Julien Boutter

Julien Boutter (born 5 April 1974) is a former professional male tennis player from France.

Julien Boutter

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Arlon, Belgium
Born	(1974-04-05) 5 April 1974 (age 49) Boulay-Moselle, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,430,283
Singles
Career record	62–84 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 46 (20 May 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2001, 2002)
French Open	2R (1998, 2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
US Open	2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	51–54 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 26 (26 August 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2002)
French Open	3R (2000)
Wimbledon	3R (2002)
US Open	2R (2000, 2002)

Career

At the 2002 Australian Open, Boutter defeated No. 2 seed and former World No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten, despite being down two sets, 3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–3.

In his career, he won one singles title (2003 Casablanca) and reached the final in Milan (2001) but lost to Swiss Roger Federer. He reached two Master Series quarterfinals at Hamburg in 2002 and Monte Carlo in 2003. Boutter also reached the semi-finals of the 2002 Australian Open partnering fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clément, only to lose to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro 3–6, 6–3, 10–12. During the match, Boutter led an impromptu funeral ceremony for a bird inadvertently hit by Llodra as it was chasing a moth.^[1][2]

Career finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP International Series Gold (0–0) ATP International Series (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2001	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Roger Federer	4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 4–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2003	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	6–2, 2–6, 6–1

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP International Series Gold (0–0) ATP International Series (4–2)

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2000	Chennai, India	Hard	Christophe Rochus	Saurav Panja   Srinath Prahlad	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–0	Oct 2000	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Donald Johnson   Piet Norval	7–6^8, 4–6, 7–6^5
Win	3–0	Feb 2001	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Michael Hill   Jeff Tarango	7–6^7, 7–5
Win	4–0	Sep 2001	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Dominik Hrbatý	Marius Barnard   Jim Thomas	6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss	4–1	Jan 2002	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Max Mirnyi	Karsten Braasch   Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, ^56–7, [10–12]
Loss	4–2	Feb 2002	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Arnaud Clément   Nicolas Escudé	4–6, 3–6

Challengers and Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Legend (singles)

Challengers (3–2)

Futures (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	9 February 1998	Bergheim, Austria	Carpet (i)	Ivaylo Traykov	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	27 April 1998	Esslingen, Germany	Clay	Jordi Mas-Rodriguez	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	28 December 1998	Mumbai, India	Hard	Antony Dupuis	5–7, 6–7
Winner	1.	1 March 1999	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Antony Dupuis	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	14 June 1999	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	1–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	28 February 2000	Cherbourg, France	Hard (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	6–1, 6–0
Winner	3.	6 March 2000	Besançon, France	Hard (i)	Julian Knowle	6–4, 7–6^4

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

Legend

Challengers (2–1)

Futures (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	21 July 1997	Ostend, Belgium	Clay	Tarik Benhabiles	Kris Goossens   Tom Vanhoudt	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	9 February 1998	Bergheim, Austria	Carpet (i)	Jean-Michel Pequery	Markus Menzler   Markus Wislsperger	6–4, 1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	27 April 1998	Esslingen, Germany	Clay	Jean-René Lisnard	Federico Browne   Martín García	6–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	28 February 2000	Cherbourg, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Julien Benneteau   Nicolas Mahut	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	2.	6 March 2000	Besançon, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Stefano Pescosolido   Vincenzo Santopadre	6–4, ^66–7, 7–6^5

References

1. "Llodra gets the bird". 24 January 2002.
2. YouTube, a Google company. YouTube.

External links

• Julien Boutter at the Association of Tennis Professionals  
• Julien Boutter at the International Tennis Federation