Fabrice Santoro

Fabrice Santoro

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	(1972-12-09) 9 December 1972 Tahiti, French Polynesia
Height
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$ 10,021,132
Singles
Career record	470–444
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 17 (6 August 2001)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (2006)
French Open	4R (1991, 2001)
Wimbledon	3R (2001)
US Open	3R (1990, 1998, 1999, 2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (1992)
Doubles
Career record	377–257
Career titles	24
Highest ranking	No. 6 (5 July 1999)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2003, 2004)
French Open	F (2004)
Wimbledon	F (2006)
US Open	SF (2003)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2005)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (2005)

Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born 9 December 1972) is a retired French professional male tennis player from Tahiti. Though not counted among the top-ranked players, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career, and he is popular among spectators and other players alike for his winning demeanor and shot-making abilities.

Owing to his longevity on the tour and consistent ranking, Santoro holds several ATP records: the most appearances in singles competition at Grand Slam events (70), the greatest amount of career wins over top ten opponents for a player who never reached the top ten (40), and the most losses in singles play (444, though he won even more matches).

In singles play, Santoro earned six titles, but reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam only once. His career-high ranking of world no. 17 belied his impressive record against top ten opposition.

He had arguably even greater success in doubles competition, with two Grand Slam doubles titles, one Grand Slam mixed doubles title, and 25 doubles championships overall to his name.

Since late 2014, Santoro is a coach of Ukrainian tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky.

Career overview

Juniors

After having lost in the early rounds of the 1988 Jr French Open and 1988 Jr US Open, Santoro won the 1989 Jr French Open. He also had a semifinal appearance in the 1989 Jr US Open.

Pro tour

Fabrice Santoro Volleys at US Open

When Santoro successfully defended his 2007 title by winning the 2008 Newport tournament at the age of 35, he became the oldest tennis player to win back-to-back championships at an ATP singles event.

In addition, Santoro won what was, at the time, the longest singles match in the open era: at the 2004 French Open, he beat fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clément in a 6-hour 33 minute first-round match (6–4, 6–3, 6–7(5), 3–6, 16–14). The record stood until John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010, but still remains the French Open record.

As a singles tennis player, the 2006 Australian Open was Santoro's only Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance.

In singles play, Santoro defeated 18 players who were ranked world no. 1 at some time during their careers: Novak Djokovic, Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Thomas Muster, Marcelo Ríos, Gustavo Kuerten, Carlos Moyá, Pat Rafter, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick, and Roger Federer (against whom he has a 2–9 record). Against other former world no. 1 players, Santoro is 0–6 against Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 0–1 against Ivan Lendl and 0–1 against Rafael Nadal. Santoro is famous for his winning record against Marat Safin (7–2); Safin himself has said, "Being told I would play Santoro was being told I was to die."

Santoro won the 2003 and 2004 Australian Opens doubles titles, partnering Michaël Llodra, a French compatriot, and was runner-up at the 2002 Australian Open, 2004 French Open and 2006 Wimbledon Championships. He also won the 2005 French Open mixed doubles title with Daniela Hantuchová. Santoro teamed with Michaël Llodra again to win the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, a competition that included the top eight doubles teams in the world.

In addition to his doubles prowess, Fabrice is noted for his cheery attitude on court and his vast arsenal of trick shots, making him a crowd favorite and gaining him the admiration of his peers. In recognition of Santoro's varied and innovative style of play, Pete Sampras has nicknamed him The Magician.

Santoro plays with two hands on forehand and backhand, and though he is right-handed, often slices his forehand with his left hand. He attributes this to having used racquets of the same weight throughout his career, which were too heavy for a six-year-old starting off a career to hold with one hand.

With his participation in the 2008 Australian Open, he broke Andre Agassi's record in Grand Slam appearances over his career with a total of 62. Santoro retired at the end of the 2009 season at his hometown tournament at the 2009 BNP Paribas Masters in Paris (Bercy), losing his final singles match against James Blake and final doubles match against Johan Brunström and Jean-Julien Rojer while partnering compatriot Sébastien Grosjean.

