Sébastien Grosjean Explained

Sébastien Grosjean
Residence:Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Birth Date:1978 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Marseille, France
Turnedpro:1996
Retired:2010
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$8,131,803
Singlesrecord:341–247 (58.0%)
Singlestitles:4
Highestsinglesranking:No. 4 (28 October 2002)
Australianopenresult:SF (2001)
Frenchopenresult:SF (2001)
Wimbledonresult:SF (2003, 2004)
Usopenresult:3R (2000, 2005, 2007)
Othertournaments:yes
Masterscupresult:F (2001)
Olympicsresult:QF (2000)
Doublesrecord:82–100
Doublestitles:5
Highestdoublesranking:No. 52 (12 April 2004)
Australianopendoublesresult:3R (2001)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (2008)
Mixed:yes
Mixedrecord:2–2
Mixedtitles:0
Frenchopenmixedresult:3R (1998)
Team:yes
Daviscupresult:W (2001)
Updated:12 October 2022
Coachplayers:

Sébastien René Grosjean (in French pronounced as /sebastjɛ̃ ʁəne ɡʁoʒɑ̃/; born 29 May 1978) is a French former professional tennis player. Grosjean reached the semifinals at the 2001 Australian and French Opens, and at Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004. He finished eight consecutive seasons ranked in the top 30 (1999–2006), peaking at world No. 4 in October 2002. Grosjean retired from professional tennis in May 2010.[1]

In December 2018, he was named the Davis Cup captain for France.[2]

Career

Juniors

As a junior, Grosjean posted a 90-20 singles record and a 58-12 doubles record, winning the 1996 French Open boys' doubles. He reached No. 1 in the world in both singles and doubles in December 1996.

Pro tour

Grosjean joined the professional tour in 1996. In 2003 and 2004, he reached the final of the Queen's London Tournament. In the same two years, he also reached the semifinals of Wimbledon. He finished 2001 as the No. 1 player from his country and for the first time in the top 10 becoming the first Frenchman to finish a year in the top 10 since Cédric Pioline in 1993. In 2001, Grosjean won the Davis Cup with the French team.

Grosjean is known for his extreme forehand, his best shot, he utilizes something of a western grip, which is hit at high velocities. He has appeared in four Grand Slam semifinal matches. As well as his two Wimbledon runs, he also reached the French Open semifinals in 2001. His most famous chance was at the 2001 Australian Open against Arnaud Clément. Grosjean led two sets to love and had a match point in the fourth set before Clément prevailed. This was long considered the worst 'choke' in five-set history, until the 2004 French Open final.

He won his fourth singles title at the 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, with a victory over countryman Marc Gicquel. He also won the doubles final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as a wildcard team, where they upset the first and third seeds.

Considered one of the more popular players on the circuit, he is lauded for his attractive, graceful style and classical skills. He is affectionately nicknamed 'Big John' by fans, a literal translation of his surname into English.

Personal life

Grosjean married his wife Marie-Pierre on 16 November 1998 and has a daughter named Lola (born 11 October 1998), a son named Tom (2002), and a daughter named Sam (2006). The family resides in Boca Raton, Florida (U.S.), where Grosjean trains at the Evert Tennis Academy. He is sponsored by Lacoste in apparel and Head rackets. He used the Head Radical Tour TwinTube 630 XL under various paint jobs throughout his career.

Major finals

Year-end championships finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1999Miami MastersHard Richard Krajicek6–4, 1–6, 2–6, 5–7
Win2001Paris MastersCarpet (i) Yevgeny Kafelnikov7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–4

ATP career finals

Singles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP Masters Series (1–1)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (2–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–7)
Indoors (3–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Miami, United StatesMasters SeriesHard Richard Krajicek6–4, 1–6, 2–6, 5–7
Loss0–2Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Stefan Koubek1–6, 2–6
Loss0–3Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay Fernando Vicente4–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
Win1–3Nottingham, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Byron Black7–6(9–7), 6–3
Loss1–4Marseille, FranceWorld SeriesHard Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win2–4Paris, FranceMasters SeriesCarpet Yevgeny Kafelnikov7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Loss2–5Sydney, AustraliaMasters Cup FinalsHard Lleyton Hewitt3–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win3–5St. Petersburg, RussiaWorld SeriesHard Mikhail Youzhny7–5, 6–4
Loss3–6Queen's, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Andy Roddick3–6, 3–6
Loss3–7Tokyo, JapanChampionship SeriesHard Rainer Schüttler6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss3–8Queen's, United KingdomInternational SeriesGrass Andy Roddick6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss3–9Houston, United StatesInternational SeriesClay Andy Roddick2–6, 2–6
Win4–9Lyon, FranceInternational SeriesCarpet Marc Gicquel7–6(7–5), 6–4

