# Michaël Llodra

Michaël Llodra (French pronunciation:; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 3 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), winning 26 career doubles titles, including three majors and an Olympic silver medal. Llodra also had success in singles, winning five career titles and with victories over Novak Djokovic, Juan Martín del Potro, Tomáš Berdych, Robin Söderling, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Nikolay Davydenko, Janko Tipsarević and John Isner. Llodra has been called "the best volleyer on tour."

## Life and career

Llodra was born in Paris, where his father Michel played for Paris Saint-Germain. A left-hander, his serve-and-volley style is modelled on that of his idol, Stefan Edberg.
Llodra and his wife Camille were married on 9 September 2003, and have two children, a daughter, Manon (born 23 March 2004) and a son, Teo (born 5 September 2007). He is a well-known supporter of French football club Paris Saint-Germain, and has often been seen wearing the club's shirt prior to tennis matches.

### 2002

Llodra reached his first Grand Slam final, the Australian Open men's doubles, with Fabrice Santoro. Unseeded, they lost to Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. During his semifinal, Llodra inadvertently hit and killed a bird flying across the court.

### 2003

Llodra won his first Grand Slam title, the Australian Open men's doubles, with Santoro. Their opponents in the final were once again Knowles and Nestor.

### 2004

Upon winning the men's doubles again for the second time at the Australian Open in 2004, Llodra and his tennis partner Santoro made headlines by stripping off their shirts, shoes, socks and shorts. Dressed in a pair of white briefs only, Llodra threw his clothes into the crowd, to the cheers of many onlookers.
Llodra made his first appearance in the fourth round of a Grand Slam singles tournament at that year's French Open. In the fourth round he led eventual semifinalist Tim Henman by two sets to love and had a match point in the fifth set before Henman prevailed. Llodra also won his first ATP singles title two weeks later at 's-Hertogenbosch.

### 2005

On 20 November 2005, Llodra again teamed with Santoro to win the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, a competition which pitted the top eight doubles teams in the world against one another.

### 2007

In July, Llodra won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon partnering Arnaud Clément, defeating Bob and Mike Bryan to win his third Grand Slam doubles title. He and Clément were ecstatic, and Llodra once again celebrated by throwing his shirt, racket and towel into the crowd.
At the US Open, he and Clément were seeded seventh, but were upset in the second round by Jesse Levine and Alex Kuznetsov.

### 2008

Llodra and Clément reached a second Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, but lost to the Israeli pairing of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.
In singles, Llodra won two tournaments in the course of two months, the first in Adelaide, where he defeated Jarkko Nieminen in the final, and the other in Rotterdam, where he edged out Robin Söderling in a third-set tiebreak.
Llodra and his doubles partner Clément then defeated the Bryan Brothers again in four sets at the Davis Cup quarterfinals tie against the US team. They are one of two teams to defeat the Bryans in Davis Cup.
He then entered the French Open, where he upset Tomáš Berdych in the second round and went on to reach the fourth round, losing to Latvian Ernests Gulbis in straight sets.

### 2009

In 2009, he made two finals in singles; the Open 13 in Marseille (l. to Tsonga) and the Grand Prix in Lyon (l. to Ljubicic). He had a poor season in doubles.

### 2010

Llodra started off the season with opening-round losses in Brisbane and Sydney. He made the second round of the Australian Open, losing to Juan Mónaco in five sets.
He lost to Marco Chiudinelli in the opening round in Rotterdam. The following week, he impressively won the Open 13 tournament in Marseille. He beat two well-known players on the rise: seventh seed Marcos Baghdatis (in the second round) and top seed Robin Söderling (in the quarterfinals). In the final, he defeated Julien Benneteau in straight sets in their first meeting on the ATP tour. Llodra and Benneteau also teamed up to win the doubles title in Marseille. Llodra also won at Eastbourne, beating Guillermo García-López in the final.
Llodra lost in the first round at the French Open, the second round at Wimbledon, and made the third round at the US Open before retiring against Tommy Robredo.
At the BNP Paribas Masters tournament in Paris-Bercy, he played his best tennis in an ATP Masters 1000 tournament, where he defeated second seed Novak Djokovic and then eleventh seed Nikolay Davydenko in the quarterfinals. Llodra then held three match points against world No. 5 and eventual champion Robin Söderling, but eventually lost in a third-set tiebreak. Had Llodra won, it would have been an all-French final in Paris with compatriot Gaël Monfils.

