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- Pierce’s father, Jim, realised his daughter’s potential after witnessing a few of her first strikes of a ball. A measure of her talent was that he had handed her a racket for the first time at the relatively late age of 10, yet she became the youngest American to turn professional, at 14 years and two months.
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Apr 22, 2017 · by Luigi Gatto. In Roanne, where the Fed Cup tie between France and Spain is taking place, there won't be Mary Pierce, Yannick Noah's assistant. On Friday her father Jim, 81 years old, died...
Mary Caroline Pierce (born 15 January 1975) is a retired tennis professional who represented France internationally in team competitions and the Olympics. She was born in Canada to an American father and a French mother, and holds citizenship of all three countries.
May 24, 2020 · Mary Pierce: three passports, two grand slams, one overbearing father | Tennis | The Guardian. Mary Pierce celebrates after beating Martina Hingis in the semi-final on the way to...
Born in Montreal to a French mother and an American father, Pierce was raised in Florida, eventually competed under the French flag, and reached six Grand Slam singles finals in Australia, Europe and North America – including victories at the 1995 Australian Open and Roland-Garros in 2000.
Jun 15, 2020 · . That changed when, in 2000, she became "a born-again Christian" and reconciled with her father, Jim Pierce, after finding a way to forgiveness and peace of head and heart, both. That...
Jun 4, 2020 · There is the personal journey: entrenched in an "abusive" relationship with her father and coach Jim, ostracising him in her late teens and a later reconciliation, becoming a born-again Christian...
May 27, 2019 · Born in Montreal but returning to France via Florida with her family, including her notoriously domineering father, Jim, Pierce carved out a Hall of Fame career. (In July, that will be made...
