Cédric Pioline is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997

1997 Wimbledon Championships

The 1997 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England...

. On both occasions, he was beaten by Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....

 in straight sets.

Pioline's highest singles world ranking was fifth, achieved in 2000.

Pioline won five singles titles in his career, the biggest at the ATP Masters Series

ATP Masters Series

The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America...

 event in Monte Carlo in 2000 – his last ever final on the professional tour. In addition to his finals appearances at the US Open and Wimbledon, he reached 10 other singles finals, including at Monte Carlo in 1993 and 1998. Pioline also competed for France in Davis Cup

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

, winning the cup in 1996 and 2001. After retiring from tennis, he became a tennis administrator. As of October 2008, he is the tournament director of the ATP Masters Series event in Paris

Paris Masters

The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour...

 and plays on the senior ATP tour.

Personal

Cédric grew up in a family of athletes. His native Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n mother, Adriana, born in Câmpina

Câmpina

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, was a volleyball player; she was part of the Romanian national team at 1956 Volleyball World Championships Finals

1956 FIVB Women's World Championship

The 1956 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the second edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Paris, France from August 30 to September 12, 1956.-Teams:Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D...

, but her team lost in the finals against the Soviet Union, and took home the silver medal. His father, Maurice, also a professional volleyball player, who met his mother while at a volleyball match in Paris; they started dating, and later they married. The couple had two sons: Denis, who was their first child; and, three years later, Cédric.

Cédric is married to Mireille Bercot; the couple have a son, Andrea (born 14 March 1993).

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1993	US Open	Hard	Pete Sampras Pete Sampras Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1997 1997 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Richard Krajicek was the defending champion, but he was defeated by home player Tim Henman in the fourth round.Pete Sampras won the title, defeating Frenchman Cédric Pioline in the final, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4.-Seeds:# Pete Sampras ...	Wimbledon	Grass	Pete Sampras	4–6, 2–6, 4–6

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1993	Monte Carlo	Clay	Sergi Bruguera Sergi Bruguera Sergi Bruguera i Torner is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.-Career:...	6–7(2–7), 0–6
Runner-up	1998 1998 Monte Carlo Open - Singles -Seeds:A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card* LL = Lucky Loser* ALT = Alternate...	Monte Carlo	Clay	Carlos Moyà Carlos Moyá Carlos Moya Llompart is a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...	3–6, 0–6, 5–7
Winner	2000 2000 Monte Carlo Masters - Singles -Seeds:A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card* LL = Lucky Loser* ALT = Alternate* SE = Special Exempt* PR = Protected Ranking...	Monte Carlo	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý Dominik Hrbatý Dominik Hrbatý is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia.-Personal life:Hrbatý was born on 4 January 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father was an architecture engineer and his younger brother is an umpire...	6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6)

Singles: 17 (5–12)