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (1–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–0)
Indoors (2–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay Arnaud Clément Lars Burgsmüller
Andrew Painter		7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss1–1Lyon, FranceWorld SeriesCarpet Arnaud Clément Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić		1–6, 2–6
Win2–1Los Angeles, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Nicolas Kiefer Justin Gimelstob
Michaël Llodra		6–4, 6–4
Win3–1Marseille, FranceWorld SeriesHard Fabrice Santoro Tomáš Cibulec
Pavel Vízner		6–1, 6–4
Win4–1Indian Wells, United StatesMasters SeriesHard Arnaud Clément Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett		6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win5–1Lyon, FranceWorld SeriesCarpet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Łukasz Kubot
Lovro Zovko		6–4, 6–3
Loss5–2Lyon, France250 SeriesHard Arnaud Clément Julien Benneteau
Nicolas Mahut		4–6, 6–7(6–8)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (2–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Radomír Vašek6–4, 6–1
Loss1–1Newcastle, United KingdomChallengerClay Fabrice Santoro6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Loss1–2Brest, FranceChallengerHard Johan Van Herck6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win2–2Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Antony Dupuis4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss2–3Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Robin Haase7–5, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Orléans, FranceChallengerHard Olivier Patience Colin Fleming
Ken Skupski		1–6, 1–6
Loss0–2Orléans, FranceChallengerHard Nicolas Mahut Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Renavand		6–7(3–7), 6–1, [6–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAQ21R3Rbgcolor=yellowSF2RQFQF2RQF3R3RA1R0 / 1125–11
French Open1R1R3R3Rbgcolor=yellowSFQF2R2R4R2R1RAAA0 / 1119–11
WimbledonQ34R3R1R3RAbgcolor=yellowSFbgcolor=yellowSFQF3R2R2RAA0 / 1025–10
US OpenQ11R1R3R1R2R1R2R3R2R3R1RAA0 / 119–11
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–13–34–46–412–46–310–411–410–48–45–43–30–00–10 / 4378–43
National Representation
Summer OlympicsNot HeldANot HeldQFNot HeldANH0 / 13–1
Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters CupDid not qualifystyle=background:thistleFDid not qualify0 / 13–2
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAAA3R3R1R3R4R2R4R1R1RAQ10 / 910–9
MiamiAAbgcolor=thistleF3R3R3R2R4R3R3R2R2RAA0 / 1015–10
Monte CarloQ12R3R1Rbgcolor=yellowSFbgcolor=yellowSFA2RA2RA1RAA0 / 813–8
RomeAA1R1R3R3R1R2R2R1RAAAA0 / 86–8
HamburgAAA2R3R2R2R1R3R3RQ2ANMS0 / 79–7
CanadaAA2R3RAQF3R1R3R2R1RAAA0 / 811–8
CincinnatiA1R1R2RA1R1R1R1R1RQ2AAA0 / 81–8
MadridAA2Rbgcolor=yellowSF3Rbgcolor=yellowSFQFA2R2RAAAA0 / 713–7
ParisA1R1R3Rbgcolor=limeW3R2RA1R2R1RA1RA1 / 108–9
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–01–39–68–816–515–97–86–77–89–91–41–30–10–01 / 7280–71
Year-end ranking1978827196171015252853170677722

Doubles

Tournament19961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAA3RAAAA1R1R2RA0 / 43–4
French Open1R1R1R1R1RAAAAAA1R1R1R0 / 80–8
WimbledonAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
US OpenAAAAAA2RA1R1R1R1R3RA0 / 63–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–10–10–10–10–12–11–10–00–10–10–20–33–30–10 / 186–18
National Representation
Summer OlympicsANot HeldANot Held1RNot HeldANH0 / 10–1
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAAAA2RQ12RAbgcolor=limeW2RQFA1RA1 / 610–5
MiamiAAAAA1R2RAQFA2RAAA0 / 44–4
Monte CarloAAAA2R2RAA1RAAAAA0 / 32–3
RomeAAAA1R2R1R2RAA2RAAA0 / 53–5
HamburgAAAAQ1AA1R1RAAAANMS0 / 20–2
CanadaAAA1R1RA1RAQF1RAAAA0 / 52–5
CincinnatiAAAQ2AA2RA1RAAAAA0 / 21–2
MadridAAAAAA1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–1
ParisAA1R1RAAAAA1R2R2RA1R0 / 62–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–10–22–42–33–61–29–51–35–41–10–10–11 / 3424–33

Top 10 wins

Season199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010Total
Wins00023702011000016
width=180PlayerRankwidth=200EventSurfaceRdwidth=180Score
1999
1. Carlos Moyábgcolor=lime1Miami, United StatesHard4R3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9)74
2. Gustavo Kuerten6Indianapolis, United StatesHardQF6–4, 6–332
2000
3. Tim Henman9Indian Wells, United StatesHard2R6–3, 3–6, 7–519
4. Lleyton Hewitt10Toronto, CanadaHard2R6–3, 7–6(7–5)27
5. Gustavo Kuerten3Stuttgart, GermanyHard (i)3R7–6(11–9), 6–332
2001
6. Magnus Norman4Australian Open, MelbourneHard4R7–6(9–7), 6–3, 0–6, 6–419
7. Marat Safinbgcolor=thistle2World Team Cup, DüsseldorfClayRR7–6(8–6), 6–310
8. Andre Agassi3French Open, ParisClayQF1–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–310
9. Yevgeny Kafelnikov6Paris Masters, Francebgcolor=thistleCarpet (i)bgcolor=limeF7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–48
10. Pat Rafter5Tennis Masters Cup, SydneyHard (i)RR7–6(7–4), 6–37
11. Andre Agassi3Tennis Masters Cup, SydneyHard (i)RR6–3, 6–47
12. Yevgeny Kafelnikov6Tennis Masters Cup, SydneyHard (i)bgcolor=yellowSF6–4, 6–27
2003
13. Lleyton Hewittbgcolor=lime1Queen's Club, United KingdomGrassQF6–3, 6–420
14. Juan Carlos Ferrero3Wimbledon, United Kingdombgcolor=#cfcGrass4R6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)14
2005
15. Andre Agassi10Houston, United StatesClayQF4–6, 6–1, 6–230
2006
16. Guillermo Coria9Australian Open, MelbourneHard3R6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–428

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Grosjean ends his pro tennis career. Yahoo! Sports. 27 May 2010. 15 January 2017. 16 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191216201842/https://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/. dead.
  2. Web site: Davis Cup – Grosjean named French Davis Cup captain.

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