Sébastien Grosjean
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| Country | Image:Flag of France.svg France | |
| Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. | |
| Date of birth | May 29 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | |
| Height | 5'9" (175 cm) | |
| Weight | 160 lbs (72 kg) | |
| Turned Pro | 1996 | |
| Plays | Right; Two-handed backhand | |
| Career Prize Money | $7,316,505 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 304-201 | |
| Career titles: | 4 | |
| Highest ranking: | 4 (October 28, 2002) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | SF (2001) | |
| French Open | SF (2001) | |
| Wimbledon | SF (2003, 2004) | |
| U.S. Open | 3rd (2000, 2005, 2007) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 63-77 | |
| Career titles: | 4 | |
| Highest ranking: | 52 (April 12, 2004) | |
Sébastien René Grosjean (pronounced: GROH-jahn) (born May 29, 1978, Marseille, France) is a professional tennis player from France. He currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida, U.S., where he trains at the Evert tennis academy. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 (achieved on October 28, 2002).
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[edit] Career
Grosjean turned professional in 1996. In 2003 and 2004 he reached the final of Queens Club. In the same two years, he also reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon. He finished 2001 as the No. 1 player from his country and for the first time in the top 10 becoming the first Frenchman to finish a year in the top 10 since Cédric Pioline in 1993.
Grosjean has been in four Grand Slam semifinal matches. As well as his two Wimbledon runs, he also reached the French Open semi-finals in 2001. His most famous chance was at the 2001 Australian Open against Arnaud Clément. Grosjean was two sets to love ahead and had a match point in the fourth set before Clement prevailed. This was long considered the worst 'choke' in five-set history, until the 2004 French Open final.
He won his third singles title at the 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory over countryman Marc Gicquel. He also won the doubles final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (who Grosjean beat in the singles semifinals), entering the tournament as a wildcard team where they upset the first and third seeds. They beat Łukasz Kubot and Lovro Zovko 6-4, 6-3 in the final, and the Kubot-Zovko team was the only team that was not all-French.
One of the more popular players on the circuit, he is well known as being a player of the utmost class, and is affectionately nicknamed 'Big John' by fans due to the literal translation of his surname into English.
Grosjean married his wife Marie-Pierre on November 16, 1998 and has a daughter named Lola (born 11 October 1998), a son named Tom (2002) and a daughter named Sam (2006).
He won the Davis Cup with the French Team in 2001.
[edit] Tennis Masters Cup singles finals
[edit] Runner-ups (1)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 2001 | Sydney | Image:Flag of Australia.svg Lleyton Hewitt | 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 |
[edit] Masters Series singles finals
[edit] Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 2001 | Paris | Image:Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4 |
[edit] Runner-ups (1)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1999 | Key Biscayne | Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Krajicek | 6-4, 1-6, 2-6, 5-7 |
[edit] ATP Tour titles (8)
[edit] Singles
[edit] Wins (4)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (1) |
| ATP Tour (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 25 June 2000 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Grass | Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black | 7-6, 6-3 |
| 2. | 4 November 2001 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Image:Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7-6, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4 |
| 3. | 27 October 2002 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard | Image:Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Youzhny | 7-5, 6-4 |
| 4. | 28 October 2007 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | Image:Flag of France.svg Marc Gicquel | 7-6(5), 6-4 |
[edit] Runner-up (9)
- 1999:
- Atlanta (lost to Koubek)
- Key Biscayne
- 2000:
- Casablanca (lost to Vicente)
- 2001:
- Marseille (lost to Kafelnikov)
- 2001:
- Tennis Masters Cup (lost to Hewitt)
- 2003:
- Queen's, London (lost to Roddick)
- Tokyo (lost to Schüttler)
- 2004:
- Queen's, London (lost to Roddick)
- 2005:
- Houston (lost to Roddick)
[edit] Doubles
[edit] Wins (5)
[edit] External links
- ATP Tour profile for Sébastien Grosjean
- Grosjean Recent Match Results
- Grosjean World Ranking Historycs:Sébastien Grosjean
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