### 2011

At the Australian Open, Llodra and Zimonjic lost in the quarterfinals to Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes. They reached the final in Rotterdam, but lost to Jürgen Melzer and Petzschner. They reached the semifinals in Dubai, but lost to Jérémy Chardy and Feliciano López, again in a super-tiebreak. They reached the quarterfinals in Miami, again losing to Bhupathi and Paes. In Madrid, they lost the final to the Bryan brothers. In Rome, they reached the quarterfinals, losing to Carlos Berlocq and Jarkko Nieminen.
The team made the semifinals at the French Open and at Wimbledon, losing to Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in a match featuring two tiebreaks, and to the Bryan brothers in five sets. They won their first two titles of the year in Washington, D.C., and at the Canadian Open, against Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău and the Bryan brothers, respectively. They lost in the final in Cincinnati, again against Bhupathi and Paes.
They did not make it past the round of 16 at the US Open, but they took their third title of the year at the China Open, again against Lindstedt and Tecau. They lost in the final in Shanghai against Max Mirnyi and Nestor in a super-tiebreak. They took their fourth title together in Basel, again defeating Mirnyi and Nestor in the final.
They reached the quarterfinals in Bercy and participated in the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals in London, winning their first round-robin match against Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi.
In singles, Llodra reached the quarterfinals in Marseille, losing to Robin Söderling. He also reached the quarterfinals in Madrid, losing to finalist Rafael Nadal. He lost in the first round at the French Open and in the round of 16 at Wimbledon. In the US Open, he lost in the second round to Kevin Anderson in straight sets.

### 2012

At the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris (Bercy), Llodra reached the semifinals, after upsetting tenth and seventh seeds John Isner and Juan Martín del Potro, even though he was the lowest-ranked player in the draw. He also beat American Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. He faced David Ferrer for a place in the final, but lost.

### 2013

At the Dubai Open, Llodra stunned world No. 8 and Australian Open 2008 finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets, but lost to Dmitry Tursunov in the next round. Llodra was also in the men's doubles finals of the French Open with Nicolas Mahut, but lost to the Bryan brothers in the final.

### 2014

In 2014 Llodra played fewer tournaments and had less success in singles than the previous years. He suffered first-round losses at the Australian Open and French Open, and skipped Wimbledon. He did, however, get a win at the US Open, defeating Daniel Gimeno-Traver.

## Playing style

Llodra was known for his skilled net play. The Guardian journalist Xan Brooks described Llodra as "one of those talented, maddening French players in the tradition of Henri Leconte, Guy Forget and Fabrice Santoro; at once supremely gifted and curiously brittle" and that he "plays like he's just flown in from the 20th-century. His game is all dinks and slices and sly changes of pace." Two-time French Open finalist Robin Söderling called Llodra's serve "unbelievable" and his volleys the "best on the tour". To aid his touch on volleys, Llodra was one of the few professionals to use all natural gut strings, which gave him better feel at the expense of power at the baseline.
Llodra was one of the last remaining serve-and-volleyers in the top ranks of men's professional tennis, a tactic aided by his left-handed serve which allowed him to create unusual angles. Llodra has been called the 'best serve and volleyer in the world' by the website Essential Tennis.

## Significant finals
### Grand Slam tournament finals
#### Men's doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2002 | Australian Open | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 2003 | Australian Open | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 2004 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2004 | French Open | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 2007 | Wimbledon | Grass | Arnaud Clément | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2008 | Australian Open | Hard | Arnaud Clément | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | 5–7, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 2013 | French Open | Clay | Nicolas Mahut | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |

### Olympic finals
#### Men's doubles: 2 (1 Silver medal, 1 4th place)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| 4th Place | 2008 | Summer Olympics | Hard | Arnaud Clément | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Silver | 2012 | Summer Olympics | Grass | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |

### Year-end championships
#### Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2003 | Tennis Masters Cup, Houston | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 2005 | Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |

