Clément Morel (born 16 July 1984) is a French former professional tennis player.

Clément Morel
Full nameClément Morel
Country (sports) France
 Monaco (2006—)
Born (1984-07-16) 16 July 1984 (age 39)
Oullins, Lyon, France
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$43,924
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 387 (15 October 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ1 (2004)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 509 (1 October 2007)
Last updated on: 11 September 2021.

Career edit

Morel was the junior champion at the 2002 Australian Open. He defeated countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals, then won the title with a win over Todd Reid in the final.[1] In the juniors event at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships, Morel lost in the second round to Ryan Henry, with a final set scoreline of 24–26, which was a tournament record.[2]

He took part in qualifying for the 2004 French Open and also appeared in an ATP Challenger tournament in Grenoble that year, but otherwise played on the Futures circuit. His two Futures titles came in South Africa in 2006 and the other a 2008 tournament in Belgium.

In 2008 he switched nationalities and began representing the Monaco Davis Cup team. He played two matches, the first was a win over Algerian Slimane Saoudi in 2008 and the other a loss to Finland's Henri Laaksonen the following year.[3][4]

Clément Morel continued his studies at EM Lyon Business School[5]

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 title) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2002 Australian Open Hard   Todd Reid 6–4, 6–4


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 8 (2–6) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2003 Jamaica F9, Montego Bay Futures Hard   Gilles Simon 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2006 Israel F2, Raanana Futures Hard   Andy Ram 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2006 Botswana F1, Gaborone Futures Hard   Talal Ouahabi 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win 1–3 Oct 2006 South Africa F1, Pretoria Futures Hard   Pieter Calitz 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–4 Mar 2007 Portugal F2, Lagos Futures Hard   Peter Wessels 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–5 Jul 2007 Georgia F1, Tbilisi Futures Hard   Lado Chikhladze 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 2–5 Aug 2008 Belgium F1, Eupen Futures Clay   Romano Frantzen 7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Loss 2–6 Aug 2008 Belgium F2, Koksijde Futures Clay   Rabie Chaki 4–6, 3–6


Doubles: 11 (5–6) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (5–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2003 France F2, Angers Futures Clay   Laurent Recouderc   Nicolas Mahut
  Edouard Roger-Vasselin
1–6, 6–7(0–7)
Loss 0–2 Sep 2003 Jamaica F9, Montego Bay Futures Hard   Gilles Simon   Dustin Brown
  Ryan Russell
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win 1–2 Aug 2004 Iran F1, Tehran Futures Clay   Benjamin Balleret   Sarvar Ikramov
  Murad Inoyatov
6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–3 Aug 2004 Iran F2, Tehran Futures Clay   Benjamin Balleret   Charles Roche
  Xavier Audouy
4–6, 1–6
Loss 1–4 Aug 2005 Lebanon F2, Beirut Futures Clay   Benjamin Balleret   Patrick Chucri
  Alexander Hartman
7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7), 0–1 ret.
Win 2–4 Aug 2005 Iran F1, Tehran Futures Clay   Benjamin Balleret   Asim Shafik
  Aqeel Khan
6–2, 7–5
Win 3–4 Mar 2006 Israel F2, Raanana Futures Hard   Benjamin Balleret   Ishay Hadash
  Predrag Rusevski
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win 4–4 Oct 2006 South Africa F1, Pretoria Futures Hard   Philippe de Bonnevie   Wesley Baptiste
  Rikus De Villiers
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win 5–4 Jul 2007 Iran F2, Tehran Futures Clay   Charles Roche   Syrym Abdukhalikov
  Sergey Betov
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 5–5 Aug 2007 Georgia F2, Tbilisi Futures Hard   Charles Roche   Syrym Abdukhalikov
  Sergey Betov
0–2 ret.
Loss 5–6 Sep 2007 Poland F8, Opole Futures Clay   Benjamin Balleret   Blazej Koniusz
  Mateusz Kowalczyk
1–6, 1–6


References edit

  1. ^ Banks, Colin (27 January 2002). "Johansson surprises himself". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Long-playing record finally smashed". BBC Sport. 4 July 2002. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Davis Cup – Tie – Details – Monaco v Algeria". daviscup.com. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Davis Cup – Tie – Details – Finland v Monaco". daviscup.com. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. ^ Morel, Clément. "The "reconversion" interview with Clément Morel". emlyonforever.com/. EM Lyon Forever. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

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