Jean-René Lisnard (born 25 September 1979) is a professional

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player who represents

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, and formerly France. He has been a member of the

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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

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tournament.

Tennis career

Lisnard plays right-handed, and turned professional in 1997. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 84 in January 2003. His current doubles ranking is 400 with his highest rank being 171 on 10 September 2007. In May at the

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, he lost his first-round match to

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6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. Lisnard qualified for the main draw of the 2011 US Open and defeated

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

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in straight sets in the second round.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 18 (7–11)

Doubles: 11 (4–7)

Performance timeline

Singles

External links and sources

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