Cyril Saulnier

Cyril Saulnier
	Saulnier at the 2006 Australian Open
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Born	16 August 1975 (age 49); Toulon, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,391,494
Singles
Career record	75–111
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 48 (21 March 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2004)
French Open	1R (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2004)
US Open	2R (2000, 2004, 2005)
Doubles
Career record	6–31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 382 (3 November 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2005)
French Open	2R (2000)
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
US Open	1R (2004, 2005)
	Last updated on: 27 December 2022.

Last updated November 16, 2024

Cyril Saulnier (French pronunciation: [so.nje] , born 16 August 1975) is a retired French tennis player. In 2005, he started giving tennis lessons in places such as Heliopolis Sporting Club (Egypt). He is now director of the Proworld Tennis Academy in Delray Beach, Florida where he is a full-time coach mentoring up and coming professionals and is currently working on a trial basis with Yulia Putintseva. He is currently married with one daughter and resides in Boca Raton, Florida.

Tennis career

Saulnier reached the third round of the Canada Masters and the Paris Masters in 2004, defeating World No. 13 Dominik Hrbatý in the latter.

In the 2005 SAP Open in San Jose, he reached the final, enabling him to be ranked inside the Top 50 for the first time in his career, reaching as high as World No. 48 in March 2005.^[1]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (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 World Series (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–0)
Indoors (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2005	San Jose, United States	International Series	Hard	Andy Roddick	0–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–1)
ITF Futures (1–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1998	France F4, Toulon	Futures	Clay	Ivan Rodrigo-Marin	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 1998	Italy F13, Varese	Futures	Clay	Ivan Rodrigo-Marin	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Jul 1999	Greece F4, Alexandroupolis	Futures	Carpet	Konstantinos Economidis	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	2–2	Aug 1999	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Sergi Bruguera	6–4, 7–5
Loss	2–3	Sep 2001	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Nikolay Davydenko	3–6, 3–6
Win	3–3	Mar 2003	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Eric Taino	7–6^(10–8), 6–4
Win	4–3	Sep 2005	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1998	Hungary F1, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Antony La Porte	Kornel Bardoczky Miklos Jancso	4–6, 7–5, 4–6

Performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	Q3	1R	Q3	2R	1R	1R	0 / 5	1–5	17%
French Open	A	1R	1R	Q1	1R	1R	1R	Q3	0 / 5	0–5	0%
Wimbledon	Q2	1R	Q2	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
US Open	1R	2R	1R	Q1	1R	2R	2R	Q1	0 / 6	3–6	33%
Win–loss	0–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	3–4	1–4	0–1	0 / 21	6–21	22%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	1R	Q1	A	A	1R	2R	2R	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Miami	A	2R	Q1	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Monte Carlo	A	1R	Q2	A	Q1	Q1	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	Q2	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Canada	A	2R	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Cincinnati	A	Q1	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Paris	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	3R	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Win–loss	0–0	2–4	0–0	0–2	1–2	5–5	2–7	1–2	0 / 22	11–22	33%

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References

↑ Roddick to face Saulnier in final, BBC Sport, 13 February 2005.

External links

Cyril Saulnier at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Cyril Saulnier at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] Roddick to face Saulnier in final, BBC Sport, 13 February 2005.

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