Antony Dupuis (French pronunciation: [dypɥi] ; born 24 February 1973) is a French retired professional tennis player.
Antony Dupuis Country (sports) France Residence Villeneuve-le-Comte , France Born (1973-02-24 ) 24 February 1973 (age 51) Bayonne , France Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Turned pro 1992 Retired 2013 Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Prize money $ 1,591,333Career record 85–128 Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 57 (10 September 2001) Australian Open 2R (2000 , 2003 ) French Open 3R (2001 ) Wimbledon 2R (2001 , 2004 ) US Open 2R (2002 , 2003 ) Career record 11–25 Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 147 (24 April 2006) Australian Open 2R (2003 ) French Open 2R (2002 , 2005 ) Wimbledon 1R (2003 ) US Open 2R (2003 ) French Open 1R (2002 , 2003 , 2006 )
Personal life edit
Dupuis began playing tennis at the age of nine with his father Xavier. He mentioned in an interview once that he prefers clay and hard court surfaces. He was coached by Benoit Carelli, whom he credits with improving his physical and mental ability. Carelli had coached Dupuis since February 1998.
Dupuis won one singles title in Milan in 2004 and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in September 2001.[1] [2] In 2005, at the Valencia tournament, Dupuis became the first French player to defeat Novak Djokovic . In 2006 he tested positive for the banned drug Salbutamol and was suspended for two and a half months.[3]
ATP career finals edit
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit 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 (1–1)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (1–0)
Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit 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 (1–0)
Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit Singles: 23 (12–11) edit Legend ATP Challenger (8–7) ITF Futures (4–4)
Finals by surface Hard (7–7) Clay (2–3) Grass (1–1) Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Apr 1998 Vadodara , IndiaChallenger Grass Peter Tramacchi 6–7, 7–6, 3–6 Win 1–1 Dec 1998 Ahmedabad , IndiaChallenger Hard Oleg Ogorodov 6–4, 6–2 Win 2–1 Jan 1999 Bombay , IndiaChallenger Hard Julien Boutter 7–5, 7–6 Loss 2–2 Feb 1999 Cherbourg , FranceChallenger Hard Sebastien Grosjean 6–4, 3–6, 0–6 Loss 2–3 Mar 1999 Grenoble , FranceChallenger Hard Julien Boutter 2–6, 6–4, 4–6 Win 3–3 Aug 1999 Binghamton , United StatesChallenger Hard Brett Steven 6–7, 6–1, 6–4 Loss 3–4 Sep 2000 France F18, Mulhouse Futures Hard Ivo Karlovic 7–6(7–4) , 6–7(5–7) , 4–6 Win 4–4 Oct 2000 Grenoble , FranceChallenger Hard Jan Siemerink 7–6(12–10) , 7–6(13–11) Loss 4–5 Nov 2000 Puebla , MexicoChallenger Hard Brandon Hawk 6–7(6–8) , 3–6 Loss 4–6 Dec 2000 Urbana , MexicoChallenger Hard Jeff Salzenstein 6–7(4–7) , 4–6 Win 5–6 Dec 2000 San Jose , Costa RicaChallenger Hard Alexandre Simoni 7–6(7–5) , 4–6, 6–3 Loss 5–7 Feb 2001 Wroclaw , PolandChallenger Hard Axel Pretzsch 5–7, 6–7(1–7) Loss 5–8 Feb 2002 Wroclaw , PolandChallenger Hard Davide Sanguinetti 3–6, 2–6 Win 6–8 Nov 2002 Bratislava , SlovakiaChallenger Carpet Karol Beck 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1) Win 7–8 Jul 2006 Nottingham , United KingdomChallenger Grass Iván Navarro 6–4, 7–5 Win 8–8 Mar 2007 Switzerland F3, Wilen Futures Carpet Alexander Flock6–2, 6–3 Win 9–8 Apr 2007 France F7, Grasse Futures Clay Xavier Pujo 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 Win 10–8 May 2007 Fergana , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Pavel Chekhov 6–1, 6–4 Loss 10–9 Jul 2009 Germany F11, Cologne Futures Clay Pavol Cervenak 2–6, 2–6 Win 11–9 Oct 2009 France F18, Saint-Dizier Futures Hard Conor Niland 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 Loss 11–10 Aug 2010 Austria F5, Pörtschach Futures Clay Axel Michon 4–6, 5–7 Loss 11–11 Sep 2010 Austria F6, Wels Futures Clay Axel Michon 3–6, 7–6(7–2) , 3–6 Win 12–11 Sep 2010 Germany F15, Trier Futures Clay Alexandre Folie6–4, 6–0
Doubles: 2 (0–2) edit Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Performance timelines edit 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.
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