Biography

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Arthur Ashe

Date of birth : September 1^st, 1986

Place of birth: Paris, France 

Residence : Vaud, Suisse 

Height & weight: 88 kg – 1,93m  

Turned pro: since 2004 

Gear: Artengo 

Coaches: Günter Bresnik, Richard Ruckelshausen 

ATP ranking: #52 

Best ranking: 6th (07/11/2016) 

About

• Started playing tennis at the age of 2 ½ in La Courneuve, in the Paris area
• Junior number 1 in 2004, winning the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon the same year
• 1^st ATP match: 2004, in Metz
• 11 titles on the ATP Tour
• Reached a minimum of one final per year during the last 18 seasons
• 525 victories 
• 2 Grand Slams semi-finals, at Roland Garros and the US Open
• Married to Elina Svitolina and father of a little girl, Skaï

Career

2004

• Winner of the Australian Open Junior, Roland Garros and Wimbledon
• Juniors’ world No. 1
• Quarterfinals in Metz, his first ATP tournament
• 1^st Masters 1000 participation, in Paris

2005

• First appearance in the Top 1000 
• Winner of his first ATP title in Sopot
• Finals in Metz and Lyon
• Receives the ATP “Newcomer of the year” prize
• Ranked in Top 30 at the end of the year

2006

• Finalist in Doha
• 1^st French Davis Cup team selection
• Semi-finalist at Rome Masters 
• 4^th round at Roland Garros
• French No.1 for the first time, in June

2007

• Finalist in Poertschach, Austria
• Winner of the tennis paddle World Championships

2008

• Semi-finalist at Roland Garros
• Quarterfinalists at the Beijing Olympics
• Finalist in Vienna
• Ranked No.14in the world at the end of the season

2009

• Semi-finalist at Doha and Rotterdam
• Finalist at Acapulco
• Quarterfinalist at Roland Garros
• Winner of the Moselle Open 
• Finalist at Paris Masters 1000

2010

• Finalist in Stuttgart
• Quarterfinalist at the US Open
• Finalist in Tokyo and at the Paris Masters 1000 
• French No.1 at the end of the year

2011

• Quarterfinalist at Roland Garros 
• Ranked 8^th in the world
• Finalist in Washington
• Winner of the Stockholm Open

2012

• Finalist in Doha and Montpellier

2013

• Finalist in Nice and Winston Salem

2014

• Finalist in Doha
• Winner of Montpellier
• Quarterfinalist at the US Open
• Played Davis Cup Finals with the French Team, against Switzerland 

2015

• Finalist in Marseille
• Semi-finalist in Monte-Carlo, Bucharest, and Vienna

2016

• Quarterfinalist at the Australian Open 
• Finalist in Rotterdam and at the Monte-Carlo Masters 1000
• Winner of the Washington Open
• Quarterfinalist at the Rio Olympics
• Semi-finalist at the US Open
• Semi-finalist at the Japan Open
• Qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals for the first time
• Reached his best ranking: 6^th in the world

2017

• Finalist in Eastbourne

2018

• Winner of the Qatar Open
• Finalist in Antwerp

2019

• Semi-finalist in Sofia
• Winner of the Rotterdam Open
• Quarterfinalist in Indian Wells and Paris
• Quarterfinalist at the US Open

2020

• Winner of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier
• Winner of the Rotterdam Open

2021

• Finalist in Sofia

2022

• Winner at the first Adelaide International
• Quarterfinalist at the Australian Open 

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Martin Luther King