Julien Boutter Explained
| Julien Boutter |
| Residence: | Arlon, Belgium |
| Birth Date: | 1974 4, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Boulay-Moselle, France |
| Turnedpro: | 1996 |
| Retired: | 2005 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $1,430,283 |
| Singlesrecord: | 62–84 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Singlestitles: | 1 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 46 (20 May 2002) |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (2001, 2002) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1998, 2001) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 1R (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (2000) |
| Doublesrecord: | 51–54 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Doublestitles: | 4 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 26 (26 August 2002) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | SF (2002) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 3R (2000) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (2002) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 2R (2000, 2002) |
Julien Boutter (born 5 April 1974) is a former professional male tennis player from France.
Career
At the 2002 Australian Open, Boutter defeated No. 2 seed and former World No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten, despite being down two sets, 3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–3.
In his career, he won one singles title (2003 Casablanca) and reached the final in Milan (2001) but lost to Swiss Roger Federer. He reached two Master Series quarterfinals at Hamburg in 2002 and Monte Carlo in 2003. Boutter also reached the semi-finals of the 2002 Australian Open partnering fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clément, only to lose to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro 3–6, 6–3, 10–12. During the match, Boutter led an impromptu funeral ceremony for a bird inadvertently hit by Llodra as it was chasing a moth.[1] [2]
Career finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
| Legend |
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) | | ATP Masters Series (0–0) | | ATP International Series Gold (0–0) | | ATP International Series (1–1) | |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (1–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–1) | |
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Doubles: 6 (4–2)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) | | ATP Masters Series (0–0) | | ATP International Series Gold (0–0) | | ATP International Series (4–2) | |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (4–1) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–1) | |
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2000 | Chennai, India | Hard |  Christophe Rochus |  Saurav Panja
Srinath Prahlad | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2000 | Toulouse, France | Hard (i) |  Fabrice Santoro |  Donald Johnson
Piet Norval | 7–6(10–8), 4–6, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 3–0 | Feb 2001 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | Fabrice Santoro |  Michael Hill
Jeff Tarango | 7–6(9–7), 7–5 |
| Win | 4–0 | Sep 2001 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard |  Dominik Hrbatý | Marius Barnard
Jim Thomas | 6–4, 3–6, [13–11] |
| Loss | 4–1 | Jan 2002 | Milan, Italy | Carpet (i) |  Max Mirnyi | Karsten Braasch
 Andrei Olhovskiy | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–12] |
| Loss | 4–2 | Feb 2002 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | Max Mirnyi | Arnaud Clément
Nicolas Escudé | 4–6, 3–6 | |
Challengers and Futures finals
Singles: 7 (3–4)
| Legend (singles) |
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| Challengers (3–2) |
| Futures (0–2) | |
| width=80 | Outcome | width=50 | No. | width=125 | Date | width=250 | Tournament | width=75 | Surface | width=200 | Opponent in the final | width=200 | Score in the final |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 9 February 1998 | Bergheim, Austria | Carpet (i) | Ivaylo Traykov | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 27 April 1998 | Esslingen, Germany | Clay |  Jordi Mas-Rodriguez | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 28 December 1998 | | Hard | | 5–7, 6–7 |
| Winner | 1. | 1 March 1999 | | Hard (i) | | 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 14 June 1999 | | Clay | | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 28 February 2000 | | Hard (i) | | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Winner | 3. | 6 March 2000 | | Hard (i) | | 6–4, 7–64 | |
Doubles: 5 (2–3)
| Legend |
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| Challengers (2–1) |
| Futures (0–2) | |
| width=80 | Outcome | width=50 | No. | width=125 | Date | width=250 | Tournament | width=75 | Surface | width=200 | Partner | width=200 | Opponents in the final | width=200 | Score in the final |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 21 July 1997 | Ostend, Belgium | Clay | Tarik Benhabiles | Kris Goossens
Tom Vanhoudt | 6–3, 4–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 9 February 1998 | Bergheim, Austria | Carpet (i) | Jean-Michel Pequery | Markus Menzler
Markus Wislsperger | 6–4, 1–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 27 April 1998 | Esslingen, Germany | Clay | Jean-René Lisnard |  Federico Browne
Martín García | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 28 February 2000 | | Hard (i) | | | 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 2. | 6 March 2000 | | Hard (i) | | | 6–4, 66–7, 7–65 | |
Notes and References
- News: Llodra gets the bird. 24 January 2002.
- YouTube, a Google company . YouTube.
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