Cyril Saulnier

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Cyril Saulnier
Cyril Saulnier 2006 Australian Open.JPG
Saulnier at the 2006 Australian Open
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Residence Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Born (1975-08-16) 16 August 1975 (age 49)
Toulon, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,391,494
Singles
Career record75–111
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 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 record6–31
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 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.

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.

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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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Feb 2005 San Jose, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Aug 1998France F4, Toulon FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg Ivan Rodrigo-Marin2–6, 3–6
Win1–1Aug 1998Italy F13, Varese FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg Ivan Rodrigo-Marin6–3, 6–3
Loss1–2Jul 1999Greece F4, Alexandroupolis FuturesCarpet Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Economidis 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win2–2Aug 1999 Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Flag of Spain.svg Sergi Bruguera 6–4, 7–5
Loss2–3Sep 2001 Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Davydenko 3–6, 3–6
Win3–3Mar 2003 Besançon, FranceChallengerHard Flag of the Philippines.svg Eric Taino 7–6(10–8), 6–4
Win4–3Sep 2005 Orléans, FranceChallengerHard Flag of France.svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jun 1998Hungary F1, Budapest FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Antony La Porte Flag of Hungary.svg Kornel Bardoczky
Flag of Hungary.svg Miklos Jancso
4–6, 7–5, 4–6

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R Q3 1R Q3 2R 1R 1R 0 / 51–517%
French Open A 1R 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R Q3 0 / 50–50%
Wimbledon Q2 1R Q2 1R 2R 2R 1R A0 / 52–529%
US Open 1R 2R 1R Q1 1R 2R 2R Q1 0 / 63–633%
Win–loss0–11–40–20–21–33–41–40–10 / 216–2122%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A 1R Q1 AA 1R 2R 2R 0 / 42–433%
Miami A 2R Q1 A 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 53–538%
Monte Carlo A 1R Q2 A Q1 Q1 2R A0 / 21–233%
Rome AAAAAA 1R A0 / 10–10%
Hamburg A Q2 AAA 1R 1R A0 / 20–20%
Canada A 2R A 1R 1R 3R 1R A0 / 53–538%
Cincinnati A Q1 A 1R AA 1R A0 / 20–20%
Paris A Q1 AA Q1 3R Q1 Q1 0 / 12–167%
Win–loss0–02–40–00–21–25–52–71–20 / 2211–2233%

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References

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