Julien Varlet

Last updated

Julien Varlet
JulienVarlet.JPG
Julien Varlet (2002)
Country (sports) Flag of France.svg France
ResidenceParis
Born (1977-09-08) 8 September 1977 (age 46)
Cambrai, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1997
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$188,412
Singles
Career record3–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 135 (17 February 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2003)
French Open 2R (2003)
Doubles
Career record1–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 259 (23 February 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 2R (2003)
Mixed doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 2R (2002)

Julien Varlet (born 8 September 1977) is a former professional tennis player from France. [1]

Varlet was a singles participant at three Grand Slams and at each event exited in a five set match. [2] He lost to Mark Philippoussis in the opening round of 2002 French Open, despite taking the first two sets. [2] In the 2003 Australian Open he was defeated in five sets in the first round by 13th seed Fernando González. [2] At the 2003 French Open he again wasted a two set lead in losing to the seeded Jarkko Nieminen, but had won his first round match, over Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark. [2]

He played both men's doubles and mixed doubles in the 2002 French Open. [2] The Bryan brothers proved too good for he and Olivier Patience in the men's doubles first round but in the mixed doubles he was able to reach the second round, with partner Alexandra Fusai. [2]

The Frenchman was a quarter-finalist in the 2003 Breil Milano Indoor tournament which was his best result on the ATP Tour and included wins over two top 50 players, Feliciano López and Xavier Malisse. [2] He did better in the men's doubles at the 2003 French Open, with Thierry Ascione. [2] The pair defeated the Slovakian pairing of Karol Beck and Karol Kučera in the first round, then lost to Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi. [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicolas Mahut</span> French tennis player

Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jamie Murray</span> British tennis player (born 1986)

Jamie Robert Murray, is a British professional tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles. He is a seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion, a Davis Cup winner, and a former doubles world No. 1. Murray is the elder brother of fellow tennis player and former singles world No. 1, Andy Murray.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rohan Bopanna</span> Indian professional tennis player (born 1980)

Rohan Machanda Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world No. 3 in July 2013, and was a finalist at the ATP World Tour Finals in 2012 and 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Horia Tecău</span> Romanian tennis player

Horia Tecău is a Romanian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ivan Dodig</span> Croatian tennis player

Ivan Dodig is a Croatian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 in September 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Peers</span> Australian tennis player

John William Peers is an Australian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pierre-Hugues Herbert</span> French tennis player

Pierre-Hugues Herbert is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open, the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, the 2018 French Open, the 2021 French Open, and the 2019 Australian Open partnering Nicolas Mahut. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 2 achieved on 11 July 2016. The pair have also claimed seven ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles and ATP Finals titles in 2019 and 2021. In singles, Herbert has reached four ATP career finals and achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 11 February 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ken Skupski</span> British tennis player

Ken Skupski Jr. is a British former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew Ebden</span> Australian tennis player

Matthew Ebden is an Australian professional tennis player. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 on 13 November 2023, and has won nine doubles titles on the ATP Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcus Daniell</span> New Zealand tennis player

Marcus Daniell is a New Zealand professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 34 on 29 January 2018 after reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, alongside Michael Venus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcelo Arévalo</span> Salvadoran tennis player

Marcelo Arévalo González is a Salvadoran professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 14 November 2022. Together with his career-high singles ranking of world No. 139, attained in April 2018, Arévalo is the highest-ranked player, male or female, across both disciplines in Salvadoran tennis history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack Sock</span> American pickleball player

Jack Sock is an American pickleball player and former professional tennis player. He won four career singles titles and 17 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and had career-high tennis rankings of world No. 8 in singles and world No. 2 in doubles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Venus</span> New Zealand tennis player

Michael Venus is a New Zealand professional tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 29 August 2022. Venus won the 2017 French Open men's doubles partnering Ryan Harrison, and followed with a runner-up finish in the 2017 US Open mixed doubles partnering Chan Hao-ching. Venus and Harrison qualified for the year-end championships ATP Finals, where they reached the semifinals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mate Pavić</span> Croatian tennis player

Mate Pavić is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Austin Krajicek</span> American tennis player

Austin Krajicek is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 1 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in June 2023, and he also attained his career-high singles ranking of world No. 94 in October 2015.

Julien Jeanpierre is a former professional tennis player from France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neal Skupski</span> British tennis player (born 1989)

Neal Skupski is a British professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wesley Koolhof</span> Dutch tennis player

Wesley Koolhof is a Dutch professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has been ranked in doubles as high as world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2022. Koolhof also attained a career-high singles ranking of world No. 462 in August 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joran Vliegen</span> Belgian tennis player

Joran Vliegen is a Belgian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. Vliegen has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 17 achieved on 7 August 2023. He also has a career high singles ranking of World No. 508 achieved on 1 August 2016. Vliegen won two singles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit, but now focuses on doubles. Vliegen has claimed 7 ATP tour doubles titles with partner Sander Gillé.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben McLachlan</span> New Zealand-born Japanese tennis player

Ben McLachlan is a Japanese professional tennis player who previously represented New Zealand.

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.