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Michaël Llodra
Michael Llodra US Open 2010 one.jpg
Country (sports)  France
Residence Rueil-Malmaison, France
Born (1980-05-18) 18 May 1980 (age 43)
Paris, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro 1999
Retired 2014
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money ,533,350
Singles
Career record 187–221
Career titles 5
Highest ranking No. 21 (9 May 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2012)
French Open 4R (2004, 2008)
Wimbledon 4R (2011)
US Open 4R (2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record 387–224
Career titles 26
Highest ranking No. 3 (14 November 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open W (2003, 2004)
French Open F (2004, 2013)
Wimbledon W (2007)
US Open SF (2003)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals W (2005)
Medal record
Olympic Games – Tennis
Silver 2012 London Doubles

Michaël Llodra (French pronunciation: [mikaɛl jɔdʁa]; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was a successful doubles player with three Grand Slam championships and an Olympic silver medal, and has also had success in singles, winning five career titles and gaining victories over Novak Djokovic, Juan Martín del Potro, Tomáš Berdych, Robin Söderling, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Nikolay Davydenko, Janko Tipsarević and John Isner. Llodra has been called "the best volleyer on tour."

Life and career

2014 US Open (Tennis) - Tournament - Michael Llodra (15129919821)
Llodra at 2014 US Open

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

Llodra and his wife Camille were married on 9 September 2003, and have two children, a daughter, Manon (born 23 March 2004) and a son, Teo (born 5 September 2007). He is a well-known supporter of French football club Paris Saint-Germain, and has often been seen wearing the club's shirt prior to tennis matches.

2002

Llodra reached his first Grand Slam final, the Australian Open men's doubles, with Fabrice Santoro. Unseeded, they lost to Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. During his semifinal, Llodra inadvertently hit a bird.

2003

Llodra won his first Grand Slam title, the Australian Open men's doubles, with Santoro. Their opponents in the final were once again Knowles and Nestor.

2004

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

Llodra made his first appearance in the fourth round of a Grand Slam singles tournament at that year's French Open. In the fourth round he led eventual semifinalist Tim Henman by two sets to love and had a match point in the fifth set before Henman prevailed. Llodra also won his first ATP singles title two weeks later at 's-Hertogenbosch.

2005

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

2007

In July, Llodra won the men's doubles 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.

At the US Open, he and Clément were seeded seventh, but were upset in the second round by Jesse Levine and Alex Kuznetsov.

2008

Llodra and Clément reached a second Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, but lost to the Israeli pairing of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.

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

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

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

2009

Llodra Roland Garros 2009 1
Llodra at the 2009 French Open.

In 2009, he made two finals in singles; the Open 13 in Marseille (l. to Tsonga) and the Grand Prix in Lyon (l. to Ljubicic). He had a poor season in doubles.

2010

Llodra started off the season with opening-round losses in Brisbane and Sydney. He made the second round of the Australian Open, losing to Juan Mónaco in five sets.

He lost to Marco Chiudinelli in the opening round in Rotterdam. The following week, he impressively won the Open 13 tournament in Marseille. He beat two well-known players on the rise: seventh seed Marcos Baghdatis (in the second round) and top seed Robin Söderling (in the quarterfinals). In the final, he defeated Julien Benneteau in straight sets in their first meeting on the ATP tour. Llodra and Benneteau also teamed up to win the doubles title in Marseille. Llodra also won at Eastbourne, beating Guillermo García-López in the final.

Llodra lost in the first round at the French Open, the second round at Wimbledon, and made the third round at the US Open before retiring against Tommy Robredo.

At the BNP Paribas Masters tournament in Paris-Bercy, he played his best tennis in an ATP Masters 1000 tournament, where he defeated second seed Novak Djokovic and then eleventh seed Nikolay Davydenko in the quarterfinals. Llodra then held three match points against world No. 5 and eventual champion Robin Söderling, but eventually lost in a third-set tiebreak. Had Llodra won, it would have been an all-French final in Paris with compatriot Gaël Monfils.

2011

At the Australian Open, Llodra and Zimonjic lost in the quarterfinals to Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes. They reached the final in Rotterdam, but lost to Jürgen Melzer and Petzschner. They reached the semifinals in Dubai, but lost to Jérémy Chardy and Feliciano López, again in a super-tiebreak. They reached the quarterfinals in Miami, again losing to Bhupathi and Paes. In Madrid, they lost the final to the Bryan brothers. In Rome, they reached the quarterfinals, losing to Carlos Berlocq and Jarkko Nieminen.

