Fabrice Santoro

Fabrice Santoro
Santoro 2009 in Roland Garros
Nation:	France
Birthday:	December 9, 1972
Size:	178 cm
1st professional season:	1989
Resignation:	2010
Playing hand:	Right, forehand and backhand with both hands
Prize money:	$ 10,013,832
singles
Career record:	470: 444
Career title:	6th
Highest ranking:	17 (August 6, 2001)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	381: 263
Career title:	24
Highest ranking:	6 (July 5 1999)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Fabrice Santoro (born December 9, 1972 in Tahiti , French Polynesia ) is a retired French tennis player .

Career

Santoro was and is active for the Rochusclub Düsseldorf in the German tennis Bundesliga .

In his career he won six individual ATP tournaments: 1997 in Lyon , 1999 in Marseille , 2000 in Doha , 2002 in Dubai and 2007 and 2008 in Newport , in six other tournaments he reached the final.

Santoro was more successful in doubles; he won a total of 24 titles and was in the finals of 18 other tournaments. Among other things, he won the double competition at the Australian Open in 2003 and 2004 alongside his compatriot Michaël Llodra .

Santoro set a record in the history of Grand Slam tournaments at the French Open in 2004 together with his compatriot Arnaud Clément ; the match, which Santoro won 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 7, ⁵ , 3: 6 and 16:14, lasted - spread over two days (24/25 May) - a total of 6 hours and 33 Minutes. This record was beaten in 2010 at Wimbledon with the first round match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut .

At the Australian Open in 2006, Santoro only failed in the quarterfinals to David Nalbandian . At the US Open he drew level with Andre Agassi in 2007 with his 61st participation in a Grand Slam tournament . Santoro surpassed this record at the Australian Open in 2008 , and his record of 70 starts in Grand Slam tournaments was exceeded by Roger Federer at the 2017 US Open . Another statistic says that in his long career he has defeated a player 19 times who was previously world number one. Santoro was also the first player to top the Champions Race ranking (after winning the tournament in Doha in January 2000).

After his first round at the Australian Open against Marin Čilić , Fabrice Santoro ended his professional career in January 2010.

Peculiarity of his game

What was striking about Santoro's style of play was that he played forehand and backhand with both hands, which is extremely rare in men's tennis. As a right-hander, he can also play with the left. If he can no longer reach a ball with his right backhand, he simply plays a forehand with his left hand. He was one of the fastest players on the tour and could vary well. He liked to take the pace out of the game and wait for an opponent to make a mistake. It was also remarkable that he also played his volleyball game with both hands. He was also called the magician, the "Magician des Courts".

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (3) Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals (1) ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3) ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 Series (4) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 Series (20) ATP Challenger Tour (11)

Title after covering Hard Court (16) Sand (5) Grass (3) Carpet (7)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 13, 1997	Lyon	carpet	Tommy Haas	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	February 1, 1999	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Arnaud Clément	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4
3.	January 3, 2000	Doha	Hard court	Rainer Schüttler	3: 6, 7: 5, 3: 0 task
4th	February 25, 2002	Dubai	Hard court	Younes El Aynaoui	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
5.	July 9, 2007	Newport (1)	race	Nicolas Mahut	6: 4, 6: 4
6th	July 13, 2008	Newport (2)	race	Prakash Amritraj	6: 3, 7: 5

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 11, 1990	Telford	Carpet (i)	Peter Nyborg	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4
2.	October 27, 1991	Brest	Hard court (i)	Cédric Pioline	6: 4, 7: 5
3.	4th September 1994	Meran	sand	Sergio Cortés	6: 1, 6: 0
4th	September 11, 1994	Venice	sand	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 1
5.	July 27, 1997	Newcastle	sand	Sébastien Grosjean	2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
6th	May 2, 2004	Aix-en-Provence	sand	Arnaud Clément	1: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 3
7th	February 11, 2007	Bergamo	Hard court (i)	Simone Bolelli	6: 2, 6: 1
8th.	November 16, 2008	Dnipro	Hard court (i)	Victor Hănescu	6: 2, 6: 3
9.	April 19, 2009	Johannesburg	Hard court	Rik De Voest	7: 5, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 8, 1990	Toulouse	Hard court (i)	Jonas Svensson	6: 7, 2: 6
2.	February 8, 1993	Dubai	Hard court	Karel Nováček	4: 6, 5: 7
3.	August 7, 1994	Kitzbühel	sand	Goran Ivanišević	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4, 3: 6, 2: 6
4th	January 12, 1998	Doha	Hard court	Petr Korda	0: 6, 3: 6
5.	March 7, 1999	Copenhagen	Hard court (i)	Magnus Gustafsson	4: 6, 1: 6
6th	June 17, 2001	Hall	race	Thomas Johansson	3: 6, 7: 6 5 , 2: 6

