Cédric Pioline (; born 15 June 1969) is a French former professional

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player. He was ranked world No. 5 in men's singles by the

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(ATP), in 2000. Pioline was the runner-up at the 1993 US Open and the 1997 Wimbledon Championships. He won five singles titles in his career, including a Masters event at the 2000 Monte Carlo Masters. Pioline also competed for

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in the

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, winning the cup in

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and

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. After retiring from tennis, Pioline became a tennis administrator. , he has been the tournament director of the

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, and plays on the ATP Champions Tour.

Personal life

Pioline grew up in a sporting family. His

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n mother, Adriana, born in

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, was a volleyball player; she was part of the Romanian national team that reached the finals of the 1956 FIVB World Championship, but were defeated by the Soviet Union. His father, Maurice, also a professional volleyball player, met his mother while at a volleyball match in Paris. He has an older brother named Denis. He is married to Mireille Bercot; the couple have a son, Andrea (born 14 March 1993).

Other

In 2011 Pioline was one of the contestants during the second season of the TV show''

Danse avec les stars ''Danse avec les stars'' (''DALS''; ) is the French version of the British reality TV competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and is part of the ''Dancing with the Stars'' franchise. The show was first broadcast on TF1 on 12 February 2011, the parti ...

''. ; ''Danse avec les stars'' * In 2011 he participated in season 2 of ''

'' (the French version of ''

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'') with his partner Katrina Patchett but sadly got eliminated in the first week. This table shows the route of Cédric Pioline and Katrina Patchett in Danse Avec Les Stars. The face to face wasn't rated.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

ATP career finals

Singles: 17 (5 titles, 12 runners-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 win)

Singles performance timeline

Best Grand Slam results details

Top 10 wins

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pioline, Cedric 1969 births French male tennis players French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland French people of Romanian descent Hopman Cup competitors Living people Sportspeople from Neuilly-sur-Seine Tennis players from Hauts-de-Seine 20th-century French sportsmen