Julien Benneteau

Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois[1] (French pronunciation: ​[ʒyljɛ̃ bɛnto];[2] born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is ATP world no. 25, which he reached in November 2014. He formerly resided in Boulogne-Billancourt and now lives in Geneva. Benneteau has not won a singles title, finishing as runner-up in ten ATP tournaments (holding match point in the 2013 Kuala Lumpur final). He reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open and the semifinals of the 2014 Cincinnati Masters and 2017 Paris Masters (the latter as a wildcard).

Julien Benneteau
Country (sports) France
ResidenceGeneva, Switzerland
Born (1981-12-20) 20 December 1981
Bourg en Bresse, France
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAntoine Benneteau
Prize moneyUS$9,556,742
Singles
Career record273–297 (47.9%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 25 (17 November 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2006, 2012, 2013, 2018)
French OpenQF (2006)
Wimbledon4R (2010)
US Open3R (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record265–195 (57.6%)
Career titles12
Highest rankingNo. 5 (3 November 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2007)
French OpenW (2014)
WimbledonF (2016)
US OpenSF (2004, 2007)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2014)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2017)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 LondonDoubles

Benneteau has also had success in doubles, winning the bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2012 London Olympics (partnering Richard Gasquet) and the 2014 French Open men's doubles title with fellow Frenchman Édouard Roger-Vasselin, thus becoming the first team from France to win the men's doubles discipline in 30 years (after Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte did it in 1984). He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world no. 5 in November 2014.

Benneteau intended to retire from professional tennis after the 2018 US Open.[3] However, due to an injury crisis he was asked by captain Yannick Noah to represent France in the Davis Cup semi-final in September 2018 against Spain. Benneteau teamed up with Nicolas Mahut to secure a decisive victory that took France to an unassailable 3-0 lead against Spain and into the final of the 2018 Davis Cup.[4]

Benneteau subsequently played several further events in singles and doubles, concluding his professional career on home soil at the Paris Masters.

Tennis career

Junior career

In the 1999 Orange Bowl Benneteau won the Boys 16s double title.

As a junior, Benneteau reached as high as no. 17 in the world in 1999, and no. 1 in doubles.

He won US Open Junior with Nicolas Mahut in 1999.

Professional career

At the 2006 French Open, Benneteau reached the quarterfinals by defeating Janko Tipsarević, Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, Radek Štěpánek, and Alberto Martín. There, he was defeated in straight sets by fourth-seeded Ivan Ljubičić of Croatia.

The Frenchman finished the 2008 season in the top 50 for the second time in three years. During the season, he reached two ATP finals, at Casablanca, where he lost to fellow countryman Gilles Simon, and in his final tournament of the season at Lyon, where he lost to Robin Söderling.

In May 2009, he entered the Interwetten Austrian Open in Kitzbühel as a lucky loser and reached his third career final, falling to Spain's Guillermo García-López.

In the quarterfinals of the 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, he played a remarkable 53-shot rally with the then world no. 2 Andy Murray in the second set of a three-set loss.[5] He lost the rally when he smashed a lob that grazed the net and went wide.

His best career victory was undoubtedly achieved on 11 November 2009 at the 2009 Paris Masters, when he scored a huge upset over world no. 1 Roger Federer in the second round in front of his home crowd.

He reached the third round of the 2012 French Open, losing to world no. 8 Janko Tipsarević.[6]

In the third round of Wimbledon 2012, Benneteau led Federer by two sets before eventually being defeated in five sets.[7] In the 2012 Olympics in London, he captured the bronze medal in doubles with Richard Gasquet.

Wimbledon 2013

At the 2013 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, Benneteau again beat top seed and defending champion Federer in the quarterfinals. He beat compatriot Gilles Simon in the semifinals, but was not able to overcome Juan Martín del Potro in the final, disappointingly failing yet again to clinch a title. During the clay season, he beat Nicolás Almagro at the Rome Masters, but lost to Benoit Paire in the second round. At Roland Garros he was 30th seed, he lost in the third round to Roger Federer.

