Julien Benneteau Tennis player

Julien Benneteau (born December 20, 1981 in Bourg-en-Bresse) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is ATP World No. 25, which he reached in November 2014. He formerly resided in Boulogne-Billancourt and now lives in Geneva. Benneteau is generally regarded as one of the best singles players on the tour who has not won a title, finishing as runner-up in ten ATP tournaments. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open and the semifinals of the 2014 Cincinnati Masters.Benneteau has also had success in doubles, winning the Bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2012 London Olympics (parterning Richard Gasquet) and the 2014 French Open men's doubles title with fellow Frenchman Édouard Roger-Vasselin, thus becoming the first team from France to win the Men's Doubles discipline in 30 years (after Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte did it in 1984). He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 5 in November 2014.

Personal facts

Julien Benneteau
Birth dateDecember 20, 1981
Birth place
Bourg-en-Bresse
Residence
Geneva , Switzerland
Height (meters)1.85

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