Jeremy Chardy

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**Jeremy Chardy**

Country	France
Residence	Boeil-Bezing, France
Date of birth	12 February 1987 (1987-02-12) (age 21)
Place of birth	Pau, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb/11.8 st)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US $276,570
Singles
Career record:	2-5
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 94 (June 9, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	-
French Open	4r (2008)
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-
Doubles
Career record:	0-3
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 209 (October 15, 2007)
Infobox last updated on: May 29, 2008.

Jeremy Chardy (Jérémy Chardy) (born February 12, 1987 in Pau, France) is a French professional tennis player. In 2005 he won the Wimbledon boys' singles title, and was also the losing finalist in the U.S. Open boys' singles, losing to Ryan Sweeting.

In 2006 he made his Grand Slam debut, benefitting of a wild card entry into the French Open, where he beat Jonas Bjorkman in straight sets in Round 1 before losing in 4 sets to David Ferrer in the 2nd Round.

After beating David Nalbandian (ATP no 6) at the 2008 French Open, he beats Dmitry Tursunov (ATP no 30) (7-6 6-3 6-4) in the third round. However he lost in the following round in three tight sets, 7-6 7-6 7-5, to Spaniard Nicholas Almagro (ATP no 20). Regardless, Chardy produced his best Grand Slam showing so far in his professional career.