Nicolas Devilder (born 25 March 1980) is a French male tennis player. He reached a career high singles ranking of 60 in the world on September 8, 2008, after reaching the semifinals of the Montevideo Challenger, where he lost to former top ten player, Guillermo Cañas. He plays primarily in Challenger events, and has won Challenger titles in Pamplona, Monza, Bergamo, Košice, Timişoara and Poznań. He is sponsored by Nike and Babolat.
He qualified for the 2012 French Open, where he reached the third round, and was defeated by world no. 1 Novak Djokovic.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
| Legend |
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) | | ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) | | ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0) |
| | Finals by Surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (1–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Winner | 1. | 13 September 2008 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Paul-Henri Mathieu | Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11), [22–20] |
Challenger titles
Wins (9)
| Legend (Singles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| Challengers (9) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 1. | 8 August 2005 | Pamplona, Spain | Hard | David Guez | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2. | 3 April 2006 | Monza, Italy | Clay | Flavio Cipolla | 6–2, 7–5 |
| 3. | 24 April 2006 | Bergamo, Italy | Clay | Werner Eschauer | 1–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 4. | 12 June 2006 | Košice, Slovakia | Clay | Gorka Fraile | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 5. | 31 July 2006 | Timişoara, Romania | Clay | Pablo Santos González | 7–6(7-5), 6–2 |
| 6. | 22 October 2007 | Belo Horizonte, Brasil | Clay | Marcel Granollers | 6–2, 6–7(4-7), 7–6(8-6) |
| 7. | 16 June 2008 | Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Sergio Roitman | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 8. | 23 June 2008 | Constanţa, Romania | Clay | Adrian Ungur | 6–3, 6–7(5-7), 7–6(12-10) |
| 9. | 21 July 2008 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | Björn Phau | 7–5, 6–0 |
Runners-up (5)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 1. | 18 April 2005 | Monza, Italy | Clay | Alessio di Mauro | 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 2. | 2 May 2005 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | 6–4, 7–6(7-4) |
| 3. | 18 September 2006 | Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay | Marco Mirnegg | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 4. | 1 July 2008 | Lugano, Switzerland | Clay | Luis Horna | 7–6(7-1), 6–1 |
| 5. | 3 March 2012 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Aljaž Bedene | 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) |
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