Thierry Tulasne

Thierry Tulasne

Nation:

France

Birthday:

July 12, 1963

Size:

178 cm

Weight:

73 kg

1st professional season:

1980

Resignation:

1991

Playing hand:

Right

Prize money:

$ 1,058,412

singles

Career record:

227: 222

Career title:

5

Highest ranking:

10 (August 4 1986)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	3R (1981)
French Open	AF (1981, 1989)
Wimbledon	2R (1982)
US Open	3R (1980, 1985)

Double

Career record:

38:78

Highest ranking:

112 (April 28 1986)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	-
French Open	AF (1989)
Wimbledon	2R (1981)
US Open	2R (1980)

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Thierry Tulasne (born July 12, 1963 in Aix-les-Bains ) is a former French tennis player and current tennis coach.

Life

The son of a tennis instructor was a very successful youth player. Among other things, he won the Junior World Championship in 1980. He was primarily a clay court player , which is evident from the fact that he achieved four of his five tournament victories on this surface. His most significant victory was the one at the ATP tournament in Barcelona , where he defeated Mats Wilander in five sets in the 1985 final . He achieved his best position in the world rankings in 1986 with 10th place.

Tulasne was a Davis Cup player for France for ten years ; He had his first assignment in 1980 at the age of 17. He competed alongside Yannick Noah , Henri Leconte and Guy Forget , among others .

In 2001 he was coach of the French team under Davis Cup captain Forget. He also trained the French world-class players Sébastien Grosjean , Paul-Henri Mathieu and Gilles Simon .

successes

Men's

Victory at the Coupe Galéa 1980 (with Henri Leconte and Jérôme Potier )
French champion 1983 and 1984

Juniors

Youth World Champion 1980
Victory at the junior tournament at Wimbledon in 1980
Victory at the junior tournament of the Italian Open 1980
Orange Bowl 1978
French junior champion 1978, runner-up in 1979

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (5)

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	July 20, 1981	Sweden Båstad	sand	Sweden Järryd is different	6: 2, 6: 3
2.	June 10, 1985	Italy Bologna	sand	Italy Italy	6: 2, 6: 0
3.	September 9, 1985	Italy Palermo	sand	Sweden Joakim Nyström	6: 2, 6: 0
4th	September 23, 1985	Spain Barcelona	sand	Sweden Mats Wilander	0: 6, 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0
5.	February 10, 1986	France Metz	carpet	Australia Broderick Dyke	6: 4, 6: 3

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personal data
SURNAME	Tulasne, Thierry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French tennis player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aix-les-Bains , France