Cyril Saulnier Explained
| Cyril Saulnier |
| Residence: | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
| Birth Date: | 1975 8, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Toulon, France |
| Turnedpro: | 1996 |
| Retired: | 2007 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $1,391,494 |
| Singlesrecord: | 75–111 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 48 (21 March 2005) |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (2004) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (2003, 2004) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (2000, 2004, 2005) |
| Doublesrecord: | 6–31 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 382 (3 November 2003) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 1R (2005) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (2000) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (2005) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 1R (2004, 2005) |
| Updated: | 27 December 2022 |
Cyril Saulnier (in French pronounced as /so.nje/, born 16 August 1975) is a retired French tennis player. In 2005, he started giving tennis lessons in places such as Heliopolis Sporting Club (Egypt). He is now director of the Proworld Tennis Academy in Delray Beach, Florida where he is a full-time coach mentoring up and coming professionals and is currently working on a trial basis with Yulia Putintseva. He is currently married with one daughter and resides in Boca Raton, Florida.
Tennis career
Saulnier reached the third round of the Canada Masters and the Paris Masters in 2004, defeating World No. 13 Dominik Hrbatý in the latter.
In the 2005 SAP Open in San Jose, he reached the final, enabling him to be ranked inside the Top 50 for the first time in his career, reaching as high as World No. 48 in March 2005.[1]
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP Masters Series (0–0) | | ATP Championship Series (0–0) | | ATP World Series (0–1) | |
| | Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–1) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| | Finals by setting |
|---|
| Outdoors (0–0) | | Indoors (0–1) | |
| |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (4–3)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (3–1) | | ITF Futures (1–2) | |
| | Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (3–1) | | Clay (1–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–1) | |
| |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | | France F4, Toulon | Futures | Clay |  Ivan Rodrigo-Marin | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | | Italy F13, Varese | Futures | Clay | Ivan Rodrigo-Marin | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | | Greece F4, Alexandroupolis | Futures | Carpet | Konstantinos Economidis | 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Sergi Bruguera | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–3 | | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard |  Nikolay Davydenko | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | | Besançon, France | Challenger | Hard | Eric Taino | 7–6(10–8), 6–4 |
| Win | 4–3 | | Orléans, France | Challenger | Hard |  Nicolas Mahut | 6–3, 6–4 | |
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) | |
| |
Performance timeline
Singles
Notes and References
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4261471.stm Roddick to face Saulnier in final
