Arnaud Clément
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| Country (sports) |
 France
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|---|---|
| Residence | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Born |
17 December 1977 Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Turned pro | 1996 |
| Retired | 5 July 2012 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 7,125,228 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 316–327 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 10 (2 April 2001) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | F (2001) |
| French Open | 4R (2003) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2008) |
| US Open | QF (2000) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2004, 2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 232–195 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 12 |
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (28 January 2008) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (2008) |
| French Open | SF (2001) |
| Wimbledon | W (2007) |
| US Open | QF (2006) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (2001) |
Arnaud Clément (born 17 December 1977) is a retired professional tennis player and the current captain of the France Davis Cup team. He reached the final of the 2001 Australian Open and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 10 in April the same year.
Clément was born in Aix-en-Provence, and currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He turned professional in 1996, and achieved his career highlight at the 2001 Australian Open, reaching the Men's Singles final, where he was defeated by Andre Agassi. En route, Clement defeated the then-unseeded future World No. 1 Roger Federer and former World No. 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
While playing he often wears a bandana and sunglasses. The sunglasses have been medically prescribed for Clement because of severe eye problems he has encountered through his life, which had nearly left him blind as a child. At only 13 months old he was diagnosed with unilateral coloboma, meaning the condition only affects one eye, at that time Clément was only given a 40/60% chance of having healthy eyesight for the rest of his life, throughout his tennis career Clément has worn sunglasses to protect his eyes.
Clément was selected to represent one of the world's best-known and most important fashion labels, Lacoste. He was seen from May 2004 onwards in a pan-European print and TV campaign alongside the Danish pop singer Natasha Thomas. The advert was directed and shot by Bruno Aveillan.
Clément has been ranked as high as World No. 10 in singles and as high as World No. 8 in doubles, where he has often partnered with fellow Frenchmen Sébastien Grosjean and Michaël Llodra. He has won four ATP singles titles (Lyon 2000, Metz 2003, Marseille 2006, Washington 2006), and twelve doubles titles including Wimbledon.
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