Arnaud Clément

Arnaud Clément
Arnaud Clément at the 2014 French Open
Nation:	France
Birthday:	17th December 1977
Size:	173 cm
Weight:	73 kg
1st professional season:	1996
Resignation:	2012
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Boris Vallejo, Pierre Cherret
Prize money:	$ 7,125,228
singles
Career record:	316: 327
Career title:	4th
Highest ranking:	10 (April 2, 2001)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	232: 195
Career title:	12
Highest ranking:	8 (January 28, 2008)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Arnaud Marcel Maurice Clément (born December 17, 1977 in Aix-en-Provence ) is a former French tennis player .

Career

In his career he won four ATP titles in singles, 2000 in Lyon , 2002 in Metz and 2006 in Marseille and Washington ; in seven other tournaments he reached the final. There were also 12 doubles titles and ten other doubles finals on the ATP Tour.

His greatest success in a Grand Slam tournament was the entry into the final of the Australian Open in 2001. On the way there, Clément defeated Tommy Robredo , Roger Federer , Evgeni Kafelnikow , Greg Rusedski and Sébastien Grosjean, among others . In the final he was defeated by Andre Agassi 4: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6.

Clément played the second longest match in Grand Slam history at the French Open in 2004 against his compatriot Fabrice Santoro . The match, which Santoro won with 6: 4, 6: 3, 6 ⁽⁵⁾ : 7, 3: 6 and 16:14, lasted two days (May 24/25) and lasted 6 hours and 33 minutes. This mark was exceeded at the 2010 Wimbledon tournament when the first-round game between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut lasted a total of 11 hours and five minutes.

Clément played his last tournament in 2012 at Wimbledon . After leaving there, he declared his professional career over. He became the new captain of the French Davis Cup team .

Personal

Since January 2008 he has had a relationship with the French singer Nolwenn Leroy .

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2) ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (13) ATP Challenger Tour (3)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (10) Sand (1) Grass (1) Carpet (4)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 6, 2000	Lyon	Carpet (i)	Patrick Rafter	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 5
2.	September 29, 2003	Metz	Hard court (i)	Fernando González	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 3
3.	February 13, 2006	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Mario Ančić	6: 4, 6: 2
4th	July 31, 2006	Washington	Hard court	Andy Murray	7: 6 3 , 6: 2

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 8, 2009	Cherbourg	Hard court (i)	Thierry Ascione	6: 2, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 8, 1999	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Fabrice Santoro	3: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6
2.	January 29, 2001	Australian Open	Hard court	Andre Agassi	4: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6
3.	June 24, 2002	's-Hertogenbosch (1)	race	Sjeng Schalken	6: 3, 3: 6, 2: 6
4th	June 23, 2003	's-Hertogenbosch (2)	race	Sjeng Schalken	3: 6, 4: 6
5.	October 13, 2003	Lyon	Carpet (i)	Rainer Schüttler	5: 7, 3: 6
6th	June 23, 2007	Nottingham	race	Ivo Karlović	6: 3, 4: 6, 4: 6
7th	January 16, 2010	Auckland	Hard court	John Isner	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 7 2

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 10, 2000	Casablanca	sand	Sébastien Grosjean	Lars Burgsmüller Andrew Painter	7: 6 4 , 6: 2
2.	February 11, 2002	Marseille (1)	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Escudé	Julien Boutter Max Mirny	6: 4, 6: 3
3.	March 8, 2004	Indian Wells	Hard court	Sébastien Grosjean	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 5
4th	October 11, 2004	Metz (1)	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Ivan Ljubičić Uros Vico	6: 2, 7: 6 8
5.	October 25, 2004	St. Petersburg	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Dominik Hrbatý Jaroslav Levinský	6: 3, 6: 2
6th	October 23, 2006	Lyon	Carpet (i)	Julien Benneteau	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	6: 2, 6: 7 3 , [10: 7]
7th	October 30, 2006	Paris	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	7: 6 4 , 6: 2
8th.	February 12, 2007	Marseille (2)	Hard court (i)	Michaël Llodra	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7: 5, 4: 6, [10: 8]
9.	June 25, 2007	Wimbledon	race	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 7 5 , 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 4
10.	October 1, 2007	Metz (2)	Hard court (i)	Michaël Llodra	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6: 1, 6: 4
11.	October 5, 2008	Metz (3)	Hard court (i)	Michaël Llodra	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 8]
12.	February 22, 2009	Marseille (3)	Hard court (i)	Michaël Llodra	Julian Knowle Andy Ram	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 8, 2008	Surbiton	race	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Harel Levy Jim Thomas	7: 6 4 , 6: 7 3 , [10: 7]
2.	March 8, 2009	Cherbourg	Hard court (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Martin Fischer Martin Slanar	4: 6, 6: 2, [10: 3]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 14, 2001	Lyon (1)	Carpet (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	1: 6, 2: 6
2.	January 11, 2004	Adelaide	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5: 7, 3: 6
3.	January 16, 2005	Sydney	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Mahesh Bhupathi Todd Woodbridge	3: 6, 3: 6
4th	February 6, 2005	Milan	Carpet (i)	Jean-François Bachelot	Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti	7: 6 8 , 6: 7 6 , 4: 6
5.	June 25, 2006	's-Hertogenbosch	race	Chris Haggard	Martin Damm Leander Paes	1: 6. 6: 7 3
6th	October 13, 2007	Stockholm	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Jonas Björkman Max Mirny	4: 6, 4: 6
7th	January 27, 2008	Australian Open	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	5: 7, 6: 7 4
8th.	September 27, 2009	Metz	Hard court (i)	Michaël Llodra	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6: 2, 4: 6, [5:10]
9.	November 1, 2009	Lyon (2)	Hard court (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	4: 6, 6: 7 6
10.	February 7, 2010	Zagreb	Hard court (i)	Olivier Rochus	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	6: 3, 3: 6, [8:10]

Grand Slam record

singles

competition	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	title
Australian Open	Q	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	-	2R	F.	AF	2R	1R	-	0
French Open	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	-	2R	1R	AF	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	0
Wimbledon	Q	1R	3R	1R	VF	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	AF	AF	2R	2R	1R	3R	0
US Open	-	Q	3R	Q	1R	2R	1R	3R	2R	2R	AF	AF	VF	AF	1R	-	0

Double

competition	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	title
Australian Open	-	2R	VF	1R	F.	1R	2R	1R	2R	-	HF	AF	-	-	-	-	0
French Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	AF	-	1R	2R	AF	-	HF	1R	1R	1R	1R	0
Wimbledon	AF	VF	1R	2R	-	S.	-	2R	-	-	-	1R	-	-	-	-	1
US Open	-	1R	1R	-	1R	2R	VF	1R	1R	-	2R	2R	-	-	-	-	0

Web links

Commons : Arnaud Clément  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Arnaud Clément (English)
• ITF profile Arnaud Clément (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Arnaud Clément (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Clement Steps Into Retirement, Looks Ahead To Davis Cup Captaincy , atpworldtour.com, accessed July 8, 2012
2. ↑ Nolwenn file le parfait amour avec Arnaud Clément ( Memento of the original of March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French), actustar.com, accessed February 28, 2016