Olivier Patience

Olivier Patience

Country	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Date of birth	25 March 1980 (1980-03-25) (age 29)
Place of birth	Évreux, France
Height	180 cm
Weight	75 kg
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	$874,075
Singles
Career record	26–49
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	87 (19 July 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2004)
French Open	3rd (2007)
Wimbledon	1st (2004)
US Open	1st (2006)
Doubles
Career record	5–19
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	206 (24 July 2000)
Last updated on: 20 October 2008.

Olivier Patience (born 25 March 1980 in Évreux, Eure) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking was no. 87, on 19 July 2004. During 2006, Patience won 3 ATP Challenger Series tournaments. He registered his best performance in a Grand Slam event to date, when he reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros in 2007. He defeated Jonathan Eysseric in the first round in four sets, and then Mariano Zabaleta 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, but then lost to Novak Djoković in 5 sets, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6.

Singles Titles

Wins (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	13 May 2002	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Todd Larkham	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2.	18 August 2003	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Martín Vassallo Argüello	3–6, 6–3, 7–63
3.	21 March 2005	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Victor Ioniţă	6–0, 6–2
4.	25 April 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	Florent Serra	7–64, 7–5
5.	26 December 2005	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Julien Benneteau	2–6, 6–4, 7–65
6.	15 May 2006	San Remo, Italy	Clay	Stefano Galvani	6–2, 4–6, 7–68
7.	12 June 2006	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Guillermo García López	6–4, 6–1
8.	26 June 2006	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Sergio Roitman	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
9.	25 June 2007	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Félix Mantilla	66–7, 6–1, 7–66
10.	2 September 2008	Cherkasy, Ukraine	Clay	Denis Istomin	6–2, 6–0

Runners-up (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	19 March 2007	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Stefano Galvani	6–1, 6–1
2.	4 September 2007	Braşov, Romania	Clay	Máximo González	6–4, 6–3
3.	6 October 2008	Florianopolis, Brazil	Clay	Nicolás Massú	46–7, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles titles

Wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	18 April 2005	Monza, Italy	Clay	Nicolas Devilder	Massimo Bertolini Uros Vico	7–5, 6–4

External links

• Olivier Patience at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Patience Recent Match Results
• Patience World Ranking History

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