Cedric Pioline

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**Cedric Pioline**

Country	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Date of birth	June 15, 1969 (1969-06-15) (age 39)
Place of birth	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.89 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$6,921,029
Singles
Career record:	389-318
Career titles:	5
Highest ranking:	No. 5 (May 8, 2000)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4r (1998)
French Open	SF (1998)
Wimbledon	F (1997)
US Open	F (1993)
Doubles
Career record:	41-50
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 93 (January 13, 2003)
Infobox last updated on: October 18, 2006.

Cedric Pioline (born 15 June 1969, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is a retired professional tennis player from France who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the US Open in 1993 and at Wimbledon in 1997. On both occasions, he was beaten by Pete Sampras in straight sets.

Pioline is one of only a few players to have reached the top ten in the ATP rankings without ever winning a tournament to achieve the ranking (along with Marcos Baghdatis in 2006). Pioline was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world in 2000.

Pioline won five singles titles in his career, the biggest coming at the ATP Masters Series event in Monte Carlo in 2000 - his last ever final on the professional tour. In addition to his finals appearances at the US Open and Wimbledon, he reached 10 other singles finals, including at Monte Carlo in 1993 & 1998.

As a player he was particularly noted for his fine topspin backhand.

After retiring from tennis, Pioline became a tennis administrator. Currently, he is the Tournament Director of the Masters Series event in Paris, and plays in the senior ATP tour.

1 Grand Slam singles finals
- 1.1 Runner-ups (2)
2 Titles (6)
- 2.1 Singles (5)
- 2.2 Doubles (1)
3 Singles runner-ups (12)
4 External links

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1993	U.S. Open	Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1997	Wimbledon	Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2, 6–4

[edit] Titles (6)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP Tour (5)

[edit] Singles (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the Final	Score
1.	March 11, 1996	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Kenneth Carlsen	6–2, 7–6(7)
2.	April 28, 1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	6–2, 5–7, 7–6(4)
3.	June 14, 1999	Nottingham, England	Grass	Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
4.	February 14, 2000	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	Hard	Tim Henman	6–7(3), 6–4, 7–6(4)
5.	April 17, 2000	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	6–4, 7–6(3), 7–6(6)

[edit] Doubles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	July 5, 1993	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Marc Rosset	Hendrik Jans Davids Piet Norval	6–3 3–6 7–6

[edit] Singles runner-ups (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	26 October 1992	Lyon, France	Carpet	Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2
2.	26 April 1993	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	7–6, 6–0
3.	13 September 1993	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
4.	11 October 1993	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Arnaud Boetsch	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
5.	18 October 1993	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	6–3, 6–2
6.	25 October 1993	Lyon, France	Carpet	Pete Sampras	7–6, 1–6, 7–5
7.	29 August 1994	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
8.	5 February 1996	Zagreb, Croatia	Carpet	Goran Ivanišević	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
9.	19 February 1996	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Guy Forget	7–5, 6–4
10.	7 July 1997	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
11.	2 March 1998	London, England	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–5, 6–4
12.	27 April 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Carlos Moyà	6–3, 6–0, 7–5