Country (sports) | France |
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Residence | Geneva, Switzerland |
Born | Casablanca, Morocco | 11 February 1979
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 1998 |
Retired | 2007 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,162,796 |
Singles | |
Career record | 69–98 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 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 record | 3–10 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 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]
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).
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1997 | US Open | Hard | Wesley Whitehouse | 6–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partnet | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1997 | French Open | Clay | Julien Jeanpierre | Luis Horna José de Armas | 4–6, 6–2, 5–7 |
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).
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Bronze | 2000 | Sydney Olympics | Hard | Roger Federer | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(7–9), 6–3 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 1998 | Bucharest, Romania | International Series | Clay | Francisco Clavet | 6–1, 7–6(7–2) |
Win | 1–1 | Oct 1999 | Palermo, Italy | International Series | Clay | Alberto Berasategui | 6–1, 6–3 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1998 | Nice, France | Challenger | Clay | Mariano Puerta | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jun 1998 | Příbram, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Radek Štěpánek | 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 1998 | Contrexéville, France | Challenger | Clay | Younes El Aynaoui | 4–6, 7–6, 0–6 |
Win | 2–2 | May 2002 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay | Joan Balcells | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2004 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Gilles Müller | 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–1), 1–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Apr 2006 | France F6, Grasse | Futures | Clay | Nicolas Coutelot | 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | Jun 2006 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Wayne Odesnik | 7–5, 2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||||||||||||
French Open | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 4R | A | 1R | A | Q1 | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | 50% | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||||||||||||
US Open | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% | ||||||||||||
Win–loss | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 16 | 9–16 | 36% | ||||||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% | ||||||||||||
Miami Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||||||||||||
Monte Carlo | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% | ||||||||||||
Rome | A | Q2 | 2R | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||||||
Hamburg | A | QF | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 63% | ||||||||||||
Canada Masters | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||||||
Cincinnati Masters | A | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||||||||||||
Stuttgart | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | Not Held | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||||
Paris Masters | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | ||||||||||||
Win–loss | 1–1 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 19 | 14–19 | 42% |
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