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Pierre-Ludovic Duclos

Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Country (sports)  Canada
Residence Tampa, Florida, United States
Born (1986-01-08) January 8, 1986 (age 31)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.85 m (6.1 ft)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US $206,342
Singles
Career record 1–3 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 229 (February 13, 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2012)
Doubles
Career record 1–3 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 121 (November 16, 2009)

Pierre-Ludovic Duclos-Lasnier, commonly referred to as Pierre-Ludovic Duclos, (born January 8, 1986) is a Canadian former professional tour tennis player. He is currently serving a six-year prison sentence in Florida for attempting to have a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl.

Duclos has appeared in six ATP World Tour / ATP Tour main draw matches, winning one of two singles matches and one of three in doubles. He has also captured four ATP Challenger events, all in doubles.

Duclos played in his first professional tour tournament in August 2003, reaching the second round of the Brazil F5 Futures tournament. The following year he played in ten futures and one challenger tournament (all but one in and from August) and finished 2004 World No. 1170. He played in 18 Futures in 2005, reaching the final in one, Mexico F16 in October, and the quarter-finals in four others. He finished his year losing in the first round of the Puebla challenger to Mexican No. 1 Bruno Echagaray in three sets and as the World No. 723.

For 2006, Duclos played 13 Futures and 6 challengers. He reached the semi-finals of Mexico F7 and Mexico F19, and the quarters of Mexico F17. He finished the World No.~640 and without yet having won a match at the challenger level. The story was different in doubles however, as Duclos reached the semi-finals in consecutive challengers in April played in Mexico and then, partnering André Ghem, won a third. He won Mexico F7, partnering Echagaray, reached the semis of the Yuba City challenger, won Mexico F17 with Raphael Durek, and reached the semis of the Maui.

Duclos began 2007 by winning his first Futures in doubles, Mexico F2, and then reaching the finals of his second tournament, Portugal F1 in both singles and doubles. He won the doubles of Portugal F2 and F3 partnering Niels Desein and Franko Škugor respectively. In April Duclos reached consecutive quarterfinals at two Futures in the U.A.E. as well as the tourney's finals in doubles. He then in May reached consecutive semis in two Futures in Belarus in singles and his ranking then stood at World No. 526. Duclos won Ireland F1 in doubles with Durek and followed this up with his first challenger level win, in Dublin, over Slovak Igor Zelenay.


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