Josselin Ouanna (born 14 April 1986) is a retired French tennis player.

Josselin Ouanna
Country (sports) France
ResidenceSuresnes, France
Born (1986-04-14) 14 April 1986 (age 38)
Tours, France
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2004
Retired2015
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$723,143
Singles
Career record9–17 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 88 (5 October 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2013)
French Open3R (2009)
WimbledonQ2 (2010)
US Open2R (2009)
Doubles
Career record6–14 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 220 (7 January 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2014)

Biography

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Born in Tours and Guadeloupean origin, he was quickly spotted and integrates INSEP with her friends of "blackteam" Gaël Monfils (of Caribbean origin) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (of Congolese origin). He was coached by Jérôme Potier of CNE Roland Garros. Several injuries have slowed his progress between 2005 and 2007.

After a blank year in 2015, he announced his retirement from professional tennis.[1]

Career

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In 2004, Ouanna was the runner-up in the Australian Open Boys' Singles. He was defeated by his doubles partner and compatriot Frenchman Gaël Monfils handily. Soon afterwards, he took part his first Challenger tournament in Cherbourg and reached the quarterfinals. In September of the same year, he won his first professional tournament[citation needed].

In 2007, he reached the quarterfinals at Tunica and Freudenstadt tournaments. He won two Futures tournaments in France in this year.

In 2008, he reached the quarterfinals of four Challenger tournaments early in the season. He played his first Roland Garros as a lucky loser, but lost to Argentina's Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets in the first round. He then lost twice in the quarterfinals of French Challenger tournaments, before winning the Rennes Challenger tournament against Adrian Mannarino. Josselin Ouanna made himself known at the Lyon tournament, where he defeated World #46 Ivan Ljubičić, then Nicolás Lapentti before losing to Gilles Simon. This performance qualifies him for the first Masters France. However, he was eliminated in the pool stage against Julien Benneteau, Gilles Simon and Marc Gicquel.

In April 2009, he won the Challenger tournament in Saint-Brieuc against Adrian Mannarino in three sets.

Ouanna was awarded a wild card for the 2009 French Open, granting him a second Grand Slam appearance. He went through the first round by eliminating the Spaniard Marcel Granollers in five sets. In the second round, he beat one of his childhood heroes, 20th seed and former World #1 Marat Safin, who was playing his last French Open, in five sets. This victory, his first against a Top 30, made him known to the public. Ouanna then lost in the third round to Fernando González in three sets.

At the 2009 US Open, he lost to González once again, this time in the second round. After the tournament, he entered the Top 100 for the first time.[2]

At the 2010 French Open, he beat Łukasz Kubot in the first round before losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round.

In 2012, he won the Challenger tournaments of Cherbourg and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and climbed back up 256 places in the ATP rankings throughout the year, reaching 120th place at the end of the year.[3]

