Florent Serra
Country (sports) France
ResidenceNeuchâtel, Switzerland
Born (1981-02-28) 28 February 1981 (age 42)
Bordeaux, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPierre Cherret[1]
Prize money$2,969,796
Singles
Career record123–170
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 36 (26 June 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2010)
French Open3R (2008)
Wimbledon2R (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
US Open2R (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record18–57
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 109 (10 September 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2007, 2008)
French Open3R (2013)
Wimbledon2R (2007)
US Open3R (2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open2R (2007)
Last updated on: 17 April 2022.

Florent Lucien Serra (born 28 February 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player.[1] A right-hander, he won two ATP titles during his career and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 36 in June 2006.

Career

Early life and junior career

Serra was born in Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, in 1981 to Jean-Luc and Martine. He started playing tennis at the age of seven[1] at a tennis club in Bordeaux after his father got him involved.[2] After completing his A-level equivalent (the French "bac") with a major in economics at 18, Serra left Bordeaux for Paris, to train under the national training program at Roland Garros.[2] As a result of playing minimal junior tournaments, his career high junior ranking was no. 437 on 31 December 1999.[3] He turned pro in 2000.[2]

Professional career

From 2000 to 2002, he reached six Futures finals, winning one of them, along with reaching his first Challenger final.[4] He made his debut on the ATP Tour in 2003.[2] In 2005 he had his most successful year, winning three out of four Challenger finals,[4] and his first ATP tour title, in Bucharest. He won his second title the following year in Adelaide.[2] In 2009, he was a runner-up in Casablanca.[4] He has been coached by Pierre Cherret since he was a junior player,[1][3] and his fitness trainer is Paul Quetin.[2] Serra reached the 2nd round of Wimbledon 2012, losing to Kei Nishikori, 3–6, 5–7, 2–6. [5]

Personal

His mother works as a secretary in Bordeaux, while Serra himself lives in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.[2]

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2005 Bucharest, Romania International Series Clay Russia Igor Andreev 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 Feb 2006 Adelaide, Australia International Series Hard Belgium Xavier Malisse 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Apr 2009 Casablanca, Morocco 250 Series Clay Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero 4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2007 Gstaad, Switzerland International Series Clay France Marc Gicquel Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner 		5–7, 7–5, [7–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (4–9)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–4)
ITF Futures (1–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (4–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Jan 2001 France F1, Grasse Futures Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0-2 Jul 2001 France F11, Bourg-en-Bresse Futures Clay Algeria Slimane Saoudi 2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win 1-2 Jul 2001 France F13, Aix-les-Bains Futures Clay France Thierry Ascione 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1-3 Sep 2001 France F16, Mulhouse Futures Hard Belgium Arnaud Fontaine 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 1-4 Jul 2002 Hilversum, Netherlands Challenger Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 1-5 Sep 2002 Netherlands F2, Alphen aan den Rijn Futures Clay Spain Óscar Hernández Perez 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1-6 Oct 2003 France F22, La Roche-sur-Yon Futures Hard France Jean-François Bachelot 6–7(7–9), 6–7(5–7)
Win 2-6 Apr 2005 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay Brazil Flávio Saretta 6–1, 6–4
Loss 2-7 Apr 2005 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay France Olivier Patience 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win 3-7 Jul 2005 Rimoni, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Iván Navarro 6–3, 6–1
Win 4-7 Sep 2008 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Spain Albert Montañés 6–4, 6–3
Loss 4-8 Sep 2009 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Russia Evgeny Korolev 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4-9 Nov 2014 Reunion Island, Reunion Challenger Hard Netherlands Robin Haase 6–3, 1–6, 5–7

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1999 France F9, Toulon Futures Clay France Christophe De Veaux France Julien Cuaz
France Olivier Patience 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 2000 Spain F15, Maspalomas Futures Clay France Fabrice Betencourt Spain Didac Perez-Minarro
Spain Ferran Ventura-Martell 		5–6 ret.
Win 1–2 Apr 2002 Greece F1, Syros Futures Hard France Thierry Ascione Slovakia Karol Beck
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák 		3–6, 6–4, 6–2

Performance timelines

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

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 Q1 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R 1R 2R Q3 0 / 8 5–8 38%
French Open Q1 Q1 Q2 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 10 7–10 41%
Wimbledon A Q2 A Q3 A 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R Q2 0 / 7 4–7 36%
US Open A Q1 Q3 Q3 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R A 1R 1R 0 / 8 5–8 38%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 1–4 4–4 5–4 1–4 5–4 0–3 3–4 0–2 0 / 33 21–33 39%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A Q1 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R A A 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Miami Masters A A A A A 3R 3R A 1R 3R 1R Q2 Q1 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A 2R 1R A 1R 2R A A Q1 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Rome Masters A A A A A 2R Q2 A 1R A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Hamburg A A A A A 2R 2R A Not Masters Series 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Madrid NH A A A Q1 1R A 1R 2R A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Canada Masters A A A A 2R 1R A A 1R Q1 A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A Q2 3R Q1 2R 1R Q2 A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Paris Masters A A A A 1R 1R A 2R Q2 2R Q1 Q2 A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Shanghai Masters Not Masters Series A 1R Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 7–9 4–4 2–4 1–7 5–5 1–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 33 21–33 39%

Doubles

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 2R 2R 1R A A A A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
French Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 1R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 10 2–10 17%
Wimbledon A A 1R 2R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open A A 1R 3R A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–4 4–4 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0 / 20 7–20 26%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A 2R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 1–1 50%

References

  1. ^ a b c d Profile at itftennis.com
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Profile at atpworldtour.com
  3. ^ a b Junior profile at itftennis.com
  4. ^ a b c Results at itftennis.com
  5. ^ "Wimbledon 2012". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

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