French tennis player
Josselin Ouanna (born 14 April 1986) is a retired French tennis player.
Biography
Born in Tours and Guadeloupean origin, he was quickly spotted and integrates INSEP with her friends of "blackteam" Gaël Monfils (of Caribbean origin) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (of Congolese origin). He was coached by Jérôme Potier of CNE Roland Garros. Several injuries have slowed his progress between 2005 and 2007.
After another blank year in 2015, he announced his retirement from professional tennis.
Career
In 2004, Ouanna was the runner-up in the Australian Open Boys' Singles. He was defeated by his doubles partner and compatriot Frenchman Gaël Monfils handily. Soon afterwards, he took part his first Challenger tournament in Cherbourg and reached the quarterfinals. In September of the same year, he won his first professional tournament[citation needed].
In 2007, he reached the quarterfinals at Tunica and Freudenstadt tournaments. He won two Futures tournaments in France in this year.
In 2008, he reached the quarterfinals of four Challenger tournaments early in the season. He played his first Roland Garros as a lucky loser, but lost to Argentina's Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets in the first round. He then lost twice in the quarterfinals of French Challenger tournaments, before winning the Rennes Challenger tournament against Adrian Mannarino. Josselin Ouanna made himself known at the Lyon tournament, where he defeated World #46 Ivan Ljubičić, then Nicolás Lapentti before losing to Gilles Simon. This performance qualifies him for the first Masters France. However, he was eliminated in the pool stage against Julien Benneteau, Gilles Simon and Marc Gicquel.
In April 2009, he won the Challenger tournament in Saint-Brieuc against Adrian Mannarino in three sets.
Ouanna was awarded a wild card for the 2009 French Open, granting him a second Grand Slam appearance. He went through the first round by eliminating the Spaniard Marcel Granollers in five sets. In the second round, he beat one of his childhood heroes, 20th seed and former World #1 Marat Safin, who was playing his last French Open, in five sets. This victory, his first against a Top 30, made him known to the public. Ouanna then lost in the third round to Fernando Gonzalez in three sets.
At the 2009 US Open, he lost to González once again, this time in the second round. After the tournament, he entered the Top 100 for the first time.[1]
At the 2010 French Open, he beat Łukasz Kubot in the first round before losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round.
In 2012, he won the Challenger tournaments of Cherbourg and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and climbed back up 256 places in the ATP rankings throughout the year, reaching 120th place at the end of the year.[2]
After Nicolas Mahut forfeited his spot for the tournament, Ouanna retrieved a wild-card to take part to the 2013 Australian Open. He lost to Alejandro Falla in the first round, in straight sets.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 19 (9–10)
| Legend (singles)
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| ATP Challenger Tour (4–1)
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| ITF Futures Tour (5–9)
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| Titles by surface
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| Hard (6–6)
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| Clay (1–4)
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| Grass (0–0)
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| Carpet (2–0)
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| Result
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W–L
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Date
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Tournament
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Tier
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Surface
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Opponent
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Score
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| Loss
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0–1
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May 2003
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Miramar, Portugal 1
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Satellites
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Clay
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 Jan Minar
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3–6, 7–5, 2–6
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| Loss
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0–2
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May 2003
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Espinho, Portugal 1
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Satellites
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Clay
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 Timo Nieminen
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3–6, 2–6
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| Loss
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0–3
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Jul 2004
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Bourg-en-Bresse, France F10
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Futures
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Clay
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 Bertrand Contzler
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5–7, 1–6
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| Loss
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0–4
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Aug 2004
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Szczecin, Poland F5
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Futures
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Clay
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 Javier García-Sintes
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2–6, 2–6
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| Win
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1–4
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Sep 2004
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Bagneres-de-Bigorre, France F13
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Futures
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Hard
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Rodolphe Cadart
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7–5, 7–6(7–4)
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| Loss
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1–5
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Oct 2004
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Forbach, France F16
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Futures
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Hard
|
 Kevin Sorensen
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3–6, 4–6
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| Win
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2–5
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Sep 2007
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Forbach, France F15
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Futures
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Carpet
|
 Dustin Brown
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7–5, 7–6(7–4)
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| Win
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3–5
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Oct 2007
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Saint-Dizier, France F17
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Futures
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Hard
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Pavel Snobel
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6–3, 7–6(7–4)
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| Win
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4–5
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Oct 2008
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Rennes, France
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Challenger
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Carpet
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Adrian Mannarino
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6–2, 6–3
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| Win
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5–5
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Apr 2009
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Saint-Brieuc, France
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Challenger
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Clay
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Adrian Mannarino
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7–5, 1–6, 6–4
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| Loss
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5–6
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Aug 2011
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Piombino, Italy F24
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Futures
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Hard
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 Luca Vanni
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3–6, 2–6
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| Loss
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5–7
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Sep 2011
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Mulhouse, France F14
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Futures
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Hard
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Pierre-Hugues Herbert
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4–6, 4–6
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| Win
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6–7
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Mar 2012
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Cherbourg, France
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Challenger
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Hard
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Maxime Teixeira
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6–3, 6–2
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| Win
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7–7
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Mar 2012
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Poitiers, France F13
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Futures
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Hard
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Kenny De Schepper
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7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
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| Loss
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7–8
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Jul 2012
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Wuhan, China
