Thierry Ascione Explained

Thierry Ascione
Residence:	Rueil-Malmaison, France
Birth Date:	1981 1, df=y
Birth Place:	Villeurbanne, France
Turnedpro:	2000
Retired:	2010
Plays:	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$1,031,961
Singlesrecord:	22–54 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles:	0
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 81 (9 February 2004)
Australianopenresult:	2R (2004)
Frenchopenresult:	2R (2007)
Wimbledonresult:	1R (2004, 2008)
Usopenresult:	1R (2004, 2007)
Doublesrecord:	12–25 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles:	0
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 140 (3 May 2004)
Australianopendoublesresult:	1R (2006)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	3R (2010)
Frenchopenmixedresult:	2R (2010)
Updated:	13 September 2021

Thierry Ascione (born 17 January 1981) is a retired professional tour male tennis player from France. He turned pro in 2000 and retired in September 2010, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 81 in February 2004.

He played Roger Federer in the second round of Roland Garros 2007, saving five match points in the third set and holding two set points before eventually losing in straight sets.

He coached the former World No.3 WTA player, Elina Svitolina. He was also coach to former World No.5 ATP player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and former World No.7 Richard Gasquet. Since 2021 he is coaching Lucas Pouille and Ugo Humbert.^[1]

Trivia

Began playing tennis at age eight with his older brother, Frédéric.
His uncle was European boxing champion and another uncle was World military boxing champion.
Coached by former ATP professional and countryman Jérôme Potier.
Was Marat Safin's last ATP match win after holding 3 match points at the 2009 BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, Bercy.
He is the godfather of Julien Boutter's son, Oscar.

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	Q1	1R	Q1	1R	Q2	Q2	0 / 3	1–3
French Open	Q2	Q2	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	Q3	Q2	0 / 6	1–6
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	1R	Q1	A	Q2	1R	A	Q1	0 / 2	0–2
US Open	A	A	Q1	1R	Q1	A	1R	Q3	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–4	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	0 / 13	2–13
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Miami	A	A	A	3R	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	1R	2R	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Hamburg	A	A	A	1R	Q2	Q1	A	A	NMS		0 / 1	0–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Canada Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Cincinnati	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–-0
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Paris Masters	A	A	2R	Q2	A	Q1	A	A	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 7	4–7

Doubles

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	3R	0 / 8	3–8
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0 / 9	3–9

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 18 (11–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–5)
ITF Futures (3–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (8–1)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–9)
Carpet (0–2)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	France F13, Aix-Les-Bains	Futures	Clay	Florent Serra	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	France F14, Valescure	Futures	Hard	Julien Couly	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	Spain F22, Orense	Futures	Hard	Roko Karanusic	walkover
Win	3–1	Andrézieux, France	Challenger	Hard	Karol Beck	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–2	France F8, Melun	Futures	Carpet	Peter Wessels	walkover
Win	4–2	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Igor Andreev	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	5–2	Andrézieux, France	Challenger	Hard	Stan Wawrinka	6–1, 6–3
Win	6–2	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Martin Vassallo Arguello	6–3, 6–0
Win	7–2	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Vahaly	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–2	France F3, Bressuire	Futures	Hard	Daniel Munoz De La Nava	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	9–2	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Victor Crivoi	6–3, 6–3
Loss	9–3	Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Michael Lammer	6–1, 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	9–4	Mantova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessio Di Mauro	5–7, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	10–4	Andrézieux, France	Challenger	Hard	Jose Acasuso	7–6^(8–6), 2–6, 6–2
Win	11–4	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Kristian Pless	7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	11–5	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Arnaud Clément	2–6, 4–6
Loss	11–6	Vigo, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	11–7	Rennes, France	Challenger	Carpet	Alejandro Falla	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (2–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	France F8, Aix les Bains	Futures	Clay	Marc-Olivier Baron	Julien Cassaigne Nicolas Mahut	3–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	France F2, Angers	Futures	Clay	Stephane Huet	Oscar Hernandez Perez German Puentes-Alcaniz	4–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–2
Win	2–1	Greece F1, Syros	Futures	Hard	Florent Serra	Karol Beck Michal Mertinak	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–2	France F20, Saint Dizier	Futures	Hard	Stephane Huet	Jan Mertl Pavel Riha	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Spain F21, Ponte Vedra	Futures	Clay	Thomas Oger	Carlos Martinez-Comet German Puentes-Alcaniz	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	2–4	France F1, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Jerome Haehnel	Nicolas Mahut Edouard Roger-Vasselin	3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win	3–4	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Jean-Francois Bachelot	Federico Browne Rogier Wassen	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win	4–4	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	Lauri Kiiski Tero Vilen	5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss	4–5	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	Alex Kuznetsov Phillip Simmonds	6–7^(5–7), 3–6

External links

- - - Ascione world ranking history

Notes and References

Web site: Who is Ugo Humbert's Coach in 2022? . 18 October 2022 .