Julien Benneteau

Julien Benneteau

Country	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	(1981-12-20) December 20, 1981 Bourg en Bresse, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	79 kg (170 lb; 12.4 st)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$5,076,031
Singles
Career record	202–210
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 26 (30 April 2012)
Current ranking	No. 28 (4 March 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2006, 2012, 2013)
French Open	QF (2006)
Wimbledon	4R (2010)
US Open	3R (2009, 2011, 2012)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	154–122
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 15 (13 September 2010)
Current ranking	No. 76 (18 February 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2007)
French Open	QF (2006)
Wimbledon	QF (2010)
US Open	SF (2004, 2007)
Other Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	Bronze Medal (2012)
Last updated on: February 19, 2013.

Julien Benneteau

Medal record
Competitor for France
Olympic Games
Bronze	2012 London	Doubles

Julien Benneteau (born December 20, 1981 in Bourg-en-Bresse) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is ATP World No. 26, which he reached in April 2012. He formerly resided in Boulogne-Billancourt and now lives in Geneva. Benneteau is generally regarded as one of the best singles players on the tour who has not won a title, finishing as runner-up in eight ATP tournaments.

Tennis career

Junior career

In the 1996 Orange Bowl Benneteau won the Boys 16s singles title.

As a junior Benneteau reached as high as No. 17 in the world in 1999 (and No. 1 in doubles).

Junior Grand Slam results:

Australian Open: –
French Open: 2R (1999)
Wimbledon: 1R (1999)
US Open: QF (1999)

Pro tour

At the 2006 French Open, Benneteau reached the quarterfinals by defeating Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, Radek Štěpánek, and Alberto Martín. There, he was defeated in straight sets by fourth-seeded Ivan Ljubičić of Croatia.

The Frenchman finished the 2008 season in the top 50 for the second time in three years. During the season, he reached two ATP finals, at Casablanca, where he lost to fellow countryman Gilles Simon, and in his final tournament of the season at Lyon, where he lost to Robin Söderling.

In May 2009, he entered the Interwetten Austrian Open in Kitzbühel as a lucky loser and reached his third career final, falling to Spain's Guillermo García-López.

In the quarterfinals of the 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, he played a remarkable 53-shot rally with the then World No. 2 Andy Murray in the second set of a three-set loss. He lost the rally when he smashed a lob that grazed the net and went wide.

His best career victory was undoubtedly achieved on the 11 November 2009 at the 2009 Paris Masters, when he scored a huge upset over World No. 1 Roger Federer in the second round in front of his home crowd.

He reached the third round of French Open 2012, losing to World No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic.

In the third round of the Wimbledon 2012, Benneteau led Federer by two sets before eventually being defeated in five sets. This notably followed the five-set upset of second seed Rafael Nadal by World No. 100 Lukáš Rosol the evening before, also on Centre Court. Federer went on to win the title. In the 2012 Olympics in London, he captured the bronze medal in doubles with Richard Gasquet.

At the 2013 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, Benneteau again beat top seed and defending champion Federer in the quarterfinals. He beat compatriot Gilles Simon in the semifinals, but was not able to overcome Juan Martin del Potro in the final, disappointingly failing yet again to clinch a title.

Major finals

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2012	London	Grass	Richard Gasquet	David Ferrer Feliciano López	7–6(7–4), 6–2

ATP career finals

Singles: 8 (0–8)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–7)

Finals by Surface Hard (0–5) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 18, 2008	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Gilles Simon	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	October 20, 2008	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Robin Söderling	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6
Runner-up	3.	May 18, 2009	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Guillermo García-López	6–3, 6–7(1–7), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	February 15, 2010	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	August 27, 2011	Winston-Salem, United States	Hard	John Isner	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	January 15, 2012	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	September 30, 2012	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Juan Mónaco	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	February 17, 2013	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Juan Martin del Potro	6–7(2–7), 3–6

Doubles: 12 (7–5)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–3) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–2)

Finals by Surface Hard (5–3) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	September 29, 2003	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Runner-up	1.	October 6, 2003	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	1–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	October 23, 2006	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Arnaud Clément	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Runner-up	2.	April 15, 2007	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Richard Gasquet	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	March 3, 2008	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner	4.	October 12, 2009	Shanghai, China	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	October 26, 2009	Lyon, France (2)	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	6.	February 15, 2010	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Julian Knowle Robert Lindstedt	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	August 15, 2010	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	February 20, 2011	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Robin Haase Ken Skupski	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [11–13]
Runner-up	5.	November 13, 2011	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Nicholas Mahut	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	2–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	April 21, 2013	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 7–6(7–4), [14–12]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	3R	3R	7–9
French Open	1R	1R	3R	1R	QF	1R	4R	1R	2R	2R	3R		13–11
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	4R	2R	3R		8–9
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	3R	3R		7–9
Win–Loss	0–1	0–3	3–3	0–3	7–4	0–4	3–4	2–4	6–4	4–3	8–4	2–1	35–38
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	1R	3R	4R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	6–9
Miami Masters	A	A	4R	2R	A	1R	4R	2R	2R	2R	3R	2R	10–9
Monte Carlo Masters	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	5–10
Rome Masters	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	A	A	2R	3–5
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	1R	1–4
Canada Masters	A	A	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	2R		4–7
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	QF	3R	2R	1R		6–7
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series							1R	A	A	A		0–1
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	3R	A	2R	2R		6–4
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	Not Masters Series					1–2
Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	3–3	2–4	7–6	6–7	3–5	5–9	5–7	4–5	5–6	1–5	42–58
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–8
Year End Ranking	253	138	65	165	40	68	43	46	44	52	34

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open					2R	2R	1R	QF	3R	1R	2R		1R	3R	10–9
French Open	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	QF	2R		3R	3R	3R			13–11
Wimbledon					2R	1R	1R	1R	3R		QF	2R	1R		7–8
US Open					SF	QF	1R	SF	2R	1R	2R		QF		16–7
Win–Loss	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	6–4	4–4	3–4	8–4	5–3	2–3	7–3	3–2	3–3	2–1	46–35

External links

• Julien Benneteau at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Benneteau Recent Match Results
• Benneteau World Ranking History