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Julien Benneteau was born on 20 December, 1981 in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, is a French tennis player. Discover Julien Benneteau's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?

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Age 42 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 20 December 1981
Birthday 20 December
Birthplace Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Nationality France

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Julien Benneteau Height, Weight & Measurements

At 42 years old, Julien Benneteau height is 1.85m and Weight 79 kg.

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Height 1.85m
Weight 79 kg
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Who Is Julien Benneteau's Wife?

His wife is Karen Benneteau

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Julien Benneteau Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Julien Benneteau worth at the age of 42 years old? Julien Benneteau’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. He is from France. We have estimated Julien Benneteau's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Prize money US$9,556,742
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Timeline

1930

At Roland Garros he was 30th seed, he lost in the third round to Roger Federer.

At the Eastbourne grass tournament, the Frenchman beat Kevin Anderson in the first round, but lost to Bernard Tomic in the second round.

At Wimbledon, he lost to Fernando Verdasco in the second round.

Benneteau was defeated by Andy Murray in the third round of the Cincinnati Masters.

At the US Open, he defeated Jérémy Chardy in the second round, but lost to Tomáš Berdych in the third round.

1981

Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player.

1999

In the 1999 Orange Bowl Benneteau won the Boys 16s double title.

As a junior, Benneteau achieved a career-high ranking of No. 17 in singles and No. 1 in doubles in 1999.

Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut won the US Open Boys' Doubles title in 1999.

2006

He reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open and the semifinals of the 2014 Cincinnati Masters and 2017 Paris Masters (the latter as a wildcard).

At the 2006 French Open, Benneteau reached the quarterfinals by defeating Janko Tipsarević, Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, Radek Štěpánek, and Alberto Martín.

There, he was defeated in straight sets by fourth-seeded Ivan Ljubičić of Croatia.

2008

The Frenchman finished the 2008 season in the top 50 for the second time in three years.

During the season, he reached two ATP finals, at Casablanca, where he lost to fellow countryman Gilles Simon, and in his final tournament of the season at Lyon, where he lost to Robin Söderling.

2009

In May 2009, he entered the Interwetten Austrian Open in Kitzbühel as a lucky loser and reached his third career final, falling to Spain's Guillermo García López.

In the quarterfinals of the 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, he played a remarkable 53-shot rally with the then world no. 2 Andy Murray in the second set of a three-set loss.

He lost the rally when he smashed a lob that grazed the net and went wide.

His best career victory was undoubtedly achieved on 11 November 2009 at the 2009 Paris Masters, when he scored a huge upset over world no. 1 Roger Federer in the second round in front of his home crowd.

2012

Benneteau also had success in doubles, winning the bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2012 London Olympics (partnering Richard Gasquet) and the 2014 French Open men's doubles title with fellow Frenchman Édouard Roger-Vasselin, thus becoming the first team from France to win the men's doubles discipline in 30 years (after Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte won the title in 1984).

He reached the third round of the 2012 French Open, losing to world no. 8 Janko Tipsarević.

In the third round of Wimbledon 2012, Benneteau led Federer by two sets before eventually being defeated in five sets.

In the 2012 Olympics in London, he captured the bronze medal in doubles with Richard Gasquet.

2013

Benneteau did not win a singles title, although he finished as runner-up in a record 10 ATP tournaments, including holding a match point in the 2013 Kuala Lumpur final.

At the 2013 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, Benneteau again beat top seed and defending champion Federer in the quarterfinals.

He beat compatriot Gilles Simon in the semifinals, but was not able to overcome Juan Martín del Potro in the final, disappointingly failing yet again to clinch a title.

During the clay season, he beat Nicolás Almagro at the Rome Masters, but lost to Benoît Paire in the second round.

Benneteau reached the final of the 2013 Malaysian Open for the second year running after beating Stan Wawrinka, but was once again beaten in the final, this time by unseeded João Sousa in three sets.

He had won the first set and was within a game of winning the title at 5–4 in the second set.

At Valencia he won over Feliciano López in the first round, but lost to David Ferrer in the second round.

He collected first-round losses at the Shanghai and Paris Masters.

2014

He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 25 and doubles ranking of No. 5 in November 2014.

In the 2014 season, Benneteau beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Feliciano López to reach the Indian Wells Masters quarterfinals, where he lost to Novak Djokovic.

At the Miami Masters, he won over Ernests Gulbis, but was defeated by Tommy Robredo.

During the clay season, he claimed the Bordeaux Challenger, but lost to Facundo Bagnis in the first round of Roland Garros.

At Eastbourne, Benneteau took wins over Yen-Hsun Lu and Gilles Simon, after which he lost to Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals.

2018

Benneteau intended to retire from professional tennis after the 2018 US Open.

However, due to an injury crisis he was asked by captain Yannick Noah to represent France in the Davis Cup semifinal in September 2018 against Spain.

Benneteau teamed up with Nicolas Mahut to secure a decisive victory that took France to an unassailable 3–0 lead against Spain and into the final of the 2018 Davis Cup.

Benneteau subsequently played several further events in singles and doubles, concluding his professional career on home soil at the Paris Masters.

Since 2018, Benneteau has been the captain of France's Billie Jean King Cup team.