Jonathan Eysseric (born 27 May 1990) is a French professional tennis player.

Tennis career

Juniors

In 2007, he was the junior finalist at the

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. At the

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, he competed in the men's and juniors singles draws. In men's doubles he competed with Jérémy Chardy, losing in tiebreak sets to seeded Martin Damm and Leander Paes. In mixed doubles, he competed with Alizé Cornet, where they reached the second round. Kellen Damico and Eysseric also competed in the boys' doubles final with Kellen Damico of the United States, and both seniors and juniors singles competitions, losing in four sets in singles and lost to Ričardas Berankis of

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He won the 2007 U.S. Open boys' doubles title with

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as the 6th-seeded team, beating first-seeded Vladimir Ignatic and

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in the semifinals and Grigor Dimitrov and Vasek Pospisil in the final. As a junior Eysseric compiled a singles win–loss record of 76–26 (and 62–18 in doubles), reaching the No. 1 junior combined world ranking in January 2007. Junior Grand Slam results: Australian Open: F (

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French Open: 3R (

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Wimbledon: 3R (

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US Open: QF (

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Pro tour

He received a wildcard to the

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, but he lost to Britain's

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after having pushed him to 5 sets.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 24 (16–8)

Doubles: 68 (41 titles, 27 runners-up)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eysseric, Jonathan 1990 births Living people French male tennis players People from Grasse Sportspeople from Saint-Germain-en-Laye US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Sportspeople from Alpes-Maritimes