Constant Lestienne

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Constant Lestienne
Country (sports) France
ResidenceParis, France
Born (1992-05-23) 23 May 1992 (age 31)[1]
Amiens, France
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)[2]
Prize money$1,663,955 [1]
Singles
Career record17–35 (32.7% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 48 (6 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 104 (5 February 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record6–11 (35.3% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 250 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 299 (12 February 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open2R (2017)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
Last updated on: 15 February 2024.

Constant Lestienne (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃stɑ̃ lɛstjɛn]; born 23 May 1992) is a French professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 48 on 6 February 2023 and his highest doubles ranking of World No. 250 was achieved on 12 June 2023. He has won eight ATP Challenger singles titles. In addition, he has won five singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[2]

Career[edit]

2015: ATP Tour debut[edit]

Lestienne reached his first career ATP Tour singles main draw at the 2015 Estoril Open after winning two singles qualifying matches. He lost in the first round to Pablo Carreño Busta.

2016: First challenger title, betting scandal and ban[edit]

In May 2016, Lestienne won his first ATP Challenger Tour tournament in Ostrava.

In September 2016, Lestienne was suspended for seven months and fined $10,000 by the International Tennis Federation for betting on tennis matches. The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) in cooperation with French online gambling regulator ARJEL found that Lestienne had bet on 220 tennis matches from February 2012 to June 2015. None of these matches were his own. Half of the ban was suspended, and his fine would be cut in half if he assisted the TIU.[3][4]

2017: Grand Slam debut in doubles[edit]

He made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the doubles main draw with Corentin Moutet. They defeated Dustin Brown and Lu Yen-hsun in the first round, but were defeated by Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău in the second round.[5]

2021-2022: Four Challengers, Top 75, first ATP semifinal[edit]

He won his third Challenger at the 2021 JC Ferrero Challenger Open in Alicante, Spain in October 2021. As a result, he climbed 50 positions in the rankings to world No. 208 on 18 October 2021.

On August 1, 2022, Lestienne entered the Top 100 at World No. 90, following two ATP Challenger Tour titles in Spain in July 2022 and two more finals in the same year. He won his third Challenger in Vancouver in August and reached the top 75 in the rankings on 22 August 2022.

In September 2022, Lestienne reached his first quarterfinal on the ATP Tour at the San Diego Open defeating Brandon Holt and sixth seed Alejandro Tabilo. He entered the top 70 in the rankings on 26 September 2022 at world No. 68.[6] Lestienne followed this by reaching his first semifinal at the 2022 Tel Aviv Open defeating seventh seed compatriot Adrian Mannarino,[7] Emil Ruusuvuori[8] and fourth seed Maxime Cressy in the quarterfinal, his first win against a player in the Top 50.[9]

2023: Major & Masters singles debuts, first Major win & top 50[edit]

At 30 years old, he made his Grand Slam debut in singles at the 2023 Australian Open and won his first Major match defeating Thiago Monteiro. He reached the top 50 on 6 February 2023 at world No. 48.

In February, Lestienne reached his first ATP Tour doubles final at the Qatar Open, playing along Botic van de Zandschulp losing to Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in the finals.

He made his Masters debut at the 2023 Indian Wells Masters but retired in the first round against Emil Ruusuvuori. He also made his debut at the Italian Open but also retired after one set in the first round against Laslo Djere. On his debut at the 2023 French Open he lost in the first round to 11th seed Karen Khachanov. Also on his debut at Wimbledon he lost in the first round to Liam Broady.

In August, Lestienne won the title in Stanford, defeating qualifier Emilio Nava in the final, his first Challenger title in a year.[10][11] In September, Lestienne won another Challenger title in Saint-Tropez, defeating ninth seed Liam Broady in the final, returning in the top 100 on 25 September 2023 as a result.[10][12] In October, Lestienne reached his 14th Challenger final in Alicante and defeated fellow countryman Hugo Grenier in the final for a second time at this tournament, winning his ninth Challenger.[10]

Performance Timelines[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles[edit]

Current through the 2024 Indian Wells Masters.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A Q1 Q3 Q3 Q2 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2
French Open A A Q1 A Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A A A Q1 A Q2 Q1 NH Q1 Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A Q1 A Q2 Q3 A Q2 Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0-0 0-0 0-0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 0–1 0 / 4 1–4
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A NH A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Miami Open A A A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A NH A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Canadian Open A A A A A A A NH A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters Q1 A A A A Q1 A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0 / 3 1–3
Career statistics
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Career
Tournaments 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 19 6 35
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 7–4 6–19 3–6 17–35
Year-end ranking 459 456 289 165 316 151 204 225 228 65 87 33%

ATP career finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 runner up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2023 Qatar Open, Qatar 250 Series Hard Netherlands Botic van de Zandschulp India Rohan Bopanna
Australia Matthew Ebden 		7–6(7–5), 4–6, [6–10]

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 28 (14–14)[edit]

