Clément Morel (born 16 July 1984) is a French–Monegasque former professional tennis player.
Career Morel was the junior champion at the 2002 Australian Open. He defeated countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals, then won the title with a win over Todd Reid in the final. In the juniors event at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships, Morel lost in the second round to Ryan Henry, with a final set scoreline of 24–26, which was a tournament record.
He took part in qualifying for the 2004 French Open and also appeared in an ATP Challenger tournament in Grenoble that year, but otherwise played on the Futures circuit. His two Futures titles came in South Africa in 2006 and the other a 2008 tournament in Belgium.
In 2008 he switched nationalities and began representing the Monaco Davis Cup team. He played two matches, the first was a win over Algerian Slimane Saoudi in 2008 and the other a loss to Finland's Henri Laaksonen the following year.
Clément Morel continued his studies at EM Lyon Business School
Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin2002Australian OpenHard Todd Reid6–4, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 8 (2–6) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (2–6)Finals by surfaceHard (1–5)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Jamaica F9, Montego BayFuturesHard Gilles Simon3–6, 2–6Loss0–2Israel F2, RaananaFuturesHard Andy Ram3–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss0–3Botswana F1, GaboroneFuturesHard Talal Ouahabi6–4, 6–7(6–8), 3–6Win1–3South Africa F1, PretoriaFuturesHard Pieter Calitz6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–1Loss1–4Portugal F2, LagosFuturesHard Peter Wessels3–6, 2–6Loss1–5Georgia F1, TbilisiFuturesHard Lado Chikhladze6–7(5–7), 4–6Win2–5Belgium F1, EupenFuturesClay Romano Frantzen7–5, 2–6, 6–1Loss2–6Belgium F2, KoksijdeFuturesClay Rabie Chaki4–6, 3–6
Doubles: 11 (5–6) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (5–6)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (4–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1France F2, AngersFuturesClay Laurent Recouderc Nicolas Mahut Edouard Roger-Vasselin1–6, 6–7(0–7)Loss0–2Jamaica F9, Montego BayFuturesHard Gilles Simon Dustin Brown Ryan Russell6–7(4–7), 2–6Win1–2Iran F1, TehranFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret Sarvar Ikramov Murad Inoyatov6–1, 6–1Loss1–3Iran F2, TehranFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret Charles Roche Xavier Audouy4–6, 1–6Loss1–4Lebanon F2, BeirutFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret Patrick Chucri Alexander Hartman7–6(7–3), 6–7(2–7), 0–1 ret.Win2–4Iran F1, TehranFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret Asim Shafik Aqeel Khan6–2, 7–5Win3–4Israel F2, RaananaFuturesHard Benjamin Balleret Ishay Hadash Predrag Rusevski6–2, 4–6, 6–3Win4–4South Africa F1, PretoriaFuturesHard Philippe de Bonnevie Wesley Baptiste Rikus De Villiers6–3, 7–6(8–6)Win5–4Iran F2, TehranFuturesClay Charles Roche Syrym Abdukhalikov Sergey Betov6–3, 3–6, 6–3Loss5–5Georgia F2, TbilisiFuturesHard Charles Roche Syrym Abdukhalikov Sergey Betov0–2 ret.Loss5–6Poland F8, OpoleFuturesClay Benjamin Balleret Blazej Koniusz Mateusz Kowalczyk1–6, 1–6
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