Cédric Pioline

Cédric Pioline
	Pioline in September 2010
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	15 June 1969 (age 55); 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
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
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^[update], he has been the tournament director of the Paris Masters, and plays on the ATP Champions Tour.

Personal life

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.^{[citation needed]}

He is married to Mireille Bercot; the couple have a son, Andrea (born 14 March 1993).^{[citation needed]}

Other

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 Dancing with the Stars) 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.

Week	Dancing style	Music	Judge points			Total	Ranking	Result
			Alessandra Martines	Jean-Marc Généreux	Chris Marques
1	Rumba Cha-Cha-Cha (face to face)	"Rolling in the Deep" – Adele On the floor – Jennifer Lopez	6 N/A	4 N/A	3 N/A	13/30	8/9	Eliminated (35%)

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Result	Date	Tournament	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

Masters Series finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

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)

ATP career finals

Singles: 17 (5 titles, 12 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–2)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (1–2)
ATP Championship Series (1–1)
ATP International Series (3–7)

Titles by surface
Hard (1–4)
Grass (1–1)
Clay (2–2)
Carpet (1–5)

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)

Doubles: 1 (1 win)

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

Singles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career SR	Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	4R	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 10	7–10
French Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	4R	2R	2R	2R	QF	3R	SF	1R	4R	2R	1R	0 / 14	22–14
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	QF	1R	QF	4R	F	1R	QF	2R	2R	1R	0 / 12	24–12
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	F	3R	2R	3R	4R	1R	SF	3R	1R	Q1	0 / 11	23–11
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 47	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–4	7–4	12–4	3–4	6–4	9–3	10–3	8–4	9–4	6–4	4–4	0–2	N/A	76–47
Year-end championships
Grand Slam Cup	Not Held			A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	QF	1R	A	Not Held			0 / 5	1–5
Grand Prix				ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	QF	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 9	7–9
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	4R	A	4R	A	3R	2R	3R	A	3R	2R	1R	0 / 8	8–8
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	F	1R	2R	SF	2R	F	1R	W	3R	1R	1 / 12	25–11
Rome	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	Q2	0 / 12	8–12
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	QF	2R	Q2	0 / 6	5–6
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	3R	A	A	Q1	0 / 8	9–8
Stockholm	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Not Masters Series								0 / 1	0–1
Stuttgart	Not Held			Not Masters Series					A	A	3R	A	2R	A	A	NH	0 / 2	2–2
Paris	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	QF	2R	1R	A	0 / 11	8–11
Masters Series SR	N/A			0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 7	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 8	0 / 6	0 / 7	1 / 6	0 / 6	0 / 2	1 / 69	N/A
Annual win–loss	N/A		0–3	1–1	1–2	7–7	7–5	8–7	2–5	11–7	8–8	9–6	5–7	11–5	4–6	0–2	N/A	74–68
Year-end ranking	954	461	202	118	51	33	10	51	54	21	20	18	14	16	84	119	N/A

Best Grand Slam results details

	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

Top 10 wins

Season	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Total
Wins	0	0	0	2	7	1	0	2	2	3	7	1	0	1	26

#	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

Notes

References

^ Robin Finn (13 September 1993). "U.S. Open '93; Sampras puts exclamation point to No. 1". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^ "Sampras vs. Pioline: Game, set, mismatch". Deseret News. 6 July 1997. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^ Emmet Malone (7 July 1997). "Sampras at pinnacle after defeat of Pioline". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^ "Cédric Pioline : "Danse avec les stars a été une vraie révélation"". La Dépêche (in French). 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

External links

Cédric Pioline at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Cédric Pioline at the International Tennis Federation
Cédric Pioline at the Davis Cup

[1] Robin Finn (13 September 1993). "U.S. Open '93; Sampras puts exclamation point to No. 1". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

[2] "Sampras vs. Pioline: Game, set, mismatch". Deseret News. 6 July 1997. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

[3] Emmet Malone (7 July 1997). "Sampras at pinnacle after defeat of Pioline". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

[4] "Cédric Pioline : "Danse avec les stars a été une vraie révélation"". La Dépêche (in French). 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

