Gilles Simon is an international French tennis player. He started his tennis career in 2002 and won 14 singles on the ATP tour.
He completed his first Grand Slam of the 2006 season, where he beat Tomas Berdych and Nicolas Massu since defeated No.13, Thomas Johansson.
Simon’s Salary and Net worth
His current salary is 7.5 million USD. In fact, he is a professional French tennis player who has a net worth of $13 million USD.
His age and height
He was born on 27 December 1984. According to the date, his present age is 40 years old (2024). His height is 5 feet 9 inches or 1.8m.
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His wife or girlfriend
He is married to his longtime girlfriend. His wife is named Carine Lauret. I said that “Ï live in Paris with my wife and our sons”. They have one son named Timothée Simon.
Gilles Simon’s tennis ranking, family, biography, career, and more
Simon's Tennis career, family, net worth and more | |
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His height, weight, age, family, biography, tennis career details | |
Full or real name | Gilles Simon |
Nick name | Simon |
Profession | professional French tennis player |
Height in cm and m | 180cm or 1.80m |
Height in feet inches | 5 feet 9 inches |
his weight in Kg (approx) | 69 kg |
Weight in IBS | 152 Ibs |
Hair color | Black |
Eye Color | Black |
hair Style | Small hair |
Body fitness | Not known |
Date of birth | 1984-12-27 00:00:00 |
age | 39 years (as of 2023) |
Birth place | Nice, France |
Religion | Not known |
Nationality | French |
High school | N/A |
College | Unknown |
His Tennis career, Grand Slam and details | |
Terned pro | 2002 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
National team | France team |
Career details | |
Residence | Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
Career time | 2002-present |
Current Tour | Unknown |
Price Money | US$ 15,265,380 |
Highest Ranking | Unknown |
Singles | |
Career Record | 491–367 (57.2% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 14 |
Highest Ranking | No. 6 (5 January 2009) |
Current Ranking | No. 63 (16 November 2020) |
Grand Slam Singles Result | |
Australian Open | QF (2009) |
French Open | 4R (2011, 2013, 2015) |
Wimbledon | QF (2015) |
US Open | 4R (2011, 2014) |
Doubles | |
Career Record | 42–143 (22.7% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches |
Career Titles | 0 |
Highest Ranking | No. 117 (28 January 2008) |
Current Ranking | No. 367 (19 October 2020) |
Grand Slam Double Result | |
Australian Open | 2R (2008) |
French Open | 2R (2005) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2006, 2007) |
US Open | 3R (2007) |
Team Competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (2017) |
Ben Hogan Award | N/A |
Hopman Cup | RR (2009) |
His father, mother, salary, wife, family, net worth and more | |
Salary | 7.5 million USD |
Net worth | $15 million |
father name | Daniel Simon |
mother name | Mireille Simon |
brother | Jean-Marie Simon |
Sister | N/A |
Marital status | married |
wife | Carine Lauret |
Marriage date | Unknown |
children | One son: Timothée Simon |
girlfriend | Timothée Simon |
Wife Profession | Unknown |
twitter address | Twitter open |
email address | Not known |
Hobbies | Listening music, playing golf |
Does he like smoke | Unknown |
Does he drinking alcohol | Not known |
Favourite animals | Unknown |
Favourite animals | Dog |
Favourite colors | Blue |
Favourite games | Golf and tennis |
Favorite tennis player | Rafael Nadal |
Best Destination | Paris |
Gilles Simon Tennis career and news
He won his third title of the year and fifth ATP title, defeating Carlos Moyà at the 2008 BCR Open Romania, on 14 September.
Simon was drawn in the red group with Andy Murray, Roger Federer, and Andy Roddick. In his 1st round-robin game, he beat defending winner Federer in November 2008.
In the Australian Open 2009, he defeated Mario Ančić in the 3rd round, vectoring in straight sets, advancing to his fourth-round meeting with compatriot Gaël Monfils.
Simon moved on to New York City to take part in the US Open, successful in the third round by defeating Donald Young in three sets and Philipp Kohlschreiber. Then he went on to meet the no. 1 Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round.
US Open 2011, he advanced to the 4th round by beating Ricardo Mello, Juan Martín del Potro, and Guillermo García-López before losing to John Isner.
He made it to the 4th round of the French Open 2013, earlier losing to Roger Federer in five sets. He lost in the first round to Feliciano Lopez in 2013 at Wimbledon.
After, Simon made the 3rd round of the Australian Open 2015, where he was defeated by David Ferrer.
Simon fell one round short of similar to the previous year’s performance, bowing out in the 3rd round to no. 3 seed and quarter-finalist Milos Raonic at the Australian Open 2017.
In the final of the Lyon Open against Dominic Thiem, he won the 1st set 6–3 and was unsuccessful in converting a breakpoint though leading 4–2 in the second set, in 2018.
His latest career news
Simon was eliminated in the second round by Nick Kyrgios from the Australian Open 2020. He was removed from the Australian Open 2021 by Stefanos Tsitsipas, and the French Open 2021 by Marton Fucsovics.
After, he reached the quarterfinals where he was defeated by Aslan Karatsev, at the Kremlin Cup 2021.
He played the 1st round of the French Open 2022 against Pablo Carreno Busta and he won the tournament with (4,4,6 and 6,6,4) on 25th May 2022.
After a tight five-set match (his 35th on the tour) against World No. 18 and 16 seed Pablo Carreno Busta in the first round, he won his 499th victory on the tour in 2022.
In his last match at Roland Garros 2022, Simon was defeated by Marin Cilic in the third round.
He was, however, knocked out of the competition in his last match by world No. 8 Felix Auger-Aliassime, who retired within the top 150.
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