Michaël Llodra  | | Country |  France | | Residence | Rueil-Malmaison, France | | Date of birth | 18 May 1980 (1980-05-18) (age 29) | | Place of birth | Paris, France | | Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | | Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) | | Turned pro | 1999 | | Plays | Left-handed; one-handed backhand | | Career prize money | $4,702,047 | | Singles | | Career record | 123–143 | | Career titles | 3 | | Highest ranking | No. 34 (June 16, 2008) | | Current ranking | No. 67 (December 7, 2009) | | Grand Slam results | | Australian Open | 2r (2000) | | French Open | 4r (2004, 2008) | | Wimbledon | 2r (2000, 2003, 2007, 2009) | | US Open | 4r (2004) | | Doubles | | Career record | 245–154 | | Career titles | 17 | | Highest ranking | No. 8 (June 14, 2004) | | Grand Slam Doubles results | | Australian Open | W (2003, 2004) | | French Open | F (2004) | | Wimbledon | W (2007) | | US Open | SF (2003) | | Last updated on: November 2, 2009. | Michaël Llodra (born May 18, 1980) is a French professional tennis player. [edit] Life and career Llodra was born in Paris, where his father Michel played for football club Paris Saint-Germain. A left-hander, his serve-and-volley style is modelled on that of his idol, Stefan Edberg. Llodra and his wife Camille married on September 9, 2003, and have two children, a daughter, Manon (born March 23, 2004) and a son, Teo (born September 5, 2007). Llodra won his first Grand Slam title, the Australian Open Men's Doubles, with Fabrice Santoro. On winning the men's doubles again for the second time at the Australian Open in 2004, Llodra and his tennis partner Fabrice Santoro made headlines by stripping off their shirts, shoes, socks and shorts.[1] Dressed in a pair of white briefs only, Llodra threw his clothes into the crowd, to the cheers of many onlookers.[2] Llodra also won his first ATP singles title at 's-Hertogenbosch. On November 20, 2005, Llodra teamed up with French compatriot Fabrice Santoro to win the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, a competition which pitted the top 8 doubles teams in the world against one another. In July, Llodra won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon partnering Arnaud Clément, beating Bob and Mike Bryan, thus winning his third Grand Slam doubles title. He and Clément were ecstatic and Llodra once again celebrated by throwing his shirt, racket and towel into the crowd. At the 2007 U.S. Open, he and Clément were seeded 7th, but were upset in the second round by Jesse Levine and Alex Kuznetsov, 7–6 (5), 6–4. Llodra and Clément reached a second slam final at the Australian Open, only to lose to the Israeli paring of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, 7–5, 7–6 (4). In singles, Llodra won two tournaments in the course of two months, the first being in Adelaide, where he defeated Jarkko Nieminen in the final, and the other in Rotterdam, where he edged out Robin Söderling in a third-set tiebreak. Llodra and his doubles partner Clément then defeated the Bryan Brothers again in four sets at the Davis Cup quarterfinals tie against USA. They are one of two teams to defeat the Bryans in Davis Cup. He then entered the 2008 French Open, where he upset Tomáš Berdych in the second round and went on to reach the fourth round, losing to Latvian Ernests Gulbis in straight sets. [edit] Major finals [edit] Grand Slam finals [edit] Doubles: 6 (3–3) [edit] Career finals [edit] Singles: 7 (3-4) - Wins (3)
| Legend | | Grand Slam (0) | | Tennis Masters Cup (0) | | ATP Masters Series (0) | | ATP International Series Gold (1) | | ATP Tour (2) | | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final | | 1. | June 14, 2004 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass |  Guillermo Coria | 6–3, 6–4 | | 2. | December 31, 2007 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard |  Jarkko Nieminen | 6–3, 6–4 | | 3. | February 18, 2008 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) |  Robin Söderling | 6–7(3), 6–3, 7–6(4) | - Runners-up (4)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final | | 1. | January 5, 2004 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard |  Dominik Hrbatý | 6–4, 6–0 | | 2. | June 13, 2005 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass |  Mario Ančić | 7–5, 6–4 | | 3. | February 16, 2009 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7–5, 7–6(3) | | 4. | November 1, 2009 | Lyon, France | Hard (i) | Ivan Ljubičić | 7–5, 6–3 | [edit] Doubles: 31 (17-14) - Wins (17)
| Legend | | Grand Slam (3) | | Tennis Masters Cup (1) | | ATP Masters Series (2) | | ATP Tour (11) | | | Titles by Surface | | Hard (9) | | Clay (2) | | Grass (1) | | Carpet (5) | | | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score in the final | | 1. | May 1, 2000 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay |  Diego Nargiso |  Alberto Martín
Fernando Vicente | 7–62, 7–63 | | 2. | January 13, 2003 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | Fabrice Santoro |  Mark Knowles
 Daniel Nestor | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | | 3. | January 19, 2004 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | Fabrice Santoro |  Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan | 7–64, 6–3 | | 4. | August 23, 2004 | Long Island, United States | Hard | Antony Dupuis |  Yves Allegro
 Michael Kohlmann | 6–2, 6–4 | | 5. | October 25, 2004 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Carpet (i) | Arnaud Clément | Dominik Hrbatý
 Jaroslav Levinský | 6–3, 6–2 | | 6. | May 2, 2005 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan | 6–4, 6–2 | | 7. | October 3, 2005 | Metz, France | Hard (i) | Fabrice Santoro | José Acasuso
Sebastián Prieto | 5–2, 3–5, 5–44 | | 8. | October 24, 2005 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro |  Jeff Coetzee
