Elliot Benchetrit

Elliot Benchetrit
Benchetrit 2019 in Paris
Nation:	France
Birthday:	October 2, 1998
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	80 kg
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Jean-Michel Pequery
Prize money:	$ 93,749
singles
Career record:	0: 1
Highest ranking:	284 (July 30, 2018)
Current placement:	290
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	0-0
Highest ranking:	348 (July 30, 2018)
Current placement:	377
Last update of the infobox: August 27, 2018
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Elliot Benchetrit (born October 2, 1998 in Nice ) is a French tennis player .

Career

Benchetrit started playing tennis when he was four. He already played tennis successfully on the ITF Junior Tour. In 2016 he took part in all junior grand slam tournaments there. His best result was the semi-finals in doubles at the Australian Open , which he reached together with Patrik Rikl . The best position in the junior world ranking was 33rd in May 2016.

In 2016, Benchetrit also played its first tournaments with the professionals, mainly on the ITF Future Tour . In Jönköping it also made its debut on the higher endowed ATP Challenger Tour thanks to a wildcard . Here he was defeated by Andrea Arnaboldi in two sentences. In 2017 he reached four finals in futures and finally got his first two futures titles. In addition, he also won some matches on the Challenger Tour for the first time, whereupon he improved greatly in the world rankings , and was able to finish the year in 407th place.

At the beginning of 2018, Benchetrit defeated a top 100 player for the first time at the Challenger in Canberra on the way to the quarter-finals with Nicolás Kicker . Another future title and the quarter-finals at the Challenger in Bordeaux allowed the French to climb another 100 places. The tournament officials of the French Open 2018 finally awarded Benchetrit a wildcard for the individual competition of the French Open . At his Grand Slam premiere he was defeated by his compatriot Gaël Monfils 6: 3, 1: 6, 2: 6, 1: 6 after winning the first set. In the further course of the season he managed to reach the quarter-finals in Marburg , whereby he was able to reach his highest position in the world rankings in July with rank 284. He also won his first Challenger title in doubles in Lyon .

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (1)

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	17th June 2018	Lyon	sand	Geoffrey Blancaneaux	Hsieh Cheng-peng Luca Margaroli	6: 3, 4: 6, [10: 7]

Controversy

On January 19, 2020, the then 21-year-old Benchetrit asked a ball girl to bring him a banana in the final qualifying round for the Australian Open 2020 . After handing over the banana, Benchetrit asked the ball girl to peel the banana for him. The chair referee John Blom intervened and ordered Benchetrit to peel the banana himself. According to Benchetrit, the latter told him that the girl was not his slave.

Web links

Commons : Elliot Benchetrit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Elliot Benchetrit (English)
• ITF profile Elliot Benchetrit (English)
• ITF junior profile Elliot Benchetrit (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mikael McKenzie: Australian Open ace slammed for making 'creepy' request to ball-kid ( en ) January 20, 2020. Accessed January 21, 2020.
2. ↑ Massimo Marioni: Australian Open: Ball girl peeling banana blown out of proportion, says Elliot Benchetrit . CNN. Accessed January 21, 2020.