Olivier Mutis

Olivier Mutis
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Born	2 February 1978 (age 46); Mont-Saint-Martin, France
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$605,413
Singles
Career record	24–41 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 71 (28 July 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2004, 2005)
French Open	4R (2004)
Wimbledon	2R (2003)
US Open	1R (2003, 2004
Doubles
Career record	1–12 (at ATP Tour level and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 632 (1 November 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (1996)
	Last updated on: 5 January 2022.

Last updated May 12, 2024

Olivier Mutis (born 2 February 1978) is a former French professional tennis player who retired in 2006. He did not win any ATP Tour titles but he won a total of 7 ATP Challenger Series.

His best performance in a Grand Slam was at Roland Garros in 2004, when he reached the fourth round after having defeated World No. 2 Andy Roddick in a second round match. He played his first match in over a year in the Metz International qualifying 2008. He lost to Thierry Ascione 5–7, 6–2, 5–7 in a close match.

He is the only player in history to have won every set he has played against Rafael Nadal on clay.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1995	Wimbledon	Grass	Nicolas Kiefer	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1996	French Open	Clay	Sebastien Grosjean	Jan-Ralph Brandt Daniel Elsner	6–2, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (12–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–3)
ITF Futures (5–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (10–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1997	Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Horst Skoff	6–3, 7–6
Loss	1–1	Apr 2000	France F9, Clermont-Ferrand	Futures	Carpet	Daniel Elsner	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Apr 2000	Great Britain F3, Edinburgh	Futures	Clay	Jan Weinzierl	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–1	May 2000	Great Britain F4, Hatfield	Futures	Clay	Olivier Patience	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–1	May 2000	Great Britain F5, Newcastle	Futures	Clay	Vasilis Mazarakis	7–5, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Jul 2000	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Johan Van Herck	3–6, 2–6
Loss	4–3	Oct 2000	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jens Knippschild	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(4–7), 5–7
Win	5–3	May 2002	Germany F2, Esslingen	Futures	Clay	Ivan Vajda	6–1, 6–3
Win	6–3	May 2002	Great Britain F4, Hatfield	Futures	Clay	Jean-Christophe Faurel	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6–4	Jun 2002	Eisenach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Zib	6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Win	7–4	Aug 2002	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Fernando Verdasco	6–4, 6–2
Win	8–4	Aug 2002	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Hard	Filippo Volandri	6–3, 6–2
Win	9–4	Sep 2002	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Potito Starace	6–4, 6–0
Win	10–4	Oct 2002	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Albert Portas	6–3, 7–5
Win	11–4	Mar 2004	Saint Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay	Christophe Rochus	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Win	12–4	Jun 2004	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–2, 0–6, 6–3

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	May 1999	Great Britain F5, Hatfield	Futures	Clay	Sebastien de Chaunac	Simon Dickson Danny Sapsford	5–7, 0–6

Performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	1R	A	Q3	1R	Q3	A	Q1	Q2	2R	4R	Q1	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	2R	Q2	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
US Open	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	3–3	0–1	0 / 9	5–9	36%
ATP Masters Series
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%

External links

Olivier Mutis at the International Tennis Federation
Olivier Mutis at the Association of Tennis Professionals

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