Began playing tennis at age 6...Coached by Catherine Suire...Prefers hard courts...Parents are Patrice and Claudine...Finished school in September 1996...Admires French football player Bixente Lizarazu who was on the 1998 World Cup-winning team...Also admires tennis player Stefan Edberg for his class, elegance and fair play...Favorite city to visit is Paris...Favorite movie is Legends of the Fall; favorite actor is Brad Pitt...Favorite books are love stories.