Cédric Pioline

Cédric Pioline (born 15 June 1969) is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997. On both occasions, he was beaten by Pete Sampras in straight sets.[1][2][3]

Cédric Pioline

Pioline in September 2010
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	(1969-06-15) 15 June 1969 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$6,921,029
Singles
Career record	389–318 (55.0%)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 5 (8 May 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1998)
French Open	SF (1998)
Wimbledon	F (1997)
US Open	F (1993)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	QF (1997)
Doubles
Career record	41–50 (45.1%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 93 (13 January 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1990)
French Open	QF (1989)
Mixed doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	1R (1989)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1996, 2001)
Hopman Cup	F (1998)

Pioline's career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, achieved in 2000.

Pioline won five singles titles in his career, the biggest at the ATP Masters Series event in Monte Carlo in 2000 – his last final on the professional tour. In addition to his finals appearances at the US Open and Wimbledon, he reached 10 other singles finals, including at Monte Carlo in 1993 and 1998. Pioline also competed for France in Davis Cup, winning the cup in 1996 and 2001. After retiring from tennis, he became a tennis administrator. As of October 2008, he is the tournament director of the ATP Masters Series event in Paris and plays on the senior ATP tour.

Personal life

Pioline grew up in a sporting family. His Romanian mother, Adriana, born in Câmpina, was a volleyball player; she was part of the Romanian national team that reached the finals of the 1956 FIVB World Championship, but were defeated by the Soviet Union. His father, Maurice, also a professional volleyball player, met his mother while at a volleyball match in Paris. He has an older brother named Denis.

He is married to Mireille Bercot; the couple have a son Andrea (born 14 March 1993).

Other

In 2011 Pioline was one of the contestants during the second season of the TV show Danse avec les stars.[4]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1993	US Open	Hard	Pete Sampras	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Pete Sampras	4–6, 2–6, 4–6

Masters Series finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1993	Monte Carlo	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–7^(2–7), 0–6
Loss	1998	Monte Carlo	Clay	Carlos Moyà	3–6, 0–6, 5–7
Win	2000	Monte Carlo	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(8–6)

ATP career finals

Singles: 17 (5 titles, 12 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam (0–2) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (1–2) ATP Championship Series (1–1) ATP International Series (3–7)

Titles by surface Hard (1–4) Grass (1–1) Clay (2–2) Carpet (1–5)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1992	Lyon, France	Carpet	Pete Sampras	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 1993	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–7^(2–7), 0–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 1993	US Open, New York City, U.S.	Hard	Pete Sampras	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–4	Oct 1993	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Arnaud Boetsch	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–5	Oct 1993	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–6	Oct 1993	Lyon, France	Carpet	Pete Sampras	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 5–7
Loss	0–7	Aug 1994	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–5, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–8	Feb 1996	Zagreb, Croatia	Carpet	Goran Ivanišević	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–9	Feb 1996	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Guy Forget	5–7, 4–6
Win	1–9	Mar 1996	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Kenneth Carlsen	6–2, 7–6^(9–7)
Win	2–9	Apr 1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	6–2, 5–7, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	2–10	Jul 1997	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	Pete Sampras	4–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	2–11	Mar 1998	London, UK	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–12	Apr 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Carlos Moyà	3–6, 0–6, 5–7
Win	3–12	Jun 1999	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–12	Feb 2000	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Tim Henman	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	5–12	Apr 2000	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(8–6)

Doubles: 1 (1 win)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1993	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Marc Rosset	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	6–3, 3–6, 7–6

