Antony Dupuis (; born 24 February 1973) is a French retired professional tennis player. __TOC__

Personal life Dupuis began playing tennis at the age of nine with his father Xavier. He mentioned in an interview once that he prefers clay and hard court surfaces. He was coached by Benoit Carelli, whom he credits with improving his physical and mental ability. Carelli had coached Dupuis since February 1998.

Career Dupuis won one singles title in Milan in 2004 and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in September 2001. In 2005, at the Valencia tournament, Dupuis became the first French player to defeat Novak Djokovic. In 2006 he tested positive for the banned drug Salbutamol and was suspended for two and a half months.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Munich, GermanyInternational SeriesClay Jiří Novák4–6, 5–7Win1–1Milan, ItalyWorld SeriesCarpet Mario Ančić6–4, 6–7(12–14), 7–6(7–5)

Doubles: 1 (1 title) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Long Island, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Michaël Llodra Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann6–2, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 23 (12–11) LegendATP Challenger (8–7)ITF Futures (4–4)Finals by surfaceHard (7–7)Clay (2–3)Grass (1–1)Carpet (2–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Vadodara, IndiaChallengerGrass Peter Tramacchi6–7, 7–6, 3–6Win1–1Ahmedabad, IndiaChallengerHard Oleg Ogorodov6–4, 6–2Win2–1Bombay, IndiaChallengerHard Julien Boutter7–5, 7–6Loss2–2Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Sebastien Grosjean6–4, 3–6, 0–6Loss2–3Grenoble, FranceChallengerHard Julien Boutter2–6, 6–4, 4–6Win3–3Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Brett Steven6–7, 6–1, 6–4Loss3–4France F18, MulhouseFuturesHard Ivo Karlovic7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 4–6Win4–4Grenoble, FranceChallengerHard Jan Siemerink7–6(12–10), 7–6(13–11)Loss4–5Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Brandon Hawk6–7(6–8), 3–6Loss4–6Urbana, MexicoChallengerHard Jeff Salzenstein6–7(4–7), 4–6Win5–6San Jose, Costa RicaChallengerHard Alexandre Simoni7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3Loss5–7Wroclaw, PolandChallengerHard Axel Pretzsch5–7, 6–7(1–7)Loss5–8Wroclaw, PolandChallengerHard Davide Sanguinetti3–6, 2–6Win6–8Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerCarpet Karol Beck4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)Win7–8Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Iván Navarro6–4, 7–5Win8–8Switzerland F3, WilenFuturesCarpet Alexander Flock6–2, 6–3Win9–8France F7, GrasseFuturesClay Xavier Pujo2–6, 7–5, 6–1Win10–8Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Pavel Chekhov6–1, 6–4Loss10–9Germany F11, CologneFuturesClay Pavol Cervenak2–6, 2–6Win11–9France F18, Saint-DizierFuturesHard Conor Niland6–3, 4–6, 6–4Loss11–10Austria F5, PörtschachFuturesClay Axel Michon4–6, 5–7Loss11–11Austria F6, WelsFuturesClay Axel Michon3–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6Win12–11Germany F15, TrierFuturesClay Alexandre Folie6–4, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (0–2) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Orléans, FranceChallengerHard Gregory Carraz Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut6–3, 4–6, 2–6Loss0–2Andrezieux, FranceChallengerHard Gregory Carraz Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut4–6, 4–6

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament1993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAQ22RQ21R2R1R1RQ1Q2Q20 / 52–5French OpenQ1AQ1Q1AQ21R1R3R1R1R1R1RQ2AQ10 / 72–7WimbledonAAQ1Q1AQ1AQ22R1R2R1R1RQ1AQ20 / 52–5US OpenAAAAAQ3Q1A1R2R2R1RQ3Q1Q1A0 / 42–4Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–11–23–31–43–40–40–30–00–00–00 / 218–21ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAAAAAQ1AA2R1RAAA0 / 21–2MiamiAAAAAAAQ2Q21R2RQ21RAAA0 / 31–3Monte CarloAAAAAAAQ1Q2Q2Q2Q1AAAA0 / 00–0RomeAAAAAAAAAQ1AQ1AQ1AA0 / 00–0HamburgAAAAAAAA1R1R2R1RAAAA0 / 41–4CincinnatiAQ2AAAAAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0StuttgartAAAAAAAAQ2Not Masters Series0 / 00–0MadridNot Masters SeriesAQ13RAAAA0 / 12–1ParisAQ2AAAQ2Q1A1R1RQ2Q1Q2AAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–20–32–23–30–20–00–00–00 / 125–12

See also List of doping cases in sport

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