Olivier Mutis (born 2 February 1978) is a former French professional tennis player who retired in 2006. He did not win any ATP Tour titles but he won a total of 7 ATP Challenger Series .
Olivier Mutis Country (sports) France Residence Luxembourg , Luxembourg Born (1978-02-02 ) 2 February 1978 (age 46) Mont-Saint-Martin , France Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 1996 Retired 2006 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $605,413 Career record 24–41 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 71 (28 July 2003) Australian Open 1R (2004 , 2005 ) French Open 4R (2004 ) Wimbledon 2R (2003 ) US Open 1R (2003 , 2004 Career record 1–12 (at ATP Tour level and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 632 (1 November 2004) French Open 1R (1996 , 1997 , 1999 , 2000 , 2004 , 2005 ) French Open 1R (1996 ) Last updated on: 5 January 2022.
His best performance in a Grand Slam was at Roland Garros in 2004, when he reached the fourth round after having defeated World No. 2 Andy Roddick in a second round match. He played his first match in over a year in the Metz International qualifying 2008. He lost to Thierry Ascione 5–7, 6–2, 5–7 in a close match.
He was the only player in history to have won every set he has played against Rafael Nadal on clay until Hubert Hurkacz replicated the feat in 2024.
Junior Grand Slam finals edit
Singles: 1 (1 title) edit Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit
Singles: 16 (12–4) edit Legend ATP Challenger (7–3) ITF Futures (5–1)
Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (10–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Jul 1997 Montauban , FranceChallenger Clay Horst Skoff 6–3, 7–6 Loss 1–1 Apr 2000 France F9, Clermont-Ferrand Futures Carpet Daniel Elsner 3–6, 4–6 Win 2–1 Apr 2000 Great Britain F3, Edinburgh Futures Clay Jan Weinzierl 6–4, 6–3 Win 3–1 May 2000 Great Britain F4, Hatfield Futures Clay Olivier Patience 6–1, 6–4 Win 4–1 May 2000 Great Britain F5, Newcastle Futures Clay Vasilis Mazarakis 7–5, 6–2 Loss 4–2 Jul 2000 Tampere , FinlandChallenger Clay Johan Van Herck 3–6, 2–6 Loss 4–3 Oct 2000 Eckental , GermanyChallenger Carpet Jens Knippschild 7–6(7–5) , 6–7(4–7) , 5–7 Win 5–3 May 2002 Germany F2, Esslingen Futures Clay Ivan Vajda 6–1, 6–3 Win 6–3 May 2002 Great Britain F4, Hatfield Futures Clay Jean-Christophe Faurel 6–4, 6–2 Loss 6–4 Jun 2002 Eisenach , GermanyChallenger Clay Tomas Zib 6–7(5–7) , 2–6 Win 7–4 Aug 2002 Segovia , SpainChallenger Hard Fernando Verdasco 6–4, 6–2 Win 8–4 Aug 2002 Graz , AustriaChallenger Hard Filippo Volandri 6–3, 6–2 Win 9–4 Sep 2002 Aschaffenburg , GermanyChallenger Clay Potito Starace 6–4, 6–0 Win 10–4 Oct 2002 Seville , SpainChallenger Clay Albert Portas 6–3, 7–5 Win 11–4 Mar 2004 Saint Brieuc , FranceChallenger Clay Christophe Rochus 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 Win 12–4 Jun 2004 Reggio Emilia , ItalyChallenger Clay Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–2, 0–6, 6–3
Doubles: 1 (0–1) edit Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Performance timeline edit
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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