Florent Serra
# Florent Serra

Florent Lucien Serra (born 28 February 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. A right-hander, he won two ATP titles during his career and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 36 in June 2006.

## Career

### Early life and junior career

Serra was born in Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, in 1981 to Jean-Luc and Martine. He started playing tennis at the age of seven at a tennis club in Bordeaux after his father got him involved. After completing his A-level equivalent (the French "bac") with a major in economics at 18, Serra left Bordeaux for Paris, to train under the national training program at Roland Garros. As a result of playing minimal junior tournaments, his career high junior ranking was no. 437 on 31 December 1999. He turned pro in 2000.

### Professional career

From 2000 to 2002, he reached six Futures finals, winning one of them, along with reaching his first Challenger final. He made his debut on the ATP Tour in 2003. In 2005 he had his most successful year, winning three out of four Challenger finals, and his first ATP tour title, in Bucharest. He won his second title the following year in Adelaide. In 2009, he was a runner-up in Casablanca. He has been coached by Pierre Cherret since he was a junior player, and his fitness trainer is Paul Quetin. Serra reached the 2nd round of Wimbledon 2012, losing to Kei Nishikori, 3–6, 5–7, 2–6.

## Personal

His mother works as a secretary in Bordeaux, while Serra himself lives in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

## ATP career finals

### Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
* ATP 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP 250 Series (2–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (1–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (2–1)
* Indoors (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2005 | Bucharest, Romania | International Series | Clay | Igor Andreev | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Feb 2006 | Adelaide, Australia | International Series | Hard | Xavier Malisse | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Apr 2009 | Casablanca, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 4–6, 5–7 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP International Series (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–1)
* Indoors (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2007 | Gstaad, Switzerland | International Series | Clay | Marc Gicquel | František Čermák Pavel Vízner | 5–7, 7–5, [7–10] |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

### Singles: 13 (4–9)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–4)
* ITF Futures (1–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–3)
* Clay (4–6)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0-1 | Jan 2001 | France F1, Grasse | Futures | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 7–5, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0-2 | Jul 2001 | France F11, Bourg-en-Bresse | Futures | Clay | Slimane Saoudi | 2–6, $6–7^{(7–9)}$ |
| Win | 1-2 | Jul 2001 | France F13, Aix-les-Bains | Futures | Clay | Thierry Ascione | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1-3 | Sep 2001 | France F16, Mulhouse | Futures | Hard | Arnaud Fontaine | 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1-4 | Jul 2002 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Tomáš Zíb | $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 1–6 |
| Loss | 1-5 | Sep 2002 | Netherlands F2, Alphen aan den Rijn | Futures | Clay | Óscar Hernández Perez | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1-6 | Oct 2003 | France F22, La Roche-sur-Yon | Futures | Hard | Jean-François Bachelot | $6–7^{(7–9)},$ $6–7^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 2-6 | Apr 2005 | Mexico City, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Flávio Saretta | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2-7 | Apr 2005 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Olivier Patience | $6–7^{(4–7)},$ 5–7 |
| Win | 3-7 | Jul 2005 | Rimoni, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Iván Navarro | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 4-7 | Sep 2008 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Albert Montañés | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4-8 | Sep 2009 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Evgeny Korolev | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4-9 | Nov 2014 | Reunion Island, Reunion | Challenger | Hard | Robin Haase | 6–3, 1–6, 5–7 |

### Doubles: 3 (1–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–0)
* ITF Futures (1–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1999 | France F9, Toulon | Futures | Clay | Christophe De Veaux | Julien Cuaz Olivier Patience | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Dec 2000 | Spain F15, Maspalomas | Futures | Clay | Fabrice Betencourt | Didac Perez-Minarro Ferran Ventura-Martell | 5–6 ret. |
| Win | 1–2 | Apr 2002 | Greece F1, Syros | Futures | Hard | Thierry Ascione | Karol Beck Michal Mertiňák | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |

## Performance timelines

Key :

| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

## Singles

| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | Q3 | 0 / 8 | 5–8 | 38% |
| French Open | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 10 | 7–10 | 41% |
| Wimbledon | A | Q2 | A | Q3 | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |
| US Open | A | Q1 | Q3 | Q3 | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 5–8 | 38% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 1–4 | 5–4 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0 / 33 | 21–33 | 39% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | 55% |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | Q2 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Madrid | NH | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 3R | Q1 | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | Q2 | 2R | Q1 | Q2 | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Shanghai Masters | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 7–9 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 1–7 | 5–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 33 | 21–33 | 39% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| French Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 10 | 2–10 | 17% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 20 | 7–20 | 26% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
