Career Highlights
1998
Reached her first Grand Slam final in 43 attempts at Wimbledon at the age of 30. She was the first French woman to reach the Wimbledon final since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925 and, ranked 15th, the lowest-ranked player to reach the final there in the Open Era. Defeated second seed Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals and fell to third seed Jana Novotna in the final.
Enjoyed best U.S. Open in five years, reaching the fourth round.
At the Grand Slam Cup, ousted newly-crowned U.S. Open champion and world No. 2 Lindsay Davenport in the first round
At age 30, cracked the Top 10 for the first time on January 12.
At the Paris Indoors, saved two match points when down 2-5 in the third set against Sarah Pitkowski and came back to win to reach the semifinals.
As defending champion, reached the semifinals of Birmingham and led Steffi Graf 3-0 before the semifinals and final were canceled due to rain.
1997
Finished ranked No. 11, tying her career high last reached five years earlier in 1992.
Qualified for the season-ending Chase Championships as one of the 16 best singles players of the year and part of the best eight doubles teams. Upset fourth-ranked Amanda Coetzer and No. 6 Iva Majoli to reach the semifinals before losing in three sets to No. 7 Mary Pierce.
Topped $3 million mark in career prize money.
Reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon after saving three match points against her in the fourth round against Sandrine Testud.
Collected second win over a Top 10 player, defeating No. 7 Anke Huber in the Indian Wells third round to reach the quarterfinals.
Unseeded in a tournament that included seven of the world's Top 10 players, reached the final at Zurich before falling to fourth seed Lindsay Davenport 7-6, 7-5 -- was the first unseeded finalist in the history of the tournament.
Made Fed Cup history in France's first-round win over Japan, defeating Naoko Sawamatsu, 7-5, 4-6, 17-15 -- the final set was the longest set ever in Fed Cup singles.
1996
Became the 25th woman in the Open era to reach the 400-win mark.
1995
Won Eastbourne for first-ever grass court title -- upset three higher-seeded players en route to title, including second seed Natasha Zvereva.
1993
Qualified for the season-ending championships in 1990-93 in singles.
Defeated Katerina Maleeva to win title at Quebec City.
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