Benoît Paire

Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire 2016 in London at Aegon International
Nation:	France
Birthday:	May 8, 1989
Size:	196 cm
Weight:	80 kg
1st professional season:	2007
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Morgan Bourbon
Prize money:	$ 6,717,310
singles
Career record:	196: 209
Career title:	3
Highest ranking:	18 (January 11, 2016)
Current placement:	38
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	43:99
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	84 (August 5, 2013)
Current placement:	117
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: May 27, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Benoît Paire (born May 8, 1989 in Avignon ) is a French tennis player .

life and career

Until 2009: Junior career and first experiences as a professional

Benoît Paire started playing tennis at the age of five. His brother Thomas , who is four years older , also plays tennis, but less successfully.

In 2007 Benoît Paire was able to win several tournaments on the junior tour in France. He reached the round of 16 at the French Open in June 2007 . This was his last junior tournament, from then on he competed in the adults. At his third Future tournament in July 2007, he won his first title by defeating Éric Prodon and thus entered the top 700 of the ATP world rankings .

In February 2008, Paire wanted to qualify for an ATP tournament in Marseille for the first time, but failed in the second qualifying round at the top 100 player Mischa Zverev . A month later he qualified for a Challenger tournament for the first time in Saint-Brieuc , but he was eliminated in the first round. He also lost in round one of qualifying for the French Open , for which he received a wild card . The greatest success this year was his participation in the final of a future tournament in Italy.

The year 2009 began in Nouméa with the first match win in a Challenger tournament. The next highlight was the French Open , where Paire, after beating the top 200 players Giovanni Lapentti and Michail Jelgin, reached the third qualifying round, in which he was eliminated by Fabio Fognini . In doubles he and Sébastien de Chaunac got a wild card for the main draw, but they had no chance against the eventual tournament winners Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes . Two weeks later, Paire won his second Future title in Slovenia. In the further course of the year he reached four more finals in future tournaments, but he lost all of them. In the world rankings, he climbed to 331th place at the end of the year.

2010: Grand Slam debut and Challenger finals

In January 2010 Benoît Paire won his third future title in the USA. In March 2010 he reached the final of three consecutive futures tournaments in Portugal and was able to win two of them. He was also more successful on the Challenger Tour: He reached the quarter-finals in Saint-Brieuc and Bordeaux . He impressed the top 50 player Michaël Llodra in Bordeaux , who then said of him: “He has this madness that I like. You need players like him! ”In qualifying for the French Open , Paire reached the third round, as in the previous year, and this time he was able to prevail against Dieter Kindlmann and thus reach the main field of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time . There he won the first set against Olivier Rochus , but ultimately lost in four sets. Also in doubles he was eliminated together with Jonathan Eysseric in the first main round. After failed qualifications at the grass tournaments in Halle and Wimbledon , Benoît Paire reached the final of a Challenger tournament for the first time in Arad in early July 2010 . However, he lost in three sets against his compatriot David Guez . In August 2010, the next Challenger final followed in San Sebastián , but Paire again went as a loser against Albert Ramos-Viñolas . Nevertheless, he was now in the top 200 in the world rankings. At the US Open , Paire was then able to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament for the second time. In the first round he managed to win his first match win at Grand Slam level against Rainer Schüttler in five sets, after Schüttler had already been 5-2 ahead in the decisive set. In the second round he met Feliciano López , who was 23rd, and again it was a very close match. But this time it was the other way around; Paire served in the fourth set with a score of 5: 4 to win the set, but lost the game and then the match. In October 2010 Paire got a wildcard for the ATP tournament in Montpellier , but lost in the first round to John Isner . A week later he qualified for the main draw of the Valencia Open by defeating the top 100 player Alejandro Falla , but was eliminated there against Marcel Granollers again in the first round.

