Clément Morel Explained

Clément Morel
Fullname:Clément Morel
Country Represented:
(2006—)
Birth Date:16 July 1984
Birth Place:Oullins, Lyon, France
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$43,924
Singlesrecord:0–1
Singlestitles:0
0 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:No. 387 (15 October 2007)
Frenchopenresult:Q1 (2004)
Doublesrecord:0–0
Doublestitles:0
0 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:No. 509 (1 October 2007)
Updated:11 September 2021

Clément Morel (born 16 July 1984) is a French former professional tennis player.

Career

Morel was the junior champion at the 2002 Australian Open. He defeated countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals, then won the title with a win over Todd Reid in the final.[1] In the juniors event at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships, Morel lost in the second round to Ryan Henry, with a final set scoreline of 24–26, which was a tournament record.[2]

He took part in qualifying for the 2004 French Open and also appeared in an ATP Challenger tournament in Grenoble that year, but otherwise played on the Futures circuit. His two Futures titles came in South Africa in 2006 and the other a 2008 tournament in Belgium.

In 2008 he switched nationalities and began representing the Monaco Davis Cup team. He played two matches, the first was a win over Algerian Slimane Saoudi in 2008 and the other a loss to Finland's Henri Laaksonen the following year.[3] [4]

Clément Morel continued his studies at EM Lyon Business School[5]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (2–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jamaica F9, Montego BayFuturesHard Gilles Simon3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Israel F2, RaananaFuturesHard Andy Ram3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss0–3Botswana F1, GaboroneFuturesHard Talal Ouahabi6–4, 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win1–3South Africa F1, PretoriaFuturesHard Pieter Calitz6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–1
Loss1–4Portugal F2, LagosFuturesHard Peter Wessels3–6, 2–6
Loss1–5Georgia F1, TbilisiFuturesHard Lado Chikhladze6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win2–5Belgium F1, EupenFuturesClay Romano Frantzen7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Loss2–6Belgium F2, KoksijdeFuturesClay Rabie Chaki4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (5–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1France F2, AngersFuturesClay Laurent Recouderc Nicolas Mahut
Edouard Roger-Vasselin
1–6, 6–7(0–7)
Loss0–2Jamaica F9, Montego BayFuturesHard Gilles Simon Dustin Brown
Ryan Russell
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win1–2Iran F1, TehranFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret Sarvar Ikramov
Murad Inoyatov
6–1, 6–1
Loss1–3Iran F2, TehranFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret Charles Roche
Xavier Audouy
4–6, 1–6
Loss1–4Lebanon F2, BeirutFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret Patrick Chucri
Alexander Hartman
7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7), 0–1 ret.
Win2–4Iran F1, TehranFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret Asim Shafik
Aqeel Khan
6–2, 7–5
Win3–4Israel F2, RaananaFuturesHard Benjamin Balleret Ishay Hadash
Predrag Rusevski
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win4–4South Africa F1, PretoriaFuturesHard Philippe de Bonnevie Wesley Baptiste
Rikus De Villiers
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win5–4Iran F2, TehranFuturesClay Charles Roche Syrym Abdukhalikov
Sergey Betov
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss5–5Georgia F2, TbilisiFuturesHard Charles Roche Syrym Abdukhalikov
Sergey Betov
0–2 ret.
Loss5–6Poland F8, OpoleFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret Blazej Koniusz
Mateusz Kowalczyk
1–6, 1–6

Notes and References

  1. News: Johansson surprises himself. Banks. Colin. 27 January 2002. BBC Sport. 8 December 2015.
  2. News: Long-playing record finally smashed. 4 July 2002. BBC Sport. 8 December 2015.
  3. Web site: Davis Cup – Tie – Details – Monaco v Algeria. daviscup.com. 8 December 2015.
  4. Web site: Davis Cup – Tie – Details – Finland v Monaco. daviscup.com. 8 December 2015.
  5. Web site: Morel . Clément . The “reconversion” interview with Clément Morel . emlyonforever.com/ . EM Lyon Forever . 29 May 2020.