Thierry Ascione

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.

Thierry Ascione

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Rueil-Malmaison, France
Born	(1981-01-17) 17 January 1981 Villeurbanne, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,031,961
Singles
Career record	22–54 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 81 (9 February 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2004)
French Open	2R (2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2004, 2008)
US Open	1R (2004, 2007)
Doubles
Career record	12–25 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 140 (3 May 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2006)
French Open	3R (2010)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (2010)
Last updated on: 13 September 2021.

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.

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

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

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	25%
French Open	Q2	Q2	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	Q3	Q2	0 / 6	1–6	14%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	1R	Q1	A	Q2	1R	A	Q1	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	A	Q1	1R	Q1	A	1R	Q3	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
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	13%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami	A	A	A	3R	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	1R	2R	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Hamburg	A	A	A	1R	Q2	Q1	A	A	NMS		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–-0	–
Paris Masters	A	A	2R	Q2	A	Q1	A	A	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
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	36%

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	0%
French Open	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	3R	0 / 8	3–8	27%
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	–
Win–loss	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0 / 9	3–9	25%

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	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2001	France F13, Aix-Les-Bains	Futures	Clay	Florent Serra	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2001	France F14, Valescure	Futures	Hard	Julien Couly	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	Dec 2002	Spain F22, Orense	Futures	Hard	Roko Karanusic	walkover
Win	3–1	Feb 2003	Andrézieux, France	Challenger	Hard	Karol Beck	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Mar 2003	France F8, Melun	Futures	Carpet	Peter Wessels	walkover
Win	4–2	Jul 2003	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Igor Andreev	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	5–2	Feb 2005	Andrézieux, France	Challenger	Hard	Stan Wawrinka	6–1, 6–3
Win	6–2	Jun 2005	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Martin Vassallo Arguello	6–3, 6–0
Win	7–2	Aug 2005	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Vahaly	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–2	Feb 2007	France F3, Bressuire	Futures	Hard	Daniel Munoz De La Nava	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win	9–2	May 2007	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Victor Crivoi	6–3, 6–3
Loss	9–3	Jul 2007	Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Michael Lammer	6–1, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	9–4	Jul 2007	Mantova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessio Di Mauro	5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win	10–4	Oct 2007	Andrézieux, France	Challenger	Hard	Jose Acasuso	7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–2
Win	11–4	Mar 2008	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Kristian Pless	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	11–5	Mar 2009	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Arnaud Clément	2–6, 4–6
Loss	11–6	Aug 2009	Vigo, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	11–7	Oct 2009	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	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1999	France F8, Aix les Bains	Futures	Clay	Marc-Olivier Baron	Julien Cassaigne Nicolas Mahut	3–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	Jan 2002	France F2, Angers	Futures	Clay	Stephane Huet	Oscar Hernandez Perez German Puentes-Alcaniz	4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win	2–1	Apr 2002	Greece F1, Syros	Futures	Hard	Florent Serra	Karol Beck Michal Mertinak	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Oct 2002	France F20, Saint Dizier	Futures	Hard	Stephane Huet	Jan Mertl Pavel Riha	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Dec 2002	Spain F21, Ponte Vedra	Futures	Clay	Thomas Oger	Carlos Martinez-Comet German Puentes-Alcaniz	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2003	France F1, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Jerome Haehnel	Nicolas Mahut Edouard Roger-Vasselin	3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win	3–4	May 2004	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Jean-Francois Bachelot	Federico Browne Rogier Wassen	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win	4–4	Jul 2006	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	Lauri Kiiski Tero Vilen	5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss	4–5	Jan 2007	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	Alex Kuznetsov Phillip Simmonds	6–7(5–7), 3–6

External links

• Thierry Ascione at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Thierry Ascione at the International Tennis Federation
• Thierry Ascione at the Davis Cup
• Ascione world ranking history