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Julien Benneteau

Julien Benneteau
Julien Benneteau (June 11, 2013) (cropped).jpg
Country (sports)  France
Residence Geneva, Switzerland
Born (1981-12-20) 20 December 1981 (age 35)
Bourg en Bresse, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 2000
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Loic Courteau
Prize money $8,228,516
Singles
Career record 252–271
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 25 (17 November 2014)
Current ranking No. 124 (8 February 2017)
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 239–178
Career titles 11
Highest ranking No. 5 (3 November 2014)
Current ranking No. 39 (31 October 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open QF (2007)
French Open W (2014)
Wimbledon F (2016)
US Open SF (2004, 2007)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals SF (2014)
Team competitions
Davis Cup F (2010, 2014)
Last updated on: 3 November 2016.

Julien Benneteau (French pronunciation: ​[ʒyljɛ̃ bɛn(ə)to]; born 20 December 1981) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is ATP world no. 25, which he reached in November 2014. 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 (partnering 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). He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world no. 5 in November 2014.

In the 1999 Orange Bowl Benneteau won the Boys 16s double title.

As a junior, Benneteau reached as high as no. 17 in the world in 1999 (and no. 1 in doubles).

He win US Open Junior with Nicolas Mahut in 1999.

At the 2006 French Open, Benneteau reached the quarterfinals by defeating Janko Tipsarević, Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, Radek Štěpánek, and Alberto Martín. There, he was defeated in straight sets by fourth-seeded Ivan Ljubičić of Croatia.


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