After Nicolas Mahut forfeited his spot for the tournament, Ouanna retrieved a wild-card to take part to the 2013 Australian Open. He lost to Alejandro Falla in the first round, in straight sets.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 19 (9–10)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–1)
ITF Futures Tour (5–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2003 Miramar, Portugal 1 Satellites Clay   Jan Minar 3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 2003 Espinho, Portugal 1 Satellites Clay   Timo Nieminen 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2004 Bourg-en-Bresse, France F10 Futures Clay   Bertrand Contzler 5–7, 1–6
Loss 0–4 Aug 2004 Szczecin, Poland F5 Futures Clay   Javier García-Sintes 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–4 Sep 2004 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France F13 Futures Hard   Rodolphe Cadart 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–5 Oct 2004 Forbach, France F16 Futures Hard   Kevin Sorensen 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–5 Sep 2007 Forbach, France F15 Futures Carpet   Dustin Brown 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–5 Oct 2007 Saint-Dizier, France F17 Futures Hard   Pavel Šnobel 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 4–5 Oct 2008 Rennes, France Challenger Carpet   Adrian Mannarino 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–5 Apr 2009 Saint-Brieuc, France Challenger Clay   Adrian Mannarino 7–5, 1–6, 6–4
Loss 5–6 Aug 2011 Piombino, Italy F24 Futures Hard   Luca Vanni 3–6, 2–6
Loss 5–7 Sep 2011 Mulhouse, France F14 Futures Hard   Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4–6, 4–6
Win 6–7 Mar 2012 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard   Maxime Teixeira 6–3, 6–2
Win 7–7 Mar 2012 Poitiers, France F13 Futures Hard   Kenny de Schepper 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
Loss 7–8 Jul 2012 Wuhan, China Challenger Hard   Aljaž Bedene 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 8–8 Sep 2012 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France Challenger Hard   Flavio Cipolla 6–4, 7–5
Win 9–8 Jan 2014 Bressuire, France F2 Futures Hard   Grégoire Burquier 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 6–4
Loss 9–9 Feb 2014 Feucherolles, France F3 Futures Hard   Maxime Authom 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Loss 9–10 Sep 2014 Plaisir, France F19 Futures Hard   Niels Desein 1–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 13 (7–6)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures Tour (6–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2003 Našice, Croatia F3 Futures Clay   Andreas Beck   Ivan Cerović
  Albert Loncaric
6–4, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Nov 2003 Gran Canaria, Spain F27 Futures Clay   Gaël Monfils   Emilio Benfele Álvarez
  Germán Puentes-Alcani
3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Apr 2004 Grasse, France F7 Futures Clay   Gaël Monfils   Gilles Simon
  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
5–7, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Sep 2004 Mulhouse, France F14 Futures Hard   Alexandre Sidorenko   Jonathan Marray
  David Sherwood
2–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 Jan 2005 Feucherolles, France F2 Futures Hard   Jean-Michel Pequery   Patrice Atias
  Jonathan Hilaire
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Win 3–3 Feb 2007 Feucherolles, France F2 Futures Hard   Adrian Mannarino   Ludwig Pellerin
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–4, 7–5
Win 4–3 Feb 2007 Bressuire, France F3 Futures Hard   Adrian Mannarino   Aisam Qureshi
  Alexandre Renard
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–5
Win 5–3 Jun 2007 Blois, France F8 Futures Clay   Adrian Mannarino   David Marrero Santana
  Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
6–2, 6–1
Win 6–3 Oct 2007 Nevers, France F16 Futures Hard   Jérôme Inzerillo   Raphael Durek
  Dawid Olejniczak
1–6, 7–6(7–4), [12–10]
Loss 6–4 Mar 2008 Poitiers, France F5 Futures Hard   Jérôme Inzerillo   Ruben Bemelmans
  Stefan Wauters
5–7, 4–6
Loss 6–5 Sep 2013 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France Challenger Hard   Marc Gicquel   Pierre-Hugues Herbert
  Albano Olivetti
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [13–15]
Win 7–5 Jun 2014 Tianjin, China Challenger Hard   Robin Kern   Jason Jung
  Evan King
6–7(3–7), 7–5, [10–8]
Loss 7–6 Dec 2014 Lome, Togo F2 Futures Hard   Komlavi Loglo   DavidO'Hare
  Joe Salisbury
6–7(5–7), 4–6

Singles performance timeline

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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.
Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A A A Q3 Q2 Q2 Q3 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open Q1 Q1 Q1 1R 3R 2R Q1 Q3 Q1 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Wimbledon A A A Q1 A Q2 Q1 Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A Q1 2R Q2 A Q3 Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 5 4–5 44%

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Boys' singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2004 Australian Open Hard   Gaël Monfils 0–6, 3–6

References

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  1. ^ Chini, Victor (December 9, 2015). "Josselin Ouanna a fini de faire le tour du monde". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "Rankings | Singles".
  3. ^ "Josselin Ouanna | Rankings History".
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