Jérôme Inzerillo (born 15 February 1990, in
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
) is a tennis player from France.
Inzerillo and
Jonathan Eysseric
Jonathan Eysseric (born 27 May 1990) is a French professional tennis player.
Tennis career Juniors
In 2007, he was the junior finalist at the 2007 Australian Open. At the 2007 French Open, he competed in the men's and juniors singles draws. In me ...
were the
2007 US Open boys doubles champions as a sixth seed. In the semifinals, Inzerillo and Eysseric beat top-seeded
Vladimir Ignatic
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Professional ...
and
Roman Jebavý
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. In the final, they defeated
Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov ( bg, Григор Димитров, ; born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on ...
and
Vasek Pospisil
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.
In 2012 Inzerillo was ranked #354 in men's singles, the highest of his career.
In January 2019, the
AP reported that Inzerillo was one of four French tennis professionals arrested in a large tennis-fixing ring. Up to 100 players were suspected of working for a syndicate led by 28-year old
Grigor Sargsyan, known as the Maestro. Sargsyan was arrested and held in a Belgian jail. The scheme was organized via encrypted messages lesser ranked players in smaller tournaments where the prize money of smaller amounts. Sargsyan employed people to place bets on matches at a small enough level to escape the notice of gambling watchdogs. Players would fix games, sets, or matches and receive 500 to 3000 Euros ($570–3400).
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 4 (3–1)
Doubles: 31 (14–17)
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French male tennis players
French people of Italian descent
Tennis players from Marseille
1990 births
Living people
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
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