Julien Boutter

Julien Boutter

Country	France
Residence	Arlon, Belgium
Born	(1974-04-05) April 5, 1974 Boulay-Moselle, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,430,283
Singles
Career record	62–84 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 46 (May 20, 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2001, 2002)
French Open	2R (1998, 2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
US Open	2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	51–54 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 26 (August 26, 2002)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2002)
French Open	3R (2000)
Wimbledon	3R (2002)
US Open	2R (2000, 2002)

Julien Boutter (born April 7, 1974 in Boulay-Moselle, France) is a former professional male tennis player from France.

Career

At the 2002 Australian Open, Boutter defeated No. 2 seed and former World No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten, despite being down two sets, 3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–3.

In his career he won one singles title (2003 Casablanca) and reached the final in Milan (2001) but lost to Swiss Roger Federer. He reached two Master Series quarterfinals at Hamburg in 2002 and Monte Carlo in 2003. Boutter also reached the semi-finals of the 2002 Australian Open partnering fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clément, only to lose to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro 3–6, 6–3, 10–12. During the match, Boutter led an impromptu funeral ceremony for a bird inadvertently hit by Llodra as it was chasing a moth.^[1][2]

Career finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	January 29, 2001	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Roger Federer	4–6, 7–67, 4–6
Winner	1.	April 6, 2003	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	6–2, 2–6, 6–1

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	January 3, 2000	Chennai, India	Hard	Christophe Rochus	Saurav Panja Srinath Prahlad	7–5, 6–1
Winner	2.	October 16, 2000	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	7–68, 4–6, 7–65
Winner	3.	February 12, 2001	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	7–67, 7–5
Winner	4.	September 10, 2001	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Dominik Hrbatý	Marius Barnard Jim Thomas	6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Runner-up	1.	January 28, 2002	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Max Mirnyi	Karsten Braasch Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 56–7, [10–12]
Runner-up	2.	February 11, 2002	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Arnaud Clément Nicolas Escudé	4–6, 3–6

Challengers and Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	February 9, 1998	Bergheim, Austria	Carpet (i)	Ivaylo Traykov	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	April 27, 1998	Esslingen, Germany	Clay	Jordi Mas-Rodriguez	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	December 28, 1998	Mumbai, India	Hard	Antony Dupuis	5–7, 6–7
Winner	1.	March 1, 1999	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Antony Dupuis	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	June 14, 1999	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	1–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	February 28, 2000	Cherbourg, France	Hard (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	6–1, 6–0
Winner	3.	March 6, 2000	Besançon, France	Hard (i)	Julian Knowle	6–4, 7–64

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	July 21, 1997	Ostend, Belgium	Clay	Tarik Benhabiles	Kris Goossens Tom Vanhoudt	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	February 9, 1998	Bergheim, Austria	Carpet (i)	Jean-Michel Pequery	Markus Menzler Markus Wislsperger	6–4, 1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	April 27, 1998	Esslingen, Germany	Clay	Jean-René Lisnard	Federico Browne Martín García	6–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	February 28, 2000	Cherbourg, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	2.	March 6, 2000	Besançon, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Stefano Pescosolido Vincenzo Santopadre	6–4, 66–7, 7–65

References

External links

• Julien Boutter at the Association of Tennis Professionals