Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Paris, France
Born	(1983-11-28) 28 November 1983 Gennevilliers, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,097,546
Singles
Career record	82–122
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 35 (10 February 2014)
Current ranking	No. 136 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2014)
French Open	3R (2007)
Wimbledon	3R (2007)
US Open	2R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	139–90
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 6 (3 November 2014)
Current ranking	No. 7 (11 July 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2015)
French Open	W (2014)
Wimbledon	F (2016)
US Open	3R (2013, 2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2014)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	QF (2016)
Last updated on: 1 February 2016.

Édouard Roger-Vasselin (French pronunciation: ​[e.dwaʁ ʁɔ.ʒe vas.lɛ̃]; born 28 November 1983) is a male tennis player from France. He won the men's doubles title at Roland Garros in 2014, partnering Julien Benneteau. He is the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.

Career

2007

At the 2007 French Open he reached the third round, as a wildcard, after a second-round victory against Czech Radek Štěpánek in five sets, 3–6, 6–1, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4. He also reached the third round at Wimbledon, beating 24th seed Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets along the way, and made the top 100 for the first time as a result. On 16 July 2007 he reached a career-best ranking of 82.

2009

At the 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Roger-Vasselin advanced through the qualifying draw to set up a first round match with 2009 US Open champion Juan Martín del Potro. Ranked no. 189 at the time, Roger-Vasselin stunned the world no. 5, 6–4, 6–4. The match was Roger-Vasselin's first ATP Tour level victory of the season. Roger-Vasselin then defeated Austrian Jürgen Melzer to advance to the third round, where he lost to former world no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets.

2012

Roger-Vasselin US Open 2012

In 2012, Roger-Vasselin had considerable success on the ATP Tour in doubles. He won tournaments in Montpellier, Marseille, and Metz, all partnered with Nicolas Mahut. He also made it to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon for the first time teamed with James Cerretani. They were defeated by the eventual champions Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in five sets.

2013

At the DelRay Beach International Championships, Roger-Vasselin defeated four opponents including top seed John Isner to reach his first ATP tournament final. He lost to Ernests Gulbis for the title. In doubles, he won two titles, at the Hall of Fame Classic in Newport, Rhode Island partnering Nicolas Mahut and in Atlanta partnering Dutchman Igor Sijsling.

He made the semifinals in doubles at Wimbledon partnering Rohan Bopanna.

Vasselin made a breakthrough in the indoor part of the season when he has reached semifinals of the ATP 500 event in Basel, upsetting home favorite Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round. He lost to Juan Martin Del Potro, after winning the first set. He finished the year a career-high no. 53.^[1]

2014

Roger-Vasselin had a good beginning to his singles campaign, reaching the final in Chennai (l. to Stan Wawrinka). He reached the quarterfinals in Montpellier and Marseille, losing to Jerzy Janowicz and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, respectively. He also reached the quarterfinals on grass in Eastbourne, losing to Denis Istomin. The rest of his singles season was relatively disappointing.

He and doubles partner Julien Benneteau, however, had a very successful season. They reached the semifinals in Sydney, being eliminated by Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. At the Australian Open, they went down in the round of 16 to Max Mirnyi and Mikhail Youzhny. They had another semifinal showing in Rotterdam, losing to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău.

The pair won the title in Marseille in February, beating Paul Hanley and Jonathan Marray in the final. Another quarterfinal followed in Acapulco, where they lost to Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot. Then, they went out in the round of 16 in both Indian Wells and Miami. The pair made another quarterfinal, this time at a Masters 1000 event, in Monte Carlo, losing to the Bryan brothers. They followed this up with a semifinal appearance in Nice.

The highlight of his year was the French Open, which he and Benneteau won against the Spanish pair of Marcel Granollers and Marc López.

On grass, they made the semifinals of the Queen's Club tournament, losing to Jamie Murray and John Peers. They followed this up with a quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon, where they lost to the French pair of Michaël Llodra and Nicolas Mahut.

On the hard-court North American swing, they reached the quarterfinals (l. to Nestor and Zimonjić) in Toronto, and the semifinals in Cincinnati (l. to Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock).

