Sébastien Grosjean

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**Sébastien Grosjean**

Country	France
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Date of birth	May 29, 1978
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height	5'9" (175 cm)
Weight	160 lbs (72 kg)
Turned Pro	1996
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	$7,316,505
Singles
Career record:	304-201
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	4 (October 28, 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (2001)
French Open	SF (2001)
Wimbledon	SF (2003, 2004)
U.S. Open	3rd (2000, 2005)
Doubles
Career record:	63-77
Career titles:	4
Highest ranking:	52 (April 12, 2004)

Sébastien René Grosjean (pronounced: GROH-jahn) (born May 29, 1978, Marseille, France) is a professional tennis player from France. He currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida, USA, where he trains at the Evert tennis academy. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 (achieved on October 28, 2002).

1 Career
2 Masters Series singles finals
- 2.1 Wins (1)
- 2.2 Runner-ups (1)
3 ATP Tour titles (3)
4 External link

[edit] Career

Sebastien Grosjean at the Sony Ericson Open.

Grosjean turned professional in 1996. In 2003 and 2004 he reached the final of Queens Club. In the same two years, he also reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon. He finished 2001 as the No. 1 player from his country and for the first time in the top 10 becoming the first Frenchman to finish a year in the top 10 since Cédric Pioline in [[1993].

Grosjean has been in four Grand Slam semi-final matches. As well as his two Wimbledon runs, he also reached the French Open semi-finals in 2001. His most famous chance was at the 2001 Australian Open against Arnaud Clement. Grosjean was two sets to love ahead and had a match point in the fourth set before Clement prevailed. This was long considered the worst 'choke' in five-set history, until the 2004 French Open final.

One of the more popular players on the circuit, he is well known as being a player of the utmost class, and is affectionately nicknamed 'Big John' by fans due to the literal translation of his surname into English.

Married wife Marie-Pierre on 16 November 1998 and has a daughter named Lola (born 11 October 1998), a son named Tom (2002) and a daughter named Sam (2006).

He won the Davis Cup with the French Team in 2001.

[edit] Masters Series singles finals

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2001	Paris	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-6(3), 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4

[edit] Runner-ups (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1999	Key Biscane	Richard Krajicek	6-4, 1-6, 2-6, 5-7

[edit] ATP Tour titles (3)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP Tour (2)

[edit] Singles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	25 June 2000	Nottingham, England	Grass	Byron Black	7-6 6-3
2.	4 November 2001	Paris, France	Carpet (I)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-6, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4
3.	27 October 2002	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Mikhail Youzhny	7-5 6-4