Florent Serra

Florent Lucien Serra (born 28 February 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player.[1] A right-hander, he won two ATP titles during his career and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 36 in June 2006.

Florent Serra

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Born	(1981-02-28) 28 February 1981 Bordeaux, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Pierre Cherret[1]
Prize money	$2,895,039
Singles
Career record	123–168
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 36 (26 June 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2010)
French Open	3R (2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
US Open	2R (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	18–55
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 109 (10 September 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2010)
French Open	3R (2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	3R (2007)
Last updated on: 28 August 2013.

Career

Early life and junior career

Serra was born in Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, in 1981 to Jean-Luc and Martine. He started playing tennis at the age of seven[1] at a tennis club in Bordeaux after his father got him involved.[2] After completing his A-level equivalent (the French "bac") with a major in Economics at 18, Serra left Bordeaux for Paris, to train under the national training program at Roland Garros.[2] As a result of playing minimal junior tournaments, his career high junior ranking was no. 437 on 31 December 1999.[3] He turned pro in 2000.[2]

Professional career

From 2000 to 2002, he reached six Futures finals, winning one of them, along with reaching his first Challenger final.[4] He made his debut on the ATP Tour in 2003.[2] In 2005 he had his most successful year, winning three out of four Challenger finals,[4] and his first ATP tour title, in Bucharest. He won his second title the following year in Adelaide.[2] In 2009, he was a runner-up in Casablanca.[4] He has been coached by Pierre Cherret since he was a junior player,[1][3] and his fitness trainer is Paul Quetin.[2] Serra reached the 2nd round of Wimbledon 2012, losing to Kei Nishikori, 3–6, 5–7, 2–6. [5]

Personal

His mother works as a secretary in Bordeaux, while Serra himself lives in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.[2]

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–1)

Finals by Surface Hard (1–0) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	18 September 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Igor Andreev	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	8 January 2006	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Xavier Malisse	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	12 April 2009	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4–6, 5–7

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through 2013 US Open.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	Q3	5–8
French Open	1R	2R	2R	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	7–10
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	Q2	4–7
US Open	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	1R	1R	5–8
Win–Loss	0–1	2–3	1–4	4–4	5–4	1–4	5–4	0–3	3–4	0–2	21–33

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through 2013 US Open.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	A		2–4
French Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R		2–7
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A		1–3
US Open	A	A	1R	3R	A	1R	A		2–3
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–4	4–4	0–3	1–3	2–1		7–17

References

1. Profile at itftennis.com
2. Profile at atpworldtour.com
3. Junior profile at itftennis.com
4. Results at itftennis.com
5. "Wimbledon 2012". The Times Of India. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

External links

• Florent Serra at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Serra Recent Match Results
• Serra World Ranking History