Olivier Mutis (born 2 February 1978) is a former French professional tennis player who retired in 2006. He did not win any ATP Tour titles but he won a total of 7 ATP Challenger Series.

Olivier Mutis
Country (sports) France
ResidenceLuxembourg, Luxembourg
Born (1978-02-02) 2 February 1978 (age 46)
Mont-Saint-Martin, France
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$605,413
Singles
Career record24–41 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 71 (28 July 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2004, 2005)
French Open4R (2004)
Wimbledon2R (2003)
US Open1R (2003, 2004
Doubles
Career record1–12 (at ATP Tour level and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 632 (1 November 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1996)
Last updated on: 5 January 2022.

His best performance in a Grand Slam was at Roland Garros in 2004, when he reached the fourth round after having defeated World No. 2 Andy Roddick in a second round match. He played his first match in over a year in the Metz International qualifying 2008. He lost to Thierry Ascione 5–7, 6–2, 5–7 in a close match.

He is the only player in history to have won every set he has played against Rafael Nadal on clay.

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 title) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1995 Wimbledon Grass   Nicolas Kiefer 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1996 French Open Clay   Sebastien Grosjean   Jan-Ralph Brandt
  Daniel Elsner
6–2, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 16 (12–4) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–3)
ITF Futures (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (10–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1997 Montauban, France Challenger Clay   Horst Skoff 6–3, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Apr 2000 France F9, Clermont-Ferrand Futures Carpet   Daniel Elsner 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Apr 2000 Great Britain F3, Edinburgh Futures Clay   Jan Weinzierl 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–1 May 2000 Great Britain F4, Hatfield Futures Clay   Olivier Patience 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 May 2000 Great Britain F5, Newcastle Futures Clay   Vasilis Mazarakis 7–5, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Jul 2000 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay   Johan Van Herck 3–6, 2–6
Loss 4–3 Oct 2000 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet   Jens Knippschild 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win 5–3 May 2002 Germany F2, Esslingen Futures Clay   Ivan Vajda 6–1, 6–3
Win 6–3 May 2002 Great Britain F4, Hatfield Futures Clay   Jean-Christophe Faurel 6–4, 6–2
Loss 6–4 Jun 2002 Eisenach, Germany Challenger Clay   Tomas Zib 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 7–4 Aug 2002 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard   Fernando Verdasco 6–4, 6–2
Win 8–4 Aug 2002 Graz, Austria Challenger Hard   Filippo Volandri 6–3, 6–2
Win 9–4 Sep 2002 Aschaffenburg, Germany Challenger Clay   Potito Starace 6–4, 6–0
Win 10–4 Oct 2002 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Albert Portas 6–3, 7–5
Win 11–4 Mar 2004 Saint Brieuc, France Challenger Clay   Christophe Rochus 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Win 12–4 Jun 2004 Reggio Emilia, Italy Challenger Clay   Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–2, 0–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (0–1) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1999 Great Britain F5, Hatfield Futures Clay   Sebastien de Chaunac   Simon Dickson
  Danny Sapsford
5–7, 0–6

Performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open 1R A Q3 1R Q3 A Q1 Q2 2R 4R Q1 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Wimbledon A A A A A Q1 Q1 A 2R Q2 A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open A A Q1 A Q2 A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 3–3 0–1 0 / 9 5–9 36%
ATP Masters Series
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A A A A A A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris A Q1 Q1 A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

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