### Masters 1000 finals
#### Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2003 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Loss | 2003 | Italian Open | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2003 | Paris Masters | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley | 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Win | 2005 | Italian Open | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2005 | Hamburg Masters | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 6–4, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Win | 2006 | Paris Masters | Carpet (i) | Arnaud Clément | Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2010 | Canadian Open | Hard | Julien Benneteau | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2011 | Madrid Open | Clay | Nenad Zimonjić | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2011 | Canadian Open | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–5] |
| Loss | 2011 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Loss | 2011 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 6–3, 1–6, [10–12] |

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend (pre/post 2009)
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* Olympic Games (0–0)
* ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)
* ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–4)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (2–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (3–2)
* Indoor (2–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2004 | Australian Hard Court Championships, Australia | International | Hard | Dominik Hrbatý | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 2004 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands | International | Grass | Guillermo Coria | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2005 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands | International | Grass | Mario Ančić | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jan 2008 | Australian Hard Court Championships, Australia | International | Hard | Jarkko Nieminen | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–2 | Feb 2008 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | Intl. Gold | Hard (i) | Robin Söderling | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2009 | Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 5–7, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–4 | Nov 2009 | Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Ivan Ljubičić | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Feb 2010 | Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Julien Benneteau | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–4 | Jun 2010 | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom | 250 Series | Grass | Guillermo García López | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Feb 2012 | Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Juan Martín del Potro | 4–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 48 (26 titles, 22 runner-ups)

