Michaël Llodra

Playername	Michaël Llodra
Country
Residence	Rueil-Malmaison, France
Birth date	May 18, 1980
Birth place	Paris, France
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	1999
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$5,310,246
Singlesrecord	133–159
Singlestitles	5
Highestsinglesranking	No. 21 (May 9, 2011)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 35 (June 20, 2011)
Australianopenresult	2R (2000, 2010, 2011)
Frenchopenresult	4R (2004, 2008)
Wimbledonresult	2R (2000, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010)
Usopenresult	4R (2004)
Doublesrecord	270–167
Doublestitles	18
Highestdoublesranking	No. 8 (June 14, 2004)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	W (2003, 2004)
Frenchopendoublesresult	F (2004)
Wimbledondoublesresult	W (2007)
Usopendoublesresult	SF (2003)
Updated	August 30, 2010

Michaël Llodra (born May 18, 1980) is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.

Life and career

Llodra was born in Paris, where his father Michel played for football club Paris Saint-Germain. A left-hander, his serve-and-volley style is modelled on that of his idol, Stefan Edberg.

Llodra and his wife Camille married on September 9, 2003, and have two children, a daughter, Manon (born March 23, 2004) and a son, Teo (born September 5, 2007).

2002

Llodra reached his first Grand Slam final, the Australian Open Men's Doubles, with Fabrice Santoro. Unseeded, they lost to Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. During the semifinals, Llodra inadvertently hit a bird.

2003

Llodra won his first Grand Slam title, the Australian Open Men's Doubles, with Fabrice Santoro. Their opponents in the final were once again Knowles and Nestor.

2004

On winning the men's doubles again for the second time at the Australian Open in 2004, Llodra and his tennis partner Fabrice Santoro made headlines by stripping off their shirts, shoes, socks and shorts. Dressed in a pair of white briefs only, Llodra threw his clothes into the crowd, to the cheers of many onlookers.

Llodra made his first appearance in the fourth round of a Grand Slam singles tournament at that year's French Open. In the fourth round he led eventual semi-finalist Tim Henman by two sets to love and had a match point in the fifth set before Henman prevailed. Llodra also won his first ATP singles title two weeks later at 's-Hertogenbosch.

2005

On November 20, 2005, Llodra teamed up with French compatriot Fabrice Santoro to win the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, a competition which pitted the top 8 doubles teams in the world against one another.

2007

In July, Llodra won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon partnering Arnaud Clément, beating Bob and Mike Bryan, thus winning his third Grand Slam doubles title. He and Clément were ecstatic and Llodra once again celebrated by throwing his shirt, racket and towel into the crowd.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, he and Clément were seeded 7th, but were upset in the second round by Jesse Levine and Alex Kuznetsov, 7–6 (5), 6–4.

2008

Llodra and Clément reached a second slam final at the Australian Open, only to lose to the Israeli paring of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, 7–5, 7–6 (4).

In singles, Llodra won two tournaments in the course of two months, the first being in Adelaide, where he defeated Jarkko Nieminen in the final, and the other in Rotterdam, where he edged out Robin Söderling in a third-set tiebreak.

Llodra and his doubles partner Clément then defeated the Bryan Brothers again in four sets at the Davis Cup quarterfinals tie against USA. They are one of two teams to defeat the Bryans in Davis Cup.

He then entered the 2008 French Open, where he upset Tomáš Berdych in the second round and went on to reach the fourth round, losing to Latvian Ernests Gulbis in straight sets.

2009

.]] He made two finals in singles; the 2009 Open 13 in Marseille (l. to Tsonga) and the 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in Metz (l. to Ljubicic). He also had a poor season in doubles.

2010

Michael started off the season with opening round losses in Brisbane and Sydney; both Australian Open series tournaments. He made the 2nd round at the 2010 Australian Open, losing to Juan Mónaco 6-3, 6-3, 6-7(5), 1-6, 3-6.

He lost to Marco Chiudinelli in the opening round in Rotterdam. The following week, he impressively won the 2010 Open 13 tournament in Marseille. He beat two well-known players on the rise; no.7 seed Marcos Baghdatis (in the 2nd round) and top seed Robin Söderling (in the quarters). In the final, he went on to crush Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-4 in their first ever meeting on the ATP tour. Llodra and Benneteau also teamed up to win the doubles title in Marsielle, thus making him the singles and doubles champion of the 2010 tournament. Llodra also won at Eastbourne, beating Guillermo García-López 7-5, 6-2 in the final.

Llodra lost the first round at the French Open, the second round of Wimbledon to Andy Roddick in four sets, and made the third round at the US Open (including an impressive straight sets win over seventh seed Tomáš Berdych) before retiring against Tommy Robredo.

At the BNP Paribas Masters tournament in his town of birth, Paris-Bercy, he played his best tennis in a ATP Masters 1000 tournament where he defeated no.2 seed Novak Djokovic and then no. 11 seed Nikolay Davydenko in the quarterfinals. Llodra then held three match points against world no.5 Robin Söderling but eventually lost 7-6(0), 5-7, 6-7(6). Had Llodra won, it would have been an all-French final with compatriot Gaël Monfils (Söderling went on to win the championship).

Playing style

Llodra is known for his skilled net play. The Guardian journalist Xan Brooks described Llodra as "one of those talented, maddening French players in the tradition of Henri Leconte, Guy Forget and Fabrice Santoro; at once supremely gifted and curiously brittle" and that he "plays like he's just flown in from the 20th-century. His game is all dinks and slices and sly changes of pace." Two-time French Open finalist Robin Söderling called Llodra's serve "unbelievable" and his volleys the "best on the tour". To aid his touch on volleys, Llodra is one of the few professionals to use all natural gut strings, which give him better feel at the expense of power at the baseline.