The team made the semifinals at the French Open and at Wimbledon, losing to Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in a match featuring two tiebreaks, and to the Bryan brothers in five sets. They won their first two titles of the year in Washington, D.C. and at the Canadian Open, against Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău and the Bryan brothers, respectively. They lost in the final in Cincinnati, again against Bhupathi and Paes.

They did not make it past the round of 16 at the US Open, but they took their third title of the year at the China Open, again against Lindstedt and Tecau. They lost in the final in Shanghai against Max Mirnyi and Nestor in a super-tiebreak. They took their fourth title together in Basel, again defeating Mirnyi and Nestor in the final.

They reached the quarterfinals in Bercy and participated in the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals in London, winning their first round-robin match against Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi.

In singles, Llodra reached the quarterfinals in Marseille, losing to Robin Söderling. He also reached the quarterfinals in Madrid, losing to finalist Rafael Nadal. He lost in the first round at the French Open and in the round of 16 at Wimbledon. In the US Open, he lost in the second round to Kevin Anderson in straight sets.

2012

At the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris (Bercy), Llodra reached the semifinals, after upsetting tenth and seventh seeds John Isner and Juan Martín del Potro, even though he was the lowest-ranked player in the draw. He also beat American Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. He faced David Ferrer for a place in the final, but lost.

2013

At the Dubai Open, Llodra stunned world No. 8 and Australian Open 2008 finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets, but lost to Dmitry Tursunov in the next round. Llodra was also in the men's doubles finals of the French Open with Nicolas Mahut, but lost to the Bryan brothers in the final.

2014

In 2014 Llodra played fewer tournaments and had less success in singles than the previous years. He suffered first-round losses at the Australian Open and French Open, and skipped Wimbledon. He did, however, get a win at the US Open, defeating Daniel Gimeno-Traver.

Playing style

Llodra was known for his skilled net play. The Guardian journalist Xan Brooks described Llodra as "one of those talented, maddening French players in the tradition of Henri Leconte, Guy Forget and Fabrice Santoro; at once supremely gifted and curiously brittle" and that he "plays like he's just flown in from the 20th-century. His game is all dinks and slices and sly changes of pace." Two-time French Open finalist Robin Söderling called Llodra's serve "unbelievable" and his volleys the "best on the tour". To aid his touch on volleys, Llodra was one of the few professionals to use all natural gut strings, which gave him better feel at the expense of power at the baseline.

Llodra was one of the last remaining serve-and-volleyers in the top ranks of men's professional tennis, a tactic aided by his left-handed serve which allowed him to create unusual angles. Llodra has been called the 'best serve and volleyer in the world' by the website Essential Tennis.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Men's doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2002 Australian Open Hard France Fabrice Santoro The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 2003 Australian Open Hard France Fabrice Santoro The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2004 Australian Open (2) Hard France Fabrice Santoro United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 2004 French Open Clay France Fabrice Santoro Belgium Xavier Malisse
Belgium Olivier Rochus
5–7, 5–7
Win 2007 Wimbledon Grass France Arnaud Clément United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2008 Australian Open Hard France Arnaud Clément Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2013 French Open Clay France Nicolas Mahut United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
4–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7)

Olympic finals

Men's doubles: 2 (1 Silver medal, 1 4th place)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
4th Place 2008 Summer Olympics Hard France Arnaud Clément United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Silver 2012 Summer Olympics Grass France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
4–6, 6–7(2–7)

Year-end championships

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2003 Tennis Masters Cup, Houston Hard France Fabrice Santoro United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 2005 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai Carpet (i) France Fabrice Santoro India Leander Paes
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2003 Monte-Carlo Masters Clay France Fabrice Santoro India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi
4–6, 6–3, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 2003 Italian Open Clay France Fabrice Santoro Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Paul Hanley
1–6, 3–6
Loss 2003 Paris Masters Carpet (i) France Fabrice Santoro Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Paul Hanley
3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win 2005 Italian Open Clay France Fabrice Santoro United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–2
Loss 2005 Hamburg Masters Clay France Fabrice Santoro Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 2006 Paris Masters Carpet (i) France Arnaud Clément France Fabrice Santoro
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss 2010 Canadian Open Hard France Julien Benneteau United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
5–7, 3–6
Loss 2011 Madrid Open Clay Serbia Nenad Zimonjić United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 3–6
Win 2011 Canadian Open Hard Serbia Nenad Zimonjić United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Loss 2011 Cincinnati Masters Hard Serbia Nenad Zimonjić India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 2011 Shanghai Masters Hard Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Belarus Max Mirnyi
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–3, 1–6, [10–12]

