French tennis player (born 1981)
Thierry Ascione (French: [tjɛʁi asjɔn] ; born 17 January 1981) is an ATP tennis coach and a former professional player from France . He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 81 in February 2004.
Pro career
He turned pro in 2000 and retired in September 2010.
He played Roger Federer in the second round of Roland Garros 2007, saving five match points in the third set and holding two set points before eventually losing in straight sets.
Coaching career
He coached the former World No. 3 WTA player, Elina Svitolina .
He was also coach to former World No. 5 ATP player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and former World No.7 Richard Gasquet .[ 1]
Since 2021 he coached Ugo Humbert (until 2022)[ 2] and also Lucas Pouille [ 3] (until 2024)[ 4] .[ 1] [ 5]
Trivia
Began playing tennis at age eight with his older brother, Frédéric.
His uncle was European boxing champion and another uncle was World military boxing champion.
Was Marat Safin's last ATP match win after holding 3 match points at the 2009 BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, Bercy.
He is the godfather of Julien Boutter 's son, Oscar.
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(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.
Singles
Doubles
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 18 (11–7)
Legend
ATP Challenger (8–5)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–1)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–9)
Carpet (0–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 2001
France F13, Aix-Les-Bains
Futures
Clay
Florent Serra
2–6, 3–6
Win
1–1
Aug 2001
France F14, Valescure
Futures
Hard
Julien Couly
6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win
2–1
Dec 2002
Spain F22, Orense
Futures
Hard
Roko Karanusic
walkover
Win
3–1
Feb 2003
Andrézieux , France
Challenger
Hard
Karol Beck
6–4, 6–2
Loss
3–2
Mar 2003
France F8, Melun
Futures
Carpet
Peter Wessels
walkover
Win
4–2
Jul 2003
Helsinki , Finland
Challenger
Clay
Igor Andreev
2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win
5–2
Feb 2005
Andrézieux , France
Challenger
Hard
Stan Wawrinka
6–1, 6–3
Win
6–2
Jun 2005
Reggio Emilia , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Martin Vassallo Arguello
6–3, 6–0
Win
7–2
Aug 2005
Bronx , United States
Challenger
Hard
Brian Vahaly
6–2, 6–3
Win
8–2
Feb 2007
France F3, Bressuire
Futures
Hard
Daniel Munoz De La Nava
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win
9–2
May 2007
Rome , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Victor Crivoi
6–3, 6–3
Loss
9–3
Jul 2007
Montauban , France
Challenger
Clay
Michael Lammer
6–1, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss
9–4
Jul 2007
Mantova , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Alessio Di Mauro
5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win
10–4
Oct 2007
Andrézieux , France
Challenger
Hard
Jose Acasuso
7–6(8–6) , 2–6, 6–2
Win
11–4
Mar 2008
Cherbourg , France
Challenger
Hard
Kristian Pless
7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss
11–5
Mar 2009
Cherbourg , France
Challenger
Hard
Arnaud Clément
2–6, 4–6
Loss
11–6
Aug 2009
Vigo , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Thiemo de Bakker
4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss
11–7
Oct 2009
Rennes , France
Challenger
Carpet
Alejandro Falla
3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 9 (4–5)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 1999
France F8, Aix les Bains
Futures
Clay
Marc-Olivier Baron
Julien Cassaigne Nicolas Mahut
3–6, 6–7
Win
1–1
Jan 2002
France F2, Angers
Futures
Clay
Stephane Huet
Oscar Hernandez Perez German Puentes-Alcaniz
4–6, 7–6(7–2) , 6–2
Win
2–1
Apr 2002
Greece F1, Syros
Futures
Hard
Florent Serra
Karol Beck Michal Mertinak
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss
2–2
Oct 2002
France F20, Saint Dizier
Futures
Hard
Stephane Huet
Jan Mertl Pavel Riha
4–6, 4–6
Loss
2–3
Dec 2002
Spain F21, Ponte Vedra
Futures
Clay
Thomas Oger
Carlos Martinez-Comet German Puentes-Alcaniz
2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss
2–4
Jan 2003
France F1, Grasse
Futures
Clay
Jerome Haehnel
Nicolas Mahut Edouard Roger-Vasselin
3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win
3–4
May 2004
Aix-en-Provence , France
Challenger
Clay
Jean-Francois Bachelot
Federico Browne Rogier Wassen
6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win
4–4
Jul 2006
Tampere , Finland
Challenger
Clay
Edouard Roger-Vasselin
Lauri Kiiski Tero Vilen
5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss
4–5
Jan 2007
Nouméa , New Caledonia
Challenger
Hard
Edouard Roger-Vasselin
Alex Kuznetsov Phillip Simmonds
6–7(5–7) , 3–6
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