Michaël Llodra

Michaël Llodra
Llodra 2010 at the US Open
Nation:	France
Birthday:	May 18, 1980
Size:	191 cm
Weight:	80 kg
1st professional season:	1999
Resignation:	2014
Playing hand:	Left, one-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 8,533,350
singles
Career record:	187: 221
Career title:	5
Highest ranking:	21 (May 9, 2011)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	387: 224
Career title:	26th
Highest ranking:	3 (November 14, 2011)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Michaël Llodra (born May 18, 1980 in Paris ) is a former French tennis player . He is a knight of the French National Order of Merit .

Career

Michaël Llodra won five singles titles in his professional career and reached four other finals.

He was far more successful in doubles, where he came up with 26 titles. With victories at the Australian Open in 2003 and 2004 (each with Fabrice Santoro ) and Wimbledon in 2007 (with Arnaud Clément ), he achieved three Grand Slam successes as well as one success with Santoro in the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup . In addition, he failed 22 times in doubles competitions only in the final, including the Australian Open 2002 (with Santoro), the French Open 2004 (with Santoro) and the Australian Open 2008 (with Clément). In 2012 he reached the final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the doubles competition of the Olympic Games , which they lost in straight sets to Bob and Mike Bryan .

Llodra's best world rankings were position 21 (May 2011) in the singles and position 3 (November 2011) in the doubles.

For the French Davis Cup team , he completed a total of 28 matches between 2002 and 2014. He won four of his nine singles games and 20 of his 28 appearances in doubles. In 2010 he lost the decisive single game in the final against Serbia in three sets against Viktor Troicki ; Serbia won the final 3-2.

On January 24, 2002 Michaël Llodra succeeded in the semi-finals of the Australian Open at the side of his partner Fabrice Santoro the "feat" of hitting a bird flying low over the court with the tennis ball. The ball was deflected out of reach of opponents Julien Boutter and Arnaud Clément . Referee Javier Moreno carried the dead animal off the pitch. Llodra announced in 2014 that he would retire at the end of the season. In 2014 he advised the Belgian Davis Cup team before their final against Great Britain.

From 2018 he works for Nicolas Mahut as a trainer.

successes

Legend Grand Slam (3) Olympic games 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 (7) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (17) ATP Challenger Tour (12)

Title after covering Hard Court (21) Sand (2) Grass (3) Carpet (5)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 14, 2004	's-Hertogenbosch	race	Guillermo Coria	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	January 6, 2008	Adelaide	Hard court	Jarkko Nieminen	6: 3, 6: 4
3.	February 24, 2008	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Robin Soderling	6: 7 3 , 6: 3, 7: 6 4
4th	February 21, 2010	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Julien Benneteau	6: 3, 6: 4
5.	June 19, 2010	Eastbourne	race	Guillermo García-López	7: 5, 6: 2

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 28, 2001	Heilbronn	Carpet (i)	Goran Ivanišević	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	February 4, 2001	Hamburg	Carpet (i)	Jan Vacek	6: 4, 6: 3
3.	October 5, 2002	Grenoble (1)	Hard court (i)	Irakli Labadze	6: 4, 6: 3
4th	October 1, 2006	Grenoble (2)	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Tourte	6: 2, 6: 2
5.	October 22, 2006	Kolding	Hard court (i)	Raemon Sluiter	6: 4, 6: 4
6th	October 23, 2011	Orleans	Hard court (i)	Arnaud Clément	7: 5, 6: 1

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 5, 2004	Adelaide	Hard court	Dominik Hrbatý	4: 6, 0: 6
2.	June 13, 2005	's-Hertogenbosch	race	Mario Ančić	5: 7, 4: 6
3.	February 16, 2009	Marseille (1)	Hard court (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5: 7, 6: 7 3
4th	November 1, 2009	Lyon	Hard court (i)	Ivan Ljubičić	5: 7, 3: 6
5.	February 26, 2012	Marseille (2)	Hard court (i)	Juan Martín del Potro	4: 6, 4: 6

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 1, 2000	Mallorca	sand	Diego Nargiso	Alberto Martín Fernando Vicente	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 3
2.	January 13, 2003	Australian Open (1)	Hard court	Fabrice Santoro	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
3.	January 19, 2004	Australian Open (2)	Hard court	Fabrice Santoro	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 4 , 6: 3
4th	August 23, 2004	long Island	Hard court	Antony Dupuis	Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann	6: 2, 6: 4
5.	October 25, 2004	St. Petersburg	Carpet (i)	Arnaud Clément	Dominik Hrbatý Jaroslav Levinský	6: 3, 6: 2
6th	April 11, 2005	Rome	sand	Fabrice Santoro	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 6: 2
7th	October 3, 2005	Metz (1)	Hard court (i)	Fabrice Santoro	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	5: 2, 3: 5, 5: 4
8th.	October 24, 2005	Lyon (1)	Carpet (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	6: 3, 6: 1
9.	November 7, 2005	Shanghai	Carpet (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	6: 7 6 , 6: 3, 7: 6 4
10.	October 30, 2006	Paris	Carpet (i)	Arnaud Clément	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6: 4, 6: 2
11.	February 12, 2007	Marseille (1)	Hard court (i)	Arnaud Clément	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7: 5, 4: 6, [10: 8]
12.	July 8, 2007	Wimbledon	race	Arnaud Clément	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 7 5 , 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 4
13.	October 1, 2007	Metz (2)	Hard court (i)	Arnaud Clément	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6: 1, 6: 4
14th	March 9, 2008	Las Vegas	Hard court	Julien Benneteau	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 4: 6, [10: 8]
15th	September 29, 2008	Metz (3)	Hard court (i)	Arnaud Clément	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 8]
16.	October 20, 2008	Lyon (2)	Carpet (i)	Andy Ram	Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins	6: 3, 5: 7, [10: 8]
17th	March 9, 2009	Marseille (2)	Hard court (i)	Arnaud Clément	Julian Knowle Andy Ram	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]
18th	February 21, 2010	Marseille (3)	Hard court (i)	Julien Benneteau	Julian Knowle Robert Lindstedt	6: 4, 6: 3
19th	August 6, 2011	Washington DC	Hard court	Nenad Zimonjić	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau	6: 7 3 , 7: 6 6 , [10: 7]
20th	August 14, 2011	Montréal	Hard court	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 6: 7 5 , [10: 5]
21st	October 9, 2011	Beijing	Hard court	Nenad Zimonjić	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 4
22nd	November 6, 2011	Basel	Hard court (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Max Mirny Daniel Nestor	6: 4, 7: 5
23.	19th February 2012	Rotterdam (1)	Hard court (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau	4: 6, 7: 5, [16:14]
24.	February 10, 2013	Montpellier	Hard court (i)	Marc Gicquel	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	6: 3, 3: 6, [11: 9]
25th	March 3, 2013	Dubai	Hard court	Mahesh Bhupathi	Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić	7: 6 6 , 7: 6 6
26th	February 16, 2014	Rotterdam (2)	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau	6: 2, 7: 6 4

