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France · born Paris, 1980 · left-handed · Wimbledon doubles champion 2007 with Arnaud Clément · two grass singles titles
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2007
Wimbledon doubles title with Arnaud Clément, over the top-seeded Bryan brothers
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ATP singles titles on grass: 's-Hertogenbosch 2004 and Eastbourne 2010
2012
Olympic doubles silver with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, on the Wimbledon grass
3
Grand Slam doubles titles
40
Points in his 21-19 qualifying tie-break against Richard Fromberg in 2001, a Wimbledon record
Michaël Llodra was born in Paris on 18 May 1980. His father, Michel, played professional football for Paris Saint-Germain. He started tennis at six, and as a teenager the coach Georges Deniau taught him to serve and volley. As a junior he reached the Wimbledon boys' doubles final in 1998 with Andy Ram.
With Fabrice Santoro he won the Australian Open doubles in 2003 and 2004 and the Masters Cup in 2005, and with Arnaud Clément he won Wimbledon in 2007. He reached No. 3 in the doubles rankings and won 26 doubles titles. At the 2012 London Olympics he and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the doubles silver medal at Wimbledon.
A left-hander and one of the last true serve-and-volleyers, he also won five singles titles, two of them on grass: 's-Hertogenbosch in 2004 and Eastbourne in 2010. In 2010 he beat Novak Djokovic in Paris on his way to a career-best singles season.
| Wimbledon 2007 final | Seeded tenth with Arnaud Clément, beat the top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on No. 1 Court |
|---|---|
| 's-Hertogenbosch | 2004: won his first ATP singles title, beating Guillermo Coria 6-3, 6-4 in the final. 2005: runner-up to Mario Ančić 7-5, 6-4 |
| Eastbourne 2010 | Seeded eighth, won the singles, beating Guillermo García-López 7-5, 6-2 in the final |
| Olympic Games 2012 | With Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, lost the doubles gold medal match at Wimbledon to Bob and Mike Bryan 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) |
| Wimbledon juniors and qualifying | 1998 boys' doubles final with Andy Ram, lost to Roger Federer and Olivier Rochus 6-4, 6-4. In 2001 qualifying he beat Richard Fromberg 6-3, 6-7 (19-21), 8-6 |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Men's doubles | with Arnaud Clément |
| 's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen) | ||
| 2004 | Men's singles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | |
| Eastbourne | ||
| 2010 | Men's singles | |
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
"I didn't do it deliberately. But at least I saved the moth."
The person behind the player.
Melbourne, 2002
In the Australian Open doubles semi-final a small bird chasing a moth flew into the path of one of his shots and was killed instantly. After a short ceremony led by an opponent, Julien Boutter, play resumed and Llodra and Santoro won 6-3, 3-6, 12-10.
Source: IOL, 24 January 2002Paris
His father, Michel, played four years of professional football for Paris Saint-Germain, and PSG is still his team. At 13 or 14 he practised with the coach Georges Deniau, who taught him to serve and volley; he names grass as his favourite surface.
Source: ATP Tour biographyMelbourne, 2004
After winning the Australian Open doubles for the second time with Santoro, he stripped to his white briefs and threw his clothes into the crowd. At Wimbledon in 2007 he celebrated in the same spirit, throwing his shirt, racket and towel to the spectators.
Source: Michaël Llodra, WikipediaWimbledon 2001
In the first round of qualifying he and Richard Fromberg played a second-set tie-break that ended 21-19 to Fromberg, still the most points in a tie-break in Wimbledon qualifying. Llodra won the match 8-6 in the third.
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