Jeremy Chardy

Began playing at age six...Father, Guy, is a banker; mother, Maryse, is a housewife...Older sister, Stephanie (31), is a French teacher and older brother Thierry (28), is a banker...Soccer fan of Paris Saint-Germain...Idol growing up was Pete Sampras...Considers serve as best shot...Would like to be an actor after his tennis career...Captured Wimbledon junior Championships (d. Young in SF, Haase in F) and finished runner-up at US Open juniors in 2005 (l. to Ryan Sweeting)...Finished No. 4 in world junior rankings in '05...In 2004, won Eddie Herr International in Florida and SF at Wimbledon juniors (l. to Monfils)...In doubles, reached Roland Garros juniors final in 2005 (w/Bubka)...Physical trainer is Alain Jacquet and coached by countryman and former ATP pro Frederic Fontang.

2004 -- Reached QF in first pro Futures event at Saint-Gervais, France in July

2005 -- Won his first event of season, a clay court Futures over Stefan Wauters in Grasse, France and followed in his next event with SF at Angers

2006 -- Jumped from No. 563 in '05 to No. 262 at end of season...In Grand Slam debut, advanced to 2nd RD at Roland Garros (d. Bjorkman, l. to No. 15 Ferrer)...Reached Future finals at Barnstaple, Great Britain (l. to Robert) and Khemisset, Morroco (l. to Karol)

2007 -- In his first ATP event in Marseille, lost to No. 20 Nieminen in three tie-break sets in 1st RD...Won two Challengers titles, beating Gremelmayr at Kosice, and Bohli at Barnstaple...Finished in Top 200 for first time at No. 188...Posted 0-3 record in ATP events.

2008 -- Finished in Top 100 for first time after reaching two ATP QF and Grand Slam-best 4th RD at Roland Garros...Opened season on Challenger circuit, qualifying into hard court tournament at Bergamo and also reaching QF next week at East London...Followed on clay with QF at Meknes and final at Marrakesh (l. to Monfils)...Received wild card to play at Roland Garros and posted wins over Gil, No. 7 Nalbandian in five sets, and Tursunov before falling to Almagro...The win against Nalbandian was his first against a Top 10 player...Afterwards, moved up 51 Rankings spots to crack Top 100 at No. 94 on June 9...Defeated Gil again on his Wimbledon and US Open debuts (l. to Mathieu and Andreev, respectively, in 2nd RD), marking the first time in Open Era two players had met in 1st RD of three straight Grand Slam tournaments...In July, qualified into Gstaad and reached first ATP QF (l. to Hanescu)...Followed with Challenger title on clay at Graz (d. Roitman)...During European indoor season, reached QF at Moscow (l. to Kunitsyn) and made AMS debut at Paris (l. to Robredo).

2009

The young Frenchman compiled his best season by breaking through to capture his first ATP World Tour title and reaching another final...One of most improved players on tour, winning 26 matches through mid-July and moving into Top 40...In Stuttgart, rallied from a set down against veteran Victor Hanescu to win in three sets to earn his first ATP World Tour title...In February, advanced to his maiden final in Johannesburg (l. to countryman Tsonga).