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 4, 2000	Cherbourg	Hard court (i)	Julien Boutter	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
2.	March 11, 2000	Besançon	Hard court (i)	Julien Boutter	Stefano Pescosolido Vincenzo Santopadre	6: 4, 6: 7 6 , 7: 6 5
3.	May 20, 2000	Zagreb	sand	Diego Nargiso	E. Nicolás Germán Puentes	6: 2, 6: 3
4th	February 23, 2001	Hull	Carpet (i)	Michael Kohlmann	Barry Cowan Martin Lee	6: 2, 6: 3
5.	May 11, 2001	Jerusalem	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Noam Behr Noam Okun	7: 5, 4: 6, 7: 6 2
6th	September 22, 2001	Istanbul	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Sander Groen Michael Kohlmann	without a fight

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 14, 2002	Australian Open (1)	Hard court	Fabrice Santoro	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 7 4 , 3: 6
2.	July 22, 2002	los Angeles	Hard court	Justin Gimelstob	Sébastien Grosjean Nicolas Kiefer	4: 6, 4: 6
3.	April 14, 2003	Monte Carlo	sand	Fabrice Santoro	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7 6
4th	May 5, 2003	Rome	sand	Fabrice Santoro	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	1: 6, 3: 6
5.	September 29, 2003	Metz (1)	Hard court (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	6: 7 2 , 3: 6
6th	October 27, 2003	Paris	Carpet (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	3: 6, 6: 1, 3: 6
7th	November 8, 2003	Houston	Hard court	Fabrice Santoro	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 6 , 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7 3 , 4: 6
8th.	January 5, 2004	Adelaide	Hard court	Arnaud Clément	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5: 7, 3: 6
9.	May 24, 2004	French Open	sand	Fabrice Santoro	Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus	5: 7, 5: 7
10.	January 10, 2005	Sydney	Hard court	Arnaud Clément	Mahesh Bhupathi Todd Woodbridge	3: 6, 3: 6
11.	May 9, 2005	Hamburg	sand	Fabrice Santoro	Jonas Björkman Max Mirny	6: 4, 6: 7 2 , 6: 7 3
12.	September 25, 2007	Bangkok	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	6: 3, 5: 7, [7:10]
13.	October 7, 2007	Stockholm	Hard court (i)	Arnaud Clément	Jonas Björkman Max Mirny	4: 6, 4: 6
14th	January 14, 2008	Australian Open (2)	Hard court	Arnaud Clément	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	5: 7, 6: 7 4
15th	September 21, 2009	Metz (2)	Hard court (i)	Arnaud Clément	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6: 2, 4: 6, [5:10]
16.	August 15, 2010	Toronto	Hard court	Julien Benneteau	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5: 7, 3: 6
17th	February 13, 2011	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	6: 4, 3: 6, [5:10]
18th	May 8, 2011	Madrid	sand	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3: 6, 3: 6
19th	August 21, 2011	Cincinnati	Hard court	Nenad Zimonjić	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6: 7 4 , 6: 7 2
20th	October 16, 2011	Shanghai	Hard court	Nenad Zimonjić	Max Mirny Daniel Nestor	6: 3, 1: 6, [10:12]
21st	4th August 2012	Olympic games	race	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4: 6, 6: 7 2
22nd	June 8, 2013	French Open	sand	Nicolas Mahut	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4: 6, 6: 4; 6: 7 4

Web links

Commons : Michaël Llodra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Michaël Llodra (English)
• ITF profile for Michaël Llodra (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Michaël Llodra (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ordre National du Merite. In: legiondhonneur.fr. February 23, 2014, archived from the original ; accessed on December 21, 2017 (French). 
2. ↑ Michaël Llodra shot Vogel. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online, January 24, 2002, accessed December 21, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Llodra to retire at the end of 2014. In: tennistonic.com. October 29, 2013, accessed March 3, 2016 . 
4. ^ Tennis - Llodra to advise Belgium in Davis Cup. In: yahoo.com. November 5, 2015, accessed March 3, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Dzevad Mesic: Michaël Llodra to coach Nicolas Mahut in 2018. In: tennisworldusa.org. November 7, 2017, accessed December 20, 2017 .