 Rogier Wassen | 6–3, 6–1 | | 9. | November 13, 2005 | Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro |  Leander Paes
 Nenad Zimonjić | 66–7, 6–3, 7–64 | | 10. | October 30, 2006 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Arnaud Clément | Fabrice Santoro
Nenad Zimonjić | 6–4, 6–2 | | 11. | February 12, 2007 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor | 7–5, 4–6, [10–8] | | 12. | June 25, 2007 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | Grass | Arnaud Clément | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan | 56–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 | | 13. | October 1, 2007 | Metz, France | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément |  Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski | 6–1, 6–4 | | 14. | March 3, 2008 | Las Vegas, United States | Hard (i) | Julien Benneteau | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan | 6–4, 4–6, [10–8] | | 15. | September 29, 2008 | Metz, France | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski | 5–7, 6–3, [10–8] | | 16. | October 20, 2008 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) |  Andy Ram |  Stephen Huss
 Ross Hutchins | 6–3, 5–7, [10–8] | | 17. | February 16, 2009 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément |  Julian Knowle
Andy Ram | 3–6, 6–3, [10–8] | - Runners-up (14)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score in the final | | 1. | January 14, 2002 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor | 7–64, 6–3 | | 2. | July 22, 2002 | Los Angeles, United States | Hard | Justin Gimelstob | Sébastien Grosjean
Nicolas Kiefer | 6–4, 6–4 | | 3. | April 14, 2003 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Mahesh Bhupathi
 Max Mirnyi | 6–4, 3–6, 7–66 | | 4. | May 5, 2003 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Wayne Arthurs
Paul Hanley | 6–1, 6–3 | | 5. | September 29, 2003 | Metz, France | Hard (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Julien Benneteau
Nicolas Mahut | 7–62, 6–3 | | 6. | October 27, 2003 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Wayne Arthurs
Paul Hanley | 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 | | 7. | November 8, 2003 | Tennis Masters Cup, Houston | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan | 66–7, 6–3, 3–6, 7–63, 6–4 | | 8. | January 5, 2004 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | Arnaud Clément | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan | 7–5, 6–3 | | 9. | May 24, 2004 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Fabrice Santoro |  Xavier Malisse
Olivier Rochus | 7–5, 7–5 | | 10. | January 10, 2005 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Arnaud Clément | Mahesh Bhupathi
Todd Woodbridge | 6–3, 6–3 | | 11. | May 9, 2005 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi | 4–6, 7–62, 7–63 | | 12. | September 25, 2007 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard (i) | Nicolas Mahut |  Sonchat Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana | 3–6, 7–5, [10–7] | | 13. | October 7, 2007 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi | 6–4, 6–4 | | 14. | January 14, 2008 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | Arnaud Clément | Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram | 7–5, 7–64 | | 15. | September 21, 2009 | Metz, France | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Colin Fleming
Ken Skupski | 2–6, 6–4, [10–5] | [edit] Doubles Performance Timeline | Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Career SR | | Grand Slams | | Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | F | W | W | QF | 2R | 1R | F | A | 2 / 8 | | French Open | A | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 3R | F | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 11 | | Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | A | QF | A | W | A | A | 1 / 6 | | U.S. Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | QF | 0 / 10 | | Grand Slam SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 35 | | ATP Masters Series | | Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 6 | | Miami | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | QF | 2R | SF | QF | A | 0 / 6 | | Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | 1R | F | 2R | SF | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 7 | | Rome | A | A | A | A | 2R | F | QF | W | A | 2R | 2R | A | 1 / 6 | | Madrid (Stuttgart) | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | SF | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | | Canada | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | QF | SF | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | | Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | QF | SF | A | A | A | QF | 0 / 5 | | Shanghai | Not Held | 1R | 0 / 1 | | Paris | A | A | 2R | 1R | QF | F | 1R | 1R | W | SF | SF | | 1 / 9 | | Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | 2R | A | QF | NM1 | 0 / 3 | | Masters Series SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 5 | 1 / 8 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 4 | 2 / 53 | | Year End Ranking | 383 | 271 | 93 | 67 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 17 | 18 | | N/A | A = did not attend tournament [edit] References - ^ Celebrations end with a striptease, CNN.com World Sport. Accessed May 19, 2007.
- ^ French duo retain title, BBC News Online. Accessed May 19, 2007.
[edit] External links | ATP World Tour Top ten French male singles tennis players, as of December 7, 2009 | | | | | | | | | Persondata | | NAME | Llodra, Michaël | | ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Llodra, Michaël | | SHORT DESCRIPTION | Tennis player | | DATE OF BIRTH | 1980-05-18 | | PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris, France | | DATE OF DEATH | | | PLACE OF DEATH | | |
