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Sebastian Grosjean

Sébastien Grosjean
Sebastien Grosjean Miami.jpg
Country (sports)  France
Residence Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Born (1978-05-29) 29 May 1978 (age 39)
Marseille, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 1996
Retired May 27, 2010
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $8,131,804
Singles
Career record 341–247
Career titles 4
Highest ranking No. 4 (28 October 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open SF (2001)
French Open SF (2001)
Wimbledon SF (2003, 2004)
US Open 3R (2000, 2005, 2007)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals F (2001)
Olympic Games QF (2000)
Doubles
Career record 82–99
Career titles 5
Highest ranking No. 52 (12 April 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2001)
French Open 1R (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009)
US Open 3R (2008)
Mixed doubles
Career record 2–2
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open 3R (1998)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (2001)

Sébastien René Grosjean (French pronunciation: ​[sebastjɛ̃ ʁəne ɡʁoˈʒɑ̃]; born 29 May 1978) is a retired tennis player from France. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 4, achieved in October 2002. Grosjean retired from tennis on 27 May 2010.

As a junior, Grosjean posted a 90-20 singles record and a 58-12 doubles record, winning the 1996 French Open boys' doubles. He reached No. 1 in the world in both singles and doubles in December 1996.

Grosjean joined the professional tour in 1996. In 2003 and 2004 he reached the final of the Queen's London Tournament. In the same two years, he also reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon. He finished 2001 as the No. 1 player from his country and for the first time in the top 10 becoming the first Frenchman to finish a year in the top 10 since Cédric Pioline in 1993. In 2001, Grosjean won the Davis Cup with the French team.

Grosjean is known for his extreme forehand, his best shot, he utilizes something of a western grip, which is hit at high velocities. He has appeared in four Grand Slam semifinal matches. As well as his two Wimbledon runs, he also reached the French Open semi-finals in 2001. His most famous chance was at the 2001 Australian Open against Arnaud Clément. Grosjean led two sets to love and had a match point in the fourth set before Clément prevailed. This was long considered the worst 'choke' in five-set history, until the 2004 French Open final.

He won his fourth singles title at the 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, with a 7–6, 6–4 victory over countryman Marc Gicquel. He also won the doubles final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (who Grosjean beat in the singles semifinals), entering the tournament as a wildcard team where they upset the first and third seeds. They beat Łukasz Kubot and Lovro Zovko 6–4, 6–3 in the final, and the Kubot-Zovko team was the only team that was not all-French.


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