Julien Boutter

At the 2002 Australian Open, Boutter defeated No. 2 seed and former World No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten, despite being down two sets, 3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–3.

In his career, he won one singles title (2003 Casablanca) and reached the final in Milan (2001) but lost to Swiss Roger Federer. He reached two Master Series quarterfinals at Hamburg in 2002 and Monte Carlo in 2003. Boutter also reached the semi-finals of the 2002 Australian Open partnering fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clément, only to lose to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro 3–6, 6–3, 10–12. During the match, Boutter led an impromptu funeral ceremony for a bird inadvertently hit by Llodra as it was chasing a moth.

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2001	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Roger Federer	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 4–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2003	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	6–2, 2–6, 6–1

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2000	Chennai, India	Hard	Christophe Rochus	Saurav Panja   Srinath Prahlad	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–0	Oct 2000	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Donald Johnson   Piet Norval	7–6(10–8), 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
Win	3–0	Feb 2001	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Michael Hill   Jeff Tarango	7–6(9–7), 7–5
Win	4–0	Sep 2001	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Dominik Hrbatý	Marius Barnard   Jim Thomas	6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss	4–1	Jan 2002	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Max Mirnyi	Karsten Braasch   Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–12]
Loss	4–2	Feb 2002	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Arnaud Clément   Nicolas Escudé	4–6, 3–6

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	9 February 1998	Bergheim, Austria	Carpet (i)	Ivaylo Traykov	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	27 April 1998	Esslingen, Germany	Clay	Jordi Mas-Rodriguez	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	28 December 1998	Mumbai, India	Hard	Antony Dupuis	5–7, 6–7
Winner	1.	1 March 1999	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Antony Dupuis	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	14 June 1999	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	1–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	28 February 2000	Cherbourg, France	Hard (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	6–1, 6–0
Winner	3.	6 March 2000	Besançon, France	Hard (i)	Julian Knowle	6–4, 7–64

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	21 July 1997	Ostend, Belgium	Clay	Tarik Benhabiles	Kris Goossens   Tom Vanhoudt	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	9 February 1998	Bergheim, Austria	Carpet (i)	Jean-Michel Pequery	Markus Menzler   Markus Wislsperger	6–4, 1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	27 April 1998	Esslingen, Germany	Clay	Jean-René Lisnard	Federico Browne   Martín García	6–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	28 February 2000	Cherbourg, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Julien Benneteau   Nicolas Mahut	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	2.	6 March 2000	Besançon, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Stefano Pescosolido   Vincenzo Santopadre	6–4, 66–7, 7–65