Clément Morel

French tennis player

Clément Morel
Singles
Full name	Clément Morel
Country (sports)	France Monaco (2006—)
Born	(1984-07-16) 16 July 1984 (age 39) Oullins, Lyon, France
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$43,924
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 387 (15 October 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q1 (2004)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 509 (1 October 2007)
Last updated on: 11 September 2021.

Clément Morel (born 16 July 1984) is a French former professional tennis player.

Career

Morel was the junior champion at the 2002 Australian Open. He defeated countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals, then won the title with a win over Todd Reid in the final.^[1] In the juniors event at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships, Morel lost in the second round to Ryan Henry, with a final set scoreline of 24–26, which was a tournament record.^[2]

He took part in qualifying for the 2004 French Open and also appeared in an ATP Challenger tournament in Grenoble that year, but otherwise played on the Futures circuit. His two Futures titles came in South Africa in 2006 and the other a 2008 tournament in Belgium.

In 2008 he switched nationalities and began representing the Monaco Davis Cup team. He played two matches, the first was a win over Algerian Slimane Saoudi in 2008 and the other a loss to Finland's Henri Laaksonen the following year.^[3]^[4]

Clément Morel continued his studies at EM Lyon Business School^[5]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2002	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Reid	6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (2–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2003	Jamaica F9, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Gilles Simon	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2006	Israel F2, Raanana	Futures	Hard	Andy Ram	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 2006	Botswana F1, Gaborone	Futures	Hard	Talal Ouahabi	6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 3–6
Win	1–3	Oct 2006	South Africa F1, Pretoria	Futures	Hard	Pieter Calitz	6–7^(3–7), 6–1, 6–1
Loss	1–4	Mar 2007	Portugal F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Peter Wessels	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Jul 2007	Georgia F1, Tbilisi	Futures	Hard	Lado Chikhladze	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Win	2–5	Aug 2008	Belgium F1, Eupen	Futures	Clay	Romano Frantzen	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	2–6	Aug 2008	Belgium F2, Koksijde	Futures	Clay	Rabie Chaki	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (5–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2003	France F2, Angers	Futures	Clay	Laurent Recouderc	Nicolas Mahut Edouard Roger-Vasselin	1–6, 6–7^(0–7)
Loss	0–2	Sep 2003	Jamaica F9, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Gilles Simon	Dustin Brown Ryan Russell	6–7^(4–7), 2–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2004	Iran F1, Tehran	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Balleret	Sarvar Ikramov Murad Inoyatov	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1–3	Aug 2004	Iran F2, Tehran	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Balleret	Charles Roche Xavier Audouy	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Aug 2005	Lebanon F2, Beirut	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Balleret	Patrick Chucri Alexander Hartman	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(2–7), 0–1 ret.
Win	2–4	Aug 2005	Iran F1, Tehran	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Balleret	Asim Shafik Aqeel Khan	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–4	Mar 2006	Israel F2, Raanana	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Balleret	Ishay Hadash Predrag Rusevski	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	4–4	Oct 2006	South Africa F1, Pretoria	Futures	Hard	Philippe de Bonnevie	Wesley Baptiste Rikus De Villiers	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	5–4	Jul 2007	Iran F2, Tehran	Futures	Clay	Charles Roche	Syrym Abdukhalikov Sergey Betov	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Aug 2007	Georgia F2, Tbilisi	Futures	Hard	Charles Roche	Syrym Abdukhalikov Sergey Betov	0–2 ret.
Loss	5–6	Sep 2007	Poland F8, Opole	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Balleret	Blazej Koniusz Mateusz Kowalczyk	1–6, 1–6

References

^ Banks, Colin (27 January 2002). "Johansson surprises himself". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ "Long-playing record finally smashed". BBC Sport. 4 July 2002. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ "Davis Cup – Tie – Details – Monaco v Algeria". daviscup.com. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ "Davis Cup – Tie – Details – Finland v Monaco". daviscup.com. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ Morel, Clément. "The "reconversion" interview with Clément Morel". emlyonforever.com/. EM Lyon Forever. Retrieved 29 May 2020.