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France · born Aix-en-Provence, 1977 · Wimbledon doubles champion 2007 with Michaël Llodra · 2008 Wimbledon singles quarter-finalist
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2007
Wimbledon doubles title with Michaël Llodra, the first by a French pair since 1933
10
Seeding of Clément and Llodra when they beat the top seeds, Bob and Mike Bryan, in the 2007 final
5h 12m
Length of his 2008 Wimbledon singles quarter-final against Rainer Schüttler, played over two days
2001
Australian Open singles final, his best Grand Slam singles result
10
Career-high singles ranking, April 2001
Clément was born in Aix-en-Provence on 17 December 1977 and began playing at seven with his brother Bruno, 18 months older, who later became his coach. He passed his baccalauréat in mathematics in 1995 before training full time in Marseille with Trevor Allan, and turned professional in 1996.
His best singles year was 2001: he reached the Australian Open final, beating the young Roger Federer on the way before losing to Andre Agassi, and rose to No. 10 in April. He won four singles titles, at Lyon in 2000, Metz in 2003, and Marseille and Washington in 2006; at Marseille he beat Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals. At Roland Garros in 2004 he lost to Fabrice Santoro in 6 hours 33 minutes, then the longest match of the Open Era.
In doubles he won twelve titles and reached No. 8 in the rankings. The biggest came at Wimbledon in 2007 with Michaël Llodra, and the following year he reached the Wimbledon singles quarter-finals at 30. He retired in June 2012 and captained France in the Davis Cup from 2013 to 2015.
| Wimbledon 2007 final | Seeded tenth with Michaël Llodra, beat the top seeds and defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on No. 1 Court in 151 minutes, having saved a match point in the second round |
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| Wimbledon 2008 | Reached the singles quarter-finals and lost to Rainer Schüttler 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (7-9), 8-6; the match ran to 5 hours 12 minutes over two days, among the longest men's singles matches on the Wimbledon record |
| Wimbledon 2003 | His first-round five-setter against Robby Ginepri on Court 18 was the match in which Ginepri became the first man to wear a sleeveless shirt at Wimbledon |
| Invitation doubles 2019 | Back with Llodra, won the gentlemen's invitation doubles at Wimbledon, beating Xavier Malisse and Max Mirnyi 6-3, 1-6 (10-7) |
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| 2007 | Men's doubles | with Michaël Llodra |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"Winning a Grand Slam with one of my best friends, it's more special."
The person behind the player.
Wimbledon 2007 · Final
Clément and Llodra celebrated by throwing their rackets, shirts and towels to the spectators, and Llodra then found he had no shirt in which to collect the trophy; he borrowed one from Clément's brother and coach, Bruno. Asked about the rackets, Llodra said he had none left for his next tournament in Newport. Clément's reply: "That's a very big problem. He gave mine."
Source: Tennis.com, "Going Frat Boy", 2007Lyon 2000
His father, Henri, an amateur footballer, shaved off his moustache when his son won his first ATP title in 2000. His mother, Marie, played handball.
Source: ATP Tour biographyRoland Garros 2004
Clément lost a first-round match to Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 6-3, 6-7, 3-6, 16-14 that lasted 6 hours 33 minutes. It stood as the longest match of the Open Era until John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played on Court 18 at Wimbledon in 2010.
Source: Arnaud Clément, WikipediaWimbledon 2003 · Court 18
The AELTC's own record of Court 18 notes that in 2003 Robby Ginepri became the first man to wear a sleeveless shirt in SW19, in a long five-set first-round match against Clément.
Source: Wimbledon Compendium 2025 (AELTC)Off court
His grandmother was born in Lebanon, which is why he grew up enjoying Lebanese food. He is a close friend of his countryman Sébastien Grosjean and godfather to Grosjean's son, Tom.
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