Jean-René Lisnard (born September 25, 1979 in Cannes

Cannes

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, France) is a professional tennis player who represents Monaco

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, and formerly France. He has been a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team

Monaco Davis Cup team

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 since 2007. He is, to date, the only Monegasque tennis player to have won a match in the main draw of a Grand Slam

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 tournament.

Lisnard plays right-handed, and turned professional in 1997.

As of May 26, 2008, Lisnard was 228th in the ATP

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 singles rankings; however, on January 27, 2003, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World Number 84. His current doubles ranking is 400 with his highest rank being 171 on September 10, 2007.

In May at the 2009 French Open

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 he lost his first-round match to Israel

Israel

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i player Dudi Sela

Dudi Sela

David "Dudi" Sela is an Israeli professional tennis player.Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 29 in July 2009. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of Amir Weintraub.As a 17-year-old junior, he won the 2003 French Open boys' doubles championship with his doubles...

 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3.

Lisnard qualified for the main draw of the 2011 US Open

2011 US Open (tennis)

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 and defeated Olivier Rochus

Olivier Rochus

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 of Belgium

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 in straight sets to advance to the second round. He lost to Germany's Florian Mayer

Florian Mayer

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in straight sets in the second round.

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