Julien Benneteau
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Geneva, Switzerland |
Born | Bourg en Bresse, France | December 20, 1981
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 2000 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Loic Courteau |
Prize money | $7,150,853 |
Singles | |
Career record | 237–249 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 26 (April 30, 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 28 (September 22, 2014) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2006, 2012, 2013) |
French Open | QF (2006) |
Wimbledon | 4R (2010) |
US Open | 3R (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 210–157 |
Career titles | 10 |
Highest ranking | No. 10 (August 18, 2014) |
Current ranking | No. 11 (September 22, 2014) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2007) |
French Open | W (2014) |
Wimbledon | QF (2010, 2014) |
US Open | SF (2004, 2007) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | F (2010, 2014) |
Last updated on: May 26, 2014. |
Medal record | ||
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Representing | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2012 London | Doubles |
Julien Benneteau (born December 20, 1981 in Bourg-en-Bresse) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is ATP World No. 26, which he reached in April 2012. He formerly resided in Boulogne-Billancourt and now lives in Geneva. Benneteau is generally regarded as one of the best singles players on the tour who has not won a title, finishing as runner-up in ten ATP tournaments. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open and the semifinals of the 2014 Cincinnati Masters. Benneteau has also had success in doubles, winning the Bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2012 London Olympics (parterning Richard Gasquet) and the 2014 French Open men's doubles title with fellow Frenchman Édouard Roger-Vasselin, thus becoming the first team from France to win the Men's Doubles discipline in 30 years (after Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte did it in 1984).
Tennis career
Junior career
In the 1996 Orange Bowl Benneteau won the Boys 16s singles title.
As a junior Benneteau reached as high as No. 17 in the world in 1999 (and No. 1 in doubles).
Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | |||||||
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Junior Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | |||||||
French Open | 1R | 2R | |||||||
Wimbledon | A | 1R | |||||||
US Open | A | QF |
Pro tour
At the 2006 French Open, Benneteau reached the quarterfinals by defeating Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, Radek Štěpánek, and Alberto Martín. There, he was defeated in straight sets by fourth-seeded Ivan Ljubičić of Croatia.
The Frenchman finished the 2008 season in the top 50 for the second time in three years. During the season, he reached two ATP finals, at Casablanca, where he lost to fellow countryman Gilles Simon, and in his final tournament of the season at Lyon, where he lost to Robin Söderling.
In May 2009, he entered the Interwetten Austrian Open in Kitzbühel as a lucky loser and reached his third career final, falling to Spain's Guillermo García-López.
In the quarterfinals of the 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, he played a remarkable 53-shot rally with the then World No. 2 Andy Murray in the second set of a three-set loss.[1] He lost the rally when he smashed a lob that grazed the net and went wide.
His best career victory was undoubtedly achieved on 11 November 2009 at the 2009 Paris Masters, when he scored a huge upset over World No. 1 Roger Federer in the second round in front of his home crowd.
He reached the third round of French Open 2012, losing to World No. 8 Janko Tipsarević.[2]
In the third round of the Wimbledon 2012, Benneteau led Federer by two sets before eventually being defeated in five sets. This notably followed the five-set upset of second seed Rafael Nadal by World No. 100 Lukáš Rosol the evening before, also on Centre Court.[3] Federer went on to win the title. In the 2012 Olympics in London, he captured the bronze medal in doubles with Richard Gasquet.
At the 2013 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, Benneteau again beat top seed and defending champion Federer in the quarterfinals. He beat compatriot Gilles Simon in the semifinals, but was not able to overcome Juan Martín del Potro in the final, disappointingly failing yet again to clinch a title. Durint the clay season, he beat Nicolás Almagro at the Rome Masters but lost to Benoit Paire in second round. At Roland Garros he lsot in third round to Roger Federer.
At the Eastbourne grass tournament, the Frenchman beat Kevin Anderson in first round and lost to Bernard Tomic in second round. At Wimbledon he lost to Fernando Verdasco in second round. The player was defeated by Andy Murray at the third round of the Cincinnati Masters. At the US Open he defeated Jeremy Chardy in second round and lost to Tomas Berdych in third round.
Benneteau reached the final of the 2013 Malaysian Open for the second year running after beating Stan Wawrinka, but was once again beaten in the final, this time by unseeded João Sousa in three sets. He had won the first set and was within a game of winning the title at 5-4 in the second set and having a match point. At Valencia he won over Feliciano López in first round and lost to David Ferrer in second round. He collected first round losses at the Shanghai and Paris Masters.
In the 2014 season, Benneteau beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Feliciano López to reach the Indian Wells Masters quarter-finals, where he lost to Novak Djokovic. At the Miami Masters he won over Ernests Gulbis and was defeated by Tommy Robredo. During the clay season, he claimed the Bordeaux Challenger but lost to Facundo Bagnis at the first round of Roland Garros. At Eastbourne, Benneteau took wins over Yen-Hsun Lu and Gilles Simon after which he lost to Sam Querrey in quarter-finals. At Wimbledon he again lost in first round to Gilles Müller.
The Frenchman began the 2014 US Open Series with a second round loss at Washington. At the Canada Masters he defeated Lleyton Hewitt and Ernests Gulbis to reach round of 16, where he was defeated by local Milos Raonic. The player upsetted Stan Wawrinka to reach the Cincinnati Masters semifinals, where he lost to David Ferrer. At the US Open, he lost in first round to Benoit Paire.