Santoro came out of retirement for one tournament at the 2010 Australian Open in order to obtain the record for having played in Grand Slams in four different decades, logging a total of 70 appearances in Grand Slam tournaments. At 37, he was the oldest player in the ATP Top 100, being ranked 68 when he entered this last tournament. He lost in the first round of the tournament – to Marin Čilić – ending his professional tennis career.

He was the first leader of the ATP Champions Race, winning the first tournament of the year in Doha in the year the race was introduced (2000).

According to ATPworldtour.com after the 2010 Australian Open, Santoro has lost more singles matches (444) than any other professional player (active or not). Overall, however, Santoro has won more than half of his matches, with a career record of 470–444.

Personal life

Santoro is a big fan of the late French comedian Michel Colucci, better known as Coluche.

Santoro has a daughter named Djenae.

Since 2012, Santoro has featured as part of the television commentary and analysis team for British television channel ITV, at the French Open.

Grand Slam finals

Men's doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2002	Australian Open	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Winner	2003	Australian Open (1)	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	2004	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up	2004	French Open	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	2006	Wimbledon	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6

Mixed doubles: 1 title

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2005	French Open	Clay	Daniela Hantuchová	Martina Navratilova Leander Paes	3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Career finals

Singles (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0)

ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)

ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (1)

ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	8 October 1990	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Jonas Svensson	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Runner-up	2.	8 February 1993	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Karel Nováček	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	7 August 1994	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	13 October 1997	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Tommy Haas	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	12 January 1998	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Petr Korda	0–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	1 February 1999	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Arnaud Clément	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	7 March 1999	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Magnus Gustafsson	4–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	3 January 2000	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	3–6, 7–5, 3–0, retired
Runner-up	9.	17 June 2001	Halle, Germany	Grass	Thomas Johansson	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Winner	10.	25 February 2002	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Younes El Aynaoui	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	11.	9 July 2007	Newport, United States	Grass	Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 6–4
Winner	12.	13 July 2008	Newport, United States	Grass	Prakash Amritraj	6–3, 7–5

Doubles titles

Wins (24)

Legend (Doubles)

Grand Slam (2)

Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (1)

ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3)

ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (3)

ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	25 September 1995	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Álex Corretja	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
2.	20 July 1998	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Olivier Delaître	Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
3.	28 September 1998	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Olivier Delaître	Paul Haarhuis Jan Siemerink	6–2, 6–4
4.	5 October 1998	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Olivier Delaître	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–6
5.	19 October 1998	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Olivier Delaître	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–2, 6–2
6.	23 August 1999	Long Island, United States	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	7–5, 6–4
7.	16 October 2000	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Julien Boutter	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	7–6(10–8), 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
8.	12 February 2001	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Julien Boutter	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	7–6(9–7), 7–5
9.	28 October 2002	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Nicolas Escudé	Gustavo Kuerten Cédric Pioline	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
10.	13 January 2003	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
11.	10 February 2003	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	6–1, 6–4
12.	12 January 2004	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
13.	19 January 2004	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–4), 6–3
14.	1 March 2004	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Jonas Björkman Leander Paes	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
15.	2 May 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–2
16.	3 October 2005	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	5–2, 3–5, 5–4
17.	24 October 2005	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	6–3, 6–1
18.	7 November 2005	Shanghai, China	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
19.	9 January 2006	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–1, 6–4
20.	12 June 2006	Halle, Germany	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler	6–0, 6–4
21.	2 October 2006	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Richard Gasquet	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 6–1, [11–9]
22.	9 October 2006	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	6–1, 7–5
23.	26 February 2007	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Štěpánek	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
24.	7 May 2007	Rome, Italy	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]

Runners-up (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	10 February 1997	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Olivier Delaître	Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson	3–6, 4–6
2.	13 October 1997	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Olivier Delaître	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
3.	3 November 1997	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	David Adams	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	4–6, 3–6
4.	5 January 1998	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
5.	10 August 1998	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	1–6, 1–2 retired
6.	14 January 2002	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–7(4–7), 3–6
7.	14 April 2003	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	4–6, 6–3, 6–7(6–8)
8.	5 May 2003	Rome, Italy	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	1–6, 3–6
9.	29 September 2003	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	6–7(2–7), 3–6
10.	27 October 2003	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
11.	8 November 2003	Houston, United States	Hard	Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
12.	24 May 2004	French Open, France	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus	5–7, 5–7
13.	21 February 2005	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek	2–6, 4–6
14.	9 May 2005	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7)
15.	17 April 2006	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	2–6, 6–7(2–7)
16.	26 June 2006	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
17.	30 October 2006	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6–7(4–7), 2–6
18.	11 June 2007	Halle, Germany	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	4–6, 6–7(5–7)