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v t e ATP Masters 1000 singles champions
Champions by year — Series' finals
Indian Wells Open	Stefan Edberg Jim Courier (2) Michael Chang (2) Pete Sampras (2) Marcelo Ríos Mark Philippoussis Àlex Corretja Andre Agassi Lleyton Hewitt (2) Roger Federer (5) Rafael Nadal (3) Novak Djokovic (5) Ivan Ljubičić Juan Martín del Potro Dominic Thiem Cameron Norrie Taylor Fritz Carlos Alcaraz (2)
Miami Open	Andre Agassi (6) Jim Courier Michael Chang Pete Sampras (3) Thomas Muster Marcelo Ríos Richard Krajicek Andy Roddick Roger Federer (4) Novak Djokovic (6) Nikolay Davydenko Andy Murray (2) Andy Roddick John Isner Hubert Hurkacz Carlos Alcaraz Daniil Medvedev Jannik Sinner
Monte-Carlo Masters	Andrei Chesnokov Sergi Bruguera (2) Thomas Muster (3) Andriy Medvedev Marcelo Ríos Carlos Moyá Gustavo Kuerten (2) Cédric Pioline Juan Carlos Ferrero (2) Guillermo Coria Rafael Nadal (11) Novak Djokovic (2) Stan Wawrinka Fabio Fognini Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) Andrey Rublev
German Open / Madrid Open	Hamburg→ Juan Aguilera Karel Nováček Stefan Edberg Michael Stich Andriy Medvedev (3) Roberto Carretero Albert Costa Marcelo Ríos Gustavo Kuerten Albert Portas Roger Federer (4) Guillermo Coria Tommy Robredo Rafael Nadal Madrid→ Roger Federer (3) Rafael Nadal (5) Novak Djokovic (3) Andy Murray Alexander Zverev (2) Carlos Alcaraz (2) Andrey Rublev
Italian Open	Thomas Muster (3) Emilio Sánchez Jim Courier (2) Pete Sampras Àlex Corretja Marcelo Ríos Gustavo Kuerten Magnus Norman Juan Carlos Ferrero Andre Agassi Félix Mantilla Carlos Moyá Rafael Nadal (10) Novak Djokovic (6) Andy Murray Alexander Zverev (2) Daniil Medvedev
Canadian Open	Michael Chang Andrei Chesnokov Andre Agassi (3) Mikael Pernfors Wayne Ferreira Chris Woodruff Patrick Rafter Thomas Johansson Marat Safin Andrei Pavel Guillermo Cañas Andy Roddick Roger Federer Rafael Nadal (5) Roger Federer (2) Novak Djokovic (4) Andy Murray (3) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Alexander Zverev Daniil Medvedev Pablo Carreño Busta Jannik Sinner Alexei Popyrin
Cincinnati Open	Stefan Edberg Guy Forget Pete Sampras (3) Michael Chang (2) Andre Agassi (3) Pat Rafter Thomas Enqvist Gustavo Kuerten Carlos Moyá Andy Roddick (2) Roger Federer (7) Andy Murray (2) Rafael Nadal Marin Čilić Grigor Dimitrov Novak Djokovic (3) Daniil Medvedev Alexander Zverev Borna Ćorić Jannik Sinner
Stockholm Open / Eurocard Open / Madrid Open / Shanghai Masters	Stockholm→ Boris Becker (3) Goran Ivanišević Michael Stich Stuttgart→ Thomas Muster Boris Becker Petr Korda Richard Krajicek Thomas Enqvist Wayne Ferreira Tommy Haas Madrid→ Andre Agassi Juan Carlos Ferrero Marat Safin Rafael Nadal Roger Federer David Nalbandian Andy Murray Shanghai→ Nikolay Davydenko Andy Murray (3) Novak Djokovic (4) Roger Federer (2) Daniil Medvedev Hubert Hurkacz Jannik Sinner
Paris Masters	Stefan Edberg Guy Forget Boris Becker Goran Ivanišević Andre Agassi (2) Pete Sampras (2) Thomas Enqvist Greg Rusedski Marat Safin (3) Sébastien Grosjean Tim Henman Tomáš Berdych Nikolay Davydenko David Nalbandian Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Novak Djokovic (7) Robin Söderling Roger Federer David Ferrer Andy Murray Jack Sock Karen Khachanov Daniil Medvedev Holger Rune Alexander Zverev

v t e Danse avec les stars
Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Specials	Christmas 2012 Le grand show (2017)
Tours	Danse avec les stars, la tournée
Celebrity winners	M. Pokora Shy'm Emmanuel Moire Alizée Rayane Bensetti Loïc Nottet Laurent Maistret Agustín Galiana Clément Rémiens Sami El Gueddari Tayc Billy Crawford Natasha St-Pier
Professional winners	Katrina Patchett Maxime Dereymez Fauve Hautot (x4) Grégoire Lyonnet Denitsa Ikonomova (x4) Candice Pascal Anthony Colette

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	France BnF data
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