Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Player

Birthday November 28, 1983

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Gennevilliers, France

Age 40 years old

Nationality France

Height 1.88 m

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1924

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.

1983

Édouard Roger-Vasselin (born 28 November 1983) is a French professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles.

He is the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.

At the French Open, he reached the third round as a wildcard, after a second-round victory against Radek Štěpánek in five sets, 3–6, 6–1, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4.

2007

Roger-Vasselin's best Grand Slam result in singles was reaching the third round at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships in 2007, and the 2014 Australian Open.

On 16 July 2007, he reached a career-best ranking of 82.

2009

At the Japan Open, he 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

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.

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 Stan Wawrinka in the first round.

He lost to Juan Martín del Potro, after winning the first set.

He finished the year a career-high No. 53.

Roger-Vasselin had a good beginning to his singles campaign, reaching the final in Chennai (lost to 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.

2014

He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 French Open, winning the men's doubles partnering Julien Benneteau, and also finished runner-up at the Wimbledon Championships in both 2016 and 2019, alongside Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut respectively.

Roger-Vasselin reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6 in November 2014, and has won 28 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including three Masters titles.

In singles, his highest ranking was world No. 35, achieved in February 2014, and he finished runner-up at the 2013 Delray Beach Open and 2014 Chennai Open.

The highlight of the season and of his career was the 2014 French Open title, 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 2014 Wimbledon Championships, where they lost to the French pair of Michaël Llodra and Nicolas Mahut.