Llodra is one of the last remaining serve-and-volleyers in the top ranks of men's professional tennis, a tactic aided by his left-handed serve which allows him to create unusual angles. Llodra has been called the 'best serve and volleyer in the world' by the website Essential Tennis.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

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Career finals

Singles: 9 (5–4)

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Doubles: 35 (18–17)

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{|class="sortable wikitable" |- |width=80|'''Outcome |width=50|'''No. |width=145|'''Date |width=280|'''Tournament |width=75|'''Surface |width=200|'''Partner |width=200|'''Opponents in the final |width=200|'''Score in the final |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |1. |May 1, 2000 | Mallorca, Spain |Clay | Diego Nargiso | Alberto Martín Fernando Vicente |7–6², 7–6³ |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |1. |January 14, 2002 | Australian Open, Melbourne |Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |⁴6–7, 3–6 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |2. |July 22, 2002 | Los Angeles, United States |Hard | Justin Gimelstob | Sébastien Grosjean Nicolas Kiefer |4–6, 4–6 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |2. |January 13, 2003 | Australian Open, Melbourne |Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |3. |April 14, 2003 | Monte Carlo, Monaco |Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi |4–6, 6–3, ⁶6–7 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |4. |May 5, 2003 | Rome, Italy |Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley |1–6, 3–6 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |5. |September 29, 2003 | Metz, France |Hard (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut |²6–7, 3–6 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |6. |October 27, 2003 | Paris, France |Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley |3–6, 6–1, 3–6 |-bgcolor=ffffcc |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |7. |November 8, 2003 | Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, United States |Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |7–6⁶, 3–6, 6–3, ³6–7, 4–6 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |8. |January 5, 2004 | Adelaide, Australia |Hard | Arnaud Clément | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |5–7, 3–6 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |3. |January 19, 2004 | Australian Open, Melbourne |Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |7–6⁴, 6–3 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |9. |May 24, 2004 | French Open, Paris |Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus |5–7, 5–7 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |4. |August 23, 2004 | Long Island, United States |Hard | Antony Dupuis | Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann |6–2, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |5. |October 25, 2004 | Saint Petersburg, Russia |Carpet (i) | Arnaud Clément | Dominik Hrbatý Jaroslav Levinský |6–3, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |10. |January 10, 2005 | Sydney, Australia |Hard | Arnaud Clément | Mahesh Bhupathi Todd Woodbridge |3–6, 3–6 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |6. |May 2, 2005 | Rome, Italy |Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |6–4, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |11. |May 9, 2005 | Hamburg, Germany |Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |6–4, ²6–7, ³6–7 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |7. |October 3, 2005 | Metz, France |Hard (i) | Fabrice Santoro | José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto |5–2, 3–5, 5–4⁴ |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |8. |October 24, 2005 | Lyon, France |Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen |6–3, 6–1 |-bgcolor=ffffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |9. |November 13, 2005 | Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China |Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić |⁶6–7, 6–3, 7–6⁴ |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |10. |October 30, 2006 | Paris, France |Carpet (i) | Arnaud Clément | Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić |6–4, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |11. |February 12, 2007 | Marseille, France |Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |7–5, 4–6, [10–8] |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |12. |June 25, 2007 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |Grass | Arnaud Clément | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |⁵6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |12. |September 25, 2007 | Bangkok, Thailand |Hard (i) | Nicolas Mahut | Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana |6–3, 5–7, [7–10] |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |13. |October 1, 2007 | Metz, France |Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |6–1, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |13. |October 7, 2007 | Stockholm, Sweden |Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |4–6, 4–6 |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |14. |January 14, 2008 | Australian Open, Melbourne |Hard | Arnaud Clément | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |5–7, ⁴6–7 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |14. |March 3, 2008 | Las Vegas, United States |Hard (i) | Julien Benneteau | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |6–4, 4–6, [10–8] |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |15. |September 29, 2008 | Metz, France |Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |5–7, 6–3, [10–8] |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |16. |October 20, 2008 | Lyon, France |Carpet (i) | Andy Ram | Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins |6–3, 5–7, [10–8] |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |17. |February 16, 2009 | Marseille, France |Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Julian Knowle Andy Ram |3–6, 6–3, [10–8] |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |15. |September 21, 2009 | Metz, France |Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Colin Fleming Ken Skupski |6–2, 4–6, [5–10] |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |18. |February 15, 2010 | Marseille, France |Hard (i) | Julien Benneteau | Julian Knowle Robert Lindstedt |6–4, 6–3 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |16. |August 9, 2010 | Toronto, Canada |Hard | Julien Benneteau | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |5–7, 3–6 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |17. |February 13, 2011 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |Hard (i) | Nenad Zimonjić | Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner |4–6, 6–3, [5–10] |}

Doubles Performance Timeline

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Bird incident

In the 2002 Australian Open Men's Doubles semi-final against Julien Boutter and Arnaud Clément, a small bird (identified as a house martin) flew into the court chasing a moth. It flew into the path of a hard hit volley by Llodra. After an impromptu funeral ceremony led by Boutter, the match continued, with Llodra and Santoro eventually winning 6-3 3-6 12-10. Llodra remarked afterwards, "I didn't do it deliberately. But at least I saved the moth."

References

External links

bio -file interview with Michael Llodra

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