Cédric Pioline

Cédric Pioline (; born 15 June 1969) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 5 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in 2000. Pioline was the runner-up at the 1993 US Open and the 1997 Wimbledon Championships. He won five ATP Tour–level singles titles during his career, including a Masters event at the 2000 Monte Carlo Masters. Pioline also competed for France in the Davis Cup, winning the cup in 1996 and 2001.

After retiring from tennis, Pioline became a tennis administrator. , he has been the tournament director of the Paris Masters, and plays on the ATP Champions Tour.

Personal life Pioline grew up in a sporting family. His Romanian mother, Adriana, born in Câmpina, 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).

Major finals

Grand Slam

Singles: 2 (0–2) ResultDateChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1993 US Open Hard Pete Sampras 4–6, 4–6, 3–6Loss 1997 Wimbledon Grass Pete Sampras 4–6, 2–6, 4–6

Masters Series

Singles: 3 (1–2)

ATP career finals

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

Legend Grand Slam (0–2) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (1–2) ATP Championship Series (1–1) ATP International Series (3–7) Titles by surface Hard (1–4) Grass (1–1) Clay (2–2) Carpet (1–5)

Doubles: 1 (1 win)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 1993 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Marc Rosset Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval 6–3, 3–6, 7–6

Singles performance timeline

Best Grand Slam results details

Top 10 wins

TV show In 2011 Pioline was one of the contestants during the second season of the TV show Danse avec les stars.

Danse avec les stars In 2011 he participated in season 2 of Danse avec les stars (the French version of Strictly Come Dancing) 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.

WeekDancing styleMusicJudge pointsTotalRankingResultAlessandra MartinesJean-Marc GénéreuxChris Marques1Rumba Cha-Cha-Cha (face to face)"Rolling in the Deep" – Adele On the floor – Jennifer Lopez 6

N/A 4

N/A 3

N/A13/308/9Eliminated (35%)