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{{short description|French squash player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name = Camille Serme
| image = Camille Serme.jpg
| caption = Camille Serme during [[World Open (squash)|Women's World Open]] [[2009 Women's World Open Squash Championship|2009]]
| country = France
| residence = [[Créteil]], France
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|4|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Créteil, France
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height =
| weight =
| turnedpro = 2005
| retired = 2022
| plays = Right Handed
| coach = Philippe Signoret
| racquet = [[Decathlon (retailer)|OPFEEL]]
| website = {{URL|www.camilleserme.fr|CamilleSerme.fr}}
| event = Women's singles
| years_active =
| highest_ranking = No. 2
| date_of_highest_ranking = February 2017
| current_ranking = No. 84
| date_of_current_ranking = April 2025
| WorldOpenresult = '''SF''' ([[2010 Women's World Open Squash Championship|2010]])
| titles = 15
| finals = 26
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[squash (sport)|squash]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{FRA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Squash Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2010 Women's World Open Squash Championship|2010 Sharm El Sheikh]] | Singles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship|2016 El Gouna]] | Singles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2017 Women's World Squash Championship|2017 Manchester]] | Singles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2018–19 PSA Women's World Squash Championship|2018–19 Chicago]] | Singles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2020–21 PSA Women's World Squash Championship|2020–21 Chicago]] | Singles }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[WSF World Team Squash Championships|World Team Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships|2016 Issy-les-Moulineaux]] | [[France women's national squash team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships|2018 Dalian]] | [[France women's national squash team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Squash at the World Games|World Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2017 World Games|2017 Wrocław]] | [[Squash at the 2017 World Games|Singles]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Squash at the 2013 World Games|2013 Cali]] | [[Squash at the 2013 World Games – women's singles|Singles]] }}
}}

'''Camille Serme''' (born 4 April 1989) is a French professional [[squash (sport)|squash]] player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 2 in February 2017.<ref>[http://www.horizonsoftware.net/entry/wispa/ranking.php?player=T00662 WISPA Player Profile]</ref><ref>[https://www.squashinfo.com/player-1348 SquashInfo Player Profile]</ref>

== Career ==
As a junior player, Camille Serme won three consecutive [[European Junior Squash Championships|European Junior Championship]] titles, in 2006, 2007 and 2008. She was runner-up at the [[World Junior Squash Championships|World Junior Championships]] in 2007 in [[Hong Kong]] against [[Raneem El Weleily]].

In September 2010, she reached the semifinals of the [[2010 Women's World Open Squash Championship|Soho Square Women's World Open]]. She was the first female French player to reach this level of competition. In 2012, she reached the final of the prestigious [[Women's Hong Kong squash Open 2012|Hong Kong Open]] against [[Nicol David]]. Serme won a bronze medal at the [[2013 World Games]] and, also in 2013, achieved three feats in quick succession. In September, she lost in the semifinals of the [[Women's Malaysian Open Squash Championships 2013|Malaysian Open]] against Nicol David. In October, she reached the final of [[Carol Weymuller Open 2013|Carol Weymuller Open]] and then won the Monte Carlo Open beating [[Laura Massaro]], the world No. 2, for the 2nd time in a row in the final 3-1.

In May 2015 she won the [[2015 Women's British Open Squash Championship|2015 British Open]], beating Laura Massaro in the final 3 games to 1. At that time it was the most important title of her career. In October 2016 she won the [[United States Open (squash)|US Open]] beating [[Nour El Sherbini]] 3-1. Also in 2016, she was part of the French team that won the bronze medal at the [[2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships]] in her home country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.squashsite.co.uk/2016/wwt2016.htm |title=WSF Women's World Champs |website=Squash site |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

Three months later her victory in the 2017 [[Tournament of Champions (squash)|J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions]], her second consecutive PSA World Series event win, catapulted her up two places to a career high World No.2 on the February 2017 PSA Women's World Rankings. Serme also won the gold medal at the [[2017 World Games]] in [[Wrocław]], Poland. In 2018, she was part of the French team that won the bronze medal at the [[2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/france-hong-kong-gatecrash-world-team-semis-in-dalian/ |title=France & Hong Kong gatecrash World Team Semis in Dalian |website=World Squash |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref> In May 2019, Serme lost in the final of the British Open 3-11, 8-11, 3-11 to [[Nouran Gohar]] of Egypt.

