Nicolas Coutelot (; born 9 February 1977) is a retired professional male tennis player from France who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 87 in May 2002. He also failed a drugs test in 2004 and was suspended for two months (cannabis).
1996–2004 At the 2001 French Open Coutelot caused a major upset when he knocked out former World No. 1 Marcelo Ríos in straight sets in the second round. But he lost a five set battle to Wayne Arthurs in the next round. In 2002 at the French Open Coutelot caused controversy when he claimed that Juan Carlos Ferrero had feigned injury, after he lost their second round encounter in the final set. However, Ferrero really was injured as he took a tumble whilst practicing against Tommy Robredo. At the US Open Coutelot made his best appearance by reaching the first round before losing in straight sets to defending champion and World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt.
Coutelot again reached the third round of the French Open when he bundled out David Nalbandian in five sets, despite being two sets to love up, before winning the final set.
His career-high singles ranking was World No. 87.
Drugs suspension Coutelot was suspended for two months in 2004 after he tested positive for cannabis when attempting to qualify for the Movistar Open.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 19 (12–7) LegendATP Challenger (3–3)ITF Futures (9–4)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (12–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1France F1, GrasseFuturesClay Filip Dewulf2–6, 2–6Loss0–2France F2, AngersFuturesClay Norbert Mazany4–6, 6–7(9–11)Loss0–3France F3, FeucherollesFuturesClay Charles Auffray4–6, 4–6Win1–3Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Martín Rodríguez6–3, ret. Win2–3Aschaffenburg, GermanyChallengerClay Luis Horna6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–1 Loss2–4Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Christophe Rochus7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6 Loss2–5Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Juan Ignacio Chela1–6, 3–6 Loss2–6Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Konstantinos Economidis6–7(4–7), 1–6 Win3–6Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Guillermo García López5–7, 7–5, 6–2Loss3–7Spain F7, CartagenaFuturesClay Pablo Santos González0–6, 1–6Win4–7France F6, GrasseFuturesClay Arnaud Di Pasquale6–2, 6–2Win5–7Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Gvidas Sabeckis6–4, 6–3Win6–7Lithuania F2, VilniusFuturesClay Juho Paukku6–2, 6–1Win7–7Spain F5, MurciaFuturesClay Miguel Ángel López Jaén6–4, 6–2Win8–7Spain F6, Torre-PachecoFuturesClay Adam Chadaj6–3, 6–2Win9–7France F7, GrasseFuturesClay Diego Veronelli6–3, 3–6, 6–3Win10–7France F8, BloisFuturesClay Nicolas Renavand7–6(7–5), 6–3Win11–7France F9, ToulonFuturesClay Stéphane Robert6–4, 6–4Win12–7France F10, MontaubanFuturesClay Nicolas Renavand6–3, 6–2
Doubles: 3 (1–2) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Belgium F1, Louvain-la-NeuveFuturesClay Johann Potron Christophe Rochus Olivier Rochus6–3, 2–6, 6–2Loss1–1France F1, GrasseFuturesClay Arnaud Fontaine Juan Gisbert-Schultze Marcos Roy-Girardi4–6, 4–6Loss1–2France F3, FeucherollesFuturesClay Leonardo Olguín Olivier Rochus Réginald Willems1–6, 2–6
Performance Timeline
Singles Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ1Q3Q1Q2AAAA0 / 00–0French OpenQ2AQ13R2R3RQ1AAAA0 / 35–3WimbledonAAQ1Q11RAQ1AAAA0 / 10–1US OpenAAQ2Q11RAAAAAQ20 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–02–11–32–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 55–5ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAAQ1AAAAAAA0 / 00–0Monte CarloAAAA2RQ2AAAAA0 / 11–1RomeAAAAQ2AAAAAA0 / 00–0CincinnatiAAQ2AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–10–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 11–1
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