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JULIEN BENNETEAU (FRA)<br />
Birthdate: December 20, 1981 Turned Pro: 2000<br />
Birthplace: Bourg en Bresse, France<br />
Height: 6’1” (1.86m)<br />
Residence: Geneva, Switzerland<br />
Weight: 177 (80kg)<br />
Career Win-Loss: 143-160<br />
Plays: Right-handed<br />
Career Prize Money: $3,786,840<br />
Two-handed backhand<br />
Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/4<br />
Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 8-22<br />
Highest Singles South African Airways <strong>ATP</strong> Ranking: 32 (July 12, 2010)<br />
Highest <strong>ATP</strong> Doubles Ranking: 15 (September 13, 2010)<br />
YEAR-END SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS <strong>ATP</strong> RANKING HISTORY (WIN-LOSS)<br />
2010: 44 (26-19) 2007: 68 (22-28) 2004: 64 (14-15) 2001: 271 (1-1)<br />
2009: 46 (26-28) 2006: 40 (24-22) 2003: 140 (3-7) 2000: 423 (0-0)<br />
2008: 43 (22-20) 2005: 167 (5-18) 2002: 255 (0-2) 1999: T1042 (0-0)<br />
2010 HIGHLIGHTS<br />
Prize money: $607,562. Matches won-lost: <strong>ATP</strong>: 26-19 (singles), 22-10 (doubles) . Singles Finalist: Marseille.<br />
Semifinalist: Sydney. Quarterfinalist: Rotterdam, Eastbourne. Doubles Winner: Marseille(w/Llodra).<br />
Finalist: Toronto*(w/Llodra). Semifinalist: London / Queen’s Club(w/Llodra).<br />
2010 IN REVIEW<br />
This Frenchman equaled his personal-high for match wins (26) while reaching a career-best ranking of No. 32 in<br />
July…Began year with SF in Sydney and QF in Rotterdam before reaching final on home soil in Marseille (l. to<br />
Llodra)…Played well on grass, with 3rd RD at Queen’s and QF at Eastbourne before reaching career-best 4th RD<br />
at Wimbledon (l. to Tsonga)…Injured left wrist at US Open, retiring in 2nd RD vs. Robredo, and missed rest of<br />
season…Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 15 and won title in Marseille, final in Toronto* and QF at<br />
Wimbledon (all w/Llodra).<br />
CAREER IN REVIEW<br />
The Frenchman has finished in Top 50 four times in past five years…Posted a career best 26 wins in ’09 (also in<br />
’10), highlighted by his third <strong>ATP</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> final in Kitzbühel (l. to Garcia-Lopez)…Also a QF in four other tournaments,<br />
including his first at an <strong>ATP</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> Masters 1000 in Cincinnati* (l. to Murray)…In ’08, reached<br />
finals in Casablanca (l. to Simon) and Lyon (l. to Soderling)…In ’07, reached QF or better on all four surfaces,<br />
including SF at ‘s-Hertogenbosch…In ’06, advanced to a Grand Slam-best QF at Roland Garros by defeating<br />
Baghdatis and Stepanek (l. to Ljubicic)…Also SF in Memphis (d. No. 3 Roddick, l. to Haas)…Has a 4-0 career<br />
Davis Cup mark in two ties…Has a 6-3 career mark in doubles finals, with four of his titles coming on home soil<br />
in France…Captured US Open junior doubles title in ‘99 (w/Mahut)…Earned a career-high $749, 270 in ’09.<br />
CAREER FINALIST (4): 2010 – Marseille(IH); 2009 – Kitzbühel(CL); 2008 – Casablanca(CL), Lyon(IC)<br />
CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (6). FINALIST (3).<br />
GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 5-4)<br />
CAREER 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02<br />
AUS. OPEN 3-7 2ND 1ST 1ST 1ST 3RD 1ST — 1ST —<br />
ROLAND GARROS 10-9 2ND 1ST 4TH 1ST QF 1ST 3RD 1ST 1ST<br />
WIMBLEDON 5-7 4TH 1ST 1ST 1ST 2ND 1ST 2ND — —<br />
US OPEN 3-7 2ND 3RD 1ST 1ST 1ST — 1ST 1ST —<br />
<strong>ATP</strong> WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY* (Career W-L: 32-42)<br />
CAREER 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03<br />
INDIAN WELLS 5-6 2ND 1ST 1ST 4TH 3RD 1ST — —<br />
MIAMI 8-6 2ND 2ND 4TH 1ST — 2ND 4TH —<br />
MONTE-CARLO 3-7 2ND 1ST — 2ND 1ST 1ST 1ST 2ND<br />
ROME 2-4 2ND 1ST — 1ST — 2ND — —<br />
MADRID 1-3 1ST 1ST — — 2ND — — —<br />
TORONTO/MONTREAL 3-6 2ND 1ST 1ST 1ST 3RD — 1ST —<br />
CINCINNATI 5-5 3RD QF 1ST 2ND 1ST — — —<br />
SHANGHAI 0-1 — 1ST — — — — — —<br />
PARIS 4-2 — 3RD — — 3RD — — —<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Started playing tennis at age four…Nickname “Bennet”…Parents are Andre, who works for a glasses company,<br />
and Laurence, who is a lawyer…Has one brother (Antoine), who briefly played Futures events from ‘04–07; and<br />
two sisters (Dominique and Marie-Sophie)…Tennis idols growing up were Yannick Noah and Jimmy Connors…<br />
Also idolized Michael Jordan…Favorite surfaces are indoor hard courts and clay…Likes to play football and ski<br />
in his spare time…Favorite football team is Olympic de Marseille…Coached by countryman and former <strong>ATP</strong> pro<br />
Loic Courteau (since December 2010).<br />
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