J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions 2020 Program

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BORN
2005
Creteil, France
10
04/04/89
CAMILLE
SERME
NO.5
The only Frenchwoman ever to win the British Open (2015), U.S. Open (2016)
and Tournament of Champions (2017), Camille Serme’s progression over the
past few years has seen her transform into one the most dangerous players on
the circuit.
With a go-to backhand drop that rarely falters and a potent blend of pace,
fitness and finesse, Serme has all the ingredients required to be a champion
along with one of the most engaging and charming personalities in the sport.
Serme enjoyed a solid and successful 2019 reaching the semis of the
2018/2019 World Championship, DPD Open, El Gouna International, Oracle
NetSuite Open and US Open, while reaching one step further as the finalist at
both the British Open and World Tour Finals…and then emerging as Champion
on home soil at the 2019 French Open in Nantes!
The Creteil-based player won a Gold Medal at the 2017 World Games in
Wroclaw, Poland, and will be hoping to rekindle her title-challenging form on
the PSA World Tour this week at the ToC, still one of the biggest wins so far of
her career.
Camille broke into the top ten in 2010 and was named PSA’s 2016/2017
Women’s Player of the Year. The charming French National Team leader is
interested off court in cinema and photography.
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2004
JOELLE
KING
England & Cambridge,
New Zealand
13
09/30/88
Joelle King was making a slow, steady and talent-expected comeback from a
serious Achilles injury in 2014, reaching later rounds and moving back in to the
top eight in the world rankings, until she unleashed her full potential at the 2018
Hong Kong Open, one of the world’s premier events, and won it.
She didn’t just win it, she crushed it. The tall, affable Kiwi beat world stars
Raneem El Welily, Sarah Jane Perry and Nour El Tayeb 3-0 in the last
three rounds.
One of the most relaxed characters on the Women’s Tour, King’s lengthy journey
back to full fitness appeared complete two seasons ago when she won two Gold
medals at the Commonwealth Games and reached a major tournament final at
the 2018 Windy City Open. Ranked No. 4 back in 2014, the Hong Kong result
propelled her back into the top group, a perch she justified in 2019 by reaching
the semifinals respectively of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions and
Black Ball Open in Cairo and winning the $75,000 Manchester Open.
The 31-year-old relocated from New Zealand to England to work with coach
Hadrian Stiff and the results have paid off. Joelle enjoys interior design and time
with her family and her dogs.
NO.6