Guillaume Rufin
Guillaume Rufin (born 26 May 1990 in Viriat, Canton Viriat ) is a French tennis player.
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Life and career
2005-2008: Success as a junior and first world ranking points
As a junior Guillaume Rufin won in the years 2005, 2006 and 2007, the French Championships of the respective age group. In addition, since 2006 he went to international junior tournaments, where he won in 2007 and 2008 several titles over the years. In addition, the junior world rankings, he rose by up to rank 6 since 2006 joined Guillaume Rufin at Future tournaments in the men's area. In April 2008, he was able to win a match and so gained his first world ranking points for the first time. At the French Open in 2008 he was given a wildcard for the qualifications, but failed already in the first qualifying round.
2009: Futures Tournament Win, Grand Slam debut and first Challenger title
In February 2009, Rufin won his first Futures title. In April 2009, followed the next title, followed by finals in May 2009. Subsequently he had at the French Open a wildcard for the main draw. There he was able to prevail in his first Grand Slam match one day before his 19th birthday smoothly in three sets against the top 100 player Eduardo Schwank before he retired in the second round against the set at position 24 Jürgen Melzer. In the following months Guillaume Rufin reached two more Futures finals, of which he was able to win one. In addition, he played now increasingly Tournaments ATP Challenger Tour, and this could reach two quarter- finals. In October 2009, then followed the high point of his career: When Challenger tournament in Florianópolis he defeated first the set at position 1 top 100 player Marcos Daniel, and then played in front without dropping a set until the final, where he faced in three sets Pere Riba won the title. Rufin ended the year ranked 171 in the world rankings, and thus had improved within a year by almost 900 places.
2010: First ATP quarter-final, injury worries
The year 2010 started for Guillaume Rufin with a successful qualifying at the Australian Open, followed by a first round defeat against Bernard Tomic. In February 2010, Rufin got for the ATP tournament in Marseille a wildcard, and could after beating Laurent Recouderc and Yannick Mertens reach the quarter- finals, where he lost narrowly to Mischa Zverev. In the world rankings, he reached then rank its 139 best ever placement, but then had to pause with a hip injury three months. At the French Open he could not qualify in singles, but got a double along with Alexandre Sidorenko a wildcard. After beating the set at position 13 Mardy Fish and Mark Knowles in the second round, they almost the sensation would be in the second round succeeded: Against the laws at position 2 Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic they could win the first set, but ultimately lost more in three sets to the eventual champions. The next highlight of the year were the U.S. Open, was given a wildcard for the Rufin. In the first round he defeated top 100 players Leonardo Mayer in four sets, but then lost in three tight sets against Paul -Henri Mathieu. In September 2010, Guillaume Rufin could qualify again for an ATP tournament in Bucharest, but had no chance against Jérémy Chardy in the first round. On the Challenger Tour he could not win a title this year; his best result was a semi-final. In December 2010 Guillaume Rufin had to have surgery on the hip due to persistent problems, and therefore fell for an extended period.
2011: Comeback
In March 2011, Guillaume Rufin celebrated at a Futures tournament in Spain after more than four months of his comeback. In April 2011 he won in Chile two consecutive futures title. When ATP tournament in Nice Rufin succeeded in May 2011, the qualification, but he left in the first round against Pere Riba from. For the French Open, he got like two years before a wildcard, and won his first round match against the top 100 player Adrian Mannarino smooth in three sets. In the second round he was able to win against the set at position 9 later quarter-finalists Gaël Monfils a set, but ultimately lost the match in four sets. At Wimbledon, he was parted exactly like at the U.S. Open in qualifying. Otherwise, he played in the rest of the year almost exclusively Challenger tournaments as well as a Futures tournament, which he won.
After he was re- excreted in the Australian Open 2012 in the qualification, Guillaume Rufin got for the ATP tournament in Montpellier beginning of February 2012 a wildcard. After a first round victory over Vasek Pospisil Rufin won in the second round in straight sets against the set at position 5 Feliciano López. In the quarterfinals, he met his set at position 2 compatriot Gilles Simon, he retired against the three fought sets. However, since October 2010, he went after this success the first time into the top 200 in the world rankings.