Florent Lucien Serra (; born 28 February 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. A right-hander, he won two ATP titles during his career and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 36 in June 2006.
Career Early life and junior career
Serra was born in Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, in 1981 to Jean-Luc and Martine. He started playing tennis at the age of seven at a tennis club in Bordeaux after his father got him involved.Profile at atpworldtour.com After completing his A-level equivalent (the French "bac") with a major in economics at 18, Serra left Bordeaux for Paris, to train under the national training program at Roland Garros. As a result of playing minimal junior tournaments, his career high junior ranking was no. 437 on 31 December 1999.Junior profile at itftennis.com He turned pro in 2000.
Professional career
From 2000 to 2002, he reached six Futures finals, winning one of them, along with reaching his first Challenger final. He made his debut on the ATP Tour in 2003. In 2005 he had his most successful year, winning three out of four Challenger finals, and his first ATP tour title, in Bucharest. He won his second title the following year in Adelaide. In 2009, he was a runner-up in Casablanca.Results at itftennis.com He has been coached by Pierre Cherret since he was a junior player, and his fitness trainer is Paul Quetin. Serra reached the 2nd round of Wimbledon 2012, losing to Kei Nishikori, 3–6, 5–7, 2–6.
Personal
His mother works as a secretary in Bordeaux, while Serra himself lives in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Bucharest, RomaniaInternational SeriesClay Igor Andreev6–3, 6–4Win2–0Adelaide, AustraliaInternational SeriesHard Xavier Malisse6–3, 6–4Loss2–1Casablanca, Morocco250 SeriesClay Juan Carlos Ferrero4–6, 5–7
Doubles: 1 (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 International Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Gstaad, SwitzerlandInternational SeriesClay Marc Gicquel František Čermák Pavel Vízner5–7, 7–5, [7–10]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 13 (4–9) LegendATP Challenger (3–4)ITF Futures (1–5)Finals by surfaceHard (0–3)Clay (4–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1France F1, GrasseFuturesClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo7–5, 2–6, 2–6Loss0-2France F11, Bourg-en-BresseFuturesClay Slimane Saoudi2–6, 6–7(7–9)Win1-2France F13, Aix-les-BainsFuturesClay Thierry Ascione6–2, 6–3Loss1-3France F16, MulhouseFuturesHard Arnaud Fontaine6–3, 3–6, 5–7Loss1-4Hilversum, NetherlandsChallengerClay Tomáš Zíb6–7(3–7), 1–6Loss1-5Netherlands F2, Alphen aan den RijnFuturesClay Óscar Hernández Perez4–6, 3–6Loss1-6France F22, La Roche-sur-YonFuturesHard Jean-François Bachelot6–7(7–9), 6–7(5–7)Win2-6Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay Flávio Saretta6–1, 6–4Loss2-7Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Olivier Patience6–7(4–7), 5–7Win3-7Rimoni, ItalyChallengerClay Iván Navarro6–3, 6–1Win4-7Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Albert Montañés6–4, 6–3Loss4-8Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Evgeny Korolev4–6, 3–6Loss4-9Reunion Island, ReunionChallengerHard Robin Haase6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Doubles: 3 (1–2) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1France F9, ToulonFuturesClay Christophe De Veaux Julien Cuaz Olivier Patience3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Spain F15, MaspalomasFuturesClay Fabrice Betencourt Didac Perez-Minarro Ferran Ventura-Martell5–6 ret.Win1–2Greece F1, SyrosFuturesHard Thierry Ascione Karol Beck Michal Mertiňák3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament2001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ1Q12R2R2R2R2R3R1R2RQ30 / 85–8French OpenQ1Q1Q21R2R2R2R3R1R2R1R2R1R0 / 107–10WimbledonAQ2AQ3A1R2R2R1R2R1R2RQ20 / 74–7US OpenAQ1Q3Q32R1R2R2R2R2RA1R1R0 / 85–8Win–loss0–00–00–00–12–31–44–45–41–45–40–33–40–20 / 3321–33ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAQ11R2R1R1R2R2RAA0 / 63–6Miami MastersAAAAA3R3RA1R3R1RQ2Q10 / 56–5Monte Carlo MastersAAAAA2R1RA1R2RAAQ10 / 42–4Rome MastersAAAAA2RQ2A1RAAAA0 / 21–2HamburgAAAAA2R2RANot Masters Series0 / 22–2MadridNHAAAQ11RA1R2RAAAA0 / 31–3Canada MastersAAAA2R1RAA1RQ1AAA0 / 31–3Cincinnati MastersAAAAQ23RQ12R1RQ2AAA0 / 33–3Paris MastersAAAA1R1RA2RQ22RQ1Q2A0 / 42–4Shanghai MastersNot Masters SeriesA1RQ1AA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–27–94–42–41–75–51–20–00–00 / 3321–33
Doubles Tournament200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R2R2R1RAAAAAA0 / 42–4French Open1R1R1R1R1R1RAA1R3R1R1R0 / 102–10WimbledonAA1R2R1RAAAAAAA0 / 31–3US OpenAA1R3RA1RAAAAAA0 / 32–3Win–loss0–10–10–44–41–30–30–00–00–12–10–10–10 / 207–20ATP World Tour Masters 1000MiamiAA2RAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–01–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 11–1
References
External links
Serra Recent Match Results Serra World Ranking History