Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French
tennis
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coach and a former professional player. He has won one
ATP Tour singles title, in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...
in 2009. His best
major performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the
2013 Australian Open, and in doubles was reaching the final at the
2019 French Open partnering
Fabrice Martin
Fabrice Martin (; born 11 September 1986) is a French tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each ...
. He achieved a career-high
singles ranking of world No. 25 on 28 January 2013 and No. 24 on 3 February 2020 in doubles.
Tennis career
Juniors
Chardy won the
2005 Wimbledon Championships Boys' Singles title, and finished as the runner-up at the
2005 US Open Boys' Singles, losing to
Ryan Sweeting.
As a junior Chardy compiled a 65–28 singles win–loss record and reached as high as No. 3 in the junior combined world rankings in September 2005.
2006–2008: Breaking into the top 100 of the ATP singles rankings
Chardy made his
Grand Slam debut in 2006, receiving a
wild card at the French Open, where he beat
Jonas Björkman in straight sets in the first round, before losing in four sets to fifteenth-seeded
David Ferrer in the second round.
In 2008, after losing the final of the
Marrakech
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Challenger in May to eventual
French Open semifinalist Gaël Monfils, Chardy produced his best
Grand Slam showing until 2013 at the
French Open
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, where he entered as a
wild card and came back in the second round from two-sets-to-love down to defeat World No. 6
David Nalbandian in five sets (only dropping 5 games in the final three sets). He continued his run by beating 30th seed
Dmitry Tursunov, before losing in the fourth round to 19th seed
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player of Latin American descent. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008, 201 ...
in straight sets (Chardy held set points in each of the three sets).
2009: First ATP World Tour singles title

In 2009, he began with a first-round loss in
Doha
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, before reaching the quarterfinals in
Sydney
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, where he fell to
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, attained in July 2007. Gasquet won 16 singles ...
. At the
Australian Open, he fell in the second round to defending champion
Novak Djokovic.
In his next tournament at
Johannesburg
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, he reached the semifinals, following three straight-sets wins. In the semifinals, he came up against World No. 13
David Ferrer and saved three match points in the second set to win in a final set tiebreak, and reach his first ATP final. Chardy lost in the final to
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
.
He lost in the opening round of his next tournament, the
2009 Open 13 in
Marseille
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, to
Novak Djokovic. In
Delray Beach, he was seeded seventh and defeated
Tommy Haas,
Andrey Golubev and
Marcos Baghdatis. He fell in the semifinals to top seed and eventual winner,
Mardy Fish.
Chardy frequently plays doubles with compatriot
Gilles Simon. They most recently competed at the
Monte-Carlo Masters together, losing to
Nikolay Davydenko and
Oliver Marach
Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is a former Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialised in doubles.
He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he ...
in the first round.
At
Wimbledon, Chardy lost in the first round in four sets to eventual runner-up
Andy Roddick.
Next, Chardy played at the
MercedesCup in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...
. He defeated
José Acasuso,
Martín Vassallo Argüello and local hopes
Mischa Zverev and
Nicolas Kiefer, on the same day to reach his second career final. He triumphed over fourth-seeded
Victor Hănescu (after losing the first set 1–6) to clinch his maiden ATP World Tour singles title.
2010: First Masters singles quarterfinal
At the beginning of the 2010 season, he started poorly; losing in the first rounds of the
Brisbane International,
Heineken Open, the Australian Open, and the
SAP Open. However, he finally registered his first win in the tour, at the
2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in style, as he beat second seed
Fernando Verdasco in the first round. This was arguably his best win to date and only his fourth win against a top-10 player. At the
2010 Rogers Cup, Chardy defeated Verdasco once more in the second round and followed this up with an easy win over sixth-ranked
Nikolay Davydenko in the round of 16, before losing to
Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.
2011: Madrid Challenger singles title
In 2011, Chardy played principally in Challenger tournaments, reaching several finals, both in singles and in doubles. He qualified for the
Kremlin Cup and reached the semifinals, where he was defeated by
Victor Troicki.
2012: 100th career singles win, top 30 debut
In the 2012 Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati, Jérémy Chardy upset the defending champion and Olympic singles gold medalist
Andy Murray in straight sets. Murray had easily beaten him the last four times he faced Chardy. Jérémy was defeated by
Juan Martín del Potro in the quarterfinals, in straight sets.
2013: First Major quarterfinal & career-high ranking in singles
Chardy started the year impressively, reaching the quarter-finals of the
2013 Australian Open. Along the way he defeated three seeded players: 30th seed
Marcel Granollers (6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2), 6th seed
Juan Martín del Potro in five sets (6–3, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 6–3), and 21st seed
Andreas Seppi
Andreas Seppi (born 21 February 1984) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 on 28 January 2013. He became the first Italian to win a title on all three surfaces.
Personal lif ...
from a set down (5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2). In the quarter-finals he was beaten by World No. 2
Andy Murray in straight sets (6–4, 6–1, 6–2). This run propelled Chardy to a career-high singles ranking of World No. 25. He lost in the third round of the
French Open
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, to countryman
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
. He also lost in the third round of Wimbledon to
Novak Djokovic, winning just seven games.
2014–2016: 150th career singles win and first Masters singles semifinal
In 2014 Chardy capped off 2014 recording 33 wins and 27 losses in singles. He registered his 150th career singles win at the
2014 Wimbledon Championships
The 2014 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 128th edition of the The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon C ...
.
In 2015, Chardy reached his first Masters semifinal after saving seven match points against
John Isner
John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...
in the Rogers Cup quarter-finals, before losing to world no.1
Novak Djokovic 6–4,6–4 in the semifinals. As the no. 30 seed, Chardy lost in the 3rd round of the
2016 French Open to third-seeded
Stan Wawrinka in straight sets.
