Michael Llodra

Began playing tennis at age six...Father Michel was a professional footballer who played four years with top French team Paris Saint-Germain...Mother, Sylvaine...Has one older brother Yann...Favorite soccer team is Paris Saint-Germain, favorite player is countryman David Ginola...At age 13 or 14, practised with George Deniau, coach of Forget and Hlasek, who taught him to serve and volley...Grass is favorite surface...Doubles finalist at Wimbledon juniors in 1998 (w/Ram) and 1997 US Open juniors (w/Lisnard)...Wife, Camille (married Sept. 9, 2003); daughter, Manon (born Mar. 23, 2004); son, Teo (born Sept. 5, 2007)...Owns an 12-8 Davis Cup record (11-5 in doubles) in 16 ties since 2002... Fitness trainer is Yann Blin and coached by countryman Olivier Malcor.

2000 – Won first ATP doubles title in Mallorca (w/Nargiso)...

2001 – Reached first ATP QF in Newport and first SF in St. Petersburg as a qualifier...Won two Challenger singles titles...

2002 – Won Grenoble Challenger...Doubles finalist at Australian Open (w/Santoro)...

2003 – Won Australian Open doubles title and reached final at Tennis Masters Cup in Houston while compiling a 34-13 record and finishing No. 5 in ATP Doubles Race (w/Santoro) and No. 12 individually...

2004 – Reached first ATP final in Adelaide (l. to Hrbaty) and won first ATP title in 's-Hertogenbosch (d. No. 3 Coria)...Defended Australian Open doubles title and runner-up at Roland Garros (w/Santoro)...Finished No. 6 in Doubles Race (w/Santoro) and No. 12 individually...Also won two other titles with countrymen...

2005 – Finalist at '-Hertogenbosch (l. to Ancic)...Reached AMS-best 3rd RD at Indian Wells (l. to Hewitt)...Posted a career best 45-19 doubles record, including 35-14 (w/Santoro)...Captured Tennis Masters Cup title...Also won titles at AMS Rome, Metz and Lyon and finalists at AMS Hamburg...Finalist in Sydney (w/Clement)...Finished No. 5 in Doubles Race (w/Santoro) and year-end best No. 9 individually...

2006 – Claimed two Challenger titles...In doubles, won AMS Paris (w/Clement)...

2007 – Finished in Top 100 in singles for third time in last four years...In doubles, won three titles, including his first Wimbledon crown (w/Clement)...Best singles result was QF in Zagreb in February (d. Karlovic, l. to Peya)...Also advanced to 3rd RD at AMS Miami (l. to Djokovic) and Roland Garros (l. to Davydenko)...In limited Challenger play, reached final at Heilbronn (l. to Berrer) and SF at Orleans...At Wimbledon, captured doubles title (w/Clement), defeating No. 1 and defending champions Bryans in final...Also won French titles in Marseille and Metz and reached final in Stockholm...Qualified for Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai and went 0-3 in round robin action...Finished No. 9 in ATP Doubles Race and No. 17 individually.

2008 -- The Frenchman finished in Top 50 for second time (2004), winning two ATP titles in first two months – Adelaide (d. Nieminen) and Rotterdam (d. Soderling)...Won personal-best 23 matches...Reached 4th RD at Roland Garros (l. to Gulbis)...Reached QF in Auckland (l. to Monaco) and Halle (ret. vs. Kiefer - arm injury)...Only player to win multiple singles (2) and doubles (3) titles...Doubles winner in Las Vegas (w/Benneteau), Metz (w/Clement) and Lyon (w/Ram)...Australian Open finalist (w/Clement)...Finished No. 18 in doubles...Earned career-high $899,477.

2009 -- The left-hander finished in Top 100 for fourth straight year, highlighted by a pair of ATP World Tour runner-up results in Marseille (l. to Tsonga) and Lyon (l. to Ljubicic)…Reached QF in ‘s-Hertogenbosch while ranked No. 144)…In doubles, captured title in Marseille and reached final in Metz (both w/Clement).

2010

After winning just one match in his first four tour-level tournaments of the season, the Frenchman hit form at the Open 13 in Marseille where he won his fourth ATP World Tour title (d. Benneteau)…Had beaten World No. 8 Robin Soderling in the quarter-finals…He also won the doubles title with beaten singles finalist Julien Benneteau, becoming the first player this season to win both singles and doubles titles at the same ATP World Tour event.