Sébastien de Chaunac

Sébastien de Chaunac
Nation:	France
Birthday:	7th October 1977
Size:	183 cm
Weight:	74 kg
1st professional season:	1998
Resignation:	2010
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Pier Gauthier
Prize money:	$ 547,906
singles
Career record:	10:22
Highest ranking:	130 (November 16, 2009)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	2:13
Highest ranking:	265 (April 5, 2004)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Sébastien de Chaunac (born October 7, 1977 in Nevers ) is a former French tennis player .

Career

College tennis

Sébastien de Chaunac played college tennis at the University of Mississippi for the local team. During his tenure, he won the 2007 team championship at the Southeastern Conference Championships and led them to the NCAA semi-finals. He was also the Southeastern Conference individual winner and was in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships.

Professional tour

At the beginning of his professional career, De Chaunac mainly played lower-class tournaments on the ITF Future Tour and ATP Challenger Tour . On the Future Tour he was able to win four singles and one double.

De Chaunac made his debut at a Grand Slam tournament in 1999 . With Arnaud Clément he received a wild card for the double field of the French Open , but was eliminated in the first round. In 2001 he was able to qualify for the first round of the US Open , which he clearly lost against Marat Safin in three sets. His first victory at Grand Slams came in 2002 at the French Open , when he was still able to turn a two-set deficit and was able to win in five sets against Michael Chang , the former number 2 in the world rankings . In the same year de Chaunac made his debut on the ATP World Tour in Sopot . As a qualifier, however, he failed in the first round against the top seeded Jiří Novák in three sets. His first appearance at the French Open was followed by three more in 2003 , 2004 and 2009 , none of which he could win a match.

In 2003 he celebrated his first success on the Challenger Tour when he won the doubles competition in Mandeville . He had to wait a year longer for his first individual title. In Dallas he prevailed against Amer Delić in the final and did not lose a set in the entire tournament. Another year later he was able to win his second title with Michal Mertiňák in doubles in Heilbronn .

He had a surprise at the 2009 Australian Open . As number 253 in the world, he fought his way through the qualification and met Steve Darcis , then number 57 in the world , in the first round . He was able to prevail in five sets and made it into the second round of a Grand Slam for the second time. There he was defeated by the seeded American James Blake in three sentences. After he failed in the second round of qualifying against Ramón Delgado at the Wimbledon Championships in 2010 , de Chaunac ended his active career. His best single placement was 130th in 2009, in doubles he was 265th.

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 (3)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 7, 2004	Dallas	Hard court	Amer Delic	6: 4, 7: 6 3

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 21, 2003	Mandeville	Hard court	Zack Fleishman	Benedikt Dorsch Matija Zgaga	6: 7 3 , 7: 6 2 , 6: 3
2.	January 30, 2005	Heilbronn	Carpet (i)	Michal Mertiňák	Gilles Elseneer Gilles Muller	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3

Personal

His father Hugues de Chaunac , a former racing driver, founded the French motorsport team and racing car manufacturer Oreca in 1973 .

Web links

• ATP profile of Sebastien de Chaunac (English)
• ITF profile Sebastien de Chaunac (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kim Ling: Climbing Up The Ladder. In: olemisssports.com. Retrieved January 25, 2018 .