Significant finals
Olympic finals
Doubles: 1 (1 bronze medal)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Bronze | 2012 | London | Grass | 7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 2014 | French Open | Clay | 6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2007 | Monte Carlo | Clay | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
Winner | 2009 | Shanghai | Hard (i) | 6-2, 6-4 | ||
Runner-up | 2010 | Toronto | Hard | 5–7, 3–6 | ||
Runner-up | 2011 | Paris | Hard (i) | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 2013 | Monte Carlo | Clay | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), [14–12] |
ATP career finals
Singles: 10 (10 runners-up)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | May 18, 2008 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | 5–7, 2–6 | |
Runner-up | 2. | October 20, 2008 | Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6 | |
Runner-up | 3. | May 18, 2009 | Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 3–6 | |
Runner-up | 4. | February 15, 2010 | Open 13, Marseille, France | Hard (i) | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | 5. | August 27, 2011 | Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | 6. | January 15, 2012 | Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia | Hard | 2–6, 5–7 | |
Runner-up | 7. | September 30, 2012 | Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard (i) | 5–7, 6–4, 3–6 | |
Runner-up | 8. | February 17, 2013 | ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | 6–7(2–7), 3–6 | |
Runner-up | 9. | September 29, 2013 | Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard (i) | 6–2, 5–7, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | 10. | September 28, 2014 | Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard (i) | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Doubles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runners-up)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | September 29, 2003 | Open de Moselle, Metz, France | Hard (i) | 7–6(7–2), 6–3 | ||
Runner-up | 1. | October 6, 2003 | Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
Winner | 2. | October 23, 2006 | Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | 6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7] | ||
Runner-up | 2. | April 15, 2007 | Monte Carlo Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
Winner | 3. | March 3, 2008 | Tennis Channel Open, Las Vegas, United States | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, [10–8] | ||
Winner | 4. | October 12, 2009 | Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, Shanghai, China | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
Winner | 5. | October 26, 2009 | Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France (2) | Hard (i) | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) | ||
Winner | 6. | February 15, 2010 | Open 13, Marseille, France | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
Runner-up | 3. | August 15, 2010 | Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada | Hard | 5–7, 3–6 | ||
Runner-up | 4. | February 20, 2011 | Open 13, Marseille, France | Hard (i) | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [11–13] | ||
Runner-up | 5. | November 13, 2011 | BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France | Hard (i) | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 7. | April 21, 2013 | Monte Carlo Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), [14–12] | ||
Winner | 8. | August 4, 2013 | Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States | Hard | 7–6(7–5), 7–5 | ||
Winner | 9. | February 23, 2014 | Open 13, Marseille, France | Hard (i) | 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [13–11] | ||
Winner | 10. | June 7, 2014 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | 6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
Singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 3R | 3R | 2R | 8–10 |
French Open | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | QF | 1R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 15–13 |
Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 9–11 |
US Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 9–11 |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 7–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 8–4 | 7–4 | 1–4 | 41–45 |
ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | 10–9 |
Miami Masters | A | A | 4R | 2R | A | 1R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 12–10 |
Monte Carlo Masters | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 6–11 |
Rome Masters | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | 3–5 |
Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 1–4 |
Canada Masters | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 4–8 |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | SF | 8–9 |
Shanghai Masters | Not Masters Series | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 0–2 | |||||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | 3R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 6–5 | |
Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | Not Masters Series | 1–2 | |||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 3–5 | 5–9 | 5–7 | 4–5 | 5–6 | 4–9 | 45–62 | |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–9 | |
Year End Ranking | 253 | 138 | 65 | 165 | 40 | 68 | 43 | 46 | 44 | 52 | 34 | 35 |
Doubles performance timeline
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L | |||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | 12–10 | |||||||||
French Open | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 2R | A | 3R | 3R | 3R | A | 2R | W | 20–12 | |||||||||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | QF | 2R | 1R | QF | QF | 13–10 | |||||||||
US Open | A | A | A | A | SF | QF | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | QF | 2R | 1R | 17–9 | |||||||||
Win–Loss | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 8–4 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 7–3 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 7–4 | 11–3 | 62–41 | |||||||||
ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | QF | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | 8–8 | |||||||||
Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | QF | A | A | A | A | 2R | 3–4 | |||||||||
Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | F | 2R | A | A | 2R | 1R | W | QF | 13–7 | |||||||||
Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | 2–3 | |||||||||
Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0–2 | |||||||||
Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | F | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4–6 | |||||||||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | SF | 4–5 | |||||||||
Shanghai Masters | Not Masters Series | W | A | A | A | 1R | 5–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Paris Masters | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | SF | QF | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | F | 2R | 2R | 10–9 | ||||||||||
Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | QF | Not Masters Series | 4–2 | ||||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 9–6 | 3–5 | 9–2 | 6–4 | 6–3 | 3–5 | 8–7 | 6–6 | 54–47 | |||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 10–15 | |||||||||
Year End Ranking | 200 | 304 | 268 | 94 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 26 | 48 | 32 | 38 | 52 | 97 | 26 |
References
- ^ Crouse, Karen (August 22, 2009). "After Rally to Remember, Murray Will Face Federer". New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
- ^ "Julien Benneteau". Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ^ "Roger Federer survives major Wimbledon scare, comes back to beat Julien Benneteau". Yahoo! Sports.
External links
- Julien Benneteau at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Benneteau Recent Match Results
- Benneteau World Ranking History
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- French expatriates in Switzerland
- French male tennis players
- People from Boulogne-Billancourt
- People from Bourg-en-Bresse
- People from Geneva
- US Open (tennis) champions
- US Open (tennis) junior champions
- Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of France
- Olympic medalists in tennis
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Chevaliers of the Ordre national du Mérite
- French Open champions
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles