Stéphane Robert (born 17 May 1980) is a professional French tennis player.
Career
Coach
From 2001 to March 2010, Ronan Lafaix was Robert's coach. In May 2016, Lafaix, who is 12 years older than Robert, became Robert's coach for the second time. Lafaix joined the Patrick Mouratoglou tennis academy and has coached several professional tennis players.
2007-2008
Robert missed 16 months of tennis action in 2007-2008 because he was infected with the Hepatitis A virus in February 2007. In early June 2008, he returned to tennis action at the ITF Men's Circuit tournament in Apeldoorn, without an ATP singles ranking, reaching the final as a qualifier.
2010
On 1 Feb 2010, Robert broke into Top 100 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time at No. 100. Within one week of his singles rankings breakthrough and seeded no. 8, he defeated for the first time in his career a player (David Ferrer) ranked in the top 20 of the ATP singles rankings in the semifinals before reaching his first ATP World Tour singles final at the 2010 SA Tennis Open, falling to 3rd-seeded Feliciano López 5–7, 1–6. Robert rose to a career-high of No. 61 of the ATP singles rankings on 22 Feb 2010 two days after winning the ATP Challenger Tour singles title in Tangier.
2011
Robert rose to international prominence in 2011 when, as a qualifier, he beat the 2010 Wimbledon singles finalist and sixth seed Tomáš Berdych 3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 9–7 in the first round of the 2011 French Open to register the biggest singles win of his career, having saved a match point at 4–5 in the deciding set. It was the first time that he had beaten a player ranked in the top 10 of the ATP singles rankings - Berdych was ranked no. 6. Robert lost his second round match to Fabio Fognini in straight sets.
2014
Robert reached the singles 4th round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the 2014 Australian Open, where he lost to 4th seeded Andy Murray. He was only one of 2 lucky losers to reach the 4th round of a Grand Slam tournament since Dick Norman achieved the feat at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, David Goffin (at the 2012 French Open) being the other. Robert and Jesse Huta Galung became only the third lucky loser doubles team to clinch an ATP World Tour doubles title by defeating Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final of the 2014 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. That was Robert's first ATP World Tour doubles final appearance. After losing in the 1st round of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships to Nick Kyrgios, Robert missed the rest of the year because of leg injury.
2016
Robert qualified for the singles main draw of the 2016 Australian Open by winning three qualifying matches, and he lost in the third round of the main draw to Gaël Monfils. That was the second time Robert had progressed to the third round of the singles main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.
On July 15, 2016, Robert, who was unseeded and had an ATP singles ranking of 83 coming into the tournament, reached the semi-final at the 2016 German Open, where he lost to Martin Kližan. It was Robert's first ATP World Tour semi-final since February 2010, when he was defeated in the final in Johannesburg. Robert's ATP singles ranking reached a career-high of 59 on July 18, 2016 right after his semi-final appearance in Hamburg, which was a massive improvement over his ATP singles ranking of 558 on 25 May 2015.
ATP World Tour finals
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 28 (19–9)
Legend (Singles) |
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ATP Challenger Tour (6–3) |
ITF Futures (13–6) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | February 25, 2002 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | Branislav Sekáč | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | June 2, 2003 | Kranj, Slovenia | Clay | Ivan Esquerdo | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 |
Winner | 3. | July 14, 2003 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Clay | Todor Enev | 6–2, 4–1, ret. |
Winner | 4. | July 21, 2003 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Clay | Vladimir Pavićević | 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | September 8, 2003 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Daniel Elsner | 6–1, 4–6, 7–64 |
Winner | 6. | September 13, 2004 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Alessio di Mauro | 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 |
Winner | 7. | October 17, 2005 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Pablo Andújar | 7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | January 2, 2006 | Exmouth, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | Andis Juška | 3–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
Winner | 8. | January 9, 2006 | Barnstaple, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Jérémy Chardy | 7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2. | January 24, 2006 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Alex Bogdanović | 3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 9. | January 16, 2007 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Thomas Oger | 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 10. | February 13, 2007 | Barnstaple, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Torsten Popp | 7–5, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 3. | June 9, 2008 | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Clay | Thiemo de Bakker | 6–7(2–7), 1–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | June 23, 2008 | Toulon, France | Clay | Nicolas Coutelot | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | August 4, 2008 | Avezzano, Italy | Clay | Michael Ryderstedt | 2–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 11. | September 15, 2008 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Hard | Josh Goodall | 6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 12. | September 29, 2008 | Nevers, France | Hard (i) | Vincent Millot | 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 13. | January 13, 2009 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Colin Fleming | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | January 27, 2009 | Mettmann, Germany | Carpet (i) | Lukáš Rosol | 6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
Winner | 14. | February 16, 2009 | Trento, Italy | Hard (i) | Josh Goodall | 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 7. | March 10, 2009 | Tipton, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Yannick Mertens | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) |
Winner | 15. | March 17, 2009 | Bath, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Colin Fleming | 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 16. | June 8, 2009 | Košice, Slovakia | Clay | Jiří Vaněk | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) |
Winner | 17. | September 13, 2009 | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | Clay | Michael Russell | 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 7–6(7–5) |
Winner | 18. | February 15, 2010 | Tanger, Morocco | Clay | Aleksandr Dolgopolov, Jr. | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | March 20, 2011 | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe | Hard | Olivier Rochus | 2-6, 3-6 |
Winner | 19. | May 1, 2011 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | Ádám Kellner | 6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 9. | February 2, 2013 | Burnie, Australia | Hard | John Millman | 2–6, 6–4, 0–6 |
Doubles: 29 (13–16)
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Tour (7–8) |
ITF Futures (6–8) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | February 17, 2003 | Lorca, Spain | Clay | Esteban Carril | Salvador Navarro
Gabriel Trujillo | 2–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 1. | February 24, 2003 | Cartagena, Spain | Clay | Miles Maclagan | Salvador Navarro
Gabriel Trujillo | 7–63, 7–64 |
Runner-up | 2. | May 5, 2003 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Clay | Slimane Saoudi | Rik de Voest
Marcus Sarstrand | 3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | July 14, 2003 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Clay | Xavier Audouy | Todor Enev
Radoslav Lukaev | 4–6, 7–67, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | July 21, 2003 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Clay | Mohamed Mamoun | Nikola Ćirić
Goran Tošić | 7–5, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | November 17, 2003 | Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles | Hard | Alessandro Motti | Michel Koning
Steven Korteling | 3–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | November 24, 2003 | Oranjestad, Aruba | Hard | Alessandro Motti | Bart Beks
Paul Logtens | 6–4, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 5. | July 5, 2004 | Budaörs, Hungary | Clay | Ota Fukárek | Ignacio González
Gabriel Trujillo | 6–3, 2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 4. | August 2, 2004 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | Adam Chadaj | Tomáš Cibulec
David Škoch | 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | June 13, 2005 | Blois, France | Clay | Esteban Carril | Bart Beks
Matwe Middelkoop | 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | July 4, 2005 | Budaörs, Hungary | Clay | Adam Chadaj | Amir Hadad
Harel Levy | 4–6, 7–67, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | November 21, 2005 | Saint-Leu, Réunion | Hard | Teymuraz Gabashvili | Ivan Cerović
Petar Popović | 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 6. | January 24, 2006 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Jean-François Bachelot | Colin Fleming
Jamie Murray | 6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 7. | February 27, 2006 | Cherbourg, France | Hard (i) | Jean-François Bachelot | Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana | 7–65, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 8. | March 27, 2006 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Clay (i) | Michael Lammer | Eric Butorac
Chris Drake | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 8. | January 15, 2007 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Jean-François Bachelot | Fabio Colangelo
Marco Crugnola | 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | February 12, 2007 | Barnstaple, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Philip Stolt
Lars Übel | 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 10. | July 7, 2008 | Bourg-en-Bresse, France | Clay | Alexandre Renard | Thomas Cazes-Carrère
Baptiste Dupuy | 6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 9. | July 21, 2008 | Modena, Italy | Clay | Mohammed Ghareeb | Guillermo Hormazábal
Hans Podlipnik-Castillo | 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | August 4, 2008 | Avezzano, Italy | Clay | Alexandre Renard | Guillermo Hormazábal
Hans Podlipnik-Castillo | 3–6, 7–64, [10–12] |
Runner-up | 11. | September 29, 2008 | Nevers, France | Hard (i) | Alexandre Renard | Vincent Millot
Pierrick Ysern | 2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 12. | May 11, 2009 | Bordeaux, France | Clay | Xavier Pujo | Pablo Cuevas
Horacio Zeballos | 6–4, 4–6, [4–10] |
Winner | 11. | March 20, 2011 | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe | Hard | Riccardo Ghedin | Arnaud Clément
Olivier Rochus | 6–2, 5–7, [10–7] |
Winner | 12. | May 1, 2011 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | Olivier Charroin | Andis Juška
Alexandre Kudryavtsev | 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 13. | July 3, 2011 | Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Olivier Charroin | Martin Emmrich
Andreas Siljeström | 6–0, 4–6, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 14. | July 17, 2011 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | Olivier Charroin | Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski | 5–7, 6–74 |
Winner | 13. | July 24, 2011 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | Olivier Charroin | Franco Ferreiro
Andre Sá | 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 15. | March 17, 2012 | Rabat, Morocco | Clay | Martin Kližan | Iñigo Cervantes Huegun
Federico Delbonis | 7–6(7–3), 1–6, [5–10] |
Runner-up | 16. | April 6, 2012 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Clay | Laurent Rochette | Laurynas Grigelis
Rameez Junaid | 6–1, 2–6, [6–10] |
Grand Slam Men's singles performance timeline
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 4R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 6–7 |
French Open | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | Q1 | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 2R | | 2–6 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | 1R | Q3 | 1R | | 1–4 |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | | 1–3 |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 10–20 |
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Grand Slam Men's doubles performance timeline
Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
French Open | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1–5 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 1–3 |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | | 0–0 |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0-0 | 1–1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2–8 |
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