2019–2020: French Open & Rome Masters Doubles finalist
At the
2019 French Open, Chardy, partnered with
Fabrice Martin
Fabrice Martin (; born 11 September 1986) is a French tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each ...
, reached the final, losing to unseeded German pair
Kevin Krawietz
Kevin Krawietz (born 24 January 1992) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 on 10 February 2025. Krawietz has won eleven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, inclu ...
and
Andreas Mies in straight sets.
Again partnering with Martin, Chardy reached the final of the
2020 Rome Masters, where the pair lost to
Marcel Granollers and
Horacio Zeballos.
2021–2022: Two ATP 250 semifinals & 500 quarterfinals, back to top 50, Olympics, hiatus
Chardy began his 2021 season by reaching the semifinals of
Antalya
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and
Melbourne 2, where he lost to
Alexander Bublik and
Dan Evans, respectively.
At the
Australian Open, he lost to eventual champion
Novak Djokovic in the first round in straight sets.
At
Rotterdam
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, Chardy reached the quarterfinals, upsetting 6th seed
David Goffin
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along the way. He lost to 4th seed
Andrey Rublev in a tightly contested 3 set match.
For a second time he reached the quarterfinals of an
ATP 500 tournament at the
Dubai Championships upsetting two seeded players
Alex De Minaur and
Karen Khachanov before losing to a third seeded player
Denis Shapovalov
Denis Viktorovich Shapovalov (born ) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 10 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, which he first achieved on September 21, 2020. Sh ...
. Because of this successful run and achieving good results, Chardy returned to the top 50 in two years, at the end of March.
After 10 years of absence and in only his third participation, Chardy reached the third round of the
2021 Wimbledon Championships in doubles for the first time in his career partnering with
Fabrice Martin
Fabrice Martin (; born 11 September 1986) is a French tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each ...
after the retirement of their compatriots
Nicolas Mahut and
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (; born 18 March 1991) is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open – Men's doubles, 2015 US Open, the 20 ...
in the second round.
Chardy also reached the quarterfinals in the
Olympics, beating
Tomás Barrios,
Aslan Karatsev and
Liam Broady. He lost to
Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals.
On 23 September 2021, Chardy suspended his season, saying he suffered an adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccination, and was unable to train or play.
2023: Comeback, Australian doubles semifinal, retirement
At the
2023 Australian Open, he used protected ranking to enter the singles event. In doubles at the same tournament, he reached the semifinals with compatriot
Fabrice Martin
Fabrice Martin (; born 11 September 1986) is a French tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each ...
.
At the
2023 Wimbledon Championships, he announced that this will be his final singles tournament.
Coaching career
He coached compatriot
Ugo Humbert
Ugo Humbert (; born 26 June 1998) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13, achieved on 15 April 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 348, achieved on 26 August 2024.
Humbert has won seven AT ...
from July 2022 until 2024. Since December 2024 he has been coaching
Alycia Parks.
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Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Significant finals
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)
Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runners-up)
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF finals
Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner–ups)
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Record against other players
Record against top 10 players
Chardy's match record against those who have been
ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface
*
John Isner
John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...
4–0
*
Pablo Carreño Busta 4–2
*
Gilles Simon 4–4
*
Marcos Baghdatis 3–1
*
Fernando Verdasco 3–2
*
Ernests Gulbis 3–3
*
Marin Čilić 3–4
*
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, attained in July 2007. Gasquet won 16 singles ...
3–5
*
Mario Ančić 2–0
*
Nicolas Kiefer 2–0
*
Lucas Pouille 2–0
*
Diego Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist ...
2–0
*
Daniil Medvedev 2–1
*
Roberto Bautista Agut 2–2
*
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a youn ...
2–2
*
Grigor Dimitrov 2–4
*
Fabio Fognini 2–4
*
Juan Mónaco 2–6
*
David Ferrer 2–7
*
Jonas Björkman 1–0
*
James Blake 1–0
*
Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
1–0
*
Nikolay Davydenko 1–1
*
Karen Khachanov 1–1
*
David Nalbandian 1–1
*
Mardy Fish 1–2
*
David Goffin
David Goffin (; born 7 December 1990) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 7, making him the highest ranked male player from Belgium in tennis history. He is also the first ...
1–2
*
Tommy Haas 1–2
*
Gaël Monfils 1–2
*
Tommy Robredo 1–2
*
Mikhail Youzhny 1–2
*
Kevin Anderson 1–3
*
Juan Martín del Potro 1–3
*
Andy Roddick 1–3
*
Andrey Rublev 1–3
*
Stefanos Tsitsipas 1–3
*
Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
1–4
*
Janko Tipsarević 1–4
*
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
1–4
*
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player of Latin American descent. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008, 201 ...
1–5
*
Tomáš Berdych 1–5
*
Alexander Zverev 1–5
*
Andy Murray 1–9
*
Arnaud Clément 0–1
*
Fernando González
Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (; born 29 July 1980) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career, he reached at least the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major tournaments. He contested hi ...
0–1
*
Ivan Ljubičić 0–1
*
Rainer Schüttler 0–1
*
Dominic Thiem 0–1
*
Matteo Berrettini 0–2
*
Robin Söderling 0–2
*
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) fo ...
0–3
*
Rafael Nadal
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0–3
*
Jack Sock 0–3
*
Denis Shapovalov
Denis Viktorovich Shapovalov (born ) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 10 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, which he first achieved on September 21, 2020. Sh ...
0–4
*
Milos Raonic 0–7
*
Stan Wawrinka 0–7
*
Novak Djokovic 0–14
:
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Wins over top-10 players
*He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top ten.
Notes
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
French male tennis players
Sportspeople from Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Wimbledon junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
Olympic tennis players for France
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century French sportsmen