Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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| Country (sports) |  France |
|---|---|
| Residence | Le Mans, France |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[[1] |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
| Retired | Active |
| Plays | Right, Two-Handed Backhand |
| Prize money | $281,963 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 7-6 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 74 (July 9, 2007) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1st (2007) |
| French Open | 1st (2005) |
| Wimbledon | 4th (2007) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0-2 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 558 (April 26, 2004) |
| Last updated on: July 9, 2007. | |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (born April 17, 1985) is a professional tennis player. A French citizen, born in Le Mans, he has a French mother and Congolese father, Didier Tsonga. He had a successful junior career, winning the U.S. Open Juniors title in 2003 by defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the final, and also reached the semi-final stage of the other 3 Grand Slam events.
Tennis career
In January 2007 he received a wild card into the 2007 Australian Open, where in only his second senior Grand Slam match he met up with sixth seed Andy Roddick. Tsonga's singles rank at the time was number 212 and he — in the longest tiebreaker in Australian Open history — defeated Roddick in the first set (20-18), and went on to force a tiebreaker in the second, losing it 2-7. Tsonga went on to lose the match 7-6 (18), 6-7 (2), 3-6, 3-6. He, at the time, was just 21 years of age.
So far in 2007 he has won 4 Challenger titles in Tallahassee, Mexico City, Lanzarote and Surbiton. Tsonga qualified for the 2007 Queen's Club Championships while playing in the Surbiton Challenger at the same time, which he won, and won a total of 5 matches in the space of 2 days. In the Queen's main draw he met the defending champion, sixth seed, ranked 16 in the ATP rankings, former world number one Lleyton Hewitt, in the second round. Tsonga surprisingly won the match after two tiebreakers, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2) to seal his most prominent victory since his triumph over Carlos Moya, at the time ranked 6th in the world, at Beijing in 2004. However, suffering from fatigue, he went on to lose to promising Croatian youngster Marin Čilić in the following round.
At Wimbledon 2007, where he was awarded a wildcard, he reached the 4th round (his first time past round 1 of a Slam), defeating Julien Benneteau, Nicolas Lapentti, and Feliciano Lopez. His run was halted by his countryman and friend, 12th seed (14th-ranked) Richard Gasquet in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. He did not beat a seed in coming to the fourth round. (A potential seed he would have faced had dropped out.) The win brought his ranking up from #110 to #74, his first time inside the top 75.
Titles (8)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| ITF Titles (8) |
Singles (8)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | July 5, 2004 |  Nottingham
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Grass | Alex Bogdanovic
|
6-3 6-4 |
| 2. | July 26, 2004 |  Togliatti
|
Hard |  Ladislav Svarc
|
6-3 7-6 |
| 3. | March 28, 2005 |  Leon
|
Hard |  Glenn Weiner
|
7-5 7-5 |
| 4. | October 9, 2006 | Rennes
|
Hard Indoors |  Tobias Summerer
|
1-6 7-5 7-5 |
| 5. | April 2, 2007 | Tallahassee
|
Hard |  Rik De Voest
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6-1 6-4 |
| 6. | April 9, 2007 | Mexico City
|
Hard | Bruno Echagaray
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6-4 2-6 6-1 |
| 7. | April 30, 2007 |  Lanzarote
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Hard |  Paul Baccanello
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6-2 6-2 |
| 8. | June 4, 2007 | Surbiton
|
Grass |  Ivo Karlovic
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6-3 7-6 |
Singles Grand Slam performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the French Open in Paris, which concluded on June 10, 2007.
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Career SR | Career Win-Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0-1 |
| French Open | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0-1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 4R | 0 / 1 | 3-1 |
| US Open | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2-1 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | N/A |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-3 | N/A | 5 / 4 |
Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.