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Jean-René Lisnard

Monegasque tennis player (born 1979)

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Jean-René Lisnard (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃.ʁəne linaʁ]; born 25 September 1979) is a French-Monegasque retired professional tennis player who formerly represented France. He was a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team from 2007. He is the first Monegasque tennis player to have won a match in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.

01Tennis career

Lisnard plays right-handed, and turned professional in 1997.

He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 84 in January 2003. His current doubles ranking is 400 with his highest rank being 171 on 10 September 2007.

In May at the 2009 French Open, he lost his first-round match to Israeli player Dudi Sela 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Lisnard qualified for the main draw of the 2011 US Open and defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium in straight sets to advance to the second round. He lost to Germany's Florian Mayer in straight sets in the second round.

02Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Date Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
LossSep 1997
(details)
US OpenHard Michaël Llodra Fernando González
Nicolás Massú
4-6, 4-6

03ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 18 (7-11)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2-7)
ITF Futures (5-4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0-2)
Clay (7-9)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)
Result W-L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Apr 1999 Great Britain F4, Hatfield Futures Clay Patrik Fredriksson 6-7, 6-2, 6-7
Win 1-1 May 1999 Great Britain F5, Hatfield Futures Clay Sébastien de Chaunac 7-6, 1-6, 6-0
Loss 1-2 Jun 1999 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Michal Tabara 4-6, 1-6
Win 2-2 Jul 2000 Montauban, France Challenger Clay Oscar Serrano-Gamez 6-2, 6-0
Loss 2-3 Mar 2002 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard Lionel Roux 4-6, 7-5, 3-6
Loss 2-4 Apr 2002 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay David Ferrer 1-6, 1-6
Loss 2-5 May 2002 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Challenger Clay Alexandre Simoni 3-6, 3-6
Loss 2-6 Jul 2004 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Dieter Kindlmann 7-6(8-6), 2-6, 4-6
Win 3-6 Aug 2004 St. Petersburg, Russia Challenger Clay Stan Wawrinka 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
Loss 3-7 Sep 2004 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard Lee Hyung-taik 6-3, 5-7, 2-6
Win 4-7 May 2007 Bulgaria F3, Pleven Futures Clay Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd 6-3, 6-1
Win 5-7 Jun 2007 Bulgaria F4, Sofia Futures Clay Adriano Biasella 7-5, 6-7(6-8), 6-4
Loss 5-8 Jun 2007 France F8, Blois Futures Clay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 5-7, 4-6
Win 6-8 Mar 2008 Croatia F4, Rovinj Futures Clay Christian Magg 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
Win 7-8 Mar 2008 Croatia F5, Vrsar Futures Clay Michael Lammer 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
Loss 7-9 Aug 2008 Italy F26, Bolzano Futures Clay Tomas Tenconi 6-7(5-7), 0-6
Loss 7-10 Apr 2009 France F7, Grasse Futures Clay Xavier Pujo 6-7(4-7), 6-2, 3-6
Loss 7-11 Jun 2009 Reggio Emilia, Italy Challenger Clay Paolo Lorenzi 5-7, 6-1, 2-6

Doubles: 11 (4-7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2-3)
ITF Futures (2-4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3-4)
Clay (1-3)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)
Result W-L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0-1 May 1998 Germany F4, Esslingen Futures Clay Julien Boutter Federico Browne
Martín García
6-7, 2-6
Win 1-1 Sep 1998 France F5, Bagnères-de-Bigorre Futures Hard Michaël Llodra Yahiya Doumbia
Lorenzo Manta
3-6, 6-3, 7-6
Loss 1-2 Sep 1998 France F7, Plaisir Futures Hard Michaël Llodra Andrew Rueb
Vaughan Snyman
4-6, 2-6
Win 2-2 Oct 1998 France F8, Nevers Futures Hard Michaël Llodra Andrew Rueb
Vaughan Snyman
6-3, 6-7, 6-3
Loss 2-3 Oct 1998 Great Britain F9, Leeds Futures Hard Ashley Naumann Iain Bates
Alexander Popp
4-6, 6-4, 4-6
Loss 2-4 Jul 2000 Contrexéville, France Challenger Clay Olivier Patience Julien Benneteau
Nicolas Mahut
3-6, 6-7(4-7)
Loss 2-5 Sep 2006 Orléans, France Challenger Hard Jérôme Haehnel Gregory Carraz
Dick Norman
6-7(6-8), 1-6
Win 3-5 Feb 2007 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard Jérôme Haehnel Kenneth Carlsen
Frederik Nielsen
6-3, 2-6, [10-4]
Win 4-5 May 2007 Rijeka, Croatia Challenger Clay Jérôme Haehnel Ivo Klec
Lukáš Lacko
6-3, 6-4
Loss 4-6 Jul 2007 Montauban, France Challenger Clay Adriano Biasella Marc Fornell Mestres
Gabriel Trujillo Soler
3-6, 5-7
Loss 4-7 Sep 2007 France F13, Mulhouse Futures Hard Guillaume Couillard Alexander Sadecky
Izak van der Merwe
4-6, 7-6(7-4), [3-10]

04Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# DNQ A NH

Singles

Tournament199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012SRW-LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 1R A 2R 1R 3R 1R Q1 A Q2 A Q2 A 0 / 5 3-5 38%
French Open Q1 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R Q1 A 1R 1R A Q1 A 0 / 9 2-9 18%
Wimbledon A A A A A 1R A 2R A A Q1 Q2 A Q3 A 0 / 2 1-2 33%
US Open A Q3 Q1 A 2R 2R A Q3 Q2 A A A A 2R A 0 / 3 3-3 50%
Win-loss 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-2 1-2 3-4 0-2 3-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 / 19 9-19 32%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A Q2 Q1 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0-1 0%
Miami Open A A A A A 2R A 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 2-2 50%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A Q2 2R 2R 2R Q1 1R 2R A 1R 1R 0 / 7 4-7 36%
Italian Open A A Q2 A A A A Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0-0  ,  
Hamburg Open A A A A A 1R Q2 Q1 A A Not Masters Series 0 / 1 0-1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A Q1 Q2 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0-0  ,  
Cincinnati Masters A A Q1 A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0-0  ,  
Paris Masters A Q1 A A Q1 Q1 Q1 2R A A A A A A A 0 /1 1-1 50%
Win-loss 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 3-4 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0 / 12 7-12 37%
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