Sébastien Grosjean

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Sébastien René Grosjean (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 29 May 1978) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. Grosjean reached the semifinals at the 2001 Australian and French Opens, and at Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004. He finished eight consecutive seasons ranked in the top 30 (1999–2006), peaking at world No. 4 in October 2002. He is currently the director of the Open de Roanne.[1]

Career

File:Sebastien Grosjean 2007 Australian Open.jpg
Grosjean at the 2007 Australian Open

Juniors

As a junior, Grosjean posted a 90-20 singles record and a 58-12 doubles record, winning the 1996 French Open boys' doubles. He reached Junior World No. 1 in both singles and doubles in December 1996, the first player to accomplish the feat since Jason Stoltenberg in 1987.[2]

Pro tour

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Grosjean joined the professional tour in 1996. In 2003 and 2004, he reached the final of the Queen's London Tournament. In the same two years, he also reached the semifinals 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. In 2001, Grosjean won the Davis Cup with the French team.

He has made four Grand Slam semifinal appearances. In addition to his two Wimbledon runs, he also reached the 2001 French Open semifinals. His most famous chance was at the 2001 Australian Open against Arnaud Clément. Grosjean led two sets to love and had a match point in the fourth set before Clément prevailed. This was long considered the worst 'choke' in five-set history,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". until the 2004 French Open final.

He won his fourth singles title at the 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, with a victory over countryman Marc Gicquel. He also won the doubles final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as a wildcard team, where they upset the first and third seeds.

Coaching career

Grosjean retired from professional tennis in May 2010.[3] He coached Richard Gasquet from 2011 to 2016 (co-coached with Sergi Bruguera 2014-2016).

In December 2018, he was named the Davis Cup captain for France.[4] He coached Arthur Fils from October 2023, after he stepped down from his Davis Cup captain role, until March 2025 (co-coach with Bruegera until May 2024).[5][6][7][8]

Playing style

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Considered one of the more popular players on the circuit, he is lauded for his attractive, graceful style and classical skills. Grosjean is known for his extreme forehand, his best shot, he utilizes something of a western grip, which is hit at high velocities. He was sponsored by Lacoste in apparel and Head rackets. He used the Head Radical Tour TwinTube 630 XL under various paint jobs throughout his career.


Personal life

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Grosjean married his wife Marie-Pierre on 16 November 1998 and has a daughter named Lola (born 11 October 1998), a son named Tom (2002), and a daughter named Sam (2006).[2] The family resided in Boca Raton, Florida (U.S.), where Grosjean trained at the Evert Tennis Academy. He is affectionately nicknamed 'Big John' by fans, a literal translation of his surname into English.

Major finals

Year-end championships finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2001 Masters Cup Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Lleyton Hewitt 3–6, 3–6, 4–6

Masters Series finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1999 Miami Masters Hard Template:Flagicon Richard Krajicek 6–4, 1–6, 2–6, 5–7
Win 2001 Paris Masters Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–4

ATP career finals

Singles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP Masters Series (1–1)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (2–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–7)
Indoors (3–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 [[1999 Lipton Championships – Men's singles|Template:Dts]] Miami, United States Masters Series Hard Template:Flagicon Richard Krajicek 6–4, 1–6, 2–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 [[1999 AT&T Challenge – Singles|Template:Dts]] Atlanta, United States World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Stefan Koubek 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 [[2000 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles|Template:Dts]] Casablanca, Morocco World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Fernando Vicente 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
Win 1–3 [[2000 Nottingham Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] Nottingham, United Kingdom World Series Grass Template:Flagicon Byron Black 7–6(9–7), 6–3
Loss 1–4 [[2001 Open 13 – Singles|Template:Dts]] Marseille, France World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 2–4 [[2001 Paris Masters – Singles|Template:Dts]] Paris, France Masters Series Carpet Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Loss 2–5 [[2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles|Template:Dts]] Sydney, Australia Masters Cup Finals Hard Template:Flagicon Lleyton Hewitt 3–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 [[2002 St. Petersburg Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] St. Petersburg, Russia World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Mikhail Youzhny 7–5, 6–4
Loss 3–6 [[2003 Stella Artois Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]] Queen's, United Kingdom World Series Grass Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick 3–6, 3–6
Loss 3–7 [[2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles|Template:Dts]] Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Hard Template:Flagicon Rainer Schüttler 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 3–8 [[2004 Stella Artois Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]] Queen's, United Kingdom International Series Grass Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss 3–9 [[2005 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]] Houston, United States International Series Clay Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick 2–6, 2–6
Win 4–9 [[2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles|Template:Dts]] Lyon, France International Series Carpet Template:Flagicon Marc Gicquel 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (1–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–0)
Indoors (2–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 [[2000 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Casablanca, Morocco World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Arnaud Clément Template:Flagicon Lars Burgsmüller
Template:Flagicon Andrew Painter 		7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 1–1 [[2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Lyon, France World Series Carpet Template:Flagicon Arnaud Clément Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor
Template:Flagicon Nenad Zimonjić 		1–6, 2–6
Win 2–1 [[2002 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Los Angeles, United States World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiefer Template:Flagicon Justin Gimelstob
Template:Flagicon Michaël Llodra 		6–4, 6–4
Win 3–1 [[2003 Open 13 – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Marseille, France World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Fabrice Santoro Template:Flagicon Tomáš Cibulec
Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner 		6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 [[2004 Pacific Life Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Indian Wells, United States Masters Series Hard Template:Flagicon Arnaud Clément Template:Flagicon Wayne Black
Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett 		6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win 5–1 [[2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Lyon, France World Series Carpet Template:Flagicon Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Template:Flagicon Łukasz Kubot
Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 5–2 [[2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Lyon, France 250 Series Hard Template:Flagicon Arnaud Clément Template:Flagicon Julien Benneteau
Template:Flagicon Nicolas Mahut 		4–6, 6–7(6–8)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (2–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Template:Dts Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Radomír Vašek 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Template:Dts Newcastle, United Kingdom Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Fabrice Santoro 6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Template:Dts Brest, France Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Johan Van Herck 6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Template:Dts Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Antony Dupuis 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 2–3 Template:Dts Sunrise, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Robin Haase 7–5, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Template:Dts Orléans, France Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Olivier Patience Template:Flagicon Colin Fleming
Template:Flagicon Ken Skupski 		1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Template:Dts Orléans, France Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Nicolas Mahut Template:Flagicon Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Template:Flagicon Nicolas Renavand 		6–7(3–7), 6–1, [6–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1996 French Open Clay Template:Flagicon Olivier Mutis Template:Flagicon Jan-Ralph Brandt
Template:Flagicon Daniel Elsner		 6–2, 6–3

