Arnaud Benjamin Boetsch (born 1 April 1969) is a French former tennis player who turned professional in 1987. Known for his stylish single-handed backhand, he won 3 career titles, reaching his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 12 in April 1996.
Tennis career Boetsch reached the fourth round once in each of the four grand slams between 1991 and 1996, notably beating Richard Krajicek in five sets in his 1992 Wimbledon run (Krajicek would go on to win the title four years later).
Boetsch represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , where he was defeated in the second round by Spain's eventual Silver medal winner Sergi Bruguera .
He currently works as a tennis commentator for France Télévisions with Lionel Chamoulaud or François Brabant.
ATP career finals Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups) Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (3–7)
Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–6)
Finals by setting Outdoors (3–1) Indoors (0–6)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Oct 1991 Berlin , GermanyGrand Prix Carpet Petr Korda 3–6, 4–6 Loss 0–2 Oct 1992 Bolzano , ItalyWorld Series Carpet Thomas Enqvist 2–6, 6–1, 6–7(7–9) Win 1–2 Jan 1993 Rosmalen , NetherlandsWorld Series Grass Wally Masur 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 Win 2–2 Oct 1993 Toulouse , FranceWorld Series Hard Cédric Pioline 7–6(7–5) , 3–6, 6–3 Loss 2–3 Feb 1994 Marseille , FranceWorld Series Carpet Marc Rosset 6–7(6–8) , 6–7(4–7) Loss 2–4 Oct 1994 Ostrava , Czech RepublicWorld Series Carpet MaliVai Washington 6–4, 3–6, 3–6 Loss 2–5 Jan 1995 Adelaide , AustraliaWorld Series Hard Jim Courier 2–6, 5–7 Win 3–5 Oct 1995 Toulouse , FranceWorld Series Hard Jim Courier 6–4, 6–7(5–7) , 6–0 Loss 3–6 Nov 1995 Stockholm , SwedenInternational Series Carpet Thomas Enqvist 5–7, 4–6 Loss 3–7 Oct 1996 Lyon , FranceWorld Series Carpet Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5–7, 3–6
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up) Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (2–3)
Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting Outdoors (0–3) Indoors (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Sep 1991 Bordeaux , FranceWorld Series Hard Guy Forget Patrik Kühnen Alexander Mronz 6–2, 6–2 Loss 1–1 Sep 1992 Bordeaux , FranceWorld Series Clay Guy Forget Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 1–6, 4–6 Win 2–1 Feb 1993 Marseille , FranceWorld Series Carpet Olivier Delaître Ivan Lendl Christo van Rensburg 6–3, 7–6 Loss 2–2 Aug 1993 Long Island , United StatesWorld Series Hard Olivier Delaître Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil 7–6, 5–7, 2–6 Loss 2–3 Jul 1995 Gstaad , SwitzerlandWorld Series Clay Marc Rosset Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez 7–6, 6–7, 6–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)
Doubles: 2 (0–2) Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)
Performance timelines (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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