Julien Benneteau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Julien Benneteau

French tennis player

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1981

Place of Birth: Bourg-en-Bresse, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (French pronunciation: ?[?ylj?~ b?nto]; born 20 December 1981) is a retired French retired professional tennis player.
His career-high singles ranking is ATP world no.
25, which he reached in November 2014.
He formerly resided in Boulogne-Billancourt and now lives in Geneva.
Benneteau has not won a singles title, finishing as runner-up in ten ATP tournaments (holding match point in the 2013 Kuala Lumpur final).
He reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open and the semifinals of the 2014 Cincinnati Masters and 2017 Paris Masters (the latter as a wildcard). Benneteau has also had success in doubles, winning the bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2012 London Olympics (partnering Richard Gasquet) and the 2014 French Open men's doubles title with fellow Frenchman Édouard Roger-Vasselin, thus becoming the first team from France to win the men's doubles discipline in 30 years (after Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte did it in 1984).
He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world no.
5 in November 2014. Benneteau retired from professional tennis after the 2018 US Open.
However, due to an injury crisis he was asked by captain Yannik Noah to represent France in the Davis Cup semi-final in September 2018 against Spain.
Benneteau teamed up with Nicolas Mahut to secure a decisive victory that took France to an unassailable 3-0 lead against Spain and into the final of the 2018 Davis Cup.