Nicolas Coutelot

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Nicolas Coutelot
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg France
Residence Garches, France
Born (1977-02-09) 9 February 1977 (age 46)
Strasbourg, France
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$390,290
Singles
Career record13–19
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 87 (13 May 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2002)
French Open 3R (2001, 2003)
Wimbledon 1R (2002)
US Open 1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 306 (10 July 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (2002)
Last updated on: 13 December 2022.

Nicolas Coutelot (born 9 February 1977) is a retired professional male tennis player from France who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 87 in May 2002. He also failed a drugs test in 2004 and was suspended for two months (cannabis). [1]

Contents

1996–2004

At the 2001 French Open Coutelot caused a major upset when he knocked out former World No. 1 Marcelo Ríos in straight sets in the second round. [2] But he lost a five set battle to Wayne Arthurs in the next round. [2] In 2002 at the French Open Coutelot caused controversy when he claimed that Juan Carlos Ferrero had feigned injury, after he lost their second round encounter in the final set. However, Ferrero really was injured as he took a tumble whilst practicing against Tommy Robredo. [3] At the US Open Coutelot made his best appearance by reaching the first round before losing in straight sets to defending champion and World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt. [4]

Coutelot again reached the third round of the French Open when he bundled out David Nalbandian in five sets, despite being two sets to love up, before winning the final set. [5]

His career-high singles ranking was World No. 87.

Drugs suspension

Coutelot was suspended for two months in 2004 after he tested positive for cannabis when attempting to qualify for the Movistar Open. [1]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (12–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (9–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (12–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jan 2000France F1, Grasse FuturesClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Filip Dewulf 2–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Jan 2000France F2, Angers FuturesClay Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Mazany 4–6, 6–7(9–11)
Loss0–3Jan 2000France F3, Feucherolles FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Charles Auffray 4–6, 4–6
Win1–3Jul 2000 Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Martín Rodríguez 6–3, ret.
Win2–3Sep 2000 Aschaffenburg, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Peru.svg Luis Horna 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–1
Loss2–4Jul 2001 Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christophe Rochus 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6
Loss2–5Sep 2001 Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ignacio Chela 1–6, 3–6
Loss2–6Oct 2001 Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Economidis 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win3–6May 2004 Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Guillermo García López 5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss3–7Feb 2006Spain F7, Cartagena FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Santos González 0–6, 1–6
Win4–7Apr 2006France F6, Grasse FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Arnaud Di Pasquale 6–2, 6–2
Win5–7Aug 2007Lithuania F1, Vilnius FuturesClay Flag of Lithuania.svg Gvidas Sabeckis 6–4, 6–3
Win6–7Aug 2007Lithuania F2, Vilnius FuturesClay Flag of Finland.svg Juho Paukku 6–2, 6–1
Win7–7Feb 2008Spain F5, Murcia FuturesClay Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel López Jaén 6–4, 6–2
Win8–7Feb 2008Spain F6, Torre-Pacheco FuturesClay Flag of Poland.svg Adam Chadaj 6–3, 6–2
Win9–7Apr 2008France F7, Grasse FuturesClay Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Veronelli 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win10–7Jun 2008France F8, Blois FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Nicolas Renavand 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win11–7Jun 2008France F9, Toulon FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Stéphane Robert 6–4, 6–4
Win12–7Jul 2008France F10, Montauban FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Nicolas Renavand 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 1998Belgium F1, Louvain-la-Neuve FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Johann Potron Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christophe Rochus
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Rochus
6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Loss1–1Jan 2000France F1, Grasse FuturesClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arnaud Fontaine Flag of Spain.svg Juan Gisbert-Schultze
Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Roy-Girardi
4–6, 4–6
Loss1–2Jan 2000France F3, Feucherolles FuturesClay Flag of Argentina.svg Leonardo Olguín Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Rochus
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Réginald Willems
1–6, 2–6

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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA Q1 Q3 Q1 Q2 AAAA0 / 00–0  
French Open Q2 A Q1 3R 2R 3R Q1 AAAA0 / 35–363%
Wimbledon AA Q1 Q1 1R A Q1 AAAA0 / 10–10%
US Open AA Q2 Q1 1R AAAAA Q2 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–02–11–32–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 55–550%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami AAA Q1 AAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Monte Carlo AAAA 2R Q2 AAAAA0 / 11–150%
Rome AAAA Q2 AAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Cincinnati AA Q2 AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–10–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 11–150%

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