 Mauresmo lost in the US Open quarter-finals |
Amelie Mauresmo has become the first Frenchwoman to top the women's world tennis rankings. Despite losing in the US Open quarter-finals, Mauresmo took over at the top by virtue of Lindsay Davenport's failure to win her home Grand Slam.
Mauresmo ended the 45-week reign of Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne at the top of the WTA rankings.
Mauresmo is only the 14th woman to become world number one since the rankings began in November 1975.
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