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Arnaud Clement biography

Date of birth : 1977-12-17
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Aix-en-Provence, France
Nationality : French
Category : Sports
Last modified : 2011-04-18
Credited as : Professional Tennis player, ATP tour, Australian Open, Davis Cup

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Arnaud Clément is a professional tennis player from France. His best achievement is reaching the final of the 2001 Australian Open.

The son of a soccer-playing father and a mother who played handball, Arnaud Clement has won four ATP tour titles. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 after a runner-up finish at the Australian Open in 2001. That year he also helped France to the Davis Cup title. He reached the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open in 2000 and at Wimbledon in 2008. Clement finished in the Top 100 nine of 10 seasons through 2008, but fell out of the Top 100 in 2009. He is the godfather to fellow player Sebastien Grosjean’s son, Tom.

Timeline:

Full name is Arnaud Marcel Maurice Clement
Began playing tennis at age seven with his brother Bruno (18 months older)
Father, Henri, was an amateur soccer player, and he shaved off his moustache after son won his first ATP title in 2000
Mother, Marie Michell, was an amateur handball player
Got serious about tennis after passing the bac (French high school diploma) in 1995 with a B.S. diploma in mathematics and started to train with Trevor Allan in Marseille
Enjoys eating Lebanese food since his grandmother was born there
Close friend of countryman Sebastien Grosjean and godfather of his son Tom
Has a 17-11 career Davis Cup record (11-9 in singles) in 16 ties.


Singles Titles:
2006: Washington, Marseille
2003: Metz
2000: Lyon

Doubles Titles:
2009: Marseille
2008: Metz
2007: Metz, Wimbledon, Marseille
2006: Paris, Lyon
2004: St. Petersburg, Metz, Indian Wells
2002: Marseille
2000: Casablanca


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