Antony Dupuis

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Antony Dupuis
Country (sports) France
ResidenceVilleneuve-le-Comte, France
Born (1973-02-24) 24 February 1973 (age 51)
Bayonne, France
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1992
Retired2013
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,591,333
Singles
Career record85–128
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 57 (10 September 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2000, 2003)
French Open3R (2001)
Wimbledon2R (2001, 2004)
US Open2R (2002, 2003)
Doubles
Career record11–25
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 147 (24 April 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2003)
French Open2R (2002, 2005)
Wimbledon1R (2003)
US Open2R (2003)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2002, 2003, 2006)

Antony Dupuis (French pronunciation: [dypɥi]; born 24 February 1973) is a French retired professional tennis player.

Personal life[edit]

Dupuis began playing tennis at the age of nine with his father Xavier. He mentioned in an interview once that he prefers clay and hard court surfaces. He was coached by Benoit Carelli, whom he credits with improving his physical and mental ability. Carelli had coached Dupuis since February 1998.

Career[edit]

Dupuis won one singles title in Milan in 2004 and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in September 2001.[1][2] In 2005, at the Valencia tournament, Dupuis became the first French player to defeat Novak Djokovic. In 2006 he tested positive for the banned drug Salbutamol and was suspended for two and a half months.[3]

ATP career finals[edit]

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-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 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2001 Munich, Germany International Series Clay Czech Republic Jiří Novák 4–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Feb 2004 Milan, Italy World Series Carpet Croatia Mario Ančić 6–4, 6–7(12–14), 7–6(7–5)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[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 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2004 Long Island, United States International Series Hard France Michaël Llodra Switzerland Yves Allegro
Germany Michael Kohlmann
6–2, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 23 (12–11)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–7)
ITF Futures (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–7)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1998 Vadodara, India Challenger Grass Australia Peter Tramacchi 6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Dec 1998 Ahmedabad, India Challenger Hard Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jan 1999 Bombay, India Challenger Hard France Julien Boutter 7–5, 7–6
Loss 2–2 Feb 1999 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard France Sebastien Grosjean 6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Loss 2–3 Mar 1999 Grenoble, France Challenger Hard France Julien Boutter 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 3–3 Aug 1999 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard New Zealand Brett Steven 6–7, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 3–4 Sep 2000 France F18, Mulhouse Futures Hard Croatia Ivo Karlovic 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 4–4 Oct 2000 Grenoble, France Challenger Hard Netherlands Jan Siemerink 7–6(12–10), 7–6(13–11)
Loss 4–5 Nov 2000 Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard United States Brandon Hawk 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss 4–6 Dec 2000 Urbana, Mexico Challenger Hard United States Jeff Salzenstein 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 5–6 Dec 2000 San Jose, Costa Rica Challenger Hard Brazil Alexandre Simoni 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3
Loss 5–7 Feb 2001 Wroclaw, Poland Challenger Hard Germany Axel Pretzsch 5–7, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 5–8 Feb 2002 Wroclaw, Poland Challenger Hard Italy Davide Sanguinetti 3–6, 2–6
Win 6–8 Nov 2002 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Carpet Slovakia Karol Beck 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win 7–8 Jul 2006 Nottingham, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Spain Iván Navarro 6–4, 7–5
Win 8–8 Mar 2007 Switzerland F3, Wilen Futures Carpet Germany Alexander Flock 6–2, 6–3
Win 9–8 Apr 2007 France F7, Grasse Futures Clay France Xavier Pujo 2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win 10–8 May 2007 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Russia Pavel Chekhov 6–1, 6–4
Loss 10–9 Jul 2009 Germany F11, Cologne Futures Clay Slovakia Pavol Cervenak 2–6, 2–6
Win 11–9 Oct 2009 France F18, Saint-Dizier Futures Hard Republic of Ireland Conor Niland 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 11–10 Aug 2010 Austria F5, Pörtschach Futures Clay France Axel Michon 4–6, 5–7
Loss 11–11 Sep 2010 Austria F6, Wels Futures Clay France Axel Michon 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6
Win 12–11 Sep 2010 Germany F15, Trier Futures Clay Belgium Alexandre Folie 6–4, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (0–2)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2005 Orléans, France Challenger Hard France Gregory Carraz France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut
6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2006 Andrezieux, France Challenger Hard France Gregory Carraz France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut
4–6, 4–6

Performance timelines[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles[edit]

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A Q2 2R Q2 1R 2R 1R 1R Q1 Q2 Q2 0 / 5 2–5 29%
French Open Q1 A Q1 Q1 A Q2 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q2 A Q1 0 / 7 2–7 22%
Wimbledon A A Q1 Q1 A Q1 A Q2 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R Q1 A Q2 0 / 5 2–5 29%
US Open A A A A A Q3 Q1 A 1R 2R 2R 1R Q3 Q1 Q1 A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–3 1–4 3–4 0–4 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 21 8–21 28%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A Q1 A A 2R 1R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami A A A A A A A Q2 Q2 1R 2R Q2 1R A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A Q1 Q2 Q2 Q2 Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A A A A A A A A A Q1 A Q1 A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Cincinnati A Q2 A A A A A A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Stuttgart A A A A A A A A Q2 Not Masters Series 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Not Masters Series A Q1 3R A A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Paris A Q2 A A A Q2 Q1 A 1R 1R Q2 Q1 Q2 A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 2–2 3–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 12 5–12 29%

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dupuis edges Ancic in three-hour battle". sports.espn.go.com. ESPN. 15 February 2004.
  2. ^ "ITF player profile – Antony Dupuis". itftennis.com. ITF.
  3. ^ "ITF Press Release – Decision in the case of Antony Dupuis". itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2007.

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