Julien Jeanpierre

Julien Jeanpierre

Country	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt
Born	(1980-03-10) 10 March 1980 (age 33) Remiremont, France
Height	6'2" (188 cm)
Weight	169 lbs (77 kg)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$225,543
Singles
Career record	3-2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 133 (23 Aug 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	3R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	1-2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 171 (9 Oct 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	2R (2004)

Julien Jeanpierre (born 10 March 1980) is a former professional tennis player from France.^[1]

Junior career [edit]

Jeanpierre was a world number one ranked junior and had wins over Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt and David Nalbandian during his junior years.

In 1996 he was the U16 Orange Bowl champion.

He and Arnaud Di Pasquale were doubles runners-up in the 1997 French Open.

The Frenchman won both the boy's singles and doubles titles at the 1998 Australian Open. In the singles he defeated Sweden's Andreas Vinciguerra in the final and in the doubles he partnered Jérôme Haehnel.^[2]

ATP Tour [edit]

Jeanpierre appeared in his first men's Grand Slam event at the 1998 French Open.^[3] He only competed in the doubles, with Di Pasquale.^[3] The pair were defeated in the opening round by Danny Sapsford and Chris Wilkinson.^[3]

He reached the third round of the 2004 French Open, as a qualifier, winning both of his matches in straight sets, over Slovakian Karol Beck and 27th seed Vincent Spadea.^[3] Countryman Michaël Llodra then ended his run.^[3] Jeanpierre also took part in the doubles with Édouard Roger-Vasselin and they made it into the second round, defeating Julien Boutter and Antony Dupuis.^[3]

Challenger Titles [edit]

Singles: (3) [edit]

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	2004	Cherbourg, France	Hard	Roko Karanušić	6-1, 6-2
2.	2004	Bronx, United States	Hard	Peter Wessels	7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3
3.	2006	Kawana, Australia	Hard	Yen-Hsun Lu	6-3, 1-6, 6-4

References [edit]