Julien Benneteau

Julien Benneteau

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	20 December 1981 Bourg en Bresse, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Loic Courteau
Prize money	$8,228,516
Singles
Career record	252–271
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 25 (17 November 2014)
Current ranking	No. 130 (14 November 2016)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2006, 2012, 2013)
French Open	QF (2006)
Wimbledon	4R (2010)
US Open	3R (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	239–178
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 5 (3 November 2014)
Current ranking	No. 39 (31 October 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2007)
French Open	W (2014)
Wimbledon	F (2016)
US Open	SF (2004, 2007)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2014)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (2010, 2014)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Doubles
Last updated on: 3 November 2016.

Julien Benneteau (French pronunciation: ​[ʒyljɛ̃ bɛn(ə)to]; born 20 December 1981) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is ATP world no. 25, which he reached in November 2014. 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 ten ATP tournaments. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open and the semifinals of the 2014 Cincinnati Masters.

Benneteau has also had success in doubles, winning the bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2012 London Olympics (partnering Richard Gasquet) and the 2014 French Open men's doubles title with fellow Frenchman Édouard Roger-Vasselin, thus becoming the first team from France to win the men's doubles discipline in 30 years (after Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte did it in 1984). He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world no. 5 in November 2014.

Tennis career

Junior career

In the 1999 Orange Bowl Benneteau won the Boys 16s double title.

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

He win US Open Junior with Nicolas Mahut in 1999.

Professional career

At the 2006 French Open, Benneteau reached the quarterfinals by defeating Janko Tipsarević, 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.^[2] He lost the rally when he smashed a lob that grazed the net and went wide.

His best career victory was undoubtedly achieved on 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 the 2012 French Open, losing to world no. 8 Janko Tipsarević.^[3]

In the third round of Wimbledon 2012, Benneteau led Federer by two sets before eventually being defeated in five sets.^[4] In the 2012 Olympics in London, he captured the bronze medal in doubles with Richard Gasquet.

Wimbledon 2013

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 Martín del Potro in the final, disappointingly failing yet again to clinch a title. During the clay season, he beat Nicolás Almagro at the Rome Masters, but lost to Benoit Paire in the second round. At Roland Garros he was 30th seed, he lost in the third round to Roger Federer.

At the Eastbourne grass tournament, the Frenchman beat Kevin Anderson in the first round, but lost to Bernard Tomic in the second round. At Wimbledon, he lost to Fernando Verdasco in the second round. Benneteau was defeated by Andy Murray in the third round of the Cincinnati Masters. At the US Open, he defeated Jérémy Chardy in the second round, but lost to Tomáš Berdych in the third round.

Benneteau reached the final of the 2013 Malaysian Open for the second year running after beating Stan Wawrinka, but was once again beaten in the final, this time by unseeded João Sousa in three sets. He had won the first set and was within a game of winning the title at 5-4 in the second set. At Valencia he won over Feliciano López in the first round, but lost to David Ferrer in the second round. He collected first-round losses at the Shanghai and Paris Masters.

In the 2014 season, Benneteau beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Feliciano López to reach the Indian Wells Masters quarterfinals, where he lost to Novak Djokovic. At the Miami Masters, he won over Ernests Gulbis, but was defeated by Tommy Robredo. During the clay season, he claimed the Bordeaux Challenger, but lost to Facundo Bagnis in the first round of Roland Garros. At Eastbourne, Benneteau took wins over Yen-Hsun Lu and Gilles Simon, after which he lost to Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. At Wimbledon, he again lost in the first round to Gilles Müller.

The Frenchman began the 2014 US Open Series with a second-round loss in Washington. At the Canada Masters, he defeated Lleyton Hewitt and Ernests Gulbis to reach the third round, where he was defeated by local Milos Raonic. Benneteau upset Stan Wawrinka to reach the Cincinnati Masters semifinals, where he lost to David Ferrer. At the US Open, he lost in the first round to Benoît Paire.

At the 2014 Malaysian Open, Benneteau defeated Pablo Cuevas in the quarterfinals and Ernests Gulbis in the semifinals to reach his third singles final in four years at that tournament. He lost to Kei Nishikori in the final.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2014	French Open	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
Runner-up	2016	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	4-6, 6-7^(1-7), 3-6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2007	Monte Carlo	Clay	Richard Gasquet	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 1–6
Winner	2009	Shanghai	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6-2, 6-4
Runner-up	2010	Toronto	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	2011	Paris	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	2–6, 4–6
Winner	2013	Monte Carlo	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), [14–12]
Runner-up	2014	Shanghai	Hard	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)

ATP World Tour career finals

Singles: 10 (10 runners-up)

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 (0–9)