2011: Challenger title and entry into the top 100

At the beginning of 2011 Paire also got a wildcard for the Australian Open . He won his first round match against qualifier Flavio Cipolla clearly in three sets, but then retired in four sets against Ivan Ljubičić, who was in 17th position . In February 2011 Paire defeated his compatriot Gilles Simon in three sets as a qualifier in the first round at the ATP tournament in Rotterdam . This was his first win over a top 50 player. In the second round, however, he lost to the later semi-finalist Ivan Ljubičić, as he did a month earlier. For the following ATP tournament in Marseille Paire got a wildcard, but had no chance against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , who was in 6th position . At the beginning of April he reached a Challenger final in Saint-Brieuc for the third time in his career, but again he lost against Maxime Teixeira . Three weeks later, Paire was able to win the first set in the second round of the ATP tournament in Barcelona against Albert Montañés, who was in 11th position , but lost the match in three sets. After taking part in the semi-finals at the Challenger tournament in Ostrava , Paire entered the top 100 in the world rankings for the first time in early May. At the French Open preparatory tournament in Nice , he qualified for the main field, but lost there significantly against the eventual finalist Victor Hănescu . For the French Open Paire got a wildcard and met Hănescu again in the first round. This time it was a closer match, but again Hănescu went off as the winner after four sets. Although he had fallen back a bit in the ranking, Paire was directly qualified for a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in Wimbledon . There he met on the first lap on David Ferrer , who was seeded in 7th position , to whom he was defeated in three close sets. In July 2011 Paire reached the second round in Stuttgart by defeating Yevgeny Donskoi , but lost there against Marcel Granollers . In August 2011 he was eliminated in the first round after a Challenger semi-final in San Marino in the US Open qualification. Two weeks later he reached a Challenger final in Brașov for the second time this season and met his compatriot Maxime Teixeira there, like six months before, in Saint-Brieuc. Paire was quickly 4-0 down, but could improve and still win the first set. In the second set, Teixeira then gave up when the score was 3-0, which Paire won his first title. He then received a wild card for the ATP tournament in Metz , but was eliminated there in the second round against the later semi-finalist Gilles Müller . In November 2011, Benoît Paire won his second Challenger title of the season by beating Grega Žemlja in the final in Salzburg , which secured him a place in the top 100 of the world rankings at the end of the year.

2012: First ATP final

At the beginning of 2012, Benoît Paire reached the quarter-finals at the ATP tournament in Auckland after successfully qualifying through victories over the former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero and the fourth placed Juan Ignacio Chela ; However, he lost there in a tight three-set match against the eventual finalist Olivier Rochus . At the Australian Open he was eliminated in the first round against Stanislas Wawrinka, who was placed in 21st place . In February 2012 Paire reached the second round at the ATP tournaments in Buenos Aires and Acapulco . After participating in the quarter-finals in Casablanca in April 2012, he achieved his greatest success to date in Belgrade a month later . Among other things, through victories over the third placed Jarkko Nieminen and the top seeded Pablo Andújar , he reached the final of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career, which he lost in two sets to Andreas Seppi . At the French Open , Paire reached the second round for the first time by defeating Albert Ramos , in which he was eliminated from the later semi-finalist David Ferrer, who was placed in 6th position. At the ATP lawn tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch Paire reached the semi-finals, where he lost again to Ferrer. Due to his success, he climbed to position 47 in the world rankings.

Parts of this article seem out of date as of 2012 .
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successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam ATP World Tour Finals ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour 500 ATP World Tour 250 (4) ATP Challenger Tour (6)

Title after covering Hard Court (1) Sand (3) Lawn (0) Carpet (0)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 26, 2015	Båstad	sand	Tommy Robredo	7: 6 7 , 6: 3
2.	April 14, 2019	Marrakech	sand	Pablo Andújar	6: 2, 6: 3
3.	May 25, 2019	Lyon	sand	Félix Auger-Aliassime	6: 4, 6: 3

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 11, 2011	Brașov	sand	Maxime Teixeira	6: 4, 3: 0 up.
2.	November 20, 2011	Salzburg	Hard court (i)	Grega Žemlja	6: 7 6 , 6: 4, 6: 4
3.	March 31, 2013	Le Gosier	Hard court	Serhiy Stachowskyj	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4
4th	February 15, 2015	Bergamo	Hard court (i)	Oleksandr Nedowjessow	6: 3, 7: 6 3
5.	March 8, 2015	Quimper	Hard court (i)	Grégoire Barrère	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
6th	15th November 2015	Mouilleron-le-Captif	Hard court (i)	Lucas Pouille	6: 4, 1: 6, 7: 6 7

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 6, 2012	Belgrade	sand	Andreas Seppi	3: 6, 2: 6
2.	February 10, 2013	Montpellier	Hard court (i)	Richard Gasquet	2: 6, 3: 6
3.	October 11, 2015	Tokyo	Hard court	Stan Wawrinka	2: 6, 4: 6
4th	September 24, 2017	Metz	Hard court (i)	Peter Gojowczyk	5: 7, 2: 6
5.	August 24, 2019	Winston-Salem	Hard court	Hubert Hurkacz	3: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
6th	January 18, 2020	Auckland	Hard court	Ugo Humbert	6: 7 2 , 6: 3, 6: 7 5

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 6, 2013	Chennai	Hard court	Stan Wawrinka	Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich	6: 2, 6: 1

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 10, 2016	Chennai	Hard court	Austin Krajicek	Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin	3: 6, 5: 7
2.	April 15, 2018	Marrakech	sand	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya	5: 7, 6: 3, [7:10]

Web links

Commons : Benoît Paire  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Benoît Paire (English)
• ITF profile Benoît Paire (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Benoît Paire (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article n ° 40. In: http://benoitpaire.skyrock.com . Retrieved November 30, 2017 (French). 
2. ↑ Rainer Schüttler loses his nerve and the opening game. In: welt.de. September 1, 2010, accessed November 30, 2017 .