BenoÃ®t Paire

Benoît Paire ( born May 8, 1989 in Avignon ) is a French tennis player.

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Life and career

To 2009: Junior career and first experiences as a professional

Benoît Paire began at the age of five years, to play tennis. His four years older brother Thomas also plays tennis, but less successful.

In 2007, Benoit was able to win on the junior tour a few tournaments in the French room, and reached in June 2007 at the French Open the first knockout round. This was his last junior tournament, from now on he played only in the adult area. Already on his third Futures tournament in July 2007 he won his first title by defeating Eric Prodon, and thus got out of nowhere directly into the top 700 of the tennis world ranking. This was, however, first of all, the only major success.

In February 2008, Benoit Paire tried in Marseille for the first time, to qualify for an ATP tournament, but he failed in the second qualifying round of the top 100 players Mischa Zverev. A month later, he qualified in Saint- Brieuc for the first time for a Challenger tournament, but retired in the first round. Also, to qualify for the French Open in 2008, for which he received a wild card, he lost in the first round. The biggest success this year was in the finals in a Futures tournament in Italy.

The year 2009 began in Noumea with the first match win at a Challenger tournament. The next highlight of the year was the French Open, where Benoit Paire after victories over the top 200 players Giovanni Lapentti and Mikhail Jelgin reached the third qualifying round, where he retired against Fabio Fognini, however. In double Paire got together with Sébastien de Chaunac a wildcard for the main draw, but they were a chance against the eventual champions Lukáš Dlouhy and Leander Paes. Only two weeks after the French Open Benoît Paire won in Slovenia his second futures title. Later in the year he reached four other finals Future, which he, however, all of them lost. In the world rankings at the end he climbed up to rank 331

2010: Grand Slam debut and Challenger finals

In January 2010, Benoît Paire won his third Futures title in the U.S.. In March 2010 he reached three consecutive Futures tournaments in Portugal respectively the final, and won two more titles. Also on the Challenger Tour he was now successful: in Saint-Brieuc and Bordeaux he reached the quarter -finals. He impressed in Bordeaux the top 50 player Michaël Llodra, who then said of him: "He has this madness, which I like. You need players like him! " In qualifying for the French Open Paire reached, as last year the third round, and this time he was able to prevail against Dieter Kindl man and thus for the first time to reach the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. There, he defeated Olivier Rochus, although the first set, but ultimately lost in four sets. Also in double, he retired along with Jonathan Eysseric from in the first round. After failed qualifications in the lawn tournaments of Halle and Wimbledon reached Benoît Paire beginning of July 2010 in Arad first time the finals of a Challenger tournament. However, he lost in three sets against his compatriot David Guez. In August 2010, followed in San Sebastian the next challenger final, but again went Paire against Albert Ramos- Viñolas as losers from the square. Yet he was now advanced in the world ranking in the top 200. At the U.S. Open 2010, Benoît Paire could qualify for the second time for a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round he succeeded against Rainer Schuettler in five sets his first match win on the ATP level after shaker had been located in the deciding set 5-2 in front. In the second round he met on the set at position 23 Feliciano Lopez, and again it was a very tight match. But this time it was the other way around: Paire served for the fourth set at the level at 5:4 to win the second set, but lost the game, and then also the match. In October 2010, Benoît Paire was given a wildcard for the ATP tournament in Montpellier, but lost in the first round against John Isner. A week later he qualified by defeating the top 100 players Alejandro Falla for the main draw of the Valencia Open, retired there, but against Marcel Granollers again in the first round.

2011: Challenger titles and entry into the Top 100

In early 2011 Benoît Paire got a wild card for the Australian Open. He won his first round match against Flavio Cipolla clear the qualifiers in three sets, but then resigned in four sets against the set at position 17 Ivan Ljubičić from. In February 2011, Paire defeated at the ATP tournament in Rotterdam as a qualifier in the first round his compatriot Gilles Simon in three sets. This was his first victory over a Top 50 player. In the second round, but he lost then how about a month ago to eventual semi-finalists Ivan Ljubičić. For the following ATP tournament in Marseille Benoît Paire got a wild card, but there was a chance against the set at position 6 Jo -Wilfried Tsonga. Beginning of April reached Paire in Saint- Brieuc for the third time in his career a Challenger final, but again he went against Maxime Teixeira as losers from the square. Three weeks later Paire won against the set at position 11 Albert Montanes the first sentence in the second round of the ATP tournament in Barcelona, the match but still lost in three sets. After a semi-final at the Challenger tournament in Ostrava Benoît Paire early May, then rose for the first time into the top 100 in the world rankings. At the French Open warm-up tournament in Nice, he qualified for the main draw, but lost significantly against the eventual finalists Victor Hanescu. For the French Open Paire got a wild card, and met again in the first round on Hanescu. This time it was a closer match, but again went Hanescu after four sets win the game. Although he was now somewhat fallen back in the rankings, Benoit Paire was directly qualified for a Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon for the first time. There he met in the first round to the set at position 7 David Ferrer, whom he defeated in three tight sets. In July 2011, Paire reached in Stuttgart by defeating Yevgeny Donskoi the second round, but lost against Marcel Granollers. In August 2011, Benoît Paire retired after a Challenger semifinals in San Marino at the U.S. Open qualifier in the first round. Two weeks later he arrived in Brasov for the second time this season a Challenger final, where he met like half a year ago in Saint- Brieuc on his compatriot Maxime Teixeira. Paire was already back quickly with 0:4, but managed to improve and win the first set yet. In the second set then Teixeira gave up when the score was 0:3, which Paire won his first title. For the ATP tournament in Metz, he was then a wild, left there but in the second round to eventual semi-finalists Gilles Müller. In November 2011, Benoît Paire won in Salzburg by a final victory over Grega Zemlja his second Challenger title this season, making it to the Financial Statements secured a placement in the top 100 in the world rankings.

2012: First ATP Final

At the beginning of 2012 reached Benoît Paire at the ATP tournament in Auckland after a successful qualifying with victories over former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero and the Juan Ignacio Chela set at position 4 of the quarter-finals, but lost in a tight three- set match against eventual finalists Olivier Rochus. At the Australian Open, he retired in the first round against the set at position 21 Stanislas Wawrinka. In February 2012, Paire reached in each case the second round at the ATP tournaments in Buenos Aires and Acapulco. After a quarter finals in Casablanca in April 2012 Benoît Paire succeeded a month later in Belgrade, his biggest success: Among other things, by victories over the set at position 3 Jarkko Nieminen and the top-seeded Pablo Andujar he reached the final of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career, where he lost in straight sets against Andreas Seppi. At the French Open Paire reached by defeating Albert Ramos for the first time the second round, but retired there from against the eventual semi-finalists set at position 6 David Ferrer. When ATP grass tournament in 's- Hertogenbosch Paire reached the semifinals, where he lost again against Ferrer. Due to its recent success, he climbed in the world rankings to position 47