At the Eastbourne grass tournament, the Frenchman beat Kevin Anderson in the first round, but lost to Bernard Tomic in the second round. At Wimbledon, he lost to Fernando Verdasco in the second round. Benneteau was defeated by Andy Murray in the third round of the Cincinnati Masters. At the US Open, he defeated Jérémy Chardy in the second round, but lost to Tomáš Berdych in the third round.

Benneteau reached the final of the 2013 Malaysian Open for the second year running after beating Stan Wawrinka, but was once again beaten in the final, this time by unseeded João Sousa in three sets. He had won the first set and was within a game of winning the title at 5-4 in the second set. At Valencia he won over Feliciano López in the first round, but lost to David Ferrer in the second round. He collected first-round losses at the Shanghai and Paris Masters.

In the 2014 season, Benneteau beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Feliciano López to reach the Indian Wells Masters quarterfinals, where he lost to Novak Djokovic. At the Miami Masters, he won over Ernests Gulbis, but was defeated by Tommy Robredo. During the clay season, he claimed the Bordeaux Challenger, but lost to Facundo Bagnis in the first round of Roland Garros. At Eastbourne, Benneteau took wins over Yen-Hsun Lu and Gilles Simon, after which he lost to Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. At Wimbledon, he again lost in the first round to Gilles Müller.

The Frenchman began the 2014 US Open Series with a second-round loss in Washington. At the Canada Masters, he defeated Lleyton Hewitt and Ernests Gulbis to reach the third round, where he was defeated by local Milos Raonic. Benneteau upset Stan Wawrinka to reach the Cincinnati Masters semifinals, where he lost to David Ferrer. At the US Open, he lost in the first round to Benoît Paire.

At the 2014 Malaysian Open, Benneteau defeated Pablo Cuevas in the quarterfinals and Ernests Gulbis in the semifinals to reach his third singles final in four years at that tournament. He lost to Kei Nishikori in the final. At the Paris Masters in 2017, he reached the Semi-finals where he lost to Jack Sock. At the 2018 Australian Open he played in the third round against Fabio Fognini. At the 2018 French Open, he won against Leonardo Mayer before losing to fifth seed Juan Martín del Potro.

Benneteau is also currently the Fed Cup Captain for France.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2014 French Open Clay Édouard Roger-Vasselin Marcel Granollers
Marc López		 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 2016 Wimbledon Grass Édouard Roger-Vasselin Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut		 4–6, 6–7(1–7), 3–6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss2007Monte-Carlo MastersClay Richard Gasquet Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		2–6, 1–6
Win2009Shanghai MastersHard (i) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		6–2, 6–4
Loss2010Canadian OpenHard Michaël Llodra Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		5–7, 3–6
Loss2011Paris MastersHard (i) Nicolas Mahut Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		2–6, 4–6
Win2013Monte-Carlo MastersClay Nenad Zimonjić Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		4–6, 7–6(7–4), [14–12]
Loss2014Shanghai MastersHard Édouard Roger-Vasselin Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		3–6, 6–7(3–7)

Olympic medal matches

Doubles: 1 (1 bronze medal)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Bronze2012 Summer Olympics, London Grass Richard Gasquet David Ferrer
Feliciano López		 7–6(7–4), 6–2

ATP career finals

Singles: 10 (10 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–7)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–4)
Indoor (0–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2008 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco International Clay Gilles Simon 5–7, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France International Carpet (i) Robin Söderling 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6
Loss 0–3 May 2009 Austrian Open, Austria 250 Series Clay Guillermo García López 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 3–6
Loss 0–4 Feb 2010 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) Michaël Llodra 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–5 Aug 2011 Winston-Salem Open, US 250 Series Hard John Isner 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–6 Jan 2012 Sydney International, Australia 250 Series Hard Jarkko Nieminen 2–6, 5–7
Loss 0–7 Sep 2012 Malaysian Open, Malaysia 250 Series Hard (i) Juan Mónaco 5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 0–8 Feb 2013 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Juan Martín del Potro 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss 0–9 Sep 2013 Malaysian Open, Malaysia 250 Series Hard (i) João Sousa 6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–10 Sep 2014 Malaysian Open, Malaysia 250 Series Hard (i) Kei Nishikori 6–7(4–7), 4–6