ATP career finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (3–2)
Indoor (2–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2004 Australian Hard Court Championships, Australia International Hard Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý 4–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2004 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands International Grass Argentina Guillermo Coria 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Jun 2005 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands International Grass Croatia Mario Ančić 5–7, 4–6
Win 2–2 Jan 2008 Australian Hard Court Championships, Australia International Hard Finland Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–2 Feb 2008 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands Intl. Gold Hard (i) Sweden Robin Söderling 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3–3 Feb 2009 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 3–4 Nov 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France 250 Series Hard (i) Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 5–7, 3–6
Win 4–4 Feb 2010 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) France Julien Benneteau 6–3, 6–4
Win 5–4 Jun 2010 Eastbourne International, United Kingdom 250 Series Grass Spain Guillermo García López 7–5, 6–2
Loss 5–5 Feb 2012 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 48 (26 titles, 22 runner-ups)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (3–4)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (1–1)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3–8)
Olympic Games (0–1)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–1)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (13–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–14)
Clay (2–6)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (5–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (11–16)
Indoor (15–6)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2000 Majorca Open,
Spain
International Clay Italy Diego Nargiso Spain Alberto Martín
Spain Fernando Vicente
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 1–1 Jan 2002 Australian Open,
Australia
Grand Slam Hard France Fabrice Santoro The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 1–2 Jul 2002 Los Angeles Open,
United States
International Hard United States Justin Gimelstob France Sébastien Grosjean
Germany Nicolas Kiefer
4–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Jan 2003 Australian Open,
Australia
Grand Slam Hard France Fabrice Santoro The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Apr 2003 Monte-Carlo Masters,
Monaco
Masters Series Clay France Fabrice Santoro India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi
4–6, 6–3, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 2–4 May 2003 Italian Open,
Italy
Masters Series Clay France Fabrice Santoro Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Paul Hanley
1–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 Oct 2003 Open de Moselle,
France
International Hard (i) France Fabrice Santoro France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut
6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss 2–6 Nov 2003 Paris Masters,
France
Masters Series Carpet (i) France Fabrice Santoro Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Paul Hanley
3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 2–7 Nov 2003 Tennis Masters Cup,
United States
Tour Finals Hard France Fabrice Santoro United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 2–8 Jan 2004 Australian Hard Court Championships,
Australia
International Hard France Arnaud Clément United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
5–7, 3–6
Win 3–8 Jan 2004 Australian Open,
Australia (2)
Grand Slam Hard France Fabrice Santoro United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 3–9 Jun 2004 French Open,
France
Grand Slam Clay France Fabrice Santoro Belgium Xavier Malisse
Belgium Olivier Rochus
5–7, 5–7
Win 4–9 Aug 2004 Long Island Open,
United States
International Hard France Antony Dupuis Switzerland Yves Allegro
Germany Michael Kohlmann
6–2, 6–4
Win 5–9 Oct 2004 St. Petersburg Open,
Russia
International Carpet (i) France Arnaud Clément Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–10 Jan 2005 Sydney International,
Australia
International Hard France Arnaud Clément India Mahesh Bhupathi
Australia Todd Woodbridge
3–6, 3–6
Win 6–10 May 2005 Italian Open,
Italy
Masters Series Clay France Fabrice Santoro United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–2
Loss 6–11 May 2005 Hamburg Masters,
Germany
Masters Series Clay France Fabrice Santoro Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 7–11 Oct 2005 Open de Moselle,
France
International Hard (i) France Fabrice Santoro Argentina José Acasuso
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
5–2, 3–5, 5–4(7–4)
Win 8–11 Oct 2005 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon,
France
International Carpet (i) France Fabrice Santoro South Africa Jeff Coetzee
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
6–3, 6–1
Win 9–11 Nov 2005 Tennis Masters Cup,
China
Tour Finals Carpet (i) France Fabrice Santoro India Leander Paes
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 10–11 Nov 2006 Paris Masters,
France
Masters Series Carpet (i) France Arnaud Clément France Fabrice Santoro
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win 11–11 Feb 2007 Open 13,
France
International Hard (i) France Arnaud Clément The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