Performance timelines

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Singles

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 1R 3R SF 2R QF QF 2R QF 3R 3R A 1R 0 / 11 25–11 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open 1R 1R 3R 3R SF QF 2R 2R 4R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 11 19–11 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon Q3 4R 3R 1R 3R A SF SF QF 3R 2R 2R A A 0 / 10 25–10 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open Q1 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 2R 3R 1R A A 0 / 11 9–11 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–1 3–3 4–4 6–4 12–4 6–3 10–4 11–4 10–4 8–4 5–4 3–3 0–0 0–1 0 / 43 78–43 Template:Tennis win percentage
National Representation
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held QF Not Held A NH 0 / 1 3–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup Did not qualify F Did not qualify 0 / 1 3–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A 3R 3R 1R 3R 4R 2R 4R 1R 1R A Q1 0 / 9 10–9 Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami A A F 3R 3R 3R 2R 4R 3R 3R 2R 2R A A 0 / 10 15–10 Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo Q1 2R 3R 1R SF SF A 2R A 2R A 1R A A 0 / 8 13–8 Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome A A 1R 1R 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 8 6–8 Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg A A A 2R 3R 2R 2R 1R 3R 3R Q2 A NMS 0 / 7 9–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada A A 2R 3R A QF 3R 1R 3R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 8 11–8 Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati A 1R 1R 2R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q2 A A A 0 / 8 1–8 Template:Tennis win percentage
MadridTemplate:Efn A A 2R SF 3R SF QF A 2R 2R A A A A 0 / 7 13–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris A 1R 1R 3R W 3R 2R A 1R 2R 1R A 1R A 1 / 10 8–9 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 1–3 9–6 8–8 16–5 15–9 7–8 6–7 7–8 9–9 1–4 1–3 0–1 0–0 1 / 72 80–71 Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end ranking 197 88 27 19 6 17 10 15 25 28 53 170 677 722

Doubles

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 3R A A A A 1R 1R 2R A 0 / 4 3–4 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 8 0–8 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open A A A A A A 2R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R A 0 / 6 3–6 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 3–3 0–1 0 / 18 6–18 Template:Tennis win percentage
National Representation
Summer Olympics A Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held A NH 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A 2R Q1 2R A W 2R QF A 1R A 1 / 6 10–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami A A A A A 1R 2R A QF A 2R A A A 0 / 4 4–4 Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo A A A A 2R 2R A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome A A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R A A 2R A A A 0 / 5 3–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg A A A A Q1 A A 1R 1R A A A A NMS 0 / 2 0–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada A A A 1R 1R A 1R A QF 1R A A A A 0 / 5 2–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati A A A Q2 A A 2R A 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
MadridTemplate:Efn A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris A A 1R 1R A A A A A 1R 2R 2R A 1R 0 / 6 2–6 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–4 2–3 3–6 1–2 9–5 1–3 5–4 1–1 0–1 0–1 1 / 34 24–33 Template:Tennis win percentage

Top 10 wins

Season 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
Wins 0 0 0 2 3 7 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16
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1999
1. Template:Flagicon Carlos Moyá 1 Miami, United States Hard 4R 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9) 74
2. Template:Flagicon Gustavo Kuerten 6 Indianapolis, United States Hard QF 6–4, 6–3 32
2000
3. Template:Flagicon Tim Henman 9 Indian Wells, United States Hard 2R 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 19
4. Template:Flagicon Lleyton Hewitt 10 Toronto, Canada Hard 2R 6–3, 7–6(7–5) 27
5. Template:Flagicon Gustavo Kuerten 3 Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) 3R 7–6(11–9), 6–3 32
2001
6. Template:Flagicon Magnus Norman 4 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard 4R 7–6(9–7), 6–3, 0–6, 6–4 19
7. Template:Flagicon Marat Safin 2 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf Clay RR 7–6(8–6), 6–3 10
8. Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi 3 French Open, Paris Clay QF 1–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 10
9. Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 Paris Masters, France Carpet (i) F 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–4 8
10. Template:Flagicon Pat Rafter 5 Tennis Masters Cup, Sydney Hard (i) RR 7–6(7–4), 6–3 7
11. Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi 3 Tennis Masters Cup, Sydney Hard (i) RR 6–3, 6–4 7
12. Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 Tennis Masters Cup, Sydney Hard (i) SF 6–4, 6–2 7
2003
13. Template:Flagicon Lleyton Hewitt 1 Queen's Club, United Kingdom Grass QF 6–3, 6–4 20
14. Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Ferrero 3 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass 4R 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3) 14
2005
15. Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi 10 Houston, United States Clay QF 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 30
2006
16. Template:Flagicon Guillermo Coria 9 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard 3R 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 28

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References

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