In Shanghai, they reached the final, losing again to the Bryan brothers.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2014	French Open	Clay	Julien Benneteau	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	2016	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Julien Benneteau	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	4-6, 6-7(1-7), 3-6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2014	Shanghai	Hard	Julien Benneteau	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	2015	Montréal	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Winner	2015	Cincinnati	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Marcin Matkowski Nenad Zimonjić	6–2, 6–2

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 March 2013	Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Ernests Gulbis	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Runner-up	2.	5 January 2014	Aircel Chennai Open, Chennai, India	Hard	Stanislas Wawrinka	5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 February 2012	Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Paul Hanley Jamie Murray	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	2.	20 February 2012	Open 13, Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Dustin Brown Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	3.	17 September 2012	Moselle Open, Metz, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winner	4.	15 July 2013	Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States	Grass	Nicolas Mahut	Tim Smyczek Rhyne Williams	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–5]
Runner-up	1.	20 July 2013	Claro Open Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Winner	5.	29 July 2013	BB&T Atlanta Open, Atlanta, United States	Hard	Igor Sijsling	Colin Fleming Jonathan Marray	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Winner	6.	6 October 2013	Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Jamie Murray John Peers	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winner	7.	23 February 2014	Open 13, Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Julien Benneteau	Paul Hanley Jonathan Marray	4–6, 7–6(8–6), [13–11]
Winner	8.	7 June 2014	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Julien Benneteau	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	2.	12 October 2014	Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China	Hard	Julien Benneteau	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	9.	26 July 2015	Claro Open Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia	Hard	Radek Štepánek	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	16 August 2015	Rogers Cup, Montréal, Canada	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Winner	10.	23 August 2015	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Marcin Matkowski Nenad Zimonjić	6–2, 6–2
Winner	11.	27 September 2015	Moselle Open, Metz, France	Hard (I)	Łukasz Kubot	Nicolas Mahut Pierre-Hugues Herbert	2-6, 6-3, [10-7]
Runner-up	4.	11 October 2015	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Winner	12.	24 July 2016	Washington Open, Washington, United States	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Łukasz Kubot Alexander Peya	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Winner	13.	23 October 2016	European Open, Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6−4, 6−4

Challenger finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	27 June 2005	Montauban, France	Clay	Roko Karanušić	6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	14 March 2010	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard (i)	Karol Beck	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 1–0, ret.
Runner-up	8.	12 September 2010	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France	Hard	Jerzy Janowicz	6–3, 6–7(8–10), 6–7(6–8)
Winner	9.	17 July 2011	Granby, Canada	Hard	Matthias Bachinger	7–6(11–9), 4–6, 6–1
Winner	10.	11 September 2011	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France	Hard	Arnaud Clément	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 20 (13–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	15.	12 September 2010	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France	Hard	Gilles Müller	Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs	6–0, 2–6, [13–11]
Winner	16.	17 July 2011	Granby, Canada	Hard	Karol Beck	Matthias Bachinger Frank Moser	7–6(11–9), 4–6, 6–1
Winner	17.	11 September 2011	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France	Hard	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Arnaud Clément Nicolas Renavand	6–0, 4–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	18.	9 October 2011	Mons, Belgium	Hard	Kenny de Schepper	Johan Brunström Ken Skupski	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up	19.	16 October 2011	Rennes, France	Hard	Kenny de Schepper	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	20.	7 October 2012	Mons, Belgium	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Tomasz Bednarek Jerzy Janowicz
Winner}	21.	4 January 2016	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Hard	Julien Benneteau	Grégoire Barrère Tristan Lamasine	7-6(7-4), 3–6, [10–5]

Singles performance timeline

Current till 2016 Wimbledon Championships.

¹Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008, Madrid Masters (clay) 2009–present.
²Held as Madrid Masters (hardcourt) until 2008, and Shanghai Masters 2009–present.

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

• Édouard Roger-Vasselin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Édouard Roger-Vasselin at the International Tennis Federation
• Vasselin Recent Match Results
• Vasselin World Ranking History

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten French male doubles tennis players as of 12 December 2016
1. Nicolas Mahut (1 ) 2. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (2 ) 3. Édouard Roger-Vasselin (17 ) 4. Julien Benneteau (35 ) 5. Fabrice Martin (37 )
6. Lucas Pouille (88 ) 7. Adrian Mannarino (92 ) 8. Jonathan Eysseric (99 ) 9. Jérémy Chardy (105 ) 10. Albano Olivetti (114 )