Richard Gasquet

Tennis Player Profiles

Singles
Country	France
Residence	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Date of birth	18 June 1986 (1986-06-18) (age 24)
Place of birth	Béziers, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$4,236,562
Career record	184–121 (66%)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 7 (July 9, 2007)
Current ranking	No. 37 (August 23, 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4R (2007, 2008)
French Open	3R (2005)
Wimbledon	SF (2007)
US Open	4R (2005, 2006, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	42–26
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 45 (April 7, 2008)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2006)
French Open	1R (2002, 2003, 2005)
Wimbledon	–
US Open	1R (2008)

Richard Gasquet reached the World No.8 position in July 2007 after he entered the semi-finals of Wimbledon.

Racquet

Richard Gasquet uses the Head MicroGel Extreme Pro racquet

Sponsers

Richard Gasquet shoes and clothing are sponsored by Lacoste

Playing Style

Gasquet is known for his powerful one-hand backhand and for his ability to speed around the court

Gasquet has been praised for his natural talent and for playing all-round tennis.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (1–0) > > Wins (1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Winner	2004	French Open	Tatiana Golovin	Cara Black Wayne Black	6–3, 6–4

Masters Series finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2005	Hamburg	Clay	Roger Federer	6–3, 7–5, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	2006	Toronto	Hard	Roger Federer	2–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2007	Monte Carlo	Clay	Julien Benneteau	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 6–1

Career finals

Singles: 14 (6–8) > > Wins (6)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP International Series Gold (0)

ATP Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	June 13, 2005	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–3
2.	June 19, 2006	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Jonas Björkman	6–4, 6–3
3.	July 10, 2006	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Feliciano López	7–6(4), 6–7 (3), 6–3, 6–3
4.	October 23, 2006	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Marc Gicquel	6–3, 6–1
5.	September 30, 2007	Mumbai, India	Hard	Olivier Rochus	6–3, 6–4
6.	May 22, 2010	Nice, France	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	6–3, 5–7, 7–6(5)

Runner-ups (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	October 11, 2004	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Jérôme Haehnel	7–69, 6–4
2.	May 9, 2005	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Roger Federer	6–3, 7–5, 7–64
3.	August 7, 2006	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Roger Federer	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
4.	April 29, 2007	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Novak Djokovic	7–67, 0–6, 6–1
5.	October 1, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	David Ferrer	6–1, 6–2
6.	July 13, 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Juan Martín del Potro	6–4, 7–5
7.	January 16, 2010	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	6–4, 7–62
8.	August 1, 2010	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (2–2) >> Wins (2)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP International Series Gold (0)

ATP Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	May 8, 2006	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 6–1, [11–9]
2.	January 7, 2008	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 6–4, [11–9]

Runner-ups (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	April 14, 2007	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Julien Benneteau	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 6–1
2.	November 1, 2009	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Jérémy Chardy	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	2–6, 7–5, [10–4]

Performance timeline

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Career SR	Career win–loss
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A	1R	4R	4R	3R	1R	0 / 7	8–7
French Open	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	0 / 6	4–6
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	4R	1R	SF	4R	A	A	0 / 5	11–5
U.S. Open	LQ	A	LQ	4R	4R	2R	1R	1R	4R	0 / 6	10–5
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 25	N/A
Grand Slam Win–Loss	0–1	0–2	0–3	8–3	4–4	10–3	6–3	2–2	3–3	N/A	33–24
ATP World Tour Finals	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A	A		0 / 1	1–2
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	4R	4R	4R	3R	1R	0 / 5	7–5
Miami Masters	A	1R	A	A	2R	3R	2R	A	1R	0 / 5	1–5
Monte Carlo Masters	2R	1R	LQ	SF	A	QF	3R	A	2R	0 / 6	10–6
Rome Masters	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	3R	A	0 / 4	4–4
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	3R	A	A	0 / 3	2–3
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	F	1R	2R	2R	NMS		0 / 4	6–4
Canada Masters	A	A	A	2R	F	2R	QF	A	1R	0 / 5	9–5
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	3R	0 / 5	5–5
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series							1R		0 / 1	0–1
Paris Masters	LQ	1R	LQ	A	3R	SF	A	A		0 / 3	4–3
Total Titles	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	N/A	6
Hardcourt Win–Loss	0–0	2–5	4–4	8–4	14–12	26–12	18–13	19–14	11–9	N/A	104–73
Grass Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–2	11–2	6–2	7–3	6–3	0–0	2–0	N/A	32–13
Carpet Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	6–3	4–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	N/A	11–8
Clay Win–Loss	1–3	0–2	9–9	13–5	7–4	12–7	7–5	3–2	16–8	N/A	68–45
Overall Win–Loss	1–5	2–8	13–15	32–11	33–21	49–24	32–22	22–15	29–17	N/A	213–138
Year End Ranking	161	93	107	16	18	8	24	52		N/A	N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament.

LQ = lost in the qualifying draw.

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.