Arnaud Di Pasquale (born 11 February 1979) is a former professional tennis player from France.[1]

Arnaud Di Pasquale
Country (sports) France
ResidenceGeneva, Switzerland
Born (1979-02-11) 11 February 1979 (age 45)
Casablanca, Morocco
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,162,796
Singles
Career record69–98
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 39 (17 April 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1999, 2001, 2003)
French Open4R (1999, 2002)
Wimbledon2R (2000)
US Open2R (1998, 2000)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games🥉 (2000)
Doubles
Career record3–10
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 320 (23 April 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (2002)
Last updated on: 20 September 2021.

Tennis career

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Juniors

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Di Pasquale excelled as a junior, posting a 103–25 record in singles and reaching the No. 1 ranking in December 1997 (and No. 17 in doubles). He won the boys' singles competition at the 1997 US Open (and made the semifinals of the Australian and French Open).

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1997 US Open Hard   Wesley Whitehouse 6–7, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Loss 1997 French Open Clay   Julien Jeanpierre   Luis Horna
  José de Armas
4–6, 6–2, 5–7

Pro tour

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Di Pasquale is best known winning the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event. He beat Nicolas Kiefer, Vladimir Voltchkov, Juan Carlos Ferrero and rising Roger Federer in the bronze medal match, but more surprising was his straight-sets victory over the well established Magnus Norman of Sweden, in the tournament's third round. He also reached the fourth round of the French Open in both 1999 and 2002 and won one singles title (in Palermo, 1999).

Major finals

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Olympic finals

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Singles: 1 (1 bronze medal)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Bronze 2000 Sydney Olympics Hard   Roger Federer 7–6(7–5), 6–7(7–9), 6–3

ATP career finals

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

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1998 Bucharest, Romania International Series Clay   Francisco Clavet 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Win 1–1 Oct 1999 Palermo, Italy International Series Clay   Alberto Berasategui 6–1, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 7 (2–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–4)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1998 Nice, France Challenger Clay   Mariano Puerta 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jun 1998 Příbram, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Jul 1998 Contrexéville, France Challenger Clay   Younes El Aynaoui 4–6, 7–6, 0–6
Win 2–2 May 2002 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Joan Balcells 6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Apr 2004 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay   Gilles Müller 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–1), 1–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 2006 France F6, Grasse Futures Clay   Nicolas Coutelot 2–6, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Jun 2006 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay   Wayne Odesnik 7–5, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 1R A 1R A Q1 A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open 1R 4R 1R 1R 4R A 1R A Q1 0 / 6 6–6 50%
Wimbledon A 1R 2R A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open 2R 1R 2R 1R Q2 A 1R A A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 1–2 3–4 2–3 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 16 9–16 36%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A 1R 2R 2R A Q1 A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Miami Open A 1R 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Monte Carlo A 3R 1R 3R Q1 A A A A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Rome A Q2 2R Q2 A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Hamburg A QF 3R 1R A A A A A 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Canada Masters A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A 2R 1R Q2 A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Stuttgart A Q1 Q2 A Not Held 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters 2R 1R 1R A Q1 A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 1–1 6–6 4–8 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 19 14–19 42%

References

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  1. ^ "Arnaud Di Pasquale – Tennis Explorer", Tennisexplorer.com, retrieved 15 August 2020
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