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (9–5)
ITF Futures Tour (5–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (10–6)
Clay (4–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Feb 2013 France F3, Feucherolles Futures Hard (i) France David Guez 0–6, 1–6
Loss 0-2 Aug 2013 Belgium F8, Eupen Futures Clay North Macedonia Dimitar Grabul 6–0, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 0-3 Sep 2013 Germany F16, Kenn, Germany Futures Clay Germany Yannick Maden 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 0-4 Jun 2014 France F12, Toulon Futures Clay France Enzo Couacaud 4–6, 2–6
Win 1-4 Aug 2014 Belgium F9, Ostend Futures Clay France Alexandre Sidorenko 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1-5 Mar 2015 France F7, Saint-Raphaël Futures Hard (i) France Yanais Laurent 2–6, 2–6
Win 2-5 Aug 2015 Netherlands F6, Rotterdam Futures Clay Russia Alexey Vatutin 6–0, 6–4
Loss 2-6 Jan 2016 France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne Futures Clay (i) Belgium Yannik Reuter 3–6, 2–6
Win 3-6 Jan 2016 France F2, Bressuire Futures Hard (i) France Hugo Nys 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4
Win 4-6 May 2016 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–2
Loss 4-7 Jul 2016 France F12, Montauban Futures Clay Spain Jordi Samper Montaña 6–7(6–8), 7–6(8–6), 2–6
Loss 4-8 Jul 2016 San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Federico Gaio 2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 4-9 Jan 2017 France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne Futures Clay (i) France Maxime Hamou 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 5-9 Jun 2017 Hungary F4, Gyula Futures Clay Argentina Facundo Mena 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5-10 Jul 2017 France F14, Bourg-en-Bresse Futures Clay France Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Winner 6-10 Dec 2017 Czech Republic F12, Prague Futures Hard (i) Czech Republic Petr Michnev 6–3, 6–3
Loss 6-11 Feb 2018 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i) Germany Maximilian Marterer 4–6, 5–7
Loss 6-12 Apr 2018 Saint-Brieuc, France Challenger Hard (i) Lithuania Ričardas Berankis 2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win 7-12 Aug 2018 Portorož, Slovenia Challenger Hard Italy Andrea Arnaboldi 6–2, 6–1
Win 8-12 Oct 2021 Alicante, Spain Challenger Hard France Hugo Grenier 6–4, 6–3
Loss 8-13 Feb 2022 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i) France Benjamin Bonzi 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win 9-13 Jul 2022 Malaga, Spain Challenger Hard Ecuador Emilio Gomez 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Win 10-13 Jul 2022 Pozoblanco, Spain Challenger Hard France Grégoire Barrère 6–0, 7–6 (7–3)
Loss 10-14 Jul 2022 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard France Hugo Grenier 5–7, 3–6
Win 11-14 Aug 2022 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard France Arthur Rinderknech 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
Win 12-14 Aug 2023 Stanford, United States Challenger Hard United States Emilio Nava 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win 13-14 Sep 2023 Saint-Tropez, France Challenger Hard United Kingdom Liam Broady 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 14–14 Oct 2023 Alicante, Spain Challenger Hard France Hugo Grenier 6–7(10–12), 6–2, 6–4

Doubles (3–3)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Men's Circuit (3–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 1. 29 June 2014 Toulon, France Clay France Yanais Laurent Argentina Federico Coria
Argentina Dante Gennaro 		3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Winner 2. 6 July 2014 Montauban, France Clay France Yanais Laurent France Remy Chala
France Valentin Masse 		6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 8 March 2015 Lille, France Hard (i) France Jonathan Eysseric Belgium Yannick Mertens
Netherlands Boy Westerhof 		4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 22 March 2015 Poitiers, France Hard (i) France Grégoire Jacq France Grégoire Burquier
France Alexandre Sidorenko 		4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 5 July 2015 Montauban, France Clay France Yanais Laurent France Tristan Lamasine
France Maxime Teixeira 		4–6, 4–6
Winner 6. 15 January 2017 Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, France Clay (i) France Alexis Musialek France Grégoire Jacq
France Hugo Nys 		3–6, 7–5, [10–8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Constant Lestienne – Tennis Players - Tennis - ATP World Tour". ATP. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Player Profile - LESTIENNE, Constant (FRA)". ITF. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "Tour player Constant Lestienne banned for seven months after betting on tennis matches". SkySports. 21 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Tennis : Constant Lestienne suspendu sept mois pour avoir parié sur des centaines de matchs" (in French). Le Monde. 21 September 2016.
  5. ^ "ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – French Open – 29 May – 11 June 2017". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  6. ^ "Constant Lestienne poursuit sa route à San Diego" (in French).
  7. ^ "Marin Cilic Celebrates Birthday with Win Against Dominic Thiem in Tel Aviv | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  8. ^ "Novak Djokovic Dominant in Tel Aviv Opener | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  9. ^ "Constant Lestienne qualifié à Tel-Aviv pour sa première demi-finale sur le circuit".
  10. ^ a b c "Frenchmen Combine For Record-Breaking 27 Challenger Titles; Lestienne leads the way with three titles in 2023".
  11. ^ "Peniston, Darderi Win Maiden Challenger Titles; Lestienne wins Challenger 125 event in California".
  12. ^ "Ugo Carabelli, Lestienne Add To Argentina, France's Challenger Title Race".

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