Gilles Simon saves two match points in the second set tie-break to beat first-time semi-finalist Cameron Norrie on Friday in Lyon.

Gilles Simon reaches the Grand Prix Hassan II quarter-finals after beating Roberto Carballes Baena on Wednesday.

Pablo Andujar, Gilles Simon, Matwe Middelkoop, Robin Haase, Radu Albot and Kyle Edmund along with their teams and family enjoy a quad bike session on Sunday in the Palmeraie district.

Gilles Simon and his son, Timothée ride a quad bike on Sunday. Simon would go on to save a match point before beating Benoit Paire Monday.

Gilles Simon with son Timothee, Pablo Andujar, Robin Haase, Matwe Middelkoop and Kyle Edmund listen to a training briefing ahead of their Marrakech quad bike ride.

Gilles Simon with son Timothee, Pablo Andujar, Robin Haase, Matwe Middelkoop and Kyle Edmund take part in a quad bike ride in Marrakech.

Gilles Simon gets creative during his opening round match in Marseille on Tuesday.

Gilles Simon moves through to the second round in Marseille following a straight sets win on Tuesday.

Gilles Simon wins a final-set tie-break to defeat qualifier Yannick Maden at the Open Sud de France on Tuesday.

Gilles Simon practises as he prepares to make his seventh tournament appearance at the Open Sud De France.

Gilles Simon, who is one of five ATP World Tour titlists so far in 2018, will be bidding for a fifth career title on home soil at the Open Sud de France.

After winning the Tata Open Maharashtra in the season's opening week, Gilles Simon loses in Sydney on Tuesday against Jared Donaldson.

Gilles Simon beats three Top 20 players en route to the title at the Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune.

Three months after Kevin Anderson defeated Gilles Simon in Tokyo, the Frenchman reversed the result to capture the title in Pune.

Gilles Simon breaks the big-serving Kevin Anderson in his final two service games of the match to clinch the title in Pune.

Gilles Simon captures the 13th ATP World Tour title of his career on Saturday in Pune with a victory against second seed Kevin Anderson.

Gilles Simon beats the top 3 seeds at the Tata Open Maharashtra to earn his first ATP World Tour title since 2015.

Marin Cilic, the top seed, falls against Gilles Simon, who extends his lead in their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry to 6-1.

Gilles Simon aims to win his 13th ATP World Tour title on Saturday following his victory over Marin Cilic in Pune.

Jonathan Erlich and Kevin Anderson broke serve three times, but eventually fell against Gilles Simon and Pierre-Hugues Herbert in Pune Tuesday.

Gilles Simon had lost his four previous season-openers, but performed well to beat Tennys Sandgren in straight sets on Monday in Pune.

Gilles Simon, a semi-finalist at the 2012 Rolex Paris Masters, was ousted on Monday by Jeremy Chardy in straight-sets.

Gilles Simon of France took out Belgium's David Goffin 7-6(4), 6-3 on Wednesday at the Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Gilles Simon opens his bid for a third Metz title on Monday with victory over Andreas Seppi.

Gilles Simon begins his quest for a second Hamburg title with victory over local wild card Maximilian Marterer.