Perhaps the two biggest events in Marion Bartoli's tennis career are easy to assess. They are her 2013 victory at Wimbledon and her subsequent decision to retire.
No. 3? Word this week Bartoli, 30, is considering a return to competitive tennis.
Key word: considering, since she raised the issue with a question on her Twitter account.
Raise your hand if you knew about Bartoli before she defeated Germany's Sabine Lisicki. If you did, tennis buff, you might also know Bartoli was a 2007 Wimbledon finalist and retired as No. 7 in world rankings.
You also might know Bartoli is only the second French woman to win The Championship in the open era; the first, Amélie Mauresmo in 2006. No French male has won Wimbledon in that era.
"What I have done shows that everything is possible and that a normal girl can win a grand slam," Bartoli said of her championship. "I think that is a good inspiration for a lot of girls."
Here's what Bartoli said last summer, when she returned to Wimbledon as defending champion, but as a spectator.
"I don't miss every morning waking up and not being able to lift my arm, my whole body being terribly sore, travelling, packing and unpacking.
"But I really enjoyed every second of my tennis career. I fulfilled my dream. It's an absolute privilege to be a Wimbledon champion."
So it was a shock not only that Bartoli won, but also that she quit tennis six weeks later. She cited pain in her Achilles' tendon, shoulder, hips and lower back.
"I have pain everywhere after 45 minutes or an hour of play ... It's just body wise I just can't do it anymore," a tearful Bartoli said.
"Everyone will remember my Wimbledon title. No one will remember the last match I played here."
Here, in this case being at the Western & Southern Open in Ohio, where she lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to Simona Halep.
Her Wimbledon triumph, Bartoli said, "was probably the last little bit of something that was left inside me."
Bartoli wouldn't be the first woman to return to the circuit. Martina Hingis and Jennifer Capriati did; Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin did.
Remember Clijsters? She retired in May 2007, returned to competition two years later and won the U.S. Open that summer. Clijsters won three grand-slam titles in her return.
The difference? Clijsters was 23 when she quit, 25 when she returned. (Side note: Clijster's Open victory made her the first unseeded player to win in New York in the open era and the first mother to win a tennis major since Evonne Goolagong in 1980.)
Bartoli was at the 2015 Australian Open. She played in women's legend's doubles.
The obvious question is why Bartoli wants to play again. She never ruled out a comeback, but nearly two years out of competitive tennis will be difficult to overcome. Why, of course, surely comes with dollar signs (or francs, Euros … ) attached.
Still, there were words of caution, from a source who should know.
“Only if you get fit – in shape – and healthy,” Jimmy Connors wrote on his Twitter page. “And commit yourself to getting back to the top. Sounds easy enough!!”
It's easy to say, yes, Bartoli should go for it, make the effect and return to tennis. Just don't expect great things. She was, well, doughy when on the tour full time, and doesn't appear to have converted into a hard-body in the mode of Maria Sharapova or Serena Williams.
By the way, Tennis-x.com points to the results of a poll by the French sports site L'Quipe, which asked readers if Bartoli should return. Response: 79 percent said no.
Contributing: Sportal.com.au