Sébastien Grosjean
Country	France
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Date of birth	May 29, 1978 (1978-05-29) (age 30)
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	72 kg (160 lb/11.3 st)
Turned pro	1996
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$7,880,096
Singles
Career record:	336–227
Career titles:	4
Highest ranking:	No. 4 (October 28, 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (2001)
French Open	SF (2001)
Wimbledon	SF (2003, 2004)
US Open	3rd (2000, 2005, 2007)
Doubles
Career record:	76–91
Career titles:	5
Highest ranking:	No. 52 (April 12, 2004)
Infobox last updated on: January 29, 2008.

Sébastien René Grosjean (pronounced: GROH-zhahn) (born May 29, 1978, Marseille, France) is a professional tennis player from France. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 (achieved on October 28, 2002).

Career

Grosjean joined the professional tour in 1996. In 2003 and 2004 he reached the final of the Queen's London Tournament. In the same two years, he also reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon. He finished 2001 as the No. 1 player from his country and for the first time in the top 10 becoming the first Frenchman to finish a year in the top 10 since Cédric Pioline in 1993. In 2001, Grosjean won the Davis Cup with the French team.

Grosjean is known for his extreme forehand, his best shot, he utilizes some what of an extreme western grip, which is hit at high velocities. He has appeared in four Grand Slam semifinal matches. As well as his two Wimbledon runs, he also reached the French Open semi-finals in 2001. His most famous chance was at the 2001 Australian Open against Arnaud Clément. Grosjean led two sets to love and had a match point in the fourth set before Clément prevailed. This was long considered the worst 'choke' in five-set history, until the 2004 French Open final.

He won his fourth singles title at the 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, with a 7–6 (5), 6–4 victory over countryman Marc Gicquel. He also won the doubles final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (who Grosjean beat in the singles semifinals), entering the tournament as a wildcard team where they upset the first and third seeds. They beat Łukasz Kubot and Lovro Zovko 6–4, 6–3 in the final, and the Kubot-Zovko team was the only team that was not all-French.

Considered one of the more popular players on the circuit, he is lauded for his attractive, graceful style and classical skills. He is affectionately nicknamed 'Big John' by fans, a literal translation of his surname into English.

Grosjean married his wife Marie-Pierre on November 16, 1998 and has a daughter named Lola (born 11 October 1998), a son named Tom (2002) and a daughter named Sam (2006). The family currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida, United States, where Grosjean trains at the Evert Tennis Academy.

Tennis Masters Cup singles finals

Runner-ups (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2001	Sydney	Lleyton Hewitt	6–3, 6–3, 6–4

Masters Series finals

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2001	Paris	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6(3), 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–4

Runner-ups (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1999	Key Biscayne	Richard Krajicek	6–4, 1–6, 2–6, 5–7

ATP Tour titles (8)

Singles

Wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	25 June 2000	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Byron Black	7–6, 6–3
2.	4 November 2001	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6, 6–1, 6–7, 6–4
3.	27 October 2002	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Mikhail Youzhny	7–5, 6–4
4.	28 October 2007	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Marc Gicquel	7–6(5), 6–4

Grosjean at the 2007 Australian Open.

Runner-ups (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	29 March 1999	Key Biscayne, U.S.	Hard	Richard Krajicek	6–4, 1–6, 2–6, 5–7
2.	3 May 1999	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Stefan Koubek	1–6, 2–6
3.	17 April 2000	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Fernando Vicente	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
4.	19 February 2001	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7, 2–6
5.	12 November 2001	Tennis Masters Cup, Sydney	Hard (i)	Lleyton Hewitt	3–6, 3–6, 4–6
6.	16 June 2003	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Andy Roddick	3–6, 3–6
7.	6 October 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	6–7, 2–6
8.	14 June 2004	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Andy Roddick	6–7, 4–6
9.	25 April 2005	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Andy Roddick	2–6, 2–6

Doubles

Wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	April 10, 2000	Casablanca	Clay	Arnaud Clément	Lars Burgsmüller Andrew Painter	7–6 (4), 6–4
2.	July 22, 2002	Los Angeles, California	Hard	Nicolas Kiefer	Justin Gimelstob Michaël Llodra	6–4, 6–4
3.	February 10, 2003	Marseille	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	6–1, 6–4
4.	March 8, 2004	Indian Wells, California	Hard	Arnaud Clément	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
5.	October 22, 2007	Lyon	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Łukasz Kubot Lovro Zovko	6–4, 6–3

External links

• Sébastien Grosjean at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Grosjean Recent Match Results
• Grosjean World Ranking History