Legend Grand Slam (0–2) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (1–2) ATP Championship Series (1–1) ATP International Series (3–7)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–4) Grass (1–1) Clay (2–2) Carpet (1–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	26 October 1992	Lyon Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon The Open Sud de France is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, in October, from 1987 through to 2009, before being relocated to... , France	Carpet	Pete Sampras Pete Sampras Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	26 April 1993	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sergi Bruguera Sergi Bruguera Sergi Bruguera i Torner is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.-Career:...	6–7(2–7), 0–6
Runner-up	3.	13 September 1993	US Open, New York City, USA	Hard	Pete Sampras	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	11 October 1993	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Arnaud Boetsch Arnaud Boetsch Arnaud Boetsch is a former French tennis player who turned professional in 1987.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...	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	18 October 1993	Bolzano ATP Bolzano The ATP Bolzano was a men's tennis tournament played in Bolzano, Italy. The event was played as part of the ATP World Series of the ATP Tour in 1992 and 1993. It was played on indoor carpet courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*ATP Tour... , Italy	Carpet	Jonathan Stark Jonathan Stark Jonathan Stark is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles . Stark reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.-Early life:Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971...	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	25 October 1993	Lyon, France	Carpet	Pete Sampras	6–7(5–7), 6–1, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	29 August 1994	Long Island ATP Long Island The Volvo International – also known as the Pilot Pen International – is a defunct professional tennis tournament played on clay courts from 1973 to 1984 and on outdoor hard courts from 1985 to 1998. It was first held at the Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in the... , USA	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...	7–5, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	5 February 1996	Zagreb PBZ Zagreb Indoors PBZ Zagreb Indoors is a tennis event on the ATP Tour held in the Croatian capital of Zagreb. From 2009 it is part of the ATP 250 Series and offered 250 ranking points. The tournament is played on a fast and hard indoor surface and features both a men's singles and a men's doubles tournament.The... , Croatia	Carpet	Goran Ivanišević Goran Ivaniševic Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	19 February 1996	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Guy Forget Guy Forget Guy Forget is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.-Career:...	5–7, 4–6
Winner	1.	11 March 1996	Copenhagen Copenhagen Open The Copenhagen Open was a tournament on the ATP Tour, first held in 1973. It was competed again in 1976, before being discontinued. It was re-introduced in 1991 and was halted again in 2003. The only man to win it more than once was Magnus Gustafsson... , Denmark	Carpet	Kenneth Carlsen Kenneth Carlsen Kenneth Carlsen is a former Danish professional tennis player, who was active between 1992 and 2007. Carlsen played left-handed with a one-handed backhand. His greatest asset was his powerful serve, and his game was therefore best suited to fast surfaces...	6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Winner	2.	28 April 1997	Prague ATP Prague The Prague Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP affiliated tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1999. It was held in Prague in the Czech Republic and played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... , Czech Republic	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach Bohdan Ulihrach Bohdan Ulihrach is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Ulihrach turned professional in 1993. He won his first top-level singles title in July 1995 at Prague, where he defeated Javier Sánchez in the final...	6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	10.	7 July 1997	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... , London, United Kingdom	Grass	Pete Sampras	4–6, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	2 March 1998	London, United Kingdom	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	27 April 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Carlos Moyà Carlos Moyá Carlos Moya Llompart is a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...	3–6, 0–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	14 June 1999	Nottingham Nottingham Open The Slazenger Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain... , United Kingdom	Grass	Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...	6–3, 7–5
Winner	4.	14 February 2000	Rotterdam ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the 500 series of the ATP Tour... , Netherlands	Hard (i)	Tim Henman Tim Henman Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	5.	17 April 2000	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý Dominik Hrbatý Dominik Hrbatý is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia.-Personal life:Hrbatý was born on 4 January 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father was an architecture engineer and his younger brother is an umpire...	6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6)

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	4R	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 10	7–10
French Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	4R	2R	2R	2R	QF	3R	SF	1R	4R	2R	1R	0 / 14	22–14
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	QF	1R	QF	4R	F	1R	QF	2R	2R	1R	0 / 12	24–12
U.S. Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	F	3R	2R	3R	4R	1R	SF	3R	1R	LQ	0 / 11	23–11
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 47	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–4	7–4	12–4	3–4	6–4	9–3	10–3	8–4	9–4	6–4	4–4	0–2	N/A	76–47
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....	NME			A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	QF	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 9	7–9
Miami Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...	NME			A	A	4R	A	4R	A	3R	2R	3R	A	3R	2R	1R	0 / 8	8–8
Monte Carlo	NME			2R	A	1R	F	1R	2R	SF	2R	F	1R	W	3R	1R	1 / 12	25–11
Rome Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...	NME			A	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	LQ	0 / 11	8–11
Hamburg Hamburg Masters The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship...	NME			A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	QF	2R	LQ	0 / 6	5–6
Canada Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...	NME			A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1
Cincinnati Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between...	NME			A	A	3R	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	3R	A	A	LQ	0 / 8	9–8
Stuttgart (Stockholm) Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters...	NME			A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3
Paris Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour...	NME			A	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	QF	2R	1R	A	0 / 11	8–11
Masters Series SR	N/A			0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 7	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 8	0 / 6	0 / 7	1 / 6	0 / 6	0 / 2	1 / 69	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A			1–1	1–2	7–7	7–5	8–7	2–5	11–7	8–8	9–6	5–7	11–5	4–6	0–2	N/A	74–68
Year End Ranking	954	461	202	118	51	33	10	51	54	21	20	18	14	16	84	119	N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament

LQ = lost in the qualifying draw

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Win (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	5 July 1993	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Marc Rosset Marc Rosset Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....	Hendrik Jan Davids Hendrik Jan Davids Hendrik Jan Davids , is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.During his career Davids won 7 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 12 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 26 in 1994.-Doubles: 19 :Wins Runner-ups -External links:...     Piet Norval Piet Norval Pieter Norval is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Wayne Ferreira...	6–3, 3–6, 7–6

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