. 3 in the world after defeating Conchita Martinez to win the French Open on June 10, 2000. She is the first Frenchwoman in the Open era and the first French player since Yannick Noah in 1983 to win the French Open title.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Mary Pierce about the 20th anniversary of her winning the French Open, forgiving her father after strained relationship for many years, the journey to faith in Christ, and her desire to give back and serve in today's generation.

Follow Mary on Twitter - @_MaryPierce

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.5	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:20.1	Hey, guys, welcome to Sports Spectrum. I am Jason Romano, my email address, Jason at
0:24.9	Sportspectrum.com, Jason at Sportspectrum.com, and you can reach me there directly. We'd love to
0:31.6	hear any thoughts you have on today's show or any guest ideas or just some feedback maybe
0:37.4	on our conversation with mary pierce
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1:02.4	IJM.org slash TF. Mary Pierce is our guest today on Sports Spectrum. If you don't know that name,
1:10.0	Mary is one of the top tennis players of all time,
1:13.3	inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019.
1:17.7	18 career WTA titles a two-time Grand Slam singles champion.
1:24.3	In 1995, she won the Australian Open, and then in 2000, June 10th, 2000, 20 years ago,
1:32.3	she defeated Conchita Martinez to win the French Open becoming the first French woman
1:37.8	in the open era and the first French player since Janik Noah in 1983 to win the French Open. She's also the last
1:47.1	French woman to win the French Open. Nobody's done it since, and that is Mary Pierce. She's also
1:53.2	won a couple of other Grand Slam titles, including the French Open doubles title in 2000 and
1:59.7	the Wimbledon Mixed doubles title in 2005 and the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2005.
2:04.1	She's a two-time Olympian in the 1996 Olympics and 2004 Olympics actually made her debut
2:10.4	at age 14 in 1989.
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