Stéphane Robert
# Stéphane Robert

Stéphane Robert (French pronunciation: ​; born 17 May 1980) is a professional former French tennis player.

## Career

### 2007–2008

Robert missed 16 months of tennis action in 2007–2008 because he was infected with the Hepatitis A virus in February 2007. In early June 2008, he returned to tennis action at the ITF Men's Circuit tournament in Apeldoorn, without an ATP singles ranking, reaching the final as a qualifier.

### 2010

On 1 February 2010, Robert broke into Top 100 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time at No. 100. Within one week of his singles rankings breakthrough and seeded no. 8, he defeated for the first time in his career a player (David Ferrer) ranked in the top 20 of the ATP singles rankings in the semifinals before reaching his first ATP World Tour singles final at the 2010 SA Tennis Open, falling to 3rd-seeded Feliciano López 5–7, 1–6. Robert rose to a career-high of No. 61 of the ATP singles rankings on 22 February 2010 one day after winning the ATP Challenger Tour singles title in Tangier.

### 2011

Robert rose to international prominence in 2011 when, as a qualifier, he beat the 2010 Wimbledon singles finalist and sixth seed Tomáš Berdych 3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 9–7 in the first round of the 2011 French Open to register the biggest singles win of his career, having saved a match point at 4–5 in the deciding set. It was the first time that he had beaten a player ranked in the top 10 of the ATP singles rankings – Berdych was ranked no. 6. Robert lost his second round match to Fabio Fognini in straight sets.

### 2014: Reached Australian Open fourth round as lucky loser

Robert reached the singles 4th round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the 2014 Australian Open, where he lost to 4th seeded Andy Murray. He was only one of 2 lucky losers to reach the 4th round of a Grand Slam tournament since Dick Norman achieved the feat at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, David Goffin (at the 2012 French Open) being the other.

Robert and Jesse Huta Galung became only the third lucky loser doubles team to clinch an ATP World Tour doubles title by defeating Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final of the 2014 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. That was Robert's first ATP World Tour doubles final appearance. After losing in the 1st round of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships to Nick Kyrgios, Robert missed the rest of the year because of leg injury.

### 2016

Robert qualified for the singles main draw of the 2016 Australian Open by winning three qualifying matches, and he lost in the third round of the main draw to Gaël Monfils. That was only the second time Robert had progressed to the third round of the singles main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.

On July 15, 2016, Robert, who was unseeded and had an ATP singles ranking of 83 coming into the tournament, reached the semi-final at the 2016 German Open, where he lost to Martin Kližan. It was Robert's first ATP World Tour semi-final since February 2010, when he was defeated in the final in Johannesburg. Robert's ATP singles ranking reached a career-high of 59 on July 18, 2016, right after his semi-final appearance in Hamburg, which was a massive improvement over his ATP singles ranking of 558 on 25 May 2015.

## Coaching

From 2001 to March 2010, Ronan Lafaix was Robert's coach. In May 2016, Lafaix, who is 12 years older than Robert, became Robert's coach for the second time. Lafaix joined the Patrick Mouratoglou tennis academy and has coached several professional tennis players.

## ATP World Tour career finals

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

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (0–1)
* Indoor (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2010 | SA Tennis Open, South Africa | 250 Series | Hard | Feliciano López | 5–7, 1–6 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (1–0)
* Indoor (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2014 | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | Jesse Huta Galung | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić | 6–3, 6–3 |

## ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's Circuit career finals

### Singles: 39 (23–16)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (9–10)
* ITF Men's Circuit (14–6)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Win | 1. | February 25, 2002 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | Branislav Sekáč | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 2. | June 2, 2003 | Kranj, Slovenia | Clay | Ivan Esquerdo | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | July 14, 2003 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Clay | Todor Enev | 6–2, 4–1, ret. |
| Win | 4. | July 21, 2003 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Clay | Vladimir Pavićević | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 5. | September 8, 2003 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Daniel Elsner | 6–1, 4–6, $7–6^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 6. | September 13, 2004 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Alessio di Mauro | 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 7. | October 17, 2005 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Pablo Andújar | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1. | January 2, 2006 | Exmouth, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | Andis Juška | 3–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
| Win | 8. | January 9, 2006 | Barnstaple, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Jérémy Chardy | $7–6^{(7–3)},$ 6–1 |
| Loss | 2. | January 24, 2006 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Alex Bogdanović | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 9. | January 16, 2007 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Thomas Oger | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 10. | February 13, 2007 | Barnstaple, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Torsten Popp | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3. | June 9, 2008 | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Clay | Thiemo de Bakker | $6–7^{(2–7)},$ 1–6 |
| Loss | 4. | June 23, 2008 | Toulon, France | Clay | Nicolas Coutelot | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5. | August 4, 2008 | Avezzano, Italy | Clay | Michael Ryderstedt | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 11. | September 15, 2008 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Hard | Josh Goodall | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 12. | September 29, 2008 | Nevers, France | Hard (i) | Vincent Millot | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 13. | January 13, 2009 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Colin Fleming | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6. | January 27, 2009 | Mettmann, Germany | Carpet (i) | Lukáš Rosol | $6–7^{(6–8)},$ 4–6 |
| Win | 14. | February 16, 2009 | Trento, Italy | Hard (i) | Josh Goodall | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7. | March 10, 2009 | Tipton, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Yannick Mertens | $6–7^{(4–7)},$ $6–7^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 15. | March 17, 2009 | Bath, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Colin Fleming | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 16. | June 8, 2009 | Košice, Slovakia | Clay | Jiří Vaněk | $7–6^{(7–5)},$ $7–6^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 17. | September 13, 2009 | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | Clay | Michael Russell | $7–6^{(7–2)},$ 5–7, $7–6^{(7–5)}$ |
| Loss | 8. | October 25, 2009 | Orléans, France | Hard (i) | Xavier Malisse | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 9. | November 15, 2009 | Saint Brélade, Jersey | Carpet (i) | Jarkko Nieminen | 6–4, 1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 18. | February 21, 2010 | Tangier, Morocco | Clay | Aleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. | $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 6–4 |
| Loss | 10. | March 20, 2011 | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe | Hard | Olivier Rochus | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 19. | May 1, 2011 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | Ádám Kellner | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 11. | February 2, 2013 | Burnie, Australia | Hard | John Millman | 2–6, 6–4, 0–6 |
| Win | 20. | February 17, 2013 | Melbourne, Australia | Hard | James Duckworth | $7–6^{(7–3)},$ 6–3 |
| Loss | 12. | September 14, 2013 | Seville, Spain | Clay | Daniel Gimeno Traver | 4–6, $6–7^{(2–7)}$ |
| Loss | 13. | November 8, 2015 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Hard | Yūichi Sugita | 2–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Win | 21. | February 21, 2016 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Saketh Myneni | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Loss | 14. | March 20, 2016 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Hard | Malek Jaziri | 7–5, 3–6, $6–7^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 15. | July 11, 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Adam Pavlásek | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 16. | September 24, 2017 | İzmir, Turkey | Hard | Illya Marchenko | $6–7^{(2–7)},$ 0–6 |
| Win | 22. | November 12, 2017 | Kobe, Japan | Hard(i) | Calvin Hemery | $7–6^{(7–1)},$ $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 6–1 |
| Win | 23. | February 4, 2018 | Burnie, Australia | Hard | Daniel Altmaier | 6–1, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 33 (14–19)

