Arnaud Benjamin Boetsch (born 1 April 1969) is a French former tennis player who turned professional in 1987. Known for his stylish single-handed backhand, he won 3 career titles, reaching his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 12 in April 1996.

Arnaud Boetsch
Boetsch in 2005
Full nameArnaud Benjamin Boetsch
Country (sports) France
ResidenceGeneva, Switzerland
Born (1969-04-01) 1 April 1969 (age 55)
Meulan, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1987
Retired1999
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$3,031,247
Singles
Career record231–202
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 12 (22 April 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1993)
French Open4R (1991)
Wimbledon4R (1992)
US Open4R (1996)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record67–75
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 97 (18 October 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1995)
French OpenQF (1995)
Wimbledon3R (1993)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open2R (1987, 1989)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1991, 1996)
Last updated on: 6 May 2022.

Tennis career edit

Boetsch reached the fourth round once in each of the four grand slams between 1991 and 1996, notably beating Richard Krajicek in five sets in his 1992 Wimbledon run (Krajicek would go on to win the title four years later).

Boetsch represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the second round by Spain's eventual Silver medal winner Sergi Bruguera.

He currently works as a tennis commentator for France Télévisions with Lionel Chamoulaud or François Brabant.

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (3–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–6)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–1)
Indoors (0–6)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1991 Berlin, Germany Grand Prix Carpet   Petr Korda 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 1992 Bolzano, Italy World Series Carpet   Thomas Enqvist 2–6, 6–1, 6–7(7–9)
Win 1–2 Jan 1993 Rosmalen, Netherlands World Series Grass   Wally Masur 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–2 Oct 1993 Toulouse, France World Series Hard   Cédric Pioline 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Feb 1994 Marseille, France World Series Carpet   Marc Rosset 6–7(6–8), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2–4 Oct 1994 Ostrava, Czech Republic World Series Carpet   MaliVai Washington 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 Jan 1995 Adelaide, Australia World Series Hard   Jim Courier 2–6, 5–7
Win 3–5 Oct 1995 Toulouse, France World Series Hard   Jim Courier 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–0
Loss 3–6 Nov 1995 Stockholm, Sweden International Series Carpet   Thomas Enqvist 5–7, 4–6
Loss 3–7 Oct 1996 Lyon, France World Series Carpet   Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–3)
Indoors (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1991 Bordeaux, France World Series Hard   Guy Forget   Patrik Kühnen
  Alexander Mronz
6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Sep 1992 Bordeaux, France World Series Clay   Guy Forget   Sergio Casal
  Emilio Sánchez
1–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Feb 1993 Marseille, France World Series Carpet   Olivier Delaître   Ivan Lendl
  Christo van Rensburg
6–3, 7–6
Loss 2–2 Aug 1993 Long Island, United States World Series Hard   Olivier Delaître   Marc-Kevin Goellner
  David Prinosil
7–6, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Jul 1995 Gstaad, Switzerland World Series Clay   Marc Rosset   Luis Lobo
  Javier Sánchez
7–6, 6–7, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 2 (0–2) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Aug 1989 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Gilad Bloom 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0-2 Jul 1990 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Christian Saceanu 3–6, 7–6, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1989 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Slava Doseděl   Peter Ballauff
  Ugo Pigato
4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 1990 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Peter Nyborg   Andrei Olhovskiy
  Olli Rahnasto
5–7, 4–6

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A Q1 2R 4R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R A 0 / 7 8–7 53%
French Open A A 1R 2R 2R 3R 4R 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R 3R A 2R 0 / 12 15–12 56%
Wimbledon Q1 A Q2 A Q2 Q3 3R 4R 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R A A 0 / 7 9–7 56%
US Open A A A A A A 3R 3R 3R 1R 1R 4R 2R Q1 A 0 / 7 10–7 59%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 7–3 6–4 7–4 3–4 4–4 5–4 5–4 0–1 1–1 0- / 33 42–33 56%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 2R Not Held 0- / 1 1–1 50%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A A 2R 2R 1R 2R 3R A A A 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Miami A A A A 2R A 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R SF 3R A A 0 / 8 9–8 53%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A SF 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R A A 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Hamburg A A A A A A 2R A A A 1R 3R 1R Q1 A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Rome A A A A A 1R A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R A A 0 / 7 2–7 22%
Canada A A A A A A 1R A A A 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Stuttgart A A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Paris A A A A A A 3R 3R SF 2R 2R QF A A A 0 / 6 13–6 68%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–4 8–5 7–5 1–5 3–8 12–8 4–6 0–0 0–0 0- / 43 40–43 48%

Doubles edit

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R QF 1R 1R A 1R 0 / 12 7–12 37%
Wimbledon Q1 A Q2 1R Q3 2R 3R A A A A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
US Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 16 10–16 38%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A 3R A A A 1R 2R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Monte Carlo A A A A A 1R A QF Q1 1R 2R A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Hamburg A A A A 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Rome A A A A A A Q1 A A 1R Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A A A A 1R QF 1R A A 1R A A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–2 3–2 0–2 0–5 1–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 17 10–17 37%

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