Thierry Champion Explained

Thierry Champion (born 31 August 1966) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Tennis career

Champion was born in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Gard. During his career, he reached the quarter-finals at the French Open in 1990 and at Wimbledon in 1991.

A clay court specialist, Champion gained notoriety on the men's ATP tour as a wild card player with the ability to inflict defeat on seeded players well above his ranking. His play style was characterised by fast court coverage and strong baseline play with measured heavily spun passing shots, particularly from an unorthodox backhand stroke.

Reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 44 on the men's ATP rankings in 1991, subsequent years saw a dwindling career riddled with injury.

One of the worst Grand Slam defeats in tennis history came when Champion was triple bageled, losing 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 in the 2nd round of the 1993 French Open, by eventual winner Sergi Bruguera.http://www.tennis28.com/slams/shortest_matches.html

Champion was the coach of French tennis player Gaël Monfils starting in September 2004, but they parted ways in September 2006. He was also the coach of Hicham Arazi, Nicolas Escudé and Paul-Henri Mathieu. At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships he was seen to be coaching French player Richard Gasquet for a short stint.

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 (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–1) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		Ostend, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Kris Goossens	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0		Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Ionuț Moldovan	6–0, 6–3
Loss	2–1		Réunion Island, Reunion	Challenger	Hard	Patrik Fredriksson	7–5, 0–6, 3–6

Performance timelines

Singles

-	Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q3	Q3	A	3R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 6	2–6
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	QF	3R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	3R	Q2	0 / 12	14–12
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	Q1	QF	3R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 7	6–7
US Open	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	2R	A	A	Q3	A	A	A	0 / 5	4–5
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	5–2	7–4	3–4	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	0 / 30	26–30
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Miami	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	A	Q2	Q1	A	1R	A	0 / 5	2–5
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	1–5
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	2R	A	1R	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	Q2	Q2	Q3	A	A	0 / 3	0–3
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Paris	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	1R	A	Q1	Q2	A	A	0 / 6	2–6
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–4	0–4	5–6	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0 / 28	9–28

Doubles

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Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 8	2–8
Wimbledon	Q2	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0 / 10	2–10
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1
Monte Carlo	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Paris	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	2–4