Cedric Pioline

French Born 1969 188 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Yevgeny Kafelnikov (13)vs Todd Martin (11)vs Karol Kucera (9)vs Andrei Medvedev (9)vs Marc Rosset (9)vs Jim Courier (9)

Match log

2002

BaselCarpet, October
R32LTim Henman1-6 4-6
LyonCarpet, October
R32LSebastien Grosjean1-6 7-5 1-6
BucharestClay, September
R32LDavid Sanchez6-3 1-6 2-6
US Open, qualifyingHard, August
Q1LMarco Chiudinelli6-3 2-6 0-5 RET
WashingtonHard, August
R32LSjeng Schalken6-7(5) 1-6
R64WAndreas Vinciguerra6-4 6-3
Segovia CH, challengerHard, July
R16LFernando Verdasco2-6 6-1 6-7(4)
R32WIvan Rodrigo7-6(1) 6-2
WimbledonGrass, June
R128LMarat Safin6-7(7) 2-6 3-6
s HertogenboschGrass, June
QFLGuillermo Canas6-7(6) 3-6
R16WNicolas Escude4-6 3-1 RET
R32WNeville Godwin4-5 RET
Queen's ClubGrass, June
R64LMike Bryan4-6 4-6
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LVincent Spadea6-4 4-6 4-6 6-3 4-6
MallorcaClay, April
R16LGaston Gaudio1-6 3-6
R32WJose Acasuso6-3 6-7(4) 6-4
BarcelonaClay, April
QFLGuillermo Canas6-7(6) 3-6
R16WDominik Hrbaty6-3 7-6(7)
R32WJuan Ignacio Chela7-6(4) 6-2
R64WMichel Kratochvil6-4 4-6 6-2
Monte Carlo MastersClay, April
R64LJiri Novak4-6 6-4 4-6
EstorilClay, April
R32LJuan Carlos Ferrero5-7 2-6
Miami MastersHard, March
R128LMark Philippoussis5-7 6-4 3-6
DubaiHard, February
R32LIvan Ljubicic3-6 2-6
MarseilleHard, February
SFLNicolas Escude3-6 5-7
QFWJuan Carlos Ferrero6-7(3) 6-4 7-5
R16WJulien Boutter7-6(6) 6-2
R32WYounes El Aynaoui6-4 2-1 RET
Brest CH, challengerHard, January
SFLIrakli Labadze6-2 4-6 6-7(6)
QFWJan Vacek6-1 2-6 7-5
R16WCyril Saulnier6-2 2-3 RET
R32WJohn Van Lottum7-6(6) 6-2

2001

DohaHard, December
R32LYounes El Aynaoui6-7(2) 4-6
Bratislava CH, challengerClay, November
R32LGianluca Pozzi6-3 5-7 4-6
Paris MastersCarpet, October
R64LKarol Kucera4-6 7-6(7) 3-6
StockholmHard, October
R16LThomas Johansson1-6 7-5 3-6
R32WJonas Bjorkman6-3 6-4
Grenoble CH, challengerHard, October
R16LCyril Saulnier4-6 RET
R32WCedric Kauffmann7-5 6-3
US OpenHard, August
R128LJan Michael Gambill2-6 2-6 4-6
IndianapolisHard, August
R64LKristian Pless3-6 4-6
SopotClay, July
R32LSargis Sargsian6-7(5) 1-6
StuttgartClay, July
R32LAlbert Costa4-6 7-5 4-6
R64WRainer Schuettler6-4 6-3
GstaadClay, July
QFLJuan Carlos Ferrero2-6 1-6
R16WFrancisco Clavet7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-1
R32WStefan Koubek6-2 3-6 6-3
WimbledonGrass, June
R64LAndrei Stoliarov6-3 7-6(3) 4-6 3-6 10-12
R128WMichal Tabara6-2 6-3 7-5
Queen's ClubGrass, June
R32LByron Black4-6 6-7(3)
R64WGeorge Bastl6-3 7-6(11)

Cedric Pioline

Both of Cedric Pioline's Grand Slam finals ran into the same wall. At the 1993 US Open he beat the world No. 1 Jim Courier on the way to the title match, then lost it in straight sets to Pete Sampras; four years later Sampras did it again on Wimbledon's Centre Court, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. The elegant one-handed backhand carried him to major semifinals at Roland Garros in 1998 and the US Open in 1999, and to a career-high No. 5 in May 2000, soon after the biggest of his 5 career titles at Monte Carlo.

Both parents were volleyball players; his Romanian mother Adriana played in a World Championship final in 1956. France got the payoff. In the 1996 Davis Cup final in Malmö he beat Stefan Edberg in straight sets in the opening rubber of the Swede's farewell tie, and in 2001 in Melbourne his doubles win with Fabrice Santoro swung the final against Australia. He retired in 2002 and later ran the Paris Masters as tournament director.