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Arnaud Clément (born December 17, 1977) is a professional tennis player from France.
[edit] Career
He was born in Aix-en-Provence, and currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He turned professional in 1996, and his most significant achievement has been to reach the Australian Open men's singles final in 2001, where he was defeated by Andre Agassi, defeating the then-unseeded but current number one Roger Federer and former number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov on his way to the final. While playing he often wears a bandana and sunglasses.
Clément has been ranked as high as 10 in the world in singles and as high as 24 in doubles, where he has often partnered fellow Frenchmen Sebastien Grosjean and Michael Llodra. He has won four ATP singles titles (Lyon 2000, Metz 2003, Marseille 2006, Washington 2006), and five doubles titles. In September 2005 he defeated Great Britain's Andy Murray in the U.S. Open tournament.
In March 2006, Clement ended his two and a half year period of not winning an ATP singles title by capturing the Marseille Open, defeating world number 2 Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals and Mario Ančić in the finals. In August 2006, Clement 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 N. 1 and number one 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.
Arnaud was selected to represent one of the world's best-known and most important fashion label, Lacoste. He was seen from May 2004 onwards in a pan-European print and TV campaign alongside the Danish pop singer Natacha Thomas. The advert was directed and shooted by Bruno Aveillan, who in the course of his career has already filmed top stars such as Monica Bellucci, Claudia Schiffer, Marcel Desailly, Zinedine Zidane or Gisele Bündchen.
[edit] Santoro-Clément Match
At Roland Garros 2004, Fabrice Santoro defeated Clement 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 16-14 in six hours and 33 minutes. It was, as of May, 2006, the longest singles match in male professional tennis history.
[edit] Grand Slam singles final
[edit] Runner-up (1)
[edit] Grand Slam men's doubles finals
[edit] Win (1)
[edit] Runner-up (1)
[edit] Career finals
[edit] Singles
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (4) |
| Challengers (0) |
[edit] Runner-ups
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
November 24, 1997 |
Réunion Island, France |
Hard |
 Jan Apell |
6–4, 7–6 |
| 2. |
February 8, 1999 |
Marseille, France |
Hard (i) |
 Fabrice Santoro |
6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 3. |
January 29, 2001 |
Australian Open |
Hard |
 Andre Agassi |
6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 4. |
June 24, 2002 |
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
Grass |
 Sjeng Schalken |
3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 5. |
June 23, 2003 |
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
Grass |
Sjeng Schalken |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 6. |
October 13, 2003 |
Lyon, France |
Carpet |
 Rainer Schüttler |
7–5, 6–3 |
| 7. |
April 26, 2004 |
Aix-en-Provence, France |
Clay |
Fabrice Santoro |
1–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
| 8. |
June 23, 2007 |
Nottingham, United Kingdom |
Grass |
 Ivo Karlović |
3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
[edit] Doubles
| Legend (Doubles) |
| Grand Slam (1) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (2) |
| ATP Tour (7) |
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
April 10, 2000 |
Casablanca, Morocco |
Clay |
Sébastien Grosjean |
Lars Burgsmüller
 Andrew Painter |
7–6, 6–4 |
| 2. |
February 11, 2002 |
Marseille, France |
Hard (I) |
Nicolas Escudé |
Julien Boutter
 Max Mirnyi |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 3. |
March 8, 2004 |
Indian Wells, Califonia, U.S. |
Hard |
Sébastien Grosjean |
 Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett |
6–3, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 4. |
October 11, 2004 |
Metz, France |
Hard (I) |
Nicolas Mahut |
Ivan Ljubičić
 Uros Vico |
6–2, 7–6 |
| 5. |
October 25, 2004 |
St. Petersburg, Russia |
Carpet (I) |
Michaël Llodra |
 Dominik Hrbatý
 Jaroslav Levinský |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 6. |
October 23, 2006 |
Lyon, France |
Carpet (I) |
Julien Benneteau |
František Čermák
Jaroslav Levinský |
6–2, 6–7, [10-7] |
| 7. |
October 30, 2006 |
Paris |
Carpet (I) |
Julien Benneteau |
Fabrice Santoro
 Nenad Zimonjić |
7–6, 6–2 |
| 8. |
February 12, 2007 |
Marseille, France |
Hard (I) |
Michaël Llodra |
 Mark Knowles
 Daniel Nestor |
7–6, 4–6, [10-8] |
| 9. |
June 25, 2007 |
Wimbledon, United Kingdom |
Grass |
Michaël Llodra |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 10. |
October 1, 2007 |
Metz, France |
Hard (I) |
Michaël Llodra |
 Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski |
6–1, 6–4 |
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