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 25, 1995	Palermo	sand	Alex Corretja	Hendrik Jan David's Piet Norval	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
2.	July 20, 1998	Stuttgart	sand	Olivier Delaître	Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 3
3.	September 28, 1998	Toulouse (1)	Hard court (i)	Olivier Delaître	Paul Haarhuis Jan Siemerink	6: 2, 6: 4
4th	October 5, 1998	Basel	Hard court (i)	Olivier Delaître	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	6: 3, 7: 6
5.	October 19, 1998	Lyon (1)	Carpet (i)	Olivier Delaître	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6: 2, 6: 2
6th	August 23, 1999	long Island	Hard court	Olivier Delaître	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	7: 5, 6: 4
7th	October 16, 2000	Toulouse (2)	Hard court (i)	Julien Boutter	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	7: 6 8 , 4: 6, 7: 6 5
8th.	February 12, 2001	Marseille (1)	Hard court (i)	Julien Boutter	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	7: 6 7 , 7: 5
9.	October 28, 2002	Paris	Carpet (i)	Nicolas Escudé	Gustavo Kuerten Cédric Pioline	6: 3, 7: 6 6
10.	January 13, 2003	Australian Open (1)	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
11.	February 10, 2003	Marseille (2)	Hard court (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	6: 1, 6: 4
12.	January 12, 2004	Auckland	Hard court	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
13.	January 19, 2004	Australian Open (2)	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 4 , 6: 3
14th	March 1, 2004	Dubai (1)	Hard court	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Leander Paes	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4
15th	May 2, 2005	Rome (1)	sand	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 6: 2
16.	October 3, 2005	Metz	Hard court (i)	Michaël Llodra	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	5: 2, 3: 5, 5: 4 4
17th	October 24, 2005	Lyon (2)	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	6: 3, 6: 1
18th	November 7, 2005	Shanghai	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	6: 7 6 , 6: 3, 7: 6 4
19th	January 9, 2006	Sydney	Hard court	Nenad Zimonjić	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6: 1, 6: 4
20th	June 12, 2006	Hall	race	Nenad Zimonjić	Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler	6-0, 6-4
21st	October 2, 2006	Metz (2)	Hard court (i)	Richard Gasquet	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	3: 6, 6: 1, [11: 9]
22nd	October 9, 2006	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	6: 1, 7: 5
23.	February 26, 2007	Dubai (2)	Hard court	Nenad Zimonjić	Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Štěpánek	7: 5, 6: 7 3 , [10: 7]
24.	May 7, 2007	Rome (2)	sand	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 6: 7 4 , [10: 7]

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 18, 1995	Reunion Island (1)	Hard court	Yahiya Doumbia	Tim Henman Andrew Richardson	1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
2.	November 16, 1996	Reunion Island (2)	Hard court	Hendrik Jan Davids	Donald Johnson Leander Paes	6: 3, 7: 6

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 10, 1997	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Olivier Delaître	Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson	3: 6, 4: 6
2.	October 13, 1997	Lyon	Carpet (i)	Olivier Delaître	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6: 3, 2: 6, 4: 6
3.	November 3, 1997	Moscow	Carpet (i)	David Adams	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	4: 6, 3: 6
4th	January 5, 1998	Doha	Hard court	Olivier Delaître	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4: 6, 6: 3, 4: 6
5.	August 10, 1998	Cincinnati	Hard court	Olivier Delaître	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	1: 6, 1: 2 exercise
6th	January 14, 2002	Australian Open	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 7 4 , 3: 6
7th	April 14, 2003	Monte Carlo	sand	Michaël Llodra	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7 6
8th.	May 5, 2003	Rome	sand	Michaël Llodra	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	1: 6, 3: 6
9.	September 29, 2003	Metz	Hard court (i)	Michaël Llodra	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	6: 7 2 , 3: 6
10.	October 27, 2003	Paris (1)	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	3: 6, 6: 1, 3: 6
11.	November 8, 2003	Houston	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 6 , 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7 3 , 4: 6
12.	May 24, 2004	French Open (1)	sand	Michaël Llodra	Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus	5: 7, 5: 7
13.	February 21, 2005	Dubai	Hard court	Jonas Björkman	Martin dam Radek Štěpánek	2: 6, 4: 6
14th	May 9, 2005	Hamburg	sand	Michaël Llodra	Jonas Björkman Max Mirny	6: 4, 6: 7 2 , 6: 7 3
15th	April 17, 2006	Monte Carlo	sand	Nenad Zimonjić	Jonas Björkman Max Mirny	2: 6, 6: 7 2
16.	June 26, 2006	Wimbledon	race	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6, 2: 6
17th	October 30, 2006	Paris (2)	Carpet (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6: 7 4 , 2: 6
18th	June 11, 2007	Hall	race	Nenad Zimonjić	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	4: 6, 6: 7 5

Mixed

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 6, 2005	French Open	sand	Daniela Hantuchová	Martina Navrátilová Leander Paes	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2

Grand Slam record

competition	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989
Australian Open	1	3	2	3	VF	1	2	3	1	2	1	AF	3	-	1	2	3	2	-	1	-	-
French Open	-	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	AF	2	1	3	1	-	1	3	1	1	AF	2	1
Wimbledon	-	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3
US Open	-	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	1	3	3	1	-	1	-	1	2	1	3	-

AF = round of 16, VF = quarter-finals, HF = semi-finals, F = final, S = victory, number = preliminary round

Web links

Commons : Fabrice Santoro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Fabrice Santoro (English)
• ITF profile Fabrice Santoro (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Fabrice Santoro (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fabrice Santoro 'The Magician': Brilliant Shots! [1]