Mathieu Montcourt
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| Country (sports) |
 France
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| Residence | Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Born |
4 March 1985 Paris, France |
| Died | 6 July 2009 (aged 24) Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
| Retired | 2009 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $327,057 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 4–9 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 104 (22 June 2009) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2008) |
| French Open | 2R (2006, 2007, 2009) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–2 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 314 (30 July 2007) |
| Last updated on: 7 July 2009. | |
Mathieu Montcourt (4 March 1985 – 6 July 2009) was a professional French tennis player. At the 2006, 2007, and 2009 French Opens, he lost in the second round, to Lleyton Hewitt, Jarkko Nieminen, and Radek Štěpánek respectively.
In 2002, Mathieu had played a few Futures tournaments and won only one doubles match in Futures aside with Jean Baptiste Robin. His best singles Futures result was making the second round 3 times out of 6, losing to Jan Weinzierl, Nicolas Mahut and Roman Valent, respectively. He didn't play any other events aside from Futures events. Montcourt only played one doubles match in 2003, losing in the first round of a Futures tournament. Montcourt's singes participation in Futures tournaments slightly improved; as for he went from a 3–6 2002 record to making a semifinal of a Futures event. He still, however played exclusively in Futures tournaments.
Mathieu Montcourt's success became greater in singles, having had won a Futures title early in 2004 in Italy, beating Andrey Golubev in the final; however the highest person he beat was ranked 407, just inside the top 500. He lost in the finals of one Futures tournament and one Challenger tournament later that year.
In doubles, Mathieu made his first doubles semifinal, where again with Jean Baptiste Robin, he lost in Iran to Benedikt Dorsch and Marko Neunteibl. He lost in the quarterfinals of another tournament in Iran, where he made his Challenger singles final, partnered by Ludwig Pellerin, falling to Juan Ignacio Cerda and Jasper Smit in straight sets. 2005 saw Montcourt make his first Futures doubles final; losing it in March in 3 sets to Lesley Joseph and Evgeny Korolev, alongside Jean Baptiste Robin. However, singles tournaments were brightened by 1 Futures win in two Futures finals, beating Tobias Clemens in the final, and making the semifinals of two Challengers and one Futures tournament, losing once to future top 50 star Philipp Kohlschreiber in a Challenger, the last tournament that Montcourt played that year at Reunion Island (he also lost in the semifinals of Rome).
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