Thierry Ascione (; born 17 January 1981) is an ATP tennis coach and a former professional player from France. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 81 in February 2004. Career Ascione turned pro in 2000. He played Roger Federer in the second round of Roland Garros 2007, saving five match points in the third set and holding two set points before eventually losing in straight sets.
He retired in September 2010 and was the tournament director of the defunct ATP Lyon Open, and later following its cancellation, currently director of the All In Open Challenger.
Coaching Since his retirement he coached the former World No. 3 WTA player, Elina Svitolina. He was also coach to former World No. 5 ATP player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and former World No.7 Richard Gasquet.
Since 2021 he coached Ugo Humbert (until 2022) and also Lucas Pouille (until 2024)
Trivia Began playing tennis at age eight with his older brother, Frédéric. His uncle was European boxing champion and another uncle was World military boxing champion. Was Marat Safin's last ATP match win after holding 3 match points at the 2009 BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, Bercy. He is the godfather of Julien Boutter's son, Oscar.
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament2001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA2RQ11RQ11RQ2Q20 / 31–3French OpenQ2Q21R1R1R1R2R1RQ3Q20 / 61–6WimbledonAAQ11RQ1AQ21RAQ10 / 20–2US OpenAAQ11RQ1A1RQ3AA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–11–40–10–21–20–30–00–00 / 132–13ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAA1RQ1Q1AAAA0 / 10–1MiamiAAA3RQ1AAAAA0 / 12–1Monte CarloAAA1R2RQ1AQ1AA0 / 21–2HamburgAAA1RQ2Q1AANMS0 / 10–1Canada MastersAAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0CincinnatiAAAQ2AAAAAA0 / 00–-0Paris MastersAA2RQ2AQ1AA1RA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–00–01–12–41–10–00–00–00–10–00 / 74–7
Doubles Tournament200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1French Open1R2R1R1R1R1R1RA3R0 / 83–8WimbledonAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0US OpenAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–11–10–10–10–20–10–10–02–10 / 93–9
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 18 (11–7) LegendATP Challenger (8–5)ITF Futures (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (8–1)Clay (3–4)Grass (0–9)Carpet (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1France F13, Aix-Les-BainsFuturesClay Florent Serra2–6, 3–6Win1–1France F14, ValescureFuturesHard Julien Couly6–4, 2–6, 6–2Win2–1Spain F22, OrenseFuturesHard Roko KaranusicwalkoverWin3–1Andrézieux, FranceChallengerHard Karol Beck6–4, 6–2Loss3–2France F8, MelunFuturesCarpet Peter WesselswalkoverWin4–2Helsinki, FinlandChallengerClay Igor Andreev2–6, 6–1, 6–3Win5–2Andrézieux, FranceChallengerHard Stan Wawrinka6–1, 6–3Win6–2Reggio Emilia, ItalyChallengerClay Martin Vassallo Arguello6–3, 6–0Win7–2Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Brian Vahaly6–2, 6–3Win8–2France F3, BressuireFuturesHard Daniel Munoz De La Nava6–2, 7–6(7–5)Win9–2Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Victor Crivoi6–3, 6–3Loss9–3Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Michael Lammer6–1, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss9–4Mantova, ItalyChallengerClay Alessio Di Mauro5–7, 6–7(6–8)Win10–4Andrézieux, FranceChallengerHard Jose Acasuso7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–2Win11–4Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Kristian Pless7–5, 7–6(7–5) Loss11–5Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Arnaud Clément2–6, 4–6Loss11–6Vigo, SpainChallengerClay Thiemo de Bakker4–6, 6–4, 2–6Loss11–7Rennes, FranceChallengerCarpet Alejandro Falla3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 9 (4–5) LegendATP Challenger (2–1)ITF Futures (2–4)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (3–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1France F8, Aix les BainsFuturesClay Marc-Olivier Baron Julien Cassaigne Nicolas Mahut3–6, 6–7Win1–1France F2, AngersFuturesClay Stephane Huet Oscar Hernandez Perez German Puentes-Alcaniz4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2Win2–1Greece F1, SyrosFuturesHard Florent Serra Karol Beck Michal Mertinak3–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss2–2France F20, Saint DizierFuturesHard Stephane Huet Jan Mertl Pavel Riha4–6, 4–6Loss2–3Spain F21, Ponte VedraFuturesClay Thomas Oger Carlos Martinez-Comet German Puentes-Alcaniz2–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss2–4France F1, GrasseFuturesClay Jerome Haehnel Nicolas Mahut Edouard Roger-Vasselin3–6, 6–1, 2–6Win3–4Aix-en-Provence, FranceChallengerClay Jean-Francois Bachelot Federico Browne Rogier Wassen6–4, 5–7, 6–4Win4–4Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Edouard Roger-Vasselin Lauri Kiiski Tero Vilen5–7, 6–2, [12–10]Loss4–5Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Edouard Roger-Vasselin Alex Kuznetsov Phillip Simmonds6–7(5–7), 3–6
References
External links
Ascione world ranking history