Marinne Giraud

Marinne Giraud
Country (sports)	Mauritius
Born	23 April 1986 (age 38); Curepipe, Mauritius
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$50,579
Singles
Career record	119–95
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	237 (15 December 2008)
Doubles
Career record	41–44
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	291 (12 May 2008)

Marinne Giraud (born 23 April 1986) is a Mauritian former professional tennis player.

She has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 237, achieved on 15 December 2008, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 291, reached on 12 May 2008, making her the No. 1 Mauritian female tennis player.

Giraud first played for Mauritius Fed Cup team in 2007, she has a career win–loss record of 9–6.

Her year-end WTA rankings are as follows: 817th (2004), 618th (2005), 591st (2006), 293rd (2007) and 288th (2008).^[1]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (4–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	24 October 2005	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Alicia Pillay	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	9 October 2006	ITF Braga, Portugal	Carpet	Eloisa Compostizo de Andrés	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	3.	14 April 2007	ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Çağla Büyükakçay	6–2, 6–2
Win	4.	14 May 2007	ITF Trivandrum, India	Clay	Ágnes Szatmári	7–5, 6–3
Win	5.	20 May 2007	ITF Mumbai, India	Hard	Rushmi Chakravarthi	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–2

Doubles 4 (3–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	9 October 2006	ITF Braga, Portugal	Carpet	Laura Bsoul	Sabina Mediano Alvarez Paloma Ruiz-Blanco	6–1, 6–4
Win	2.	20 May 2007	ITF Mumbai, India	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri	6–4, 6–1
Win	3.	22 October 2007	ITF Saint-Denis, France	Hard	Teodora Mirčić	Florence Haring Virginie Pichet	6–2, 7–5
Loss	4.	2 June 2008	ITF Grado, Spain	Hard	Christina Wheeler	Mariana Duque-Marino Melanie Klaffner	1–6, 2–6

Fed Cup

Singles: 8 (6 wins, 2 losses)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Group	Surface	Team	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2007	2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Hard	Egypt	Magy Aziz	6–2, 6–0
Loss	1–1	Apr 2007	2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Hard	Liechtenstein	Stephanie Vogt	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Apr 2007	2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Hard	Turkey	Pemra Özgen	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–1	Apr 2007	2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Hard	Azerbaijan	Sevil Aliyeva	w/o
Win	4–1	Apr 2008	2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Clay	Norway	Helene Auensen	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–1	Apr 2008	2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Clay	Iceland	Soumia Islami	6–1, 6–0
Win	6–1	Apr 2008	2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Clay	Zimbabwe	Charlene Tsangamwe	6–1, 6–0
Loss	6–2	Apr 2008	2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Clay	Latvia	Anastasija Sevastova	6–5 ret.

Doubles: 7 (3 wins, 4 losses)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Group	Surface	Partner	Team	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2007	Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Hard	Astrid Tixier	Egypt	Magy Aziz	Aliaa Fakhry	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Apr 2007	Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Hard	Astrid Tixier	Liechtenstein	Marina Novak	Stephanie Vogt	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Loss	1–2	Apr 2007	Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Hard	Astrid Tixier	Turkey	Pemra Özgen	İpek Şenoğlu	3–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Apr 2007	Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Hard	Astrid Tixier	Azerbaijan	Shukufa Abdullayeva	Sevil Aliyeva	w/o
Loss	2–3	Apr 2008	Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Clay	Astrid Tixier	Norway	Helene Auensen	Emma Flood	6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win	3–3	Apr 2008	Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Clay	Astrid Tixier	Zimbabwe	Denise Atzinger	Charlene Tsangamwe	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Apr 2008	Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone	Group III	Clay	Astrid Tixier	Latvia	Diāna Bukājeva	Anastasija Sevastova	w/o

References

^ http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100011742 ^{[bare URL]}

External links

Marinne Giraud at the Women's Tennis Association
Marinne Giraud at the International Tennis Federation
Marinne Giraud at the Billie Jean King Cup

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