7–5, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 12–11 Jul 2007 Wimbledon Championships,
United Kingdom
Grand Slam Grass France Arnaud Clément United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 12–12 Sep 2007 Thailand Open,
Thailand
International Hard (i) France Nicolas Mahut Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Win 13–12 Oct 2007 Open de Moselle,
France (2)
International Hard (i) France Arnaud Clément Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–1, 6–4
Loss 13–13 Oct 2007 Stockholm Open,
Sweden
International Hard (i) France Arnaud Clément Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
4–6, 4–6
Loss 13–14 Jan 2008 Australian Open,
Australia
Grand Slam Hard France Arnaud Clément Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win 14–14 Mar 2008 Las Vegas Open,
United States
International Hard France Julien Benneteau United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 15–14 Oct 2008 Open de Moselle,
France (3)
International Hard (i) France Arnaud Clément Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 16–14 Oct 2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon,
France (2)
International Carpet (i) Israel Andy Ram Australia Stephen Huss
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Win 17–14 Feb 2009 Open 13,
France (2)
250 Series Hard (i) France Arnaud Clément Austria Julian Knowle
Israel Andy Ram
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 17–15 Oct 2009 Open de Moselle,
France
250 Series Hard (i) France Arnaud Clément United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Ken Skupski
6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Win 18–15 Feb 2010 Open 13,
France (3)
250 Series Hard (i) France Julien Benneteau Austria Julian Knowle
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
6–4, 6–3
Loss 18–16 Aug 2010 Canadian Open,
Canada
Masters 1000 Hard France Julien Benneteau United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
5–7, 3–6
Loss 18–17 Feb 2011 Rotterdam Open,
Netherlands
500 Series Hard (i) Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Austria Jürgen Melzer
Germany Philipp Petzschner
4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Loss 18–18 May 2011 Madrid Open,
Spain
Masters 1000 Clay Serbia Nenad Zimonjić United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 3–6
Win 19–18 Aug 2011 Washington Open,
United States
500 Series Hard Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7]
Win 20–18 Aug 2011 Canadian Open,
Canada
Masters 1000 Hard Serbia Nenad Zimonjić United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Loss 20–19 Aug 2011 Cincinnati Masters,
United States
Masters 1000 Hard Serbia Nenad Zimonjić India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Win 21–19 Oct 2011 China Open,
China
500 Series Hard Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 21–20 Oct 2011 Shanghai Masters,
China
Masters 1000 Hard Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Belarus Max Mirnyi
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–3, 1–6, [10–12]
Win 22–20 Nov 2011 Swiss Indoors,
Switzerland
500 Series Hard (i) Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Belarus Max Mirnyi
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–4, 7–5
Win 23–20 Feb 2012 Rotterdam Open,
Netherlands
500 Series Hard (i) Serbia Nenad Zimonjić Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
4–6, 7–5, [16–14]
Loss 23–21 Aug 2012 Summer Olympics,
United Kingdom
Olympics Grass France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 24–21 Feb 2013 Open Sud de France,
France (3)
250 Series Hard (i) France Marc Gicquel Sweden Johan Brunström
South Africa Raven Klaasen
6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 25–21 Mar 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships,
United Arab Emirates
500 Series Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6)
Loss 25–22 Jun 2013 French Open,
France
Grand Slam Clay France Nicolas Mahut United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
4–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7)
Win 26–22 Feb 2014 Rotterdam Open,
Netherlands
500 Series Hard (i) France Nicolas Mahut Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R A 1R 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R 1R 1R 5–13
French Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 4R 1R 1R 3R 4R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 10–15
Wimbledon 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R A 2R 1R 2R 2R 4R 1R 2R A 9–13
US Open A A 2R A 4R 1R A 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 2R 10–11
Win–loss 2–3 0–2 1–4 1–3 6–3 0–4 0–2 4–4 4–4 1–4 4–4 5–4 3–4 2–4 1–3 34–52
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A 3R A 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R A 7–7
Miami A A A 1R A 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 2R A 6–10
Monte Carlo A A 2R A A 1R 2R Q1 1R A 2R 1R 1R A 2R 4–8
Rome A A A A A 1R A 1R 1R A 2R 1R 1R A A 1–6
Hamburg A A A A A 1R A A 2R Held as Madrid (Clay) 1–2
Madrid (Clay) Held as Hamburg A A QF 1R Q2 Q1 3–2
Canada 1R 1R A 1R 1R A A Q2 1R Q2 3R 2R A 1R Q2 3–8
Cincinnati A A A A 1R A A Q1 1R Q1 1R 2R A A Q1 1–4
Madrid (Hard) A A A A A A A A 1R Held as Shanghai 0–1
Shanghai Held as Madrid (Hard) 1R 1R 1R A A A 0–3
Paris 1R 1R A A 1R A 2R A A 1R SF 1R SF 1R A 9–9
Win–loss 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–5 3–3 3–3 1–8 1–4 9–8 7–9 5–6 2–4 1–1 35–60
Career statistics
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Finals 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 10
Year-end ranking 159 89 104 173 41 136 96 93 40 67 23 47 53 105 269