Doubles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–4)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–2)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (8–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (9–5)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (1–1)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (5–6)
Indoor (7–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2003 Open de Moselle, France International Hard (i) Nicolas Mahut Michaël Llodra
Fabrice Santoro		 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss 1–1 Oct 2003 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France International Carpet (i) Nicolas Mahut Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		 1–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Oct 2006 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France International Carpet (i) Arnaud Clément František Čermák
Jaroslav Levinský		 6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Loss 2–2 Apr 2007 Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco Masters Clay Richard Gasquet Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 2–6, 1–6
Win 3–2 Mar 2008 Las Vegas Open, US International Hard Michaël Llodra Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 4–2 Oct 2009 Shanghai Masters, China Masters Hard Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		 6–2, 6–4
Win 5–2 Nov 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France (2) 250 Series Hard (i) Nicolas Mahut Arnaud Clément
Sébastien Grosjean		 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 6–2 Feb 2010 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) Michaël Llodra Julian Knowle
Robert Lindstedt		 6–4, 6–3
Loss 6–3 Aug 2010 Canadian Open, Canada Masters 1000 Hard Michaël Llodra Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 5–7, 3–6
Loss 6–4 Feb 2011 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Robin Haase
Ken Skupski		 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [11–13]
Loss 6–5 Nov 2011 Paris Masters, France Masters 1000 Hard (i) Nicolas Mahut Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		 2–6, 4–6
Win 7–5 Apr 2013 Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco Masters Clay Nenad Zimonjić Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 4–6, 7–6(7–4), [14–12]
Win 8–5 Aug 2013 Washington Open, US 500 Series Hard Nenad Zimonjić Mardy Fish
Radek Štěpánek		 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win 9–5 Feb 2014 Open 13, France (2) 250 Series Hard (i) Édouard Roger-Vasselin Paul Hanley
Jonathan Marray		 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [13–11]
Win 10–5 Jun 2014 French Open, France Grand Slam Clay Édouard Roger-Vasselin Marcel Granollers
Marc López		 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 10–6 Oct 2014 China Open, China 500 Series Hard Vasek Pospisil Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău		 6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–5]
Loss 10–7 Oct 2014 Shanghai Masters, China Masters 1000 Hard Édouard Roger-Vasselin Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 10–8 Jul 2016 Wimbledon, UK Grand Slam Grass Édouard Roger-Vasselin Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut		 4–6, 6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win 11–8 Feb 2017 Open 13, France (3) 250 Series Hard (i) Nicolas Mahut Robin Haase
Dominic Inglot		 6–4, 6–7(9–11), [10–5]
Loss 11–9 Jun 2017 Queen's Club Championships, UK 500 Series Grass Édouard Roger-Vasselin Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares		 2–6, 3–6
Win 12–9 Sep 2017 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) Édouard Roger-Vasselin Wesley Koolhof
Artem Sitak		 7–5, 6–3

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 3R 3R 2R 1R 1R Q3 3R 10–13
French Open A A 1R 1R 3R 1R QF 1R 4R 1R 2R 2R 3R 3R 1R A 1R 1R 2R 16–16
Wimbledon A A A A 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 4R 2R 3R 2R 1R A 2R 1R 2R 11–14
US Open A A A 1R 1R A 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 3R 3R 1R A 1R 1R 2R 10–14
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 3–3 0–3 7–4 0–4 3–4 2–4 6–4 4–3 8–4 7–4 1–4 0–1 1–4 0–3 5–4 47–57
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A 1R 3R 4R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R QF 2R A 1R 1R 10–13
Miami Masters A A A A 4R 2R A 1R 4R 2R 2R 2R 3R 2R 3R A A A A 12–10
Monte Carlo Masters A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 2R A A Q1 1R 6–12
Rome Masters A A A A A 2R A 1R A 1R 2R A A 2R A A 1R A Q2 3–6
Madrid Masters A A A A A A 2R A A 1R 1R A A 1R A A A A 1R 1–5
Canada Masters A A A A 1R A 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 2R 1R 3R A A A A 6–9
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A 1R 2R 1R QF 3R 2R 1R 3R SF A 2R Q1 A 13–10
Shanghai Masters Not Masters Series 1R A A A 1R QF A A A A 3–3
Paris Masters A A A A A A 3R A A 3R A 2R 2R 1R 2R A 1R SF A 11–8
Hamburg Masters A A A A A A A 2R 1R Not Masters Series 1–2
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–4 7–6 6–7 3–5 5–9 5–7 4–5 5–6 3–9 17–7 0–1 1–3 4–2 0–3 66–78
Career Statistics
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018Career
Tournaments 0 1 2 7 15 18 22 27 20 28 19 21 22 25 22 5 14 13 11 292
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 10
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–7 14–15 5–18 24–22 22–28 22–20 26–28 26–19 21–21 27–23 27–25 26–24 1–5 7–14 13–14 8–11 273–297
Year End Ranking 420 271 253 138 65 165 40 68 43 46 44 52 34 35 25 527 131 56 140 48%

