Cyril Saulnier
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.
 Saulnier at the 2006 Australian Open | |
| Country (sports) |  France |
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| Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
| Born | 16 August 1975 Toulon, France |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 1996 |
| Retired | 2007 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,391,494 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 75–111 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 48 (21 March 2005) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2004) |
| French Open | 1R (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2003, 2004) |
| US Open | 2R (2000, 2004, 2005) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 6–31 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 382 (3 November 2003) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2005) |
| French Open | 2R (2000) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2005) |
| US Open | 1R (2004, 2005) |
| Last updated on: 27 December 2022. | |
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)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2005 | San Jose, United States | International Series | Hard |  Andy Roddick |
0–6, 4–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (4–3)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1998 | France F4, Toulon | Futures | Clay |  Ivan Rodrigo-Marin |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 1998 | Italy F13, Varese | Futures | Clay | Ivan Rodrigo-Marin |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jul 1999 | Greece F4, Alexandroupolis | Futures | Carpet |  Konstantinos Economidis |
4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 1999 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Sergi Bruguera |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Sep 2001 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard |  Nikolay Davydenko |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Mar 2003 | Besançon, France | Challenger | Hard |  Eric Taino |
7–6(10–8), 6–4 |
| Win | 4–3 | Sep 2005 | Orléans, France | Challenger | Hard | Nicolas Mahut |
6–3, 6–4 |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 1998 | Hungary F1, Budapest | Futures | Clay | Antony La Porte |
 Kornel Bardoczky Miklos Jancso |
4–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
Performance timeline
| 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 % | |||||||||||||
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| 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
- Roddick to face Saulnier in final, BBC Sport, 13 February 2005.
External links
- Cyril Saulnier at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Cyril Saulnier at the International Tennis Federation
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