Séverine Beltrame

Séverine Beltrame (born 14 August 1979) is a former tennis player from France. She was known as Séverine Brémond during her marriage to her coach, Eric Brémond, from September 2005 to November 2008, and then as Séverine Brémond-Beltrame until the end of 2009, before she reverted to her birthname Beltrame in 2010.

Séverine Beltrame

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Aix-en-Provence, France
Born	(1979-08-14) 14 August 1979 Montpellier, France
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2013
Plays	Right (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,149,705
Singles
Career record	302–282
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 34 (5 February 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2009)
French Open	2R (2005)
Wimbledon	QF (2006)
US Open	4R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	91–106
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 85 (25 June 2007)

Matches

In 2005, Beltrame was selected by the team leader Georges Goven to play with Mary Pierce, Amélie Mauresmo and Nathalie Dechy for the semifinals of the Fed Cup against Spain when teammate Virginie Razzano was injured and players Marion Bartoli and Émilie Loit were suspended.

On 10 July 2006, Beltrame (as Séverine Brémond) achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 65 after her success at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event for the first time. After qualifying for the tournament, she defeated No. 10 Patty Schnyder in the second round, Gisela Dulko in the third round, and Ai Sugiyama in the fourth, losing to eventual runner-up Justine Henin-Hardenne 4–6, 4–6.

Her last event for 2006 was the Bell Challenge in Québec, Canada. Following her run to the semifinals at this event, she broke the top 40 for the first time and landed at No. 38. In February 2007, she achieved her career-high ranking of 34.

Beltrame entered the 2008 US Open as a wildcard, where she beat Julia Görges, Nicole Vaidišová and Tathiana Garbin. She lost to eventual champion Serena Williams (2–6, 2–6) in the fourth round.

She made the semifinals of the mixed-doubles tournament at Wimbledon of 2007 with Fabrice Santoro.

In May 2013, Beltrame announced that she would be retiring from tennis right after the conclusion of the French Open.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments Premier M & Premier 5 Premier (0–1) International (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–1) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	Jun 2008	Birmingham Classic, England	Grass	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Cara Black Liezel Huber	2–6, 1–6
Loss	Sep 2010	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Hard (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	Vania King Barbora Strýcová	1–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 15 (8–7)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	25 September 2000	ITF Lerida, Spain	Clay	Maria Wolfbrandt	3–6, 4–6
Win	1.	24 June 2001	ITF Canet-en-Roussillon, France	Clay	Séverine Arpajou	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2.	2 July 2001	ITF Périgueux, France	Clay	Daniela Olivera	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2.	27 October 2002	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Camille Pin	4–6, 5–7
Win	3.	21 September 2003	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	6–3, 6–4
Win	4.	5 October 2003	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Sybille Bammer	6–2, 6–3
Win	5.	2 May 2004	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3.	17 July 2005	ITF Louisville, United States	Hard	Ashley Harkleroad	6–4, 5–7, 0–6
Loss	4.	18 June 2006	Open Féminin de Marseille, France	Clay	Ekaterina Bychkova	1–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	5 May 2008	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	Sofia Arvidsson	6–7(0), 2–6
Loss	6.	19 October 2008	Open Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Angelique Kerber	2–6, 1–6
Loss	7.	21 September 2009	Challenger de Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	7–5, 4–6, 6–7(1)
Win	6.	25 June 2011	ITF Périgueux, France	Clay	Audrey Bergot	6–4, 6–2
Win	7.	24 June 2012	Montpellier Open, France	Clay	Catalina Castaño	6–2, 7–6(4)
Win	8.	23 July 2012	ITF Les Contamines, France	Hard	Tereza Mrdeža	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 13 (10–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	24 April 2000	ITF Talence, France	Hard	Samantha Schoeffel	Aurore Desert Magalie Lamarre	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1.	7 May 2001	ITF Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Capucine Rousseau	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	3–6, 3–6
Win	2.	24 February 2002	ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Amandine Dulon	Anna Floris Giulia Meruzzi	7–6(3), 6–2
Loss	2.	1 July 2002	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Amandine Dulon	Stefanie Haidner Natacha Randriantefy	4–6, 2–6
Win	3.	20 January 2003	ITF Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Amandine Dulon	Leslie Butkiewicz Kim Kilsdonk	5–7, 7–6(2), 7–6(4)
Win	4.	12 July 2004	ITF Vittel, France	Clay	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	Maria Goloviznina Maria Wolfbrandt	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3.	18 June 2006	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	Conchita Martínez Granados María José Martínez Sánchez	5–7, 4–6
Win	5.	27 September 2009	Challenger de Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	Stéphanie Dubois Rebecca Marino	6–3, 6–1
Win	6.	11 June 2012	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Kristina Barrois Olga Savchuk	6–1, 6–4
Win	7.	18 June 2012	Montpellier Open, France	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win	8.	9 July 2012	Open de Biarritz, France	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Lara Arruabarrena Monica Puig	6–2, 6–3
Win	9.	20 August 2012	ITF Charleroi, Belgium	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Ilona Kremen Diāna Marcinkēviča	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	10.	8 October 2012	Open de Touraine, France	Hard (i)	Julie Coin	Justyna Jegiołka Diāna Marcinkēviča	7–5, 6–4

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	W–L
Australian Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1–5
French Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1–6
Wimbledon	1R	1R	2R	QF	2R	1R	6–6
US Open	1R	4R	2R	2R	1R	2R	6–6
Win–loss	1–4	3–4	2–4	5–4	2–4	1–3	14–23

External links

• Séverine Beltrame at the Women's Tennis Association
• Séverine Beltrame at the International Tennis Federation
• Séverine Beltrame at the Billie Jean King Cup
• United Athletes Magazine Interview with Séverine about the sources of motivation.