* Legend (pre/post 2009)
* Grand Slam tournaments (3–4)
* Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (1–1)
* ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3–8)
* Olympic Games (0–1)
* ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–1)
* ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (13–7)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (18–14)
* Clay (2–6)
* Grass (1–1)
* Carpet (5–1)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (11–16)
* Indoor (15–6)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 2000 | Majorca Open, Spain | International | Clay | Diego Nargiso | Alberto Martín Fernando Vicente | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jan 2002 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2002 | Los Angeles Open, United States | International | Hard | Justin Gimelstob | Sébastien Grosjean Nicolas Kiefer | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jan 2003 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2003 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco | Masters Series | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 2003 | Italian Open, Italy | Masters Series | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Oct 2003 | Open de Moselle, France | International | Hard (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Nov 2003 | Paris Masters, France | Masters Series | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley | 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Nov 2003 | Tennis Masters Cup, United States | Tour Finals | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–8 | Jan 2004 | Australian Hard Court Championships, Australia | International | Hard | Arnaud Clément | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–8 | Jan 2004 | Australian Open, Australia (2) | Grand Slam | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–9 | Jun 2004 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 4–9 | Aug 2004 | Long Island Open, United States | International | Hard | Antony Dupuis | Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–9 | Oct 2004 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | International | Carpet (i) | Arnaud Clément | Dominik Hrbatý Jaroslav Levinský | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–10 | Jan 2005 | Sydney International, Australia | International | Hard | Arnaud Clément | Mahesh Bhupathi Todd Woodbridge | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–10 | May 2005 | Italian Open, Italy | Masters Series | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–11 | May 2005 | Hamburg Masters, Germany | Masters Series | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 6–4, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Win | 7–11 | Oct 2005 | Open de Moselle, France | International | Hard (i) | Fabrice Santoro | José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto | 5–2, 3–5, 5–4$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 8–11 | Oct 2005 | Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France | International | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 9–11 | Nov 2005 | Tennis Masters Cup, China | Tour Finals | Carpet (i) | Fabrice Santoro | Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 10–11 | Nov 2006 | Paris Masters, France | Masters Series | Carpet (i) | Arnaud Clément | Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 11–11 | Feb 2007 | Open 13, France | International | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 7–5, 4–6, [10–8] |
| Win | 12–11 | Jul 2007 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Arnaud Clément | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 12–12 | Sep 2007 | Thailand Open, Thailand | International | Hard (i) | Nicolas Mahut | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 6–3, 5–7, [7–10] |
| Win | 13–12 | Oct 2007 | Open de Moselle, France (2) | International | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 13–13 | Oct 2007 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | International | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 13–14 | Jan 2008 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Arnaud Clément | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | 5–7, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 14–14 | Mar 2008 | Las Vegas Open, United States | International | Hard | Julien Benneteau | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 4–6, [10–8] |
| Win | 15–14 | Oct 2008 | Open de Moselle, France (3) | International | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 5–7, 6–3, [10–8] |
| Win | 16–14 | Oct 2008 | Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France (2) | International | Carpet (i) | Andy Ram | Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins | 6–3, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Win | 17–14 | Feb 2009 | Open 13, France (2) | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Julian Knowle Andy Ram | 3–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| Loss | 17–15 | Oct 2009 | Open de Moselle, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément | Colin Fleming Ken Skupski | 6–2, 4–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 18–15 | Feb 2010 | Open 13, France (3) | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Julien Benneteau | Julian Knowle Robert Lindstedt | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 18–16 | Aug 2010 | Canadian Open, Canada | Masters 1000 | Hard | Julien Benneteau | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 18–17 | Feb 2011 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Nenad Zimonjić | Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner | 4–6, 6–3, [5–10] |
| Loss | 18–18 | May 2011 | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Nenad Zimonjić | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 19–18 | Aug 2011 | Washington Open, United States | 500 Series | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, [10–7] |
| Win | 20–18 | Aug 2011 | Canadian Open, Canada | Masters 1000 | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–5] |
| Loss | 20–19 | Aug 2011 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Win | 21–19 | Oct 2011 | China Open, China | 500 Series | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 21–20 | Oct 2011 | Shanghai Masters, China | Masters 1000 | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 6–3, 1–6, [10–12] |
| Win | 22–20 | Nov 2011 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Nenad Zimonjić | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 23–20 | Feb 2012 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Nenad Zimonjić | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău | 4–6, 7–5, [16–14] |
| Loss | 23–21 | Aug 2012 | Summer Olympics, United Kingdom | Olympics | Grass | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Win | 24–21 | Feb 2013 | Open Sud de France, France (3) | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Marc Gicquel | Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen | 6–3, 3–6, [11–9] |
| Win | 25–21 | Mar 2013 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates | 500 Series | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi | Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ |
| Loss | 25–22 | Jun 2013 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Nicolas Mahut | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 26–22 | Feb 2014 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Nicolas Mahut | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W-L |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 5–13 |
| French Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 10–15 |
| Wimbledon | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 2R | A | 9–13 |
| US Open | A | A | 2R | A | 4R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 10–11 |
| Win–loss | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 6–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 34–52 |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | 7–7 |
| Miami | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | A | 6–10 |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 2R | Q1 | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 4–8 |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1–6 |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | Held as Madrid (Clay) | Held as Madrid (Clay) | Held as Madrid (Clay) | Held as Madrid (Clay) | Held as Madrid (Clay) | Held as Madrid (Clay) | 1–2 |
| Madrid (Clay) | Held as Hamburg | Held as Hamburg | Held as Hamburg | Held as Hamburg | Held as Hamburg | Held as Hamburg | Held as Hamburg | Held as Hamburg | Held as Hamburg | A | A | QF | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 3–2 |
| Canada | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | Q2 | 3–8 |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 2R | A | A | Q1 | 1–4 |
| Madrid (Hard) | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Held as Shanghai | Held as Shanghai | Held as Shanghai | Held as Shanghai | Held as Shanghai | Held as Shanghai | 0–1 |
| Shanghai | Held as Madrid (Hard) | Held as Madrid (Hard) | Held as Madrid (Hard) | Held as Madrid (Hard) | Held as Madrid (Hard) | Held as Madrid (Hard) | Held as Madrid (Hard) | Held as Madrid (Hard) | Held as Madrid (Hard) | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0–3 |
| Paris | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | SF | 1R | SF | 1R | A | 9–9 |
| Win–loss | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–8 | 1–4 | 9–8 | 7–9 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 35–60 |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Year-end ranking | 159 | 89 | 104 | 173 | 41 | 136 | 96 | 93 | 40 | 67 | 23 | 47 | 53 | 105 | 269 | |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | F | W | W | QF | 2R | 1R | F | A | 1R | QF | 3R | 1R | SF | 2 / 13 | 35–11 |
| French Open | A | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 3R | F | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | SF | QF | F | 3R | 0 / 16 | 32–16 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | A | QF | A | W | A | A | QF | SF | 3R | 2R | SF | 1 / 11 | 28–10 |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 15 | 19–13 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 7–4 | 14–3 | 12–2 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 9–3 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 6–3 | 13–4 | 7–4 | 8–4 | 11–3 | 3 / 55 | 114–51 |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 9 | 6–9 |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | QF | 2R | SF | QF | A | 1R | QF | QF | 2R | SF | 0 / 11 | 17–11 |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | F | 2R | SF | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | SF | A | 2R | 0 / 10 | 10–10 |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | 2R | F | QF | W | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | QF | QF | A | A | 1 / 9 | 12–7 |
| Madrid (Stuttgart) | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | SF | A | A | 2R | A | A | F | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 5–7 |
| Canada | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | QF | SF | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | F | W | A | 2R | 1R | 1 / 11 | 12–10 |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | QF | SF | A | A | A | QF | 2R | F | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 9 | 9–9 |
| Shanghai | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 1R | 1R | F | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 |
| Paris | A | A | 2R | 1R | QF | F | 1R | 1R | W | SF | SF | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | 1 / 14 | 18–13 |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | 2R | A | QF | NM1 | NM1 | NM1 | NM1 | NM1 | NM1 | 0 / 3 | 6–3 |
| Year-end ranking | 383 | 271 | 93 | 67 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 17 | 18 | 49 | 29 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 26 | |