Serme won her second [[Tournament of Champions (squash)|J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions]] in January 2020 by beating [[Nour El Sherbini]] 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tournament of Champions Final: Serme Beats El Sherbini - Professional Squash Association|url=https://psaworldtour.com/news/view/7194/tournament-of-champions-final-serme-beats-el-sherbini|access-date=2021-08-22|website=psaworldtour.com}}</ref>

She retired in 2022 but made a comeback and won her 16th PSA title after securing victory in the PSA des Hauts-de-France during the [[2024–25 PSA Squash Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/10875-womens-des-hauts-de-france-2024 |title=$12,000 Women's Des Hauts de France - Wam 2024, Wam Club, Tourcoing, France |website=Squash Info |access-date=28 December 2024 }}</ref>

In March 2025, Serme won the Liverpool Cricket Club Open (her 17th PSA title), and a PSA 12k Challenger event, defeating Amina El Rihany 3-0 in the final, commenting that it was extra special to win with all her family travelling with her.

==Major [[WSA World Series|World Series]] final appearances==

===[[British Open Squash Championships|British Open]]: 2 finals (1 title, 1 runner-up)===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="100"|Outcome
!width="50"|Year
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
!width="200"|Score in the final
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner || [[2015 Women's British Open Squash Championship|2015]] || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laura Massaro]] || 11-3, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8
|-
| bgcolor="ffa07a"|Runner Up || [[2019 Women's British Open Squash Championship|2019]] || {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Nouran Gohar]] || 3-11, 8-11, 3-11
|}

===[[Hong Kong Open (squash)|Hong Kong Open]]: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="100"|Outcome
!width="50"|Year
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
!width="200"|Score in the final
|-
| bgcolor="ffa07a"|Runner-up || [[Women's Hong Kong squash Open 2012|2012]] || {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Nicol David]] || 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7
|}

===[[United States Open (squash)|US Open]]: 1 final (1 title, 0 runner-up)===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="100"|Outcome
!width="50"|Year
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
!width="200"|Score in the final
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner || [[Women's United States Open (squash) 2016|2016]] || {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Nour El Sherbini]] || 11-8, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9
|}

===[[Tournament of Champions (squash)|J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions]]: 2 finals (2 titles, 0 runner-up)===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! width="100" |Outcome
! width="50" |Year
! width="200" |Opponent in the final
! width="200" |Score in the final
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner || 2017 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laura Massaro]] || 13-11, 8-11, 4-11, 11-3, 11-7
|-
|bgcolor="98FB98" |Winner ||2020
||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Nour El Sherbini]]
|11-8, 11-6, 11-7
|}

==See also==
* [[Official Women's Squash World Ranking]]
* [[WISPA Awards]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{PSA|new_id=camille-serme|old_id=7866|archive=20220123183724}}
* {{WSA|camille-serme}}
* {{WISPA|T00662}}
* {{Squash Info|1348}}
* {{World Games profile|8876}}

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{{s-bef|before=[[Tenille Swartz]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[WISPA Awards|WISPA Young Player of the Year]]|years=2007}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[Laura Massaro|Laura Lengthorn-Massaro]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[WISPA Awards|WISPA Most Improved Player of the Year]]|years=2009}}
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{{World Series squash women's champions}}
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[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:French female squash players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Créteil]]
[[Category:World Games bronze medalists for France]]
[[Category:World Games gold medalists for France]]
[[Category:World Games medalists in squash]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2013 World Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2017 World Games]]
[[Category:21st-century French sportswomen]]

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