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Stéphane Simian

{{short description|French tennis player}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Stéphane Simian

|image =

|country = {{flagu|France}}

|residence = Lyon, France

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|6|8}}

|birth_place = Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon, France

|height = {{height|m=1.93}}

|turnedpro = 1991

|retired = 1998

|plays = Left-handed

|careerprizemoney = $796,223

|singlesrecord = 45–80

|singlestitles = 0
2 Challenger, 0 Futures

|highestsinglesranking = No. 41 (19 July 1993)

|AustralianOpenresult = 3R (1993)

|FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1997)

|Wimbledonresult = 2R (1993)

|USOpenresult = 3R (1991)

|doublesrecord = 31–48

|doublestitles = 2
5 Challenger, 0 Futures

|highestdoublesranking = No. 56 (7 November 1994)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1994)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1994)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1994)

|USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1994)

|FrenchOpenMixedresult = 1R (1992, 1993)

|updated = 2 December 2021

}}

Stéphane Simian ({{IPA|fr|stefan simjɑ̃|lang}}; born 8 June 1967) is a former professional tennis player from France. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 41 in 1993{{cite web |last1=Michaelis |first1=Vicki |title=Former PBCC player Simian upsets Masur |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93077411/former-pbcc-player-simian-upsets-masur/ |website=The Palm Beach Post |access-date=21 January 2022 |pages=31 |date=10 May 1994}} and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 56 in 1994.

ATP career finals

=Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)=

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|Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)

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|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

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|ATP Masters Series (0–0)

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|ATP Championship Series (0–0)

ATP World Series (0–2)

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Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

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!Finals by setting

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Indoors (0–0)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|1992 Tel Aviv Open – Singles

|Tel Aviv, Israel

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Tarango

|6–4, 3–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–2

|1996 Continental Championships – Singles

|Rosmalen, Netherlands

|World Series

|Grass

|{{flagicon|USA}} Richey Reneberg

|4–6, 0–6

=Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)=

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!Legend

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|Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)

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|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

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|ATP Masters Series (0–0)

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|ATP Championship Series (0–0)

ATP World Series (2–1)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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!Finals by setting

Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|1994 Qatar Open – Doubles

|Doha, Qatar

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Delaître

|{{flagicon|USA}} Shelby Cannon
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Byron Talbot

|6–3, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–0

|1994 KAL Cup Korea Open – Doubles

|Seoul, South Korea

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kenny Thorne

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kent Kinnear
{{flagicon|CAN}} Sébastien Lareau

|6–4, 3–6, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–1

|1994 International Tennis Championships – Doubles

|Coral Springs, United States

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ken Flach

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Lan Bale
{{flagicon|NZL}} Brett Steven

|3–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

=Singles: 6 (2–4)=

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|ATP Challenger (2–4)

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|ITF Futures (0–0)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (1–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Jul 1991}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|New Haven, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Alex O'Brien

|4–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|Aug 1992}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Istanbul, Turkey

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Henrik Holm

|6–7, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–2

|{{dts|Feb 1993}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Rennes, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Nicklas Kulti

|6–4, 7–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–3

|{{dts|Apr 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Sliema, Malta

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|MAR}} Hicham Arazi

|7–6, 6–7, 0–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–3

|{{dts|Apr 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Fergana, Uzbekistan

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ISR}} Noam Behr

|7–6, 7–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–4

|{{dts|May 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Andijan, Uzbekistan

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Grant Stafford

|2–6, 7–6, 4–6

=Doubles: 7 (5–2)=

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!Legend

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|ATP Challenger (5–2)

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|ITF Futures (0–0)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (3–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–1)

|}

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|{{dts|Aug 1992}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Istanbul, Turkey

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Bertrand Lemercier

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Roberto Saad
{{flagicon|BAH}} Roger Smith

|7–6, 7–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–0

|{{dts|Aug 1994}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Segovia, Spain

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Rodolphe Gilbert

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Casal
{{flagicon|ESP}} Emilio Sánchez

|6–4, 3–6, 7–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–0

|{{dts|Jul 1995}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Bristol, United Kingdom

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Grass

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Lionel Barthez

|{{flagicon|NED}} Sander Groen
{{flagicon|FRG}} Arne Thoms

|7–5, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|4–0

|{{dts|Sep 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Olbia, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Nicola Bruno

|{{flagicon|USA}} Geoff Grant
{{flagicon|VEN}} Maurice Ruah

|7–5, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5–0

|{{dts|Jan 1997}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Heilbronn, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Delaître

|{{flagicon|GER}} Patrick Baur
{{flagicon|RSA}} Clinton Ferreira

|6–7, 6–3, 7–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–1

|{{dts|Feb 1998}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Lübeck, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Tuomas Ketola

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Lorenzo Manta
{{flagicon|GBR}} Andrew Richardson

|6–7, 2–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–2

|{{dts|Mar 1998}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Cherbourg, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Philippe Fleurian

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Ardinghi
{{flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Bertolini

|3–6, 6–2, 4–6

Performance timelines

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

=Singles=

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!Tournament!!1991!!1992!!1993!!1994!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!SR!!W–L!!Win %

colspan=23 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

!0 / 3

!5–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=3|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

!0 / 5

!2–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

!0 / 3

!1–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=3|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

!0 / 3

!2–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=3|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!2–1

!0–1

!3–4

!2–3

!0–1

!0–2

!3–2

!0–0

!0 / 14

!10–14

!{{tennis win percentage|won=10|lost=14|integer=yes}}

colspan=23 align=left|ATP Masters Series
align=left|Monte Carlo

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

align=left|Canada

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Cincinnati

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|Paris

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

!0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–2

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–8

!0–0

!0 / 2

!0–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=2|integer=yes}}

=Doubles=

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!Tournament!!1991!!1992!!1993!!1994!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!SR!!W–L!!Win %

colspan=23 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

!0 / 6

!3–6

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=6|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 2

!1–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=2|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–1

!3–4

!0–1

!0–1

!1–2

!0–1

!0 / 10

!4–10

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=10|integer=yes}}

colspan=23 align=left|ATP Masters Series
align=left|Paris

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–1

!0–0

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{ATP}}
  • {{ITF}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simian, Stephane}}

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