Michaël Llodra

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Michael Llodra

Country	France
Residence	Suresnes, France
Date of birth	May 18, 1980 (1980-05-18) (age 28)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	80.0 kg (176 lb/12.60 st)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Left-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	$3,852,131
Singles
Career record:	86 - 111
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	No. 35 (June 9, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2000)
French Open	4R (2004, 2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2000, 2003, 2007)
US Open	4R (2004)
Doubles
Career record:	206 - 127
Career titles:	14
Highest ranking:	No. 8 (June 14, 2004)
Infobox last updated on: March 10, 2008.

Michaël Llodra (born May 18, 1980) is a professional French male tennis player.

Contents 1 Life and Career 1.1 2003 1.2 2004 1.3 2005 1.4 2007 1.5 2008 2 Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6) 2.1 Wins (3) 2.2 Runner-ups (6) 3 Titles (16) 3.1 Singles wins (3) 3.2 Singles runner-ups (2) 3.3 Doubles wins (14) 3.4 Runner-ups (13) 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Life and Career

Llodra was born in Paris, where his father Michel played for football club Paris Saint-Germain. A left-hander. His serve-and-volley style is modelled on that of his idol Stefan Edberg.

[edit] 2003

Llodra wins his first Grand Slam title, Australian Open Men's Doubles with Fabrice Santoro.

[edit] 2004

On winning the men's doubles again for the second time at the Australian Open in 2004, Llodra and his tennis partner Fabrice Santoro made headlines by stripping off their shirts, shoes, socks and shorts.^[1] Dressed in a pair of white briefs only, Llodra threw his clothes into the crowd, to the cheers of many onlookers.^[2]

Llodra also won his first ATP singles title at 's-Hertogenbosch.

[edit] 2005

On November 20, 2005, Llodra teamed up with French compatriot Fabrice Santoro to win the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, a competition which pitted the top 8 doubles teams in the world against one another.

[edit] 2007

In July, Llodra won the men's double title at Wimbledon partnering Arnaud Clément, beating Bob and Mike Bryan, thus winning his third Grand Slam doubles title. He and Clément were ecstatic and Llodra once again celebrated by throwing his shirt, racket and towel into the crowd.

[edit] 2008

Llodra and Clément reached a second slam final at the Australian Open, only to lose to the Israeli paring of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, 7–5, 7–6(4).

In singles, Llodra won two tournaments in the course of two months, the first being in Adelaide, where he defeated Jarkko Nieminen in the final, and the other in Rotterdam, where he edged out Robin Soderling in a third-set tiebreak.

Llodra and his doubles partner Arnaud Clement then defeated the Bryan Brothers again in four sets at the Davis Cup quarterfinals tie against USA. They are one of two teams to defeat the Bryans in Davis Cup.

He then entered the 2008 French Open, where he upset Tomas Berdych in the second round and went on to reach the fourth round, losing to Latvian Ernests Gulbis in straight sets.

[edit] Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6)

[edit] Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2003	Australian Open	Fabrice Santoro	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2004	Australian Open (2)	Fabrice Santoro	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6, 6–3
2007	Wimbledon	Arnaud Clément	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	56-7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (6)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2002	Australian Open	Fabrice Santoro	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6, 6–3
2004	French Open	Fabrice Santoro	Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus	7–5, 7–5
2008	Australian Open (2)	Arnaud Clément	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–5, 7–6(4)

[edit] Titles (16)

[edit] Singles wins (3)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	14 June 2004	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Guillermo Coria	6–3, 6–4
2.	6 January 2008	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 6–4
3.	24 February 2008	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Robin Söderling	6–7(3), 6–3, 7–6(4)

[edit] Singles runner-ups (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	12 Jan 2004	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Dominik Hrbatý	6–4, 6–0
2.	20 Jun 2005	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Mario Ančić	7–5, 6–4

[edit] Doubles wins (14)

Legend Grand Slam (3) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP Tour (8)

Titles by Surface Hard (6) Clay (2) Grass (1) Carpet (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1 May 2000	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Diego Nargiso	Alberto Martín Fernando Vicente	7–6, 7–6
2.	13 January 2003	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
3.	19 January 2004	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6, 6–3
4.	23 August 2004	Long Island, United States	Hard	Antony Dupuis	Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann	6–2, 6–4
5.	25 October 2004	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Arnaud Clément	Dominik Hrbatý Jaroslav Levinský	6–3, 6–2
6.	11 April 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	Fabrice Santoro	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–2
7.	03 October 2005	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	5–2, 3–5, 5–4
8.	24 October 2005	Lyon, France	Carpet	Fabrice Santoro	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	6–3, 6–1
9.	07 November 2005	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai	Carpet	Fabrice Santoro	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
10.	30 October 2006	Paris, France	Carpet	Arnaud Clément	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–2
11.	12 February 2007	Lyon, France	Carpet	Arnaud Clément	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6, 4–6, [10–8]
12.	8 July 2007	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Arnaud Clément	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	56-7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
13.	1 October 2007	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Arnaud Clément	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–1, 6–4
14.	09 March 2008	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard (i)	Julien Benneteau	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]

[edit] Runner-ups (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	28 January 2002	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6, 6–3
2.	29 July 2002	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	Sébastien Grosjean Nicolas Kiefer	6–4, 6–4
3.	21 April 2003	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Fabrice Santoro	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
4.	12 May 2003	Rome, Italy	Clay	Fabrice Santoro	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	7–5, 7–6
5.	6 October 2003	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	7–6, 6–3
6.	3 November 2003	Paris, France	Carpet	Fabrice Santoro	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
7.	15 November 2003	Tennis Masters Cup, Houston	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
8.	12 January 2004	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Arnaud Clément	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–3
9.	7 June 2004	French Open, Paris	Clay	Fabrice Santoro	Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus	7–5, 7–5
10.	17 January 2005	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Arnaud Clément	Mahesh Bhupathi Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 6–3
11.	16 May 2005	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Fabrice Santoro	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–3
12.	24 September 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
13.	15 October 2007	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arnaud Clément	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4
14.	26 January 2008	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Arnaud Clément	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–5, 7–6(4)

[edit] References

1. ^ Celebrations end with a striptease, CNN.com World Sport. Accessed May 19, 2007.
2. ^ French duo retain title, BBC News Online. Accessed May 19, 2007.

[edit] External links

• ATP Tour profile for Michaël Llodra
• Llodra Recent Match Results
• Llodra World Ranking History

Association of Tennis Professionals | Top ten male doubles teams as of May 05, 2008
1. Bob Bryan      Mike Bryan 2. Jonathan Erlich      Andy Ram 3. Mahesh Bhupathi      Mark Knowles 4. Jeff Coetzee      Wesley Moodie 5. Daniel Nestor      Nenad Zimonjić