## Top 10 wins

| Season | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Total |
| Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
| 2004 |||||||
| 1. | Guillermo Coria | 3 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | F | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2. | Marat Safin | 8 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet (i) | QF | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 2008 |||||||
| 3. | Nikolay Davydenko | 4 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 2009 |||||||
| 4. | Gilles Simon | 8 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | SF | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–2 |
| 2010 |||||||
| 5. | Robin Söderling | 8 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | QF | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–4 |
| 6. | Fernando Verdasco | 10 | Davis Cup, Clermont-Ferrand, France | Hard (i) | RR | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| 7. | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | US Open, New York | Hard | 1R | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 8. | Novak Djokovic | 3 | Paris, France | Hard (i) | 3R | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–2 |
| 2012 |||||||
| 9. | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | SF | 6–4, 7–6$^{(12–10)}$ |
| 10. | Juan Martín del Potro | 8 | Paris, France | Hard (i) | 3R | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2013 |||||||
| 11. | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | Montpellier, France | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| 12. | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 8 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 1R | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–2 |
| 13. | Richard Gasquet | 10 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | 1R | 6–4, 6–2 |

## Incidents
### Bird

In the 2002 Australian Open men's doubles semifinal against Julien Boutter and Arnaud Clément, a small bird (identified as a house martin) flew into the court chasing a moth. It flew into the path of a hard-hit volley by Llodra. After an impromptu funeral ceremony led by Boutter, the match continued, with Llodra and Santoro eventually winning 6–3, 3–6, 12–10. Llodra remarked afterwards, "I didn't do it deliberately. But at least I saved the moth."

### Nude in the locker

In the 2005 Key Biscayne tournament, Llodra was hiding nude in Ivan Ljubicic's locker. When Ljubicic discovered him, Llodra stated that he "tried to get his positive energy". In 2005 Ljubicic was playing his most successful season by then.

### Accusation of racism

After his first round victory over Ernests Gulbis at the 2012 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, during which Llodra was overheard by fans and journalists making racist and sexist comments to a female Gulbis fan, Llodra was fined $2500 by the ATP for his behaviour. He later admitted making the comments in interviews with French media and complained that the fine was too high. Llodra did not make matters better for himself during an interview with a reporter from the Chinese news Web site SINA.com, in which the Frenchman attempted to apologize for his remarks. "My words were not aimed at China," Llodra began. "I love Chinese — I can totally make love with a Chinese girl," he added, before being cut off by the A.T.P. official monitoring the interview. The journalist, who took offense at the remark, said that he did not find Llodra's apology sincere. This was not the first incident in which charges of racism have been leveled at Llodra. He denied his comments were racist during his 2011 French Open first round defeat at the hands of Belgian qualifier Steve Darcis, comparing the atmosphere on court to that of a north African souk while veteran Moroccan umpire Mohammed El Jennati was in the chair.