Simon, Gilles
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| Birthname | Gilles Yves Simon | ||||
| born on | 27 December 1984 at 09:00 (= 09:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Nice, France, 43n42, 7e15 | ||||
| Timezone | MET h1e (is standard time) | ||||
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Gilles Simon (at the US Open in August 2014)
photo: Steven Pisano from Brooklyn, NY, USA, license cc-by-2.0
photo: Steven Pisano from Brooklyn, NY, USA, license cc-by-2.0
Biography
French professional tennis player (and excellent amateur pianist), Gilles was bred in the suburbs of Paris.
Because of his small size, his dream was to become Michaël Chang. He grew up (1,83m) and had three prestigious wins in 2008:vs Djokovic, Federer, and Nadal.
On 31 October 2022, at the age of 37, he won vs Andy Murray (the 4th Fab Four) at the Paris-Bercy Masters. In the third round of the parisian tournament, he was defeated by Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime (born 8 August 2000 in Montreal) and he retired definately. He wants to coach young players.
Simon reached World rank N°6 (ATP Tour) in 2009.
Married to Carine Lauret, they have 2 sons.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Gasquet, Richard (born 18 June 1986)
- associate relationship with Monfils, Gaël (born 1 September 1986)
- associate relationship with Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (born 17 April 1985)
Events
Source Notes
Didier Geslain archive, 's' pdf file, p. 110.
Categories
- Vocation : Sports : Tennis