Doubles

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R F W W QF 2R 1R F A 1R QF 3R 1R SF 2 / 13 35–11
French Open A 2R 1R QF 2R 3R F 2R 3R 3R 1R 1R 3R SF QF F 3R 0 / 16 32–16
Wimbledon A A 2R 3R 1R 3R A QF A W A A QF SF 3R 2R SF 1 / 11 28–10
US Open A A 1R 1R 2R SF 2R 1R QF 2R 1R QF 2R 3R 1R 3R 2R 0 / 15 19–13
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 1–3 5–4 7–4 14–3 12–2 7–4 5–3 9–3 5–3 3–2 6–3 13–4 7–4 8–4 11–3 3 / 55 114–51
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A 2R 2R A 2R A 2R 2R 2R QF 1R 1R A A 0 / 9 6–9
Miami A A A A 3R 2R A QF 2R SF QF A 1R QF QF 2R SF 0 / 11 17–11
Monte Carlo A A A A 1R F 2R SF 2R 1R 2R A A 1R SF A 2R 0 / 10 10–10
Rome A A A A 2R F QF W A 2R 2R A 2R QF QF A A 1 / 9 12–7
Madrid (Stuttgart) A A A A 1R A A SF A A 2R A A F 2R 1R 2R 0 / 7 5–7
Canada A A 1R A 1R QF SF A A 1R 1R 1R F W A 2R 1R 1 / 11 12–10
Cincinnati A A A A 1R QF QF SF A A A QF 2R F A 1R 2R 0 / 9 9–9
Shanghai Not Held 1R 1R F A A A 0 / 3 3–3
Paris A A 2R 1R QF F 1R 1R W SF SF 2R 2R QF 1R 1R A 1 / 14 18–13
Hamburg A A A A A A A F 2R A QF NM1 0 / 3 6–3
Year-end ranking 383 271 93 67 28 12 12 9 36 17 18 49 29 5 33 24 26

Top 10 wins

Season 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total
Wins 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 2 3 0 13
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2004
1. Argentina Guillermo Coria 3 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass F 6–3, 6–4
2. Russia Marat Safin 8 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) QF 6–4, 6–1
2008
3. Russia Nikolay Davydenko 4 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) 2R 6–3, 7–5
2009
4. France Gilles Simon 8 Marseille, France Hard (i) SF 7–6(7–5), 6–2
2010
5. Sweden Robin Söderling 8 Marseille, France Hard (i) QF 7–6(7–2), 6–4
6. Spain Fernando Verdasco 10 Davis Cup, Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard (i) RR 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
7. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 7 US Open, New York Hard 1R 7–6(7–3), 6–4, 6–4
8. Serbia Novak Djokovic 3 Paris, France Hard (i) 3R 7–6(8–6), 6–2
2012
9. Serbia Janko Tipsarević 9 Marseille, France Hard (i) SF 6–4, 7–6(12–10)
10. Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 8 Paris, France Hard (i) 3R 6–4, 6–3
2013
11. Serbia Janko Tipsarević 9 Montpellier, France Hard (i) 2R 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
12. France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 8 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard 1R 7–6(7–3), 6–2
13. France Richard Gasquet 10 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) 1R 6–4, 6–2

Incidents

Bird

In the 2002 Australian Open men's doubles semifinal against Julien Boutter and Arnaud Clément, a small bird (identified as a house martin) flew into the court chasing a moth. It flew into the path of a hard-hit volley by Llodra. After an impromptu funeral ceremony led by Boutter, the match continued, with Llodra and Santoro eventually winning 6–3, 3–6, 12–10. Llodra remarked afterwards, "I didn't do it deliberately. But at least I saved the moth."

Accusation of racism

After his first round victory over Ernests Gulbis at the 2012 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, during which Llodra was overheard by fans and journalists making racist and sexist comments to a female Gulbis fan, Llodra was fined $2500 by the ATP for his behaviour. He later admitted making the comments in interviews with French media and complained that the fine was too high. Llodra did not make matters better for himself during an interview with a reporter from the Chinese news Web site SINA.com, in which the Frenchman attempted to apologize for his remarks. "My words were not aimed at China," Llodra began. ..... The journalist, who took offense at the remark, said that he did not find Llodra's apology sincere. This was not the first incident in which charges of racism have been leveled at Llodra. He denied his comments were racist during his 2011 French Open first round defeat at the hands of Belgian qualifier Steve Darcis, comparing the atmosphere on court to that of a north African souk while veteran Moroccan umpire Mohammed El Jennati was in the chair.

See also

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