Cédric Pioline

Cédric Pioline

Pioline in September 2010
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	(1969-06-15) 15 June 1969 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$6,921,029
Singles
Career record	389–318 (55%)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 5 (8 May 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1998)
French Open	SF (1998)
Wimbledon	F (1997)
US Open	F (1993)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	QF (1997)
Doubles
Career record	41–50 (45.1%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 93 (13 January 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1990)
French Open	QF (1989)
Mixed doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (1989)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1996, 2001)
Hopman Cup	F (1998)

Cédric Pioline (French: [sedʁik pjɔlin]; born 15 June 1969) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 5 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in 2000. Pioline was the runner-up at the 1993 US Open and the 1997 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2][3] He won five singles titles in his career, including a Masters event at the 2000 Monte Carlo Masters. Pioline also competed for France in the Davis Cup, winning the cup in 1996 and 2001.

After retiring from tennis, Pioline became a tennis administrator. As of October 2008, he has been the tournament director of the Paris Masters, and plays on the ATP Champions Tour.

Pioline grew up in a sporting family. His Romanian mother, Adriana, born in Câmpina, was a volleyball player; she was part of the Romanian national team that reached the finals of the 1956 FIVB World Championship, but were defeated by the Soviet Union. His father, Maurice, also a professional volleyball player, met his mother while at a volleyball match in Paris. He has an older brother named Denis.

He is married to Mireille Bercot; the couple have a son, Andrea (born 14 March 1993).

Result	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1993	US Open	Hard	Pete Sampras	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Pete Sampras	4–6, 2–6, 4–6

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1993	Monte Carlo	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–7(2–7), 0–6
Loss	1998	Monte Carlo	Clay	Carlos Moyà	3–6, 0–6, 5–7
Win	2000	Monte Carlo	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1992	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Pete Sampras	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 1993	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–7(2–7), 0–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 1993	US Open, New York City, U.S.	Hard	Pete Sampras	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–4	Oct 1993	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Arnaud Boetsch	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–5	Oct 1993	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet (i)	Jonathan Stark	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–6	Oct 1993	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Pete Sampras	6–7(5–7), 6–1, 5–7
Loss	0–7	Aug 1994	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–5, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–8	Feb 1996	Zagreb, Croatia	Carpet (i)	Goran Ivanišević	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–9	Feb 1996	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Guy Forget	5–7, 4–6
Win	1–9	Mar 1996	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Kenneth Carlsen	6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Win	2–9	Apr 1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	2–10	Jul 1997	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	Pete Sampras	4–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	2–11	Mar 1998	London, UK	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–12	Apr 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Carlos Moyà	3–6, 0–6, 5–7
Win	3–12	Jun 1999	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–12	Feb 2000	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Tim Henman	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	5–12	Apr 2000	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1993	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Marc Rosset	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	6–3, 3–6, 7–6

Australian Open 1998 Australian Open Round Opponent Score 1R Fernando Meligeni 6–4, 1–6, 6–5 ret. 2R Jordi Burillo 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 3R Àlex Corretja (11) 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 4R Petr Korda (6) 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6

French Open 1998 French Open Round Opponent Score 1R Marcelo Filippini 6–1, 3–6, 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 2R Julien Boutter (Q) 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 3R Richard Krajicek (10) 6–3, 6–2, 7–5 4R Marat Safin (Q) 7–5, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4 QF Hicham Arazi 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3 SF Àlex Corretja (14) 3–6, 4–6, 2–6

Wimbledon Championships 1997 Wimbledon Round Opponent Score 1R Marcelo Charpentier 5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2 2R Javier Frana Walkover 3R Wayne Ferreira (15) 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 4R Brett Steven 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 QF Greg Rusedski 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 SF Michael Stich 6–7(2–7), 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 F Pete Sampras (1) 4–6, 2–6, 4–6

US Open 1993 US Open (15th Seed) Round Opponent Score 1R David Prinosil 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 2R Jared Palmer 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–1 3R Mats Wilander (WC) 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 4R Jim Courier (1) 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4 QF Andrei Medvedev (8) 6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 SF Wally Masur 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–1 F Pete Sampras (2) 4–6, 4–6, 3–6

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	PR
1992
1.	Carlos Costa	10	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	1R	6–3, 6–3	66
2.	Ivan Lendl	9	Bordeaux, France	Clay	QF	7–5, 6–4	57
1993
3.	Petr Korda	5	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	3R	6–3, 6–0	29
4.	Stefan Edberg	3	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	SF	6–4, 6–4	29
5.	Andriy Medvedev	9	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	2R	6–7(7–9), 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–4	23
6.	Michael Stich	6	Long Island, United States	Hard	2R	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(8–6)	15
7.	Jim Courier	1	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	4R	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4	14
8.	Andriy Medvedev	8	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	QF	6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2	14
9.	Goran Ivanišević	9	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet (i)	QF	7–6(9–7), 6–0	11
1994
10.	Todd Martin	9	Long Island, United States	Hard	QF	7–6(7–3), 6–4	18
1996
11.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	8	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–3	29
12.	Marcelo Ríos	10	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	4R	6–4, 6–1, 6–2	19
1997
13.	Thomas Muster	2	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	3R	7–6(7–4), 6–4	34
14.	Michael Chang	2	Stuttgart, Germany	Carpet (i)	2R	7–5, 1–6, 6–4	25
1998
15.	Petr Korda	2	London, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	2R	6–3, 6–3	18
16.	Gustavo Kuerten	9	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	3R	7–6(8–6), 6–1	16
17.	Richard Krajicek	10	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	3R	6–3, 6–2, 7–5	17
1999
18.	Richard Krajicek	10	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	2R	7–6(7–5), 7–6(11–9)	18
19.	Richard Krajicek	4	Davis Cup, Nîmes, France	Clay (i)	RR	6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)	21
20.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	3R	3–6, 6–4, 1–0, ret.	39
21.	Gustavo Kuerten	5	Davis Cup, Pau, France	Carpet (i)	RR	6–3, 6–4, 6–4	25
22.	Carlos Moyá	10	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	1R	6–4, 6–1	26
23.	Pat Rafter	4	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	1R	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 1–0, ret.	26
24.	Gustavo Kuerten	6	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	QF	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(16–14), 7–6(10–8)	26
2000
25.	Nicolas Kiefer	4	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	QF	2–6, 6–3, 7–5	15
2002
26.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	3	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	QF	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–5	99

In 2011 Pioline was one of the contestants during the second season of the TV show Danse avec les stars.^[4]

Danse avec les stars

• In 2011 he participated in season 2 of Danse avec les stars (the French version of Strictly Come Dancing) with his partner Katrina Patchett but sadly got eliminated in the first week.

This table shows the route of Cédric Pioline and Katrina Patchett in Danse Avec Les Stars. The face to face wasn't rated.

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