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French tennis player
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.
Tennis career
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
Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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)
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 Sanchez
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 Sanchez
7–6, 6–7, 6–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 2 (0–2)
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)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
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
Doubles
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