OJ-Wilfried Tsonga

|- valign=" top" | Country: | France |- valign=" top" | Residence: | Mans, France |- valign=" top" | Size: | 1m87 |- valign=" top" | Weight: | 90 kg |- valign=" top" | Catch of racket: | Right hand |- valign=" top" | Reverse: | With two hands |- valign=" top" | Professional since: | 2004 |- valign=" top" | Coach: | Eric Winogradsky |- valign=" top" | Better classification into simple (technique): | 45e, on October 29th, 2007 |- valign=" top" | Classification into simple (ATP race): | 94e |- valign=" top" | Title into simple: | 0 |- valign=" top" | Title in double: | 1 |}

OJ-Wilfried Tsonga is a Tennis player French born on April 17th, 1985 with the Mans (France), and famous for its impressive physical qualities, in particular its power of frappe.

After a passage among juniors, where it gains US the Open Junior in 2003 and reached the half finales of the 3 other tournaments of the Large Slam, this great hope in becoming is long in confirming. Until 2007, its only important victory remains against Carlos Moya with the tournament of Beijing in 2004.

2007

It obtains a wild card to play the Open of Australia 2007 and meets as of the 1st turn American Andy Roddick. The first set concluded by a tie break that it gains 20-18 and who becomes the longest tie break of the history of the tournament. Roddick gains match 6-7 thereafter (18), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-3.

It gains 4 Challenger tournaments during this year 2007, before being qualified for the Tournoi of Queen' S, in June. He manages to beat with the 2nd turn Lleyton Hewitt, but loses thereafter against Croatian Marin Čilić.

To the tournament of Wimbledon, where it profits from a wild-card, it passes for the 1st time the first turn of a tournament of the Large Slam, by beating its compatriot Julien Benneteau. Then nothing seems to stop it, it gains with the 2nd turn against Nicolas Lapentti, then with 3rd against Feliciano Lopez. It nevertheless is beaten in 1/8e of finale by another French Richard Gasquet.

Its new classification enables him to take part for the first time in the US Open. With the first turn, it demolishes Oscar Hernandez (7-5, 6-1, 6-3), then beats the veteran Tim Henman with the second (7-6 (2), 2-6, 7-5, 6-4). He faces then Rafael Nadal with the third turn, and in spite of a first disputed set, Spanish raises the tone and gains match 7-6 easily (3), 6-2, 6-1. Despite everything, Tsonga remains on two excellent results in Large Slam, and for the first time integrated Signal 75. What to let hope for better days.

The October 28th 2007, it gains its first tournament ATP in double, with the Grand Prix of Tennis of Lyon, at the sides of Sebastien Grosjean.

Prize list

Titrate in double (1)

Results in Large Slam

Into simple

In double

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