Arnaud Di Pasquale

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Arnaud Di Pasquale
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Country (sports)Flag of France.svg France
Residence Geneva, Switzerland
Born (1979-02-11) 11 February 1979 (age 44)
Casablanca, Morocco
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,162,796
Singles
Career record69–98
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 39 (17 April 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1999, 2001, 2003)
French Open 4R (1999, 2002)
Wimbledon 2R (2000)
US Open 2R (1998, 2000)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 🥉 (2000)
Doubles
Career record3–10
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 320 (23 April 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 2R (2002)
Last updated on: 20 September 2021.

Arnaud Di Pasquale (born 11 February 1979) is a former professional tennis player from France. [1]

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Tennis career

Juniors

Di Pasquale excelled as a junior, posting a 103–25 record in singles and reaching the No. 1 ranking in December 1997 (and No. 17 in doubles). He won the boys' singles competition at the 1997 US Open (and made the semifinals of the Australian and French Open).

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1997 US Open Hard Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Whitehouse 6–7, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnetOpponentsScore
Loss 1997 French Open Clay Flag of France.svg Julien Jeanpierre Flag of Peru.svg Luis Horna
Flag of Venezuela.svg José de Armas
4–6, 6–2, 5–7

Pro tour

Di Pasquale is best known winning the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event. He beat Nicolas Kiefer, Vladimir Voltchkov, Juan Carlos Ferrero and rising Roger Federer in the bronze medal match, but more surprising was his straight-sets victory over the well established Magnus Norman of Sweden, in the tournament's third round. He also reached the fourth round of the French Open in both 1999 and 2002 and won one singles title (in Palermo, 1999).

Major finals

Olympic finals

Singles: 1 (1 bronze medal)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Bronze 2000 Sydney Olympics Hard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer 7–6(7–5), 6–7(7–9), 6–3

ATP career finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Sep 1998 Bucharest, RomaniaInternational SeriesClay Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Clavet 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Win1–1 Oct 1999 Palermo, ItalyInternational SeriesClay Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Berasategui 6–1, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (2–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–4)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 1998 Nice, FranceChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Puerta 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win1–1Jun 1998 Příbram, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 6–1
Loss1–2Jul 1998 Contrexéville, FranceChallengerClay Flag of Morocco.svg Younes El Aynaoui 4–6, 7–6, 0–6
Win2–2May 2002 Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Joan Balcells 6–4, 6–3
Loss2–3Apr 2004 Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Luxembourg.svg Gilles Müller 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–1), 1–6
Loss2–4Apr 2006France F6, Grasse FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Nicolas Coutelot 2–6, 2–6
Loss2–5Jun 2006 Milan, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Odesnik 7–5, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 1R A 1R A Q1 A0 / 30–30%
French Open 1R 4R 1R 1R 4R A 1R A Q1 0 / 66–650%
Wimbledon A 1R 2R AAAAAA0 / 21–233%
US Open 2R 1R 2R 1R Q2 A 1R AA0 / 52–529%
Win–loss1–23–42–30–33–10–10–20–00–00 / 169–1636%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A 1R 2R 2R A Q1 AAA0 / 32–340%
Miami Open A 1R 1R 1R AAAAA0 / 30–30%
Monte Carlo A 3R 1R 3R Q1 AAAA0 / 34–357%
Rome A Q2 2R Q2 AAAAA0 / 11–150%
Hamburg A QF 3R 1R AAAAA0 / 35–363%
Canada Masters AA 1R AAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati Masters A 2R 1R Q2 AAAAA0 / 21–233%
Stuttgart A Q1 Q2 ANot Held0 / 00–0  
Paris Masters 2R 1R 1R A Q1 AAAA0 / 31–325%
Win–loss1–16–64–83–40–00–00–00–00–00 / 1914–1942%

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References

  1. "Arnaud Di Pasquale – Tennis Explorer", Tennisexplorer.com, retrieved 15 August 2020