Fabrice Santoro

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Fabrice Santoro

Nickname(s)	The Magician
Country	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Date of birth	December 9, 1972 (1972-12-09) (age 35)
Place of birth	Tahiti, French Polynesia
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	163 lb (74 kg/11.6 st)
Turned Pro	1989
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed on both sides
Career Prize Money	$8,982,051
Singles
Career record:	446 - 415
Career titles:	5
Highest ranking:	17 (August 6, 2001)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (2006)
French Open	4th (1991, 2001)
Wimbledon	3rd (2001)
US Open	3rd (1990, 1998, 1999, 2004)
Doubles
Career record:	364 - 239
Career titles:	24
Highest ranking:	6 (July 5, 1999)
Infobox last updated on: June 1, 2008.

Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born December 9, 1972) is a French professional male tennis player known for using both hands for every possible shot. He was born in Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia, located in the Pacific Ocean.

Santoro has been most successful in doubles; he has won the 2003 and 2004 Australian Opens partnering Michaël Llodra, and has been runner-up, in doubles, at the 2002 Australian Open, 2004 French Open and at 2006 Wimbledon. He also won the 2005 French Open: he won the Roland Garros mixed doubles title with Daniela Hantuchová.

In addition to his doubles prowess, Fabrice is noted for his cheery attitude on court and his vast arsenal of trick shots, making him a crowd favorite. His varied and innovative style of play has earned him the nickname The Magician.

Santoro plays with two-hands on forehand and backhand, and though he is right-handed, often slices his forehand with the left hand. He attributes this to his having used racquets of the same weight through out his career, which made it too heavy for a six year old starting off a career, to hold with one hand.^[1] Santoro has beaten many former world number one players including Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, and is famous for his record against Marat Safin (currently 7–2). At 35, he is currently the second-oldest player in the ATP Top 100 (after Jonas Bjorkman).

With his participation in the 2008 Australian Open, he broke Andre Agassi's record in Grand Slam appearances over his career with a total of 62 participations (Agassi's record was 61).

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Career statistics 2.1 Career finals 2.1.1 Singles 2.1.1.1 Wins (12) 2.1.1.2 Runner-ups (9) 2.1.2 Doubles 2.1.2.1 Wins (26) 2.1.2.2 Runner-ups (18) 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Trivia

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• Santoro has defeated 17 players who were ranked World No. 1 at some time during their careers (Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Thomas Muster, Marcelo Rios, Gustavo Kuerten, Carlos Moya, Pat Rafter, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick, and Roger Federer). Against three other former World No. 1 players, Santoro was 0–6 against Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 0–1 against Ivan Lendl, and 0–0 against John McEnroe.
• Santoro won the longest singles match in the open era. At the 2004 French Open, he beat fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clement in a 6h 33m first round match 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 16–14.
• At the 2007 U.S. Open, Santoro tied Agassi's record of 61 appearances in Grand Slam singles tournament. He then broke the record with his participation in the 2008 Australian Open.
• Santoro is 7–2 lifetime against Safin. Safin has said, "being told I would play Santoro was being told I was to die."
• Santoro is 9–2 against compatriot Sebastien Grosjean.
• During the 2005 US Open, Santoro lost to the eventual champion Federer 7–5, 7–5, 7–6.
• Santoro teamed with Michael Llodra, a French compatriot, to win the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, a competition that included the top eight doubles teams in the world
• He was the first leader of the ATP Champions Race, winning the first tournament of the year in Doha in the year the race was introduced.
• The 2006 Australian Open was Santoro's first Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance.
• Santoro is a big fan of the late French comedian Michel Colucci.^[1]
• According to ATPTennis.com as of June 2008, Santoro has lost more singles matches (415) than any other professional player (active or not). Overall, however, Santoro has won over half of his matches, with a career record of 446–415.
• Santoro has a daughter named Bernice.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Career finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] Wins (12)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (5)

