French tennis player (born 1969)
Arnaud Benjamin Boetsch (French:[aʁnobœtʃ]; born 1 April 1969) is a French formertennis player who turned professional in 1987. Known for his stylishsingle-handed backhand, he won three career titles, reaching his highestATP singles ranking of world No. 12 in April 1996.
Boetsch reached the fourth round once in each of the four grand slams between 1991 and 1996, notably beatingRichard Krajicek in five sets in his1992 Wimbledon run (Krajicek would go on to win the title four years later).
Boetsch represented France at the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, where he was defeated in the second round by Spain's eventual Silver medal winnerSergi Bruguera.
He currently works as a tennis commentator forFrance Télévisions with Lionel Chamoulaud or François Brabant.
Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) | | ATP 500 Series (0–0) | | ATP 250 Series (3–7) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (2–1) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (1–0) | | Carpet (0–6) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (3–1) | | Indoors (0–6) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 1991 | Berlin, Germany | Grand Prix | Carpet | Petr Korda | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 1992 | Bolzano, Italy | World Series | Carpet | Thomas Enqvist | 2–6, 6–1, 6–7(7–9) |
| Win | 1–2 | Jan 1993 | Rosmalen, Netherlands | World Series | Grass | Wally Masur | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–2 | Oct 1993 | Toulouse, France | World Series | Hard | Cédric Pioline | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Feb 1994 | Marseille, France | World Series | Carpet | Marc Rosset | 6–7(6–8), 6–7(4–7) |
| Loss | 2–4 | Oct 1994 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | World Series | Carpet | MaliVai Washington | 6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jan 1995 | Adelaide, Australia | World Series | Hard | Jim Courier | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–5 | Oct 1995 | Toulouse, France | World Series | Hard | Jim Courier | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–0 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Nov 1995 | Stockholm, Sweden | International Series | Carpet | Thomas Enqvist | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Oct 1996 | Lyon, France | World Series | Carpet | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 5–7, 3–6 |
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP Masters Series (0–0) | | ATP Championship Series (0–0) | | ATP World Series (2–3) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (1–1) | | Clay (0–2) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (1–0) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (0–3) | | Indoors (2–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Sep 1991 | Bordeaux, France | World Series | Hard | Guy Forget | Patrik Kühnen
Alexander Mronz | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 1992 | Bordeaux, France | World Series | Clay | Guy Forget | Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Feb 1993 | Marseille, France | World Series | Carpet | Olivier Delaître | Ivan Lendl
Christo van Rensburg | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Aug 1993 | Long Island, United States | World Series | Hard | Olivier Delaître | Marc-Kevin Goellner
David Prinosil | 7–6, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jul 1995 | Gstaad, Switzerland | World Series | Clay | Marc Rosset | Luis Lobo
Javier Sánchez | 7–6, 6–7, 6–7 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
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| ATP Challenger (0–2) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (0–1) | | Grass (0–1) | | Carpet (0–0) |
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| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (0–2) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (0–1) | | Grass (0–1) | | Carpet (0–0) |
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Performance timelines
[edit](W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.