Performance timelines

Singles

Name	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam events
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	2R	3R	2R	1R	A	3R	4R	1R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	QF	3R	2R	3R	1R	0 / 18	22–18
French Open	1R	2R	4R	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	1R	3R	1R	2R	4R	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 20	17–20
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	3R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 14	11–14
US Open	A	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	3R	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 18	13–18
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 70	N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0–1	3–3	3–3	1–2	1–3	4–2	1–4	0–1	0–3	6–3	6–4	2–4	7–4	2–4	5–4	6–4	2–4	5–4	4–4	2–4	3–4	0–1	N/A	63–70
Masters Series
Indian Wells	NME	A	3R	1R	QF	3R	2R	A	A	1R	A	3R	2R	3R	1R	1R	4R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 13	16–13
Miami	NME	2R	2R	1R	3R	A	A	A	A	4R	3R	2R	4R	2R	A	1R	A	2R	3R	3R	2R	A	0 / 14	15–14
Monte Carlo	NME	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	3R	3R	SF	QF	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 16	17–16
Rome	NME	A	QF	3R	3R	A	3R	A	2R	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	2R	3R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 14	18–14
Hamburg	NME	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	QF	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	A	A	NME	NME	0 / 10	8–10
Canada	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	QF	1R	SF	QF	1R	QF	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 10	17–10
Cincinnati	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 10	11–10
Stuttgart/Madrid	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	SF	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 7	8–7
Paris	NME	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	QF	2R	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	3R	A	1R	A	0 / 14	10–14
Masters Series SR	N/A	0 / 4	0 / 5	0 / 5	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 6	0 / 9	0 / 7	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 7	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 8	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 108	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A	2–4	7–5	3–5	6–4	2–1	5–4	2–1	12–6	10–9	10–7	12–9	13–9	9–9	2–7	8–5	7–7	3–8	4–3	2–3	1–2	0–0	N/A	120–108
Year End Ranking	235	62	43	43	55	46	102	118	29	41	34	31	22	35	62	52	58	52	37	52	68	–	N/A

Doubles

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam events
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	3R	3R	1R	1R	F	W	W	QF	3R	QF	QF	1R	2 / 13	33–11
French Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	3R	A	2R	3R	2R	2R	3R	F	2R	1R	SF	1R	1R	0 / 18	21–17
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	SF	3R	2R	1R	3R	A	A	F	SF	1R	1R	0 / 10	19–10
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	SF	2R	1R	QF	1R	A	2R	0 / 12	12–11
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	2 / 53	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–3	2–2	8–3	5–4	2–3	7–4	14–3	12–2	4–3	10–4	11–4	3–3	1–4	N/A	85–49
Masters Series
Indian Wells	NME		A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	QF	A	A	A	0 / 7	5–7
Miami	NME		A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	3R	A	QF	A	2R	SF	2R	A	0 / 9	9–9
Monte Carlo	NME		A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	F	2R	SF	F	2R	1R	A	0 / 11	12–11
Rome	NME		A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	SF	1R	1R	2R	F	QF	W	QF	W	SF	A	2 / 12	21–10
Hamburg	NME		A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	SF	1R	2R	1R	A	A	F	SF	A	A	NME	0 / 8	10–8
Canada	NME		A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	QF	A	2R	1R	QF	SF	A	QF	A	A	A	0 / 8	8–7
Cincinnati	NME		A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	F	2R	1R	A	1R	QF	QF	SF	QF	A	A	A	0 / 9	11–9
Stuttgart/Madrid	NME		A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	A	QF	A	A	SF	QF	1R	A	A	0 / 6	7–5
Paris	NME		A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	W	F	A	1R	F	2R	A	1R	1 / 12	13–10
Masters Series SR	N/A		0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 5	0 / 8	0 / 7	0 / 7	0 / 6	1 / 9	0 / 6	0 / 6	1 / 7	0 / 9	1 / 5	0 / 3	0 / 1	3 / 82	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	6–5	12–8	6–7	1–6	2–5	11–7	11–6	6–6	13–6	15–9	7–4	4–3	0–1	N/A	96–76
Year End Ranking	997	773	195	363	1009	1118	184	125	147	35	18	34	60	91	18	9	11	10	10	20	75	165	N/A

