Fabrice Santoro

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Fabrice Santoro : biography

1972-12-9 –

Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born 9 December 1972) is a retired French professional male tennis player from Tahiti. Though not counted among the top-ranked players, he had an unusually long professional career – with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career – and he is popular among spectators and other players alike for his winning demeanor and shot-making abilities.

Owing to his longevity on the tour and consistent ranking, Santoro holds several ATP records: the most losses in singles play (444, though he won even more matches), and the most appearances in singles competition at Grand Slam events (70). He is also the only male player to have appeared in Grand Slam singles competition in four different decades, from the 1989 French Open to the 2010 Australian Open.

In singles play, Santoro earned 6 titles but reached the quarter-finals at a Grand Slam only once; however, he was more successful in doubles competition, with two Grand Slam doubles titles, one Grand Slam mixed-doubles title, and 24 doubles championships overall.

Career finals

Singles

Wins (6)
Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0)
ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (1)
ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (5)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 13 October 1997 Lyon, France Carpet (i) GER}} Tommy Haas 6–4, 6–4
2. 1 February 1999 Marseille, France Hard (i) FRA}} Arnaud Clément 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
3. 3 January 2000 Doha, Qatar Hard GER}} Rainer Schüttler 3–6, 7–5, 3–0, retired
4. 25 February 2002 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard MAR}} Younes El Aynaoui 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
5. 9 July 2007 Newport, United States Grass FRA}} Nicolas Mahut 6–4, 6–4
6. 13 July 2008 Newport, United States Grass IND}} Prakash Amritraj 6–3, 7–5
Runners-up (6)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 8 October 1990 Toulouse, France Hard (i) SWE}} Jonas Svensson 6–7(5–7), 2–6
2. 8 February 1993 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard CZE}} Karel Nováček 4–6, 5–7
3. 7 August 1994 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay CRO}} Goran Ivanišević 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
4. 12 January 1998 Doha, Qatar Hard CZE}} Petr Korda 0–6, 3–6
5. 7 March 1999 Copenhagen, Denmark Hard (i) SWE}} Magnus Gustafsson 4–6, 1–6
6. 17 June 2001 Halle, Germany Grass SWE}} Thomas Johansson 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Name 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 CareerSR CareerWin-Loss
Grand Slam events
Australian Open A A 1R A 2R 3R 2R 1R A 3R 4R 1R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R QF 3R 2R 3R 1R 0 / 18 22–18
French Open 1R 2R 4R 1R 1R 3R 1R A 1R 3R 1R 2R 4R 2R 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 20 17–20
Wimbledon A 1R A A A A 1R A 1R A 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R A 0 / 14 11–14
US Open A 3R 1R 2R 1R A 1R A 1R 3R 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 18 13–18
Grand Slam SR 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 70 N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0–1 3–3 3–3 1–2 1–3 4–2 1–4 0–1 0–3 6–3 6–4 2–4 7–4 2–4 5–4 6–4 2–4 5–4 4–4 2–4 3–4 0–1 N/A 63–70
Masters Series
Indian Wells NME A 3R 1R QF 3R 2R A A 1R A 3R 2R 3R 1R 1R 4R 1R A A A A 0 / 13 16–13
Miami NME 2R 2R 1R 3R A A A A 4R 3R 2R 4R 2R A 1R A 2R 3R 3R 2R A 0 / 14 15–14
Monte Carlo NME 1R 2R 2R 1R A 3R 3R SF QF A 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R A 1R A A 0 / 16 17–16
Rome NME A QF 3R 3R A 3R A 2R 1R 3R 3R 2R 1R 1R A 2R 3R A 1R A A 0 / 14 18–14
Hamburg NME 2R A A A A 1R A A QF 2R 1R QF 1R 1R A 1R 1R A A NME NME 0 / 10 8–10
Canada NME A A A A A A A QF 2R QF 1R SF QF 1R QF 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 10 17–10
Cincinnati NME A A A A A A A 2R 1R 2R QF 2R 1R 2R QF 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 10 11–10
Stuttgart/Madrid NME A A A A A A A 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R SF A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 7 8–7
Paris NME 1R 1R 1R A A A A 2R 2R 2R QF 2R 1R 2R A 2R 1R 3R A 1R A 0 / 14 10–14
Masters Series SR N/A 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 108 N/A
Annual Win-Loss N/A 2–4 7–5 3–5 6–4 2–1 5–4 2–1 12–6 10–9 10–7 12–9 13–9 9–9 2–7 8–5 7–7 3–8 4–3 2–3 1–2 0–0 N/A 120–108
Year End Ranking 235 62 43 43 55 46 102 118 29 41 34 31 22 35 62 52 58 52 37 52 68 N/A