Thierry Ascione

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Thierry Ascione
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Residence Rueil-Malmaison, France
Born (1981-01-17) 17 January 1981 (age 43)
Villeurbanne, France
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach Jérôme Potier
Prize money $1,031,961
Singles
Career record22–54 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 81 (9 February 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2004)
French Open 2R (2007)
Wimbledon 1R (2004, 2008)
US Open 1R (2004, 2007)
Doubles
Career record12–25 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 140 (3 May 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2006)
French Open 3R (2010)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 2R (2010)
Last updated on: 13 September 2021.

Thierry Ascione (born 17 January 1981) is an ATP tennis coach and a former professional player from France. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 81 in February 2004.

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Pro career

He turned pro in 2000 and retired in September 2010.

He played Roger Federer in the second round of Roland Garros 2007, saving five match points in the third set and holding two set points before eventually losing in straight sets.

Coaching career

He coached the former World No. 3 WTA player, Elina Svitolina. He was also coach to former World No. 5 ATP player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and former World No.7 Richard Gasquet. [1]

Since 2021 he coached Ugo Humbert (until 2022) [2] and also Lucas Pouille [3] (until 2024) [4] . [1] [5]

Trivia

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA 2R Q1 1R Q1 1R Q2 Q2 0 / 31–325%
French Open Q2 Q2 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R Q3 Q2 0 / 61–614%
Wimbledon AA Q1 1R Q1 A Q2 1R A Q1 0 / 20–20%
US Open AA Q1 1R Q1 A 1R Q3 AA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–00–00–11–40–10–21–20–30–00–00 / 132–1313%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAA 1R Q1 Q1 AAAA0 / 10–10%
Miami AAA 3R Q1 AAAAA0 / 12–167%
Monte Carlo AAA 1R 2R Q1 A Q1 AA0 / 21–233%
Hamburg AAA 1R Q2 Q1 AANMS0 / 10–10%
Canada Masters AAA Q1 AAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Cincinnati AAA Q2 AAAAAA0 / 00–-0  
Paris Masters AA 2R Q2 A Q1 AA 1R A0 / 21–233%
Win–loss0–00–01–12–41–10–00–00–00–10–00 / 74–736%


Doubles

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA 1R AAAA0 / 10–10%
French Open 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 3R 0 / 83–827%
Wimbledon AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
US Open AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–11–10–10–10–20–10–10–02–10 / 93–925%


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 18 (11–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–5)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–1)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–9)
Carpet (0–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 2001France F13, Aix-Les-Bains FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Florent Serra 2–6, 3–6
Win1–1Aug 2001France F14, Valescure FuturesHard Flag of France.svg Julien Couly6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win2–1Dec 2002Spain F22, Orense FuturesHard Flag of Croatia.svg Roko Karanusic walkover
Win3–1Feb 2003 Andrézieux, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Beck 6–4, 6–2
Loss3–2Mar 2003France F8, Melun FuturesCarpet Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Wessels walkover
Win4–2Jul 2003 Helsinki, FinlandChallengerClay Flag of Russia.svg Igor Andreev 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win5–2Feb 2005 Andrézieux, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka 6–1, 6–3
Win6–2Jun 2005 Reggio Emilia, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Martin Vassallo Arguello 6–3, 6–0
Win7–2Aug 2005 Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Brian Vahaly 6–2, 6–3
Win8–2Feb 2007France F3, Bressuire FuturesHard Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Munoz De La Nava 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win9–2May 2007 Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Romania.svg Victor Crivoi 6–3, 6–3
Loss9–3Jul 2007 Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michael Lammer 6–1, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss9–4Jul 2007 Mantova, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Di Mauro 5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win10–4Oct 2007 Andrézieux, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Argentina.svg Jose Acasuso 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–2
Win11–4Mar 2008 Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Pless 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss11–5Mar 2009 Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Arnaud Clément 2–6, 4–6
Loss11–6Aug 2009 Vigo, SpainChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Thiemo de Bakker 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss11–7Oct 2009 Rennes, FranceChallengerCarpet Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro Falla 3–6, 2–6


Doubles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 1999France F8, Aix les Bains FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Marc-Olivier Baron Flag of France.svg Julien Cassaigne
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
3–6, 6–7
Win1–1Jan 2002France F2, Angers FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Stephane Huet Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Hernandez Perez
Flag of Spain.svg German Puentes-Alcaniz
4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win2–1Apr 2002Greece F1, Syros FuturesHard Flag of France.svg Florent Serra Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Beck
Flag of Slovakia.svg Michal Mertinak
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss2–2Oct 2002France F20, Saint Dizier FuturesHard Flag of France.svg Stephane Huet Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Mertl
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Riha
4–6, 4–6
Loss2–3Dec 2002Spain F21, Ponte Vedra FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Thomas Oger Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Martinez-Comet
Flag of Spain.svg German Puentes-Alcaniz
2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss2–4Jan 2003France F1, Grasse FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Jerome Haehnel Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
Flag of France.svg Edouard Roger-Vasselin
3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win3–4May 2004 Aix-en-Provence, FranceChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Jean-Francois Bachelot Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Browne
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rogier Wassen
6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win4–4Jul 2006 Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Edouard Roger-Vasselin Flag of Finland.svg Lauri Kiiski
Flag of Finland.svg Tero Vilen
5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss4–5Jan 2007 Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Edouard Roger-Vasselin Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kuznetsov
Flag of the United States.svg Phillip Simmonds
6–7(5–7), 3–6

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