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Cyril Saulnier
Saulnier at the 2006 Australian Open
Country (sports) France
ResidenceBoca Raton, Florida, United States
Born (1975-08-16) 16 August 1975 (age 49)
Toulon, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,391,494
Singles
Career record75–111
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 48 (21 March 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2004)
French Open1R (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Wimbledon2R (2003, 2004)
US Open2R (2000, 2004, 2005)
Doubles
Career record6–31
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 382 (3 November 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2005)
French Open2R (2000)
Wimbledon1R (2005)
US Open1R (2004, 2005)
Last updated on: 27 December 2022.

Cyril Saulnier (French pronunciation: [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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2005 San Jose, United States International Series Hard United States Andy Roddick 0–6, 4–6


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 Aug 1998 France F4, Toulon Futures Clay Spain Ivan Rodrigo-Marin 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Aug 1998 Italy F13, Varese Futures Clay Spain Ivan Rodrigo-Marin 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Jul 1999 Greece F4, Alexandroupolis Futures Carpet Greece Konstantinos Economidis 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 2–2 Aug 1999 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard Spain Sergi Bruguera 6–4, 7–5
Loss 2–3 Sep 2001 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Russia Nikolay Davydenko 3–6, 3–6
Win 3–3 Mar 2003 Besançon, France Challenger Hard Philippines Eric Taino 7–6(10–8), 6–4
Win 4–3 Sep 2005 Orléans, France Challenger Hard France 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1998 Hungary F1, Budapest Futures Clay France Antony La Porte Hungary Kornel Bardoczky
Hungary Miklos Jancso
4–6, 7–5, 4–6

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R Q3 1R Q3 2R 1R 1R 0 / 5 1–5 17%
French Open A 1R 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R Q3 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Wimbledon Q2 1R Q2 1R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
US Open 1R 2R 1R Q1 1R 2R 2R Q1 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Win–loss 0–1 1–4 0–2 0–2 1–3 3–4 1–4 0–1 0 / 21 6–21 22%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A 1R Q1 A A 1R 2R 2R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Miami A 2R Q1 A 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Monte Carlo A 1R Q2 A Q1 Q1 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Rome A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A Q2 A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Canada A 2R A 1R 1R 3R 1R A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Cincinnati A Q1 A 1R A A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Paris A Q1 A A Q1 3R Q1 Q1 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 0–0 2–4 0–0 0–2 1–2 5–5 2–7 1–2 0 / 22 11–22 33%

References

  1. ^ Roddick to face Saulnier in final, BBC Sport, 13 February 2005.