Nicolas Coutelot

Nicolas Coutelot (French: [nikɔla kut(ə)lo]; born 9 February 1977) is a retired professional male tennis player from France who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 87 in May 2002. He also failed a drugs test in 2004 and was suspended for two months (cannabis).^[1]

Nicolas Coutelot

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Garches, France
Born	(1977-02-09) 9 February 1977 (age 48) Strasbourg, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$390,290
Singles
Career record	13–19
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 87 (13 May 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2002)
French Open	3R (2001, 2003)
Wimbledon	1R (2002)
US Open	1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	1–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 306 (10 July 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2002)
Last updated on: 13 December 2022.

1996–2004

At the 2001 French Open Coutelot caused a major upset when he knocked out former World No. 1 Marcelo Ríos in straight sets in the second round.^[2] But he lost a five set battle to Wayne Arthurs in the next round.^[2] In 2002 at the French Open Coutelot caused controversy when he claimed that Juan Carlos Ferrero had feigned injury, after he lost their second round encounter in the final set. However, Ferrero really was injured as he took a tumble whilst practicing against Tommy Robredo.^[3] At the US Open Coutelot made his best appearance by reaching the first round before losing in straight sets to defending champion and World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt.^[4]

Coutelot again reached the third round of the French Open when he bundled out David Nalbandian in five sets, despite being two sets to love up, before winning the final set.^[5]

His career-high singles ranking was World No. 87.

Drugs suspension

Coutelot was suspended for two months in 2004 after he tested positive for cannabis when attempting to qualify for the Movistar Open.^[1]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (12–7)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–3) ITF Futures (9–4)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (12–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2000	France F1, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Filip Dewulf	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2000	France F2, Angers	Futures	Clay	Norbert Mazany	4–6, 6–7(9–11)
Loss	0–3	Jan 2000	France F3, Feucherolles	Futures	Clay	Charles Auffray	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–3	Jul 2000	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	6–3, ret.
Win	2–3	Sep 2000	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Luis Horna	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–4	Jul 2001	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Christophe Rochus	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Sep 2001	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2–6	Oct 2001	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Konstantinos Economidis	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win	3–6	May 2004	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Guillermo García López	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	3–7	Feb 2006	Spain F7, Cartagena	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos González	0–6, 1–6
Win	4–7	Apr 2006	France F6, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Arnaud Di Pasquale	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–7	Aug 2007	Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	Gvidas Sabeckis	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–7	Aug 2007	Lithuania F2, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	Juho Paukku	6–2, 6–1
Win	7–7	Feb 2008	Spain F5, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Miguel Ángel López Jaén	6–4, 6–2
Win	8–7	Feb 2008	Spain F6, Torre-Pacheco	Futures	Clay	Adam Chadaj	6–3, 6–2
Win	9–7	Apr 2008	France F7, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Diego Veronelli	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	10–7	Jun 2008	France F8, Blois	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Renavand	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	11–7	Jun 2008	France F9, Toulon	Futures	Clay	Stéphane Robert	6–4, 6–4
Win	12–7	Jul 2008	France F10, Montauban	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Renavand	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1998	Belgium F1, Louvain-la-Neuve	Futures	Clay	Johann Potron	Christophe Rochus Olivier Rochus	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jan 2000	France F1, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Arnaud Fontaine	Juan Gisbert-Schultze Marcos Roy-Girardi	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Jan 2000	France F3, Feucherolles	Futures	Clay	Leonardo Olguín	Olivier Rochus Réginald Willems	1–6, 2–6

Performance Timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	Q2	A	Q1	3R	2R	3R	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	5–3	63%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	Q1	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	Q2	Q1	1R	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 5	5–5	50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	2R	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Rome	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	1–1	50%