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rank
1990
1.	Andrés Gómez	5	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	1R	6–2, 3–6, 6–3	85
1991
2.	Goran Ivanišević	7	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	2R	6–0, 6–2	56
3.	Pete Sampras	6	Rome, Italy	Clay	2R	6–2, 4–6, 7–5	73
4.	Andre Agassi	6	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	3R	2–6, 7–5, 6–2	40
1992
5.	Michael Stich	5	Rome, Italy	Clay	1R	5–7, 2–1, retired	48
6.	Petr Korda	5	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	2R	1–6, 7–5, 6–2	54
7.	Boris Becker	5	Olympics, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	3R	6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3	37
8.	Petr Korda	8	New Haven, United States	Hard	QF	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3	44
1993
9.	Michael Stich	10	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	2R	3–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–5)	27
1995
10.	Pete Sampras	2	Rome, Italy	Clay	1R	6–4, 6–3	39
1997
11.	Thomas Muster	2	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	2R	6–2, 7–6(7–3)	90
12.	Marcelo Ríos	8	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	QF	4–6, 6–3, 6–0	69
13.	Thomas Muster	5	Montreal, Canada	Hard	3R	6–2, 2–6, 6–4	50
14.	Sergi Bruguera	8	Stuttgart, Germany	Carpet (i)	2R	7–5, 7–6(11–9)	33
1998
15.	Greg Rusedski	6	Doha, Qatar	Hard	QF	6–2, 3–6, 6–3	29
16.	Pete Sampras	2	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	3R	6–1, 6–1	25
2000
17.	Nicolas Kiefer	6	Doha, Qatar	Hard	SF	7–5, 6–4	34
18.	Nicolas Kiefer	4	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	1R	6–1, 6–4	33
19.	Tim Henman	10	Rome, Italy	Clay	2R	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4	28
20.	Lleyton Hewitt	9	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	1R	4–6, 6–4, 6–4	37
21.	Marat Safin	6	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	3R	6–1, 7–6(7–3)	37
22.	Marat Safin	2	Olympics, Sydney, Australia	Hard	1R	1–6, 6–1, 6–4	35
23.	Magnus Norman	4	Paris, France	Hard (i)	2R	6–2, 6–4	37
2001
24.	Tim Henman	9	Miami, United States	Hard	2R	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3	52
25.	Andre Agassi	3	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	2R	6–3, 5–7, 6–4	52
26.	Marat Safin	2	Roland Garros, Paris, France	Clay	3R	6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 6–1	43
27.	Sébastien Grosjean	8	Halle, Germany	Grass	2R	7–5, 7–5	33
28.	Patrick Rafter	10	Halle, Germany	Grass	SF	7–5, 6–4	33
2002
29.	Sébastien Grosjean	9	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	2R	6–2, 7–5	26
30.	Sébastien Grosjean	7	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	1R	6–3, 4–6, 7–5	20
31.	Tommy Haas	3	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	2R	7–6(9–7), 4–1, retired	50
32.	Roger Federer	7	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	QF	7–5, 6–3	50
2003
33.	Carlos Moyá	7	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	1R	3–6, 6–3, 6–4	60
2004
34.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7	Toronto, Canada	Hard	1R	3–2, retired	58
35.	Lleyton Hewitt	10	Toronto, Canada	Hard	3R	2–6, 6–3, 6–4	58
2005
36.	David Nalbandian	10	Rome, Italy	Clay	1R	6–4, 1–6, 6–4	54
37.	Gastón Gaudio	10	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	3R	6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 1–6, 6–4	65
2007
38.	Tommy Robredo	7	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	1R	7–6(8–6), 6–4	63
39.	Andy Roddick	5	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	1R	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 6–4	46
40.	Novak Djokovic	3	Paris, France	Hard (i)	2R	6–3, 6–2	39

External links

• Fabrice Santoro at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Fabrice Santoro at the Davis Cup