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Thierry Champion (born 31 August 1966) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Thierry Champion
Country (sports) France
ResidenceParis, France
Born (1966-08-31) 31 August 1966 (age 55)
Bagnols-sur-Cèze France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,255,229
Singles
Career record102–165
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 44 (26 August 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1987)
French OpenQF (1990)
WimbledonQF (1991)
US Open2R (1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992)
Doubles
Career record15–38
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 135 (10 July 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1989)
French Open2R (1989, 1991)
Wimbledon1R (1988)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open3R (1989)
Last updated on: 29 January 2022.

Tennis career


Champion was born in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Gard. During his career, he reached the quarter-finals at the French Open in 1990 and at Wimbledon in 1991.

A clay court specialist, Champion gained notoriety on the men's ATP tour as a wild card player with the ability to inflict defeat on seeded players well above his ranking. His play style was characterised by fast court coverage and strong baseline play with measured heavily spun passing shots, particularly from an unorthodox backhand stroke.

Reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 44 on the men's ATP rankings in 1991, subsequent years saw a dwindling career riddled with injury.

Champion is also remembered for being triple bageled losing 0–6, 0–6, 0–6 in the 2nd round of the 1993 French Open by eventual winner Sergi Bruguera.

Champion was the coach of French tennis player Gaël Monfils since September 2004 but they parted company in September 2006. He was also the coach of Hicham Arazi, Nicolas Escudé and Paul-Henri Mathieu. At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships he was seen to be coaching the previous year's semi-finalist and number 8 seed Richard Gasquet.


ATP career finals



Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)


Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)


Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1988 St. Vincent, Italy Grand Prix Clay Kent Carlsson 0-6, 2-6



ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals



Singles: 3 (2–1)


Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1-0 Jul 1996 Ostend, Belgium Challenger Clay Kris Goossens 6–3, 6–4
Win 2-0 Aug 1996 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Ionut Moldovan 6–0, 6–3
Loss 2-1 Nov 1996 Réunion Island, Reunion Challenger Hard Patrik Fredriksson 7–5, 0–6, 3–6



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


Tournament198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 Q3 A 3R A 1R A 1R 1R 2R A A A 1R A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
French Open A A 1R 2R 2R 1R QF 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R Q2 0 / 12 14–12 54%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R A 1R 1R Q1 QF 3R A A A 1R A A 0 / 7 6–7 46%
US Open A A 2R A 1R A 2R 2R 2R A A Q3 A A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–3 0–3 5–2 7–4 3–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 0 / 30 26–30 46%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A A 1R 2R A Q1 A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami A A A A 1R 2R A 1R 2R A Q2 Q1 A 1R A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Monte Carlo A A A 1R A 1R A 1R 2R A A 1R A A A 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Hamburg A A A A 2R A 1R A 2R A 1R Q1 A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Rome A A A A A 1R 1R A 1R A Q2 Q2 Q3 A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Canada A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A A A A 1R A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Paris A A 1R 2R 1R A 2R 1R A 1R A Q1 Q2 A A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–3 1–4 0–4 5–6 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0 / 28 9–28 24%

Doubles


Tournament198519861987198819891990199119921993SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 8 2–8 20%
Wimbledon Q2 A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0 / 10 2–10 17%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A A 3R A A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Monte Carlo A A 1R A 1R A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Paris A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 2–4 33%



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Thierry Champion (* 31. August 1966 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze) ist ein ehemaliger französischer Tennisspieler.
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