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Challenger
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Hard
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 Aljaz Bedene
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3–6, 6–4, 3–6
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| Win
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8–8
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Sep 2012
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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
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Challenger
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Hard
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Flavio Cipolla
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6–4, 7–5
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| Win
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9–8
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Jan 2014
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Bressuire, France F2
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Futures
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Hard
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Gregoire Burquier
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7–6(7–4), 1–6, 6–4
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| Loss
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9–9
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Feb 2014
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Feucherolles, France F3
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Futures
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Hard
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 Maxime Authom
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6–7(5–7), 5–7
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| Loss
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9–10
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Sep 2014
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Plaisir, France F19
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Futures
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Hard
|
Niels Desein
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1–6, 6–7(4–7)
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Doubles: 13 (7–6)
| Legend (singles)
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| ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
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| ITF Futures Tour (6–5)
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|
| Titles by surface
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| Hard (5–4)
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| Clay (2–2)
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| Grass (0–0)
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| Carpet (0–0)
|
|
| Result
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W–L
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Date
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Tournament
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Tier
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Surface
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Partner
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Opponents
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Score
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| Win
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1–0
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Aug 2003
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Nasice, Croatia F3
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Futures
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Clay
|
 Andreas Beck
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 Ivan Cerovic
Albert Loncaric
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6–4, 7–5
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| Loss
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1–1
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Nov 2003
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Gran Canaria, Spain F27
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Futures
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Clay
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Gaël Monfils
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Emilio Benfele-Alvarez
German Puentes-Alcani
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3–6, 4–6
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| Loss
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1–2
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Apr 2004
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Grasse, France F7
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Futures
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Clay
|
Gaël Monfils
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Gilles Simon
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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5–7, 2–6
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| Loss
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1–3
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Sep 2004
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Mulhouse, France F14
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Futures
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Hard
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Alexandre Sidorenko
|
 Jonathan Marray
David Sherwood
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2–6, 1–6
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| Win
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2–3
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Jan 2005
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Feucherolles, France F2
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Futures
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Hard
|
Jean-Michel Pequery
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Patrice Atias
Jonathan Hilaire
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7–6(7–1), 6–3
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| Win
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3–3
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Feb 2007
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Feucherolles, France F2
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Futures
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Hard
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Adrian Mannarino
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Ludwig Pellerin
Edouard Roger-Vasselin
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6–4, 7–5
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| Win
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4–3
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Feb 2007
|
Bressuire, France F3
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Futures
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Hard
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Adrian Mannarino
|
 Aisam Qureshi
Alexandre Renard
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6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–5
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| Win
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5–3
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Jun 2007
|
Blois, France F8
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Futures
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Clay
|
Adrian Mannarino
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David Marrero Santana
Daniel Munoz-De La Nava
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6–2, 6–1
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| Win
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6–3
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Oct 2007
|
Nevers, France F16
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Futures
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Hard
|
Jerome Inzerillo
|
 Raphael Durek
 Dawid Olejniczak
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1–6, 7–6(7–4), [12–10]
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| Loss
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6–4
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Mar 2008
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Poitiers, France F5
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Futures
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Hard
|
Jerome Inzerillo
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Ruben Bemelmans
Stefan Wauters
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5–7, 4–6
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| Loss
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6–5
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Sep 2013
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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
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Challenger
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Hard
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Marc Gicquel
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Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Albano Olivetti
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3–6, 7–6(7–5), [13–15]
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| Win
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7–5
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Jun 2014
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Tianjin, China
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Challenger
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Hard
|
Robin Kern
|
 Jason Jung
Evan King
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6–7(3–7), 7–5, [10–8]
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| Loss
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7–6
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Dec 2014
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Lome, Togo F2
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Futures
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Hard
|
 Komlavi Loglo
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DavidO'Hare
Joe Salisbury
|
6–7(5–7), 4–6
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Key
| W
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F
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SF
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QF
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#R
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RR |
Q#
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DNQ
|
A
|
NH
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(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.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Boys' singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
References
External links
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France
Jan Minar
Timo Nieminen
Javier García-Sintes
Kevin Sorensen
Dustin Brown
Luca Vanni
Aljaz Bedene
Maxime Authom
Andreas Beck
Ivan Cerovic 
Jonathan Marray 
Aisam Qureshi 
Raphael Durek 
Dawid Olejniczak
Jason Jung 
Komlavi Loglo
