This article is about the tennis player. For the motorsport engineer, see Gilles Simon (Formula One).
Gilles Simon
Simon at the 2022 Wimbledon qualifying
Country (sports)
France
Residence
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born
(1984-12-27) 27 December 1984 (age 39) Nice, France
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro
2002
Retired
2022
Plays
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach
Étienne Laforgue
Prize money
US$ 16,045,734[1]
44th all-time leader in earnings
Singles
Career record
504–394 (56.1% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles
14
Highest ranking
No. 6 (5 January 2009)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
QF (2009)
French Open
4R (2011, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon
QF (2015)
US Open
4R (2011, 2014)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals
SF (2008)
Olympic Games
3R (2008, 2012, 2016)
Doubles
Career record
42–148 (22.1% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles
0
Highest ranking
No. 117 (28 January 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
2R (2008)
French Open
2R (2005)
Wimbledon
1R (2006, 2007)
US Open
3R (2007)
Mixed doubles
Career record
2–4 (33.3%)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open
2R (2008)
Team competitions
Davis Cup
W (2017)
Hopman Cup
RR (2009)
Gilles Simon (French pronunciation:[ʒilsi.mɔ̃];[3] born 27 December 1984) is a French former tennis player. He turned professional in 2002 and won fourteen singles titles on the ATP Tour, and attained a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 6, on 5 January 2009.
GillesSimon (French pronunciation: [ʒil si.mɔ̃]; born 27 December 1984) is a French former tennis player. He turned professional in 2002 and won fourteen...
quarterfinal. He fell in the second round to the 12th seed, GillesSimon – his fourth loss against Simon (whom he has never beaten). On hardcourts, Dimitrov has...
highest ranked win to date in the second round against the 21st seed, GillesSimon, in straight sets. He lost in the next round to Julien Benneteau. The...
by unseeded GillesSimon in the second round, after having had a bye in the first round. He was up a break in the third set against Simon, but won only...
João Sousa, practice partner Ričardas Berankis and French No. 14 seed GillesSimon. In the quarter-finals he cruised past Jérémy Chardy in straight sets...
seeded 19th. He defeated Dominik Koepfer in four sets and then beat GillesSimon in the second round before losing to Denis Shapovalov in the third round...
Roddick reached the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters by defeating GillesSimon, before losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Due to his performance in the tournament...
teams in 2006, with Ferrari introducing their Tipo 056; designed by GillesSimon. The Tipo DS50 engine, used in the Ferrari D50, was introduced in 1954...
6–3 to reach his second ATP World Tour final to face the second seeded GillesSimon. He lost 5–7, 3–6. He then competed in the 2009 China Open, where he...
retirement of Richard Gasquet in the semifinals. In the final Zverev played GillesSimon to whom he lost in two sets. He qualified for the main draw of the ATP...
Queen's Club, reaching his sixth semifinal of the season where he lost to GillesSimon. Medvedev made his top 10 debut after reaching the third round of Wimbledon...
sets respectively over Dustin Brown and Gilles Müller. In the third and fourth rounds, he defeated GillesSimon and then Roberto Bautista Agut both in...
Portschach and Warsaw (3) Andy Roddick – San Jose, Dubai and Beijing (3) GillesSimon – Casablanca, Indianapolis and Bucharest (3) Nicolás Almagro – Costa...
Shanghai Masters after beating Brayden Schnur and Thomas Fabbiano, and beat GillesSimon to reach the second round, where he lost to third seed Daniil Medvedev...
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