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	4R	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 10	7–10
French Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	4R	2R	2R	2R	QF	3R	SF	1R	4R	2R	1R	0 / 14	22–14
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	QF	1R	QF	4R	F	1R	QF	2R	2R	1R	0 / 12	24–12
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	F	3R	2R	3R	4R	1R	SF	3R	1R	Q1	0 / 11	23–11
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 47	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–4	7–4	12–4	3–4	6–4	9–3	10–3	8–4	9–4	6–4	4–4	0–2	N/A	76–47
Year-End Championships
Grand Slam Cup	Not Held			A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	QF	1R	A	Not Held			0 / 5	1–5
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	NME			A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	QF	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 9	7–9
Miami	NME			A	A	4R	A	4R	A	3R	2R	3R	A	3R	2R	1R	0 / 8	8–8
Monte Carlo	NME			2R	A	1R	F	1R	2R	SF	2R	F	1R	W	3R	1R	1 / 12	25–11
Rome	NME			A	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	LQ	0 / 11	8–11
Hamburg	NME			A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	QF	2R	LQ	0 / 6	5–6
Canada	NME			A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1
Cincinnati	NME			A	A	3R	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	3R	A	A	LQ	0 / 8	9–8
Stuttgart (Stockholm)	NME			A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3
Paris	NME			A	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	QF	2R	1R	A	0 / 11	8–11
Masters Series SR	N/A			0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 7	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 8	0 / 6	0 / 7	1 / 6	0 / 6	0 / 2	1 / 69	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A			1–1	1–2	7–7	7–5	8–7	2–5	11–7	8–8	9–6	5–7	11–5	4–6	0–2	N/A	74–68
Year End Ranking	954	461	202	118	51	33	10	51	54	21	20	18	14	16	84	119	N/A

Top 10 wins

Season	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Total
Wins	0	0	0	2	7	1	0	2	2	3	7	1	0	1	26

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	PR
1992
1.	Carlos Costa	10	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	1R	6–3, 6–3	66
2.	Ivan Lendl	9	Bordeaux, France	Clay	QF	7–5, 6–4	57
1993
3.	Petr Korda	5	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	3R	6–3, 6–0	29
4.	Stefan Edberg	3	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	SF	6–4, 6–4	29
5.	Andriy Medvedev	9	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	2R	6–7^(7–9), 7–6^(8–6), 6–3, 6–4	23
6.	Michael Stich	6	Long Island, United States	Hard	2R	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)	15
7.	Jim Courier	1	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	4R	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–4	14
8.	Andriy Medvedev	8	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	QF	6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2	14
9.	Goran Ivanišević	9	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet (i)	QF	7–6^(9–7), 6–0	11
1994
10.	Todd Martin	9	Long Island, United States	Hard	QF	7–6^(7–3), 6–4	18
1996
11.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	8	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–3	29
12.	Marcelo Ríos	10	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	4R	6–4, 6–1, 6–2	19
1997
13.	Thomas Muster	2	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	3R	7–6^(7–4), 6–4	34
14.	Michael Chang	2	Stuttgart, Germany	Carpet (i)	2R	7–5, 1–6, 6–4	25
1998
15.	Petr Korda	2	London, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	2R	6–3, 6–3	18
16.	Gustavo Kuerten	9	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	3R	7–6^(8–6), 6–1	16
17.	Richard Krajicek	10	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	3R	6–3, 6–2, 7–5	17
1999
18.	Richard Krajicek	10	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	2R	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(11–9)	18
19.	Richard Krajicek	4	Davis Cup, Nîmes, France	Clay (i)	RR	6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)	21
20.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	3R	3–6, 6–4, 1–0, ret.	39
21.	Gustavo Kuerten	5	Davis Cup, Pau, France	Carpet (i)	RR	6–3, 6–4, 6–4	25
22.	Carlos Moyá	10	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	1R	6–4, 6–1	26
23.	Pat Rafter	4	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	1R	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 1–0, ret.	26
24.	Gustavo Kuerten	6	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	QF	4–6, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(16–14), 7–6^(10–8)	26
2000
25.	Nicolas Kiefer	4	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	QF	2–6, 6–3, 7–5	15
2002
26.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	3	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	QF	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 7–5	99

References

1. Robin Finn (13 September 1993). "U.S. Open '93; Sampras puts exclamation point to No. 1". The New York Times.
2. "Sampras vs. Pioline: Game, set, mismatch". Deseret News. 6 July 1997.
3. Emmet Malone (7 July 1997). "Sampras at pinnacle after defeat of Pioline". The Irish Times.
4. "Cédric Pioline : "Danse avec les stars a été une vraie révélation"". La Dépêche (in French). 11 October 2011.

External links

• Cédric Pioline at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Cédric Pioline at the International Tennis Federation
• Cédric Pioline at the Davis Cup