Arnaud Benjamin Boetsch (; born 1 April 1969) is a French former tennis player who turned professional in 1987. Known for his stylish single-handed backhand, he won three career titles, reaching his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 12 in April 1996.
Tennis career Boetsch reached the fourth round once in each of the four grand slams between 1991 and 1996, notably beating Richard Krajicek in five sets in his 1992 Wimbledon run (Krajicek would go on to win the title four years later).
Boetsch represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the second round by Spain's eventual Silver medal winner Sergi Bruguera.
He currently works as a tennis commentator for France Télévisions with Lionel Chamoulaud or François Brabant.
ATP career finals
Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups) 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 (3–7)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–6)Finals by settingOutdoors (3–1)Indoors (0–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Berlin, GermanyGrand PrixCarpet Petr Korda3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Bolzano, ItalyWorld SeriesCarpet Thomas Enqvist2–6, 6–1, 6–7(7–9)Win1–2Rosmalen, NetherlandsWorld SeriesGrass Wally Masur3–6, 6–3, 6–3Win2–2Toulouse, FranceWorld SeriesHard (i) Cédric Pioline7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3Loss2–3Marseille, FranceWorld SeriesCarpet Marc Rosset6–7(6–8), 6–7(4–7)Loss2–4Ostrava, Czech RepublicWorld SeriesCarpet MaliVai Washington6–4, 3–6, 3–6Loss2–5Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Jim Courier2–6, 5–7Win3–5Toulouse, FranceWorld SeriesHard (i) Jim Courier6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–0Loss3–6Stockholm, SwedenInternational SeriesCarpet Thomas Enqvist5–7, 4–6Loss3–7Lyon, FranceWorld SeriesCarpet Yevgeny Kafelnikov5–7, 3–6
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-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 (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–3)Indoors (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Bordeaux, FranceWorld SeriesHard Guy Forget Patrik Kühnen Alexander Mronz6–2, 6–2Loss1–1Bordeaux, FranceWorld SeriesClay Guy Forget Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez1–6, 4–6Win2–1Marseille, FranceWorld SeriesCarpet Olivier Delaître Ivan Lendl Christo van Rensburg6–3, 7–6Loss2–2Long Island, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Olivier Delaître Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil7–6, 5–7, 2–6Loss2–3Gstaad, SwitzerlandWorld SeriesClay Marc Rosset Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez7–6, 6–7, 6–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 2 (0–2) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Gilad Bloom4–6, 1–6Loss0-2Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Christian Saceanu3–6, 7–6, 1–6
Doubles: 2 (0–2) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Slava Doseděl Peter Ballauff Ugo Pigato4–6, 3–6Loss0–2Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Peter Nyborg Andrei Olhovskiy Olli Rahnasto5–7, 4–6
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAQ12R4R2R1R2R3R1RA0 / 78–7French OpenAA1R2R2R3R4R1R1R3R3R2R3RA2R0 / 1215–12WimbledonQ1AQ2AQ2Q33R4R3R1R3R1R1RAA0 / 79–7US OpenAAAAAA3R3R3R1R1R4R2RQ1A0 / 710–7Win–loss0–00–00–11–11–12–17–36–47–43–44–45–45–40–11–10- / 3342–33Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNot HeldANot HeldANot Held2RNot Held0- / 11–1ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAAA2R2R1R2R3RAAA0 / 55–5MiamiAAAA2RA2R2R3R2R1RSF3RAA0 / 89–8Monte CarloAAAAAAASF1R1R1R2R3RAA0 / 67–6HamburgAAAAAA2RAAA1R3R1RQ1A0 / 42–4RomeAAAAA1RA1R2R1R1R1R2RAA0 / 72–7CanadaAAAAAA1RAAA2R1R1RAA0 / 41–4CincinnatiAAAAAAAAAA1RA1RAA0 / 20–2StuttgartAAAAAAAAAAA2RAAA0 / 11–1ParisAAAAAA3R3RSF2R2RQFAAA0 / 613–6Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–10–14–48–57–51–53–812–84–60–00–00- / 4340–43
Doubles Tournament1987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1French Open2R2R2R1R2R1R1R1RQF1R1RA1R0 / 127–12WimbledonQ1AQ21RQ32R3RAAAAAA0 / 33–3US OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss1–11–11–10–21–11–22–20–13–20–10–10–00–10 / 1610–16Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNHANot HeldANot Held1RNot Held0 / 10–1ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1MiamiAA3RAAA1R2R1R1RAAA0 / 53–5Monte CarloAAAAA1RAQFQ11R2RAA0 / 43–4HamburgAAAA2RAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1RomeAAAAAAQ1AA1RQ1AA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1ParisAAAA1RQF1RAA1RAAA0 / 43–4Win–loss0–00–02–10–01–23–20–23–20–20–51–10–00–00 / 1710–17
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