Finals by Surface Hard (0–7) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 18, 2008	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Gilles Simon	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	October 20, 2008	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Robin Söderling	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 1–6
Runner-up	3.	May 18, 2009	Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Guillermo García-López	6–3, 6–7^(1–7), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	February 15, 2010	Open 13, Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	August 27, 2011	Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States	Hard	John Isner	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	January 15, 2012	Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	September 30, 2012	Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Juan Mónaco	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	February 17, 2013	ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Juan Martín del Potro	6–7^(2–7), 3–6
Runner-up	9.	September 29, 2013	Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	João Sousa	6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	September 28, 2014	Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Kei Nishikori	6–7^(4–7), 4–6

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–4) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–3)

Finals by Surface Hard (7–5) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	September 29, 2003	Open de Moselle, Metz, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
Runner-up	1.	October 6, 2003	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	1–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	October 23, 2006	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, 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 Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Richard Gasquet	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	March 3, 2008	Tennis Channel Open, Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner	4.	October 12, 2009	Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, Shanghai, China	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	October 26, 2009	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France (2)	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Winner	6.	February 15, 2010	Open 13, Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Julian Knowle Robert Lindstedt	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	August 15, 2010	Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	February 20, 2011	Open 13, 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	BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	2–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	April 21, 2013	Monte Carlo Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), [14–12]
Winner	8.	August 4, 2013	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Mardy Fish Radek Štepánek	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Winner	9.	February 23, 2014	Open 13, Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Paul Hanley Jonathan Marray	4–6, 7–6^(8–6), [13–11]
Winner	10.	June 7, 2014	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
Runner-up	6.	October 5, 2014	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	7–6^(8–6), 5–7, [5–10]
Runner-up	7.	October 12, 2014	Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China	Hard	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Runner-up	8.	July 9, 2016	Wimbledon Championships, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	4-6, 6-7^(1-7), 3-6

Olympics

Doubles: 1 bronze medal

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

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	3R	3R	2R	1R	1R	8–12
French Open	1R	1R	3R	1R	QF	1R	4R	1R	2R	2R	3R	3R	1R	A	1R	15–14
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	4R	2R	3R	2R	1R	A	2R	10–12
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	3R	3R	3R	1R	A	1R	9–12
Win–Loss	0–1	0–3	3–3	0–3	7–4	0–4	3–4	2–4	6–4	4–3	8–4	7–4	1–4	0–1	1–4	42–50
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	1R	3R	4R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	QF	2R	A	10–10
Miami Masters	A	A	4R	2R	A	1R	4R	2R	2R	2R	3R	2R	3R	A	A	12–10
Monte Carlo Masters	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	A	A	6–11
Rome Masters	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	3–6
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1–4
Canada Masters	A	A	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	3R	A	A	4–8
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	QF	3R	2R	1R	3R	SF	A	2R	9–10
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series							1R	A	A	A	1R	QF	A	A	3–3
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	3R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	1R	7–7
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	3–9	17–7	0–1	1–3	62–73
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	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–10
Year End Ranking	253	138	65	165	40	68	43	46	44	52	34	35	25	527

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	QF	3R	1R	2R	A	1R	3R	3R	QF	1R	15–12
French Open	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	QF	2R	A	3R	3R	3R	A	2R	W	A	QF	23–13
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	QF	2R	1R	QF	QF	A	F	18–11
US Open	A	A	A	A	SF	QF	1R	SF	2R	1R	2R	A	QF	2R	1R	A	1R	17–10
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	7–4	11–3	3–1	8–4	73–46
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	QF	1R	A	2R	2R	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	8–9
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	QF	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	3–4
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	F	2R	A	A	2R	1R	W	QF	A	A	13–7
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	0–2
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	SF	5–4
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	F	A	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	4–7
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	A	1R	2R	SF	A	1R	4–6
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series									W	A	A	A	1R	F	A	1R	8–3
Paris Masters	1R	1R	A	1R	SF	QF	A	1R	A	2R	A	F	2R	2R	2R	A	2R	11–11
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	Not Masters Series								4–2
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–4	0–0	9–6	3–5	9–2	6–4	6–3	3–5	8–7	9–7	0–1	4–5	61–54
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	10–16
Year End Ranking	200	304	268	94	50	59	67	26	48	32	38	52	97	26	5	124

References

1. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Julien-Benneteau.aspx
2. Crouse, Karen (August 22, 2009). "After Rally to Remember, Murray Will Face Federer". New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
3. "Julien Benneteau". Retrieved June 4, 2012.
4. "Roger Federer survives major Wimbledon scare, comes back to beat Julien Benneteau". Yahoo! Sports.

External links

• Julien Benneteau at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Julien Benneteau at the International Tennis Federation
• Julien Benneteau at the Davis Cup
• Benneteau World Ranking History