Guillaume Raoux

Guillaume Raoux
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Born	14 February 1970 (age 54); Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,446,506
Singles
Career record	179–225
Career titles	1 ; 6 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 35 (8 June 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1998)
French Open	2R (1995, 1997, 1998)
Wimbledon	3R (1997)
US Open	2R (1991, 1996, 1997, 1998)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	102–105
Career titles	4 ; 4 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 35 (5 August 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1995, 1996)
French Open	QF (1989)
Wimbledon	QF (1996)
US Open	3R (1995, 1997)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1996)
French Open	3R (1999)
Wimbledon	2R (1997)
	Last updated on: 10 December 2021.

Guillaume Raoux (born 14 February 1970) is a French former tennis player.

Career

Raoux reached the Wimbledon junior singles final in 1988. He turned professional in 1989.

Pro tour

The right-hander won one singles career title (Queensland Open, 1992), and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 in June 1998. Raoux reached the fourth round of the 1998 Australian Open and the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters in 1990 and 1997.

He was the first man to be beaten by Roger Federer on the ATP Tour.^[1]

Raoux represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he was defeated in the first round by Zimbabwe's Byron Black.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1988	Wimbledon	Grass	Nicolás Pereira	6–7, 2–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

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 (1–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–2)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1991	Birmingham, United Kingdom	World Series	Carpet	Michael Chang	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Sep 1992	Brisbane, Australia	World Series	Hard	Kenneth Carlsen	6–4, 7–6^(12–10)
Loss	1–2	Mar 1995	St. Petersburg, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Apr 1995	Johannesburg, South Africa	World Series	Hard	Martin Sinner	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Jun 1997	Rosmalen, Netherlands	World Series	Grass	Richard Krajicek	4–6, 6–7^(7–9)

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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 (4–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–1)
Indoors (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1993	Jakarta, Indonesia	World Series	Hard	Diego Nargiso	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Sep 1994	Bordeaux, France	World Series	Hard	Diego Nargiso	Olivier Delaître Guy Forget	2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	1–2	Mar 1995	Copenhagen, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	Greg Rusedski	Mark Keil Peter Nyborg	7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Win	2–2	Apr 1995	Johannesburg, South Africa	World Series	Hard	Rodolphe Gilbert	Martin Sinner Joost Winnink	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	3–2	Feb 1996	Marseille, France	World Series	Hard	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	Marius Barnard Peter Nyborg	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Oct 1996	Toulouse, France	World Series	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–3	Jun 1998	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	World Series	Grass	Jan Siemerink	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6–3, 3–6, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 8 (6–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1989	Le Gosier, Guadeloupe	Challenger	Hard	Yahiya Doumbia	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Win	2–0	Mar 1990	Martinique, Martinique	Challenger	Hard	Robbie Weiss	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	Sep 1990	Gevrey-Chambertin, France	Challenger	Carpet	Henrik Holm	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	4–0	Aug 1992	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Joern Renzenbrink	7–6, 7–6
Loss	4–1	Oct 1993	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard	Jonathan Stark	6–7, 3–6
Loss	4–2	Aug 1994	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Markus Zoecke	7–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win	5–2	Nov 1995	Nantes, France	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Tarango	6–2, 7–5
Win	6–2	Oct 1996	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard	Karol Kučera	6–4, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles: 4 (4–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1990	Martinique, Martinique	Challenger	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Todd Nelson Roger Smith	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–0	Nov 1994	Nantes, France	Challenger	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Dick Norman Greg Rusedski	6–4, 7–6
Win	3–0	Aug 1995	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Rodolphe Gilbert	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–0	Oct 1995	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Kent Kinnear Dave Randall	7–5, 6–7, 6–4

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

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	3R	1R	3R	2R	4R	2R	A	0 / 10	11–10	52%
French Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 13	3–13	19%
Wimbledon	A	Q1	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	Q2	0 / 10	4–10	29%
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 9	4–9	31%
Win–loss	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–4	0–4	2–4	2–4	1–4	4–4	5–4	5–4	1–4	0–1	0 / 42	22–42	34%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Miami	A	A	2R	1R	A	4R	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 7	6–7	46%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Canada	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	2R	A	0 / 5	6–5	55%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Stuttgart¹	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Paris	A	A	QF	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	A	0 / 9	8–9	47%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	4–2	2–3	0–2	6–5	0–1	1–2	1–3	5–4	4–8	1–3	0–0	0 / 33	24–33	42%

Doubles

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
French Open	QF	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 12	8–12	40%
Wimbledon	3R	1R	Q3	2R	A	A	2R	QF	1R	A	A	A	0 / 6	7–6	54%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	3R	A	A	A	0 / 3	5–3	63%
Win–loss	5–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	4–4	6–4	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	0 / 23	22–23	49%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Paris	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	SF	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	0 / 7	7–7	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	3–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0 / 12	11–12	48%