* Legend (doubles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (8–11)
* ITF Men's Circuit (6–8)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 1. | February 17, 2003 | Lorca, Spain | Clay | Esteban Carril | Salvador Navarro Gabriel Trujillo | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 1. | February 24, 2003 | Cartagena, Spain | Clay | Miles Maclagan | Salvador Navarro Gabriel Trujillo | $7–6^{(7–3)},$ $7–6^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 2. | May 5, 2003 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Clay | Slimane Saoudi | Rik de Voest Marcus Sarstrand | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3. | July 14, 2003 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Clay | Xavier Audouy | Todor Enev Radoslav Lukaev | 4–6, $7–6^{(9–7)},$ 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | July 21, 2003 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Clay | Mohamed Mamoun | Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4. | November 17, 2003 | Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles | Hard | Alessandro Motti | Michel Koning Steven Korteling | 3–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 3. | November 24, 2003 | Oranjestad, Aruba | Hard | Alessandro Motti | Bart Beks Paul Logtens | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 5. | July 5, 2004 | Budaörs, Hungary | Clay | Ota Fukárek | Ignacio González Gabriel Trujillo | 6–3, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4. | August 2, 2004 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | Adam Chadaj | Tomáš Cibulec David Škoch | 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | June 13, 2005 | Blois, France | Clay | Esteban Carril | Bart Beks Matwé Middelkoop | 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 7. | July 4, 2005 | Budaörs, Hungary | Clay | Adam Chadaj | Amir Hadad Harel Levy | 4–6, $7–6^{(9–7)},$ 3–6 |
| Win | 5. | November 21, 2005 | Saint-Leu, Réunion | Hard | Teymuraz Gabashvili | Ivan Cerović Petar Popović | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6. | January 24, 2006 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Jean-François Bachelot | Colin Fleming Jamie Murray | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 7. | February 27, 2006 | Cherbourg, France | Hard (i) | Jean-François Bachelot | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 6–3 |
| Loss | 8. | March 27, 2006 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Clay (i) | Michael Lammer | Eric Butorac Chris Drake | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8. | January 15, 2007 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Jean-François Bachelot | Fabio Colangelo Marco Crugnola | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 9. | February 12, 2007 | Barnstaple, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Philip Stolt Lars Uebel | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 10. | July 7, 2008 | Bourg-en-Bresse, France | Clay | Alexandre Renard | Thomas Cazes-Carrère Baptiste Dupuy | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 9. | July 21, 2008 | Modena, Italy | Clay | Mohammed Ghareeb | Guillermo Hormazábal Hans Podlipnik Castillo | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 10. | August 4, 2008 | Avezzano, Italy | Clay | Alexandre Renard | Guillermo Hormazábal Hans Podlipnik Castillo | 3–6, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ [10–12] |
| Loss | 11. | September 29, 2008 | Nevers, France | Hard (i) | Alexandre Renard | Vincent Millot Pierrick Ysern | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 12. | May 17, 2009 | Bordeaux, France | Clay | Xavier Pujo | Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos | 6–4, 4–6, [4–10] |
| Loss | 13. | July 12, 2009 | San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy | Clay | Niels Desein | Stefano Ianni Cristian Villagrán | $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 6–1, [6–10] |
| Loss | 14. | September 27, 2009 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Clay | Simone Vagnozzi | Jamie Delgado Jamie Murray | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 11. | March 20, 2011 | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe | Hard | Riccardo Ghedin | Arnaud Clément Olivier Rochus | 6–2, 5–7, [10–7] |
| Win | 12. | May 1, 2011 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | Olivier Charroin | Andis Juška Alexander Kudryavtsev | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 15. | July 3, 2011 | Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Olivier Charroin | Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström | 6–0, 4–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 16. | July 17, 2011 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | Olivier Charroin | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 5–7, $6–7^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 13. | July 24, 2011 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | Olivier Charroin | Franco Ferreiro Andre Sá | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 17. | March 17, 2012 | Rabat, Morocco | Clay | Martin Kližan | Íñigo Cervantes Huegun Federico Delbonis | $7–6^{(7–3)},$ 1–6, [5–10] |
| Loss | 18. | April 6, 2012 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Clay | Laurent Rochette | Laurynas Grigelis Rameez Junaid | 6–1, 2–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 14. | September 14, 2013 | Seville, Spain | Clay | Alessandro Motti | Stephan Fransen Wesley Koolhof | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 19. | September 27, 2015 | Trnava, Slovakia | Clay | Kamil Majchrzak | Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop | 4–6, 2–6 |

## Grand Slam performance timelines

Key :

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

### Singles

| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | W–L |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australian Open | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 4R | 1R | 3R | 1R | Q3 | Q1 | A | A | 6–7 |
| French Open | 1R | A | Q3 | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | Q1 | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | 2–7 |
| Wimbledon | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | 1R | Q3 | 1R | Q1 | 2R | A | NH | A | 2–5 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 1–3 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0-0 | 11–22 |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | W–L |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0–1 |
| French Open | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | A | A | A | 5–7 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | A | A | A | NH | A | 1–3 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 1–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–11 |
