Thierry Guardiola

Thierry Guardiola (born 7 August 1971) is a former professional tennis player from France.[1]

Thierry Guardiola
Country (sports) France
ResidenceParis
Born (1971-08-07) 7 August 1971
Toulouse, France
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1989
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$525,936
Singles
Career record13–46
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 106 (19 June 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (1995)
French Open2R (1992, 1995)
US Open1R (2000)
Doubles
Career record0–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 375 (13 July 1992)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open1R (1993, 1995, 2000)

Career

Guardiola, aged 15, broke a thigh bone playing in the juniors and was told that he would never play tennis again. He however went on to win the Under-18 French National Championships in 1989.[2]

In 1994 he upset world number 11 Magnus Gustafsson at the Philips Open in Nice, en route to the quarter-finals, where he lost to Slava Doseděl.[2] The biggest win however was over four-time Grand Slam champion Jim Courier in the first round of the 1995 Italian Open, one of that year's ATP Super 9 tournaments.[2] The Frenchman was a quarter-finalist on one further occasion during his tour career, in the Marseille Open 13.[2]

His first three Grand Slam appearances were all in his home event, the French Open, where he made the second round in 1992 and lost five set opening round matches in 1994 and 1995, to Bernd Karbacher and rising star Yevgeny Kafelnikov.[2] Guardiola reached the second round of the 1995 Australian Open, defeating Jason Stoltenberg, the world number 20.[2] He managed to make the second round again in the 1995 French Open but never won another Grand Slam match.[2] In his remaining three Grand Slams he had the misfortune of having to start the tournaments against two third seeds (Thomas Muster and Magnus Norman) and at the 2000 US Open had to play eventual champion Marat Safin.[2]

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1993 Rome, Italy Clay Jean-Philippe Fleurian 6–4, 6–2
2. 1994 Cherbourg, France Carpet Lionel Roux 6–4, 6–4

References


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