Doubles performance timeline
Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 2R 2R 1R QF 3R 1R 2R A 1R 3R 3R QF 1R 2R 1R 16–14
French Open 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R QF 2R A 3R 3R 3R A 2R W A QF 1R A 23–14
Wimbledon A A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R A QF 2R 1R QF QF A F 2R 1R 19–13
US Open A A A A SF QF 1R SF 2R 1R 2R A QF 2R 1R A 1R QF A 20–11
Win–Loss 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 6–4 4–4 3–4 8–4 5–3 2–3 7–3 3–2 3–3 7–4 11–3 3–1 8–4 5–4 0–2 78–52
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A 1R A QF 1R A 2R 2R QF 2R 2R 1R A A A 8–9
Miami Masters A A A A A 1R A A 1R QF A A A A 2R A A A A 3–4
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A 2R 1R A F 2R A A 2R 1R W QF A A 1R A 13–8
Madrid Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R A A A A 0–2
Rome Masters A A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A A 2R A A SF A A 5–4
Canada Masters A A A A A A A 1R 1R A F A 1R 1R 1R A 1R A A 4–7
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A 2R A A 2R A 1R 2R SF A 1R A A 4–6
Shanghai Masters Not Masters Series W A A A 1R F A 1R A A 8–3
Paris Masters 1R 1R A 1R SF QF A 1R A 2R A F 2R 2R 2R A 2R 2R 1R 12–13
Hamburg Masters A A A A A A A QF QF Not Masters Series 4–2
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–4 0–0 9–6 3–5 9–2 6–4 6–3 3–5 8–7 9–8 0–1 4–5 1–2 0–1 62–58
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–4 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–0 12–21
Year End Ranking 200 304 268 94 50 59 67 26 48 32 38 52 97 26 5 124 35 45 326

Record against top 10 players

Benneteau's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface

* Statistics correct as of 12 June 2018.

Top 10 wins
  • He has an 18–50 (.265) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018Total
Wins000000311211123002118
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2006
1. Andy Roddick 3 Memphis, United States Hard (i) QF 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2. Marcos Baghdatis 10 Toronto, Canada Hard 1R 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
3. Fernando González 8 Paris, France Carpet (i) 2R 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
2007
4. James Blake 6 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
2008
5. David Ferrer 5 Auckland, New Zealand Hard QF 6–4, 6–0
2009
6. Nikolay Davydenko 5 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) 2R 6–3, 6–2
7. Roger Federer 1 Paris, France Hard (i) 2R 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
2010
8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 9 Marseille, France Hard (i) SF 7–6(13–11), 5–7, 7–6(7–3)
2011
9. Nicolás Almagro 10 US Open, New York, United States Hard 1R 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
2012
10. David Ferrer 5 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard (i) SF 6–4, 6–1
2013
11. Roger Federer 2 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) QF 6–3, 7–5
12. Stan Wawrinka 10 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard (i) SF 6–4, 6–3
2014
13. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 10 Indian Wells, United States Hard 2R 6–4, 6–4
14. Stan Wawrinka 4 Cincinnati, United States Hard QF 1–6, 6–1, 6–2
15. Grigor Dimitrov 10 Shanghai, China Hard 2R 7–5, 6–3
2017
16. David Goffin 10 Paris, France Hard (i) 3R 6–3, 6–3
17. Marin Čilić 5 Paris, France Hard (i) QF 7–6(7–5), 7–5
2018
18. David Goffin 7 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard 2R 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1, 7–6(7–4)

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