Challengers (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 5, 1990	Telford, England	Carpet (i)	Peter Nyborg	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
2.	October 21, 1991	Brest, France	Hard (i)	Cédric Pioline	6–4, 7–5
3.	August 29, 1994	Merano, Italy	Clay	Sergio Cortés	6–1, 6–0
4.	September 5, 1994	Venice, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
5.	July 21, 1997	Newcastle, England	Clay	Sébastien Grosjean	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
6.	October 13, 1997	Lyon, France	Carpet (I)	Tommy Haas	6–4, 6–4
7.	February 1, 1999	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Arnaud Clément	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
8.	January 3, 2000	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	3–6, 7–5, 3–0 ret.
9.	February 25, 2002	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Younes El Aynaoui	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
10.	April 26, 2004	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Arnaud Clément	1–6, 7–6(5), 6–3
11.	February 5, 2007	Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (I)	Simone Bolelli	6–2, 6–1
12.	July 9, 2007	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	October 7, 1990	Toulouse, France	Carpet (i)	Jonas Svensson	7–6, 6–2
2.	February 8, 1993	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Karel Nováček	6–4, 7–5
3.	August 7, 1994	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
4.	November 25, 1996	Mauritius Island	Grass	Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
5.	January 10, 1998	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Petr Korda	6–0, 6–3
6.	March 7, 1999	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Magnus Gustafsson	6–4, 6–1
7.	June 17, 2001	Halle, Germany	Grass	Thomas Johansson	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
8.	September 22, 2003	Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France	Hard (i)	Irakli Labadze	1–6, 7–6, 6–4
9.	May 2, 2005	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Gaël Monfils	7–5, 3–6, 7–6

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Wins (26)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (2)

Tennis Masters Cup (1)

ATP Masters Series (3)

ATP Tour (18)

Challengers (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 25, 1995	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Álex Corretja	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
2.	November 13, 1995	Reunion Island	Hard	Yahiya Doumbia	Tim Henman Andrew Richardson	1–6, 6–3, 6–1
3.	November 11, 1996	Reunion Island	Hard	Hendrik Jan Davids	Donald Johnson Leander Paes	6–3, 7–6
4.	July 20, 1998	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Olivier Delaître	Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
5.	September 28, 1998	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Olivier Delaître	Paul Haarhuis Jan Siemerink	6–2, 6–4
6.	October 5, 1998	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Olivier Delaître	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–6
7.	October 19, 1998	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Olivier Delaître	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–2, 6–2
8.	August 23, 1999	Long Island, United States	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	7–5, 6–4
9.	October 16, 2000	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Julien Boutter	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
10.	February 12, 2001	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Julien Boutter	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	7–6, 7–5
11.	October 28, 2002	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Nicolas Escudé	Gustavo Kuerten Cédric Pioline	6–3, 7–6
12.	January 13, 2003	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
13.	February 10, 2003	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	6–1, 6–4
14.	January 12, 2004	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
15.	January 19, 2004	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6, 6–3
16.	March 1, 2004	Doha, UAE	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Leander Paes	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
17.	May 2, 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–2
18.	October 3, 2005	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
19.	October 24, 2005	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	6–3, 6–1
20.	November 7, 2005	Shanghai, China	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
21.	January 9, 2006	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–1, 6–4
22.	June 12, 2006	Halle, Germany	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler	6–0, 6–4
23.	October 2, 2006	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Richard Gasquet	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 6–1, 11-9 (MTB)
24.	October 9, 2006	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	6–1, 7–5
25.	February 26, 2007	Doha. UAE	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Štěpánek	7–5, 6–7, 10-7
26.	May 7, 2007	Rome, Italy	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4 ,6–7, 10-7

[edit] Runner-ups (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 10, 1997	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Olivier Delaître	Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson	6–3, 6–4
2.	October 13, 1997	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Olivier Delaître	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
3.	November 3, 1997	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	David Adams	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	6–4, 6–3
4.	January 5, 1998	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
5.	August 10, 1998	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–1, 2–1 ret.
6.	January 14, 2002	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6, 6–3
7.	April 14, 2003	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
8.	May 5, 2003	Rome, Italy	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–1, 6–3
9.	September 29, 2003	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	7–6, 6–3
10.	October 27, 2003	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
11.	November 8, 2003	Houston, United States	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
12.	May 24, 2004	Roland Garros, France	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus	7–5, 7–5
13.	February 21, 2005	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek	6–2, 6–4
14.	May 9, 2005	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	4–6 7–6 7–6
15.	April 17, 2006	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–2, 7–6
16.	June 26, 2006	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
17.	October 30, 2006	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	7–6, 6–2
18.	June 11, 2007	Halle, Germany	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	6–4, 7–6

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Santoro, Fabrice. ’The Magician’ Answers Your Emails. Retrieved on 2006-08-30.

• Mayotte, Tim (20 May 2006). The Forehand of Fabrice Santoro. tennis.com. Retrieved on 2006-08-30.

[edit] External links

• ATP Tour profile for Fabrice Santoro
• ITF profile for Fabrice Santoro
• Davis Cup profile for Fabrice Santoro
• Santoro Recent Match Results
• Santoro World Ranking History