Arnaud Clément

Clément reached the final of the 2001 Australian Open and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 10 in April of that year. Partnering Michaël Llodra in men's doubles, he won Wimbledon in 2007 and two Masters titles.

Arnaud Clément

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	(1977-12-17) 17 December 1977 (age 46) Aix-en-Provence, France
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	5 July 2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$7,125,228
Singles
Career record	316–327 (49.1%)(at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 10 (2 April 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	F (2001)
French Open	4R (2003)
Wimbledon	QF (2008)
US Open	QF (2000)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2004, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	232–195 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 8 (28 January 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2008)
French Open	SF (2001)
Wimbledon	W (2007)
US Open	QF (2006)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2001)

He was the French Davis Cup captain from 2013 to 2015.

Clément was born in Aix-en-Provence to Henri Clément and Maria Michel. He began to play tennis at the age of seven with his older brother Bruno, who later became his coach. His grandmother is Lebanese. He currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland.

He turned professional in 1996, and achieved his career highlight at the 2001 Australian Open, reaching the men's singles final, where he was defeated by Andre Agassi. En route, Clement defeated the then-unseeded future world No. 1, Roger Federer, and the former world No. 1, Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

While playing, he often wore a bandana and sunglasses. The sunglasses have been medically prescribed for Clement because of severe eye problems he has encountered through his life, which had nearly left him blind as a child. At only 13 months old, he was diagnosed with unilateral coloboma, meaning the condition only affects one eye, at that time Clément was only given a 40/60% chance of having healthy eyesight for the rest of his life^{[citation needed]}, throughout his tennis career Clément has worn sunglasses to protect his eyes.

Clément was selected to represent one of the world's best-known and most important fashion labels, Lacoste. He was seen from May 2004 onwards in a pan-European print and TV campaign alongside the Danish pop singer Natasha Thomas. The advert was directed and shot by Bruno Aveillan.

Clément has been ranked as high as world No. 10 in singles and as high as world No. 8 in doubles, where he has often partnered with fellow Frenchmen Sébastien Grosjean and Michaël Llodra. He has won four ATP singles titles (Lyon 2000, Metz 2003, Marseille 2006, Washington 2006), and twelve doubles titles including Wimbledon.

Throughout his career, he has beaten top players such as Andre Agassi, Pat Rafter, Carlos Moyá and more recently Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

 

Until 2010, Clément held the record for the longest match in the history of the Open Era. At Roland Garros 2004, Fabrice Santoro defeated Clément 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 16–14 in six hours and 33 minutes. John Isner and Nicolas Mahut would eventually beat this record six years later at Wimbledon.

In March 2006, Clément ended his two and a half-year period of not winning an ATP singles title by capturing the Marseille Open, defeating world No. 2, Rafael Nadal, in the semifinals and Mario Ančić in the finals. In August 2006, Clément won his first ATP title in the United States, defeating Murray in straight sets in the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

In July 2007, Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra won the men's double title at Wimbledon, beating world No. 1 and top seeds defending champions, Bob and Mike Bryan, thus winning his first Grand Slam doubles title (Llodra had won two previous titles with Fabrice Santoro, making it his third Grand Slam title). He and Llodra were ecstatic, and celebrated by throwing their shirts, rackets, and towels into the crowd.

In July 2008, Arnaud Clément and Rainer Schüttler, both in their early 30s, played against each other in a Wimbledon quarterfinal singles match. Because of rain delays and darkness, play was suspended over a period of two days. Eventually, the match went in favour of Schüttler. The match went five sets and over five hours combined within the two playing days. The fifth set's score was 8–6. Finishing in five hours and twelve minutes, it was the third-longest men's singles match in Wimbledon history.

In June 2012, Arnaud Clément formalized his retirement from professional tennis at the age of 34, after a 16-year career.

Clément has been in a relationship with French pop singer Nolwenn Leroy since 2008.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2001	Australian Open	Hard	Andre Agassi	4–6, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2007	Wimbledon	Grass	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	2008	Australian Open	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Jonathan Erlich   Andy Ram	5–7, 6–7(4–7)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2004	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Sébastien Grosjean	Wayne Black   Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win	2006	Paris Masters	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Fabrice Santoro   Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(7–4), 6–4

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1999	Open 13, France	International	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2000	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France	International	Carpet (i)	Pat Rafter	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	1–2	Jan 2001	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Andre Agassi	4–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Jun 2002	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	International	Grass	Sjeng Schalken	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Jun 2003	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	International	Grass	Sjeng Schalken	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Oct 2003	Open de Moselle, France	International	Hard (i)	Fernando González	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	2–5	Oct 2003	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France	International	Carpet (i)	Rainer Schüttler	5–7, 3–6
Win	3–5	Feb 2006	Open 13, France	International	Hard (i)	Mario Ančić	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–5	Aug 2006	Washington Open, United States	International	Hard	Andy Murray	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss	4–6	Jun 2007	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	International	Grass	Ivo Karlović	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–7	Jan 2010	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	John Isner	3–6, 7–5, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 22 (12 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2000	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	International	Clay	Sébastien Grosjean	Lars Burgsmüller   Andrew Painter	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 2001	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France	International	Carpet (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	Daniel Nestor   Nenad Zimonjić	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	Feb 2002	Open 13, France	International	Hard (i)	Nicolas Escudé	Julien Boutter   Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Jan 2004	Adelaide International, Australia	International	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	5–7, 3–6
Win	3–2	Mar 2004	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Masters	Hard	Sébastien Grosjean	Wayne Black   Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win	4–2	Oct 2004	Open de Moselle, France	International	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Ivan Ljubičić   Uros Vico	6–2, 7–6(10–8)
Win	5–2	Oct 2004	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	International	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Dominik Hrbatý   Jaroslav Levinský	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Jan 2005	Sydney International, Australia	International	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Mahesh Bhupathi   Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5–4	Feb 2005	Milan Indoor, Italy	International	Carpet (i)	Jean-François Bachelot	Daniele Bracciali   Giorgio Galimberti	6–7(8–10), 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss	5–5	Jun 2006	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	International	Grass	Chris Haggard	Martin Damm   Leander Paes	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	6–5	Oct 2006	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France	International	Carpet (i)	Julien Benneteau	František Čermák   Jaroslav Levinský	6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Loss	6–6	Oct 2007	Stockholm Open, Sweden	International	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Jonas Björkman   Max Mirnyi	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–6	Nov 2006	Paris Masters, France	Masters	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Fabrice Santoro   Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win	8–6	Feb 2007	Open 13, France (2)	International	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	7–5, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	9–6	Jul 2007	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Win	10–6	Oct 2007	Open de Moselle, France (2)	International	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Mariusz Fyrstenberg   Marcin Matkowski	6–1, 6–4
Loss	10–7	Jan 2008	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Jonathan Erlich   Andy Ram	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win	11–7	Oct 2008	Open de Moselle, France (3)	International	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Mariusz Fyrstenberg   Marcin Matkowski	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	12–7	Feb 2009	Open 13, France (3)	250 Series	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Julian Knowle   Andy Ram	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	12–8	Sep 2009	Open de Moselle, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Colin Fleming   Ken Skupski	6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	12–9	Oct 2009	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	Julien Benneteau   Nicolas Mahut	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	12–10	Feb 2010	Zagreb Indoors, Croatia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Olivier Rochus	Jürgen Melzer   Philipp Petzschner	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]

Singles

Doubles