# Antony Dupuis

Antony Dupuis (French pronunciation:; born 24 February 1973) is a French retired professional tennis player.

## Personal life

Dupuis began playing tennis at the age of nine with his father Xavier. He mentioned in an interview once that he prefers clay and hard court surfaces. He was coached by Benoit Carelli, whom he credits with improving his physical and mental ability. Carelli had coached Dupuis since February 1998.

## Career

Dupuis won one singles title in Milan in 2004 and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in September 2001. In 2005, at the Valencia tournament, Dupuis became the first French player to defeat Novak Djokovic. In 2006 he tested positive for the banned drug Salbutamol and was suspended for two and a half months.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (1–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–1)
* Indoors (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2001 | Munich, Germany | International Series | Clay | Jiří Novák | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | Feb 2004 | Milan, Italy | World Series | Carpet | Mario Ančić | 6–4, 6–7$^{(12–14)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (1–0)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2004 | Long Island, United States | International Series | Hard | Michaël Llodra | Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann | 6–2, 6–4 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 23 (12–11)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (8–7)
* ITF Futures (4–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (7–7)
* Clay (2–3)
* Grass (1–1)
* Carpet (2–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1998 | Vadodara, India | Challenger | Grass | Peter Tramacchi | 6–7, 7–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Dec 1998 | Ahmedabad, India | Challenger | Hard | Oleg Ogorodov | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jan 1999 | Bombay, India | Challenger | Hard | Julien Boutter | 7–5, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 1999 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard | Sebastien Grosjean | 6–4, 3–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 1999 | Grenoble, France | Challenger | Hard | Julien Boutter | 2–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Aug 1999 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Brett Steven | 6–7, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2000 | France F18, Mulhouse | Futures | Hard | Ivo Karlovic | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Oct 2000 | Grenoble, France | Challenger | Hard | Jan Siemerink | 7–6$^{(12–10)}$, 7–6$^{(13–11)}$ |
| Loss | 4–5 | Nov 2000 | Puebla, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Brandon Hawk | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Dec 2000 | Urbana, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Jeff Salzenstein | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–6 | Dec 2000 | San Jose, Costa Rica | Challenger | Hard | Alexandre Simoni | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Feb 2001 | Wroclaw, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Axel Pretzsch | 5–7, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Loss | 5–8 | Feb 2002 | Wroclaw, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Davide Sanguinetti | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 6–8 | Nov 2002 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Carpet | Karol Beck | 4–6, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Win | 7–8 | Jul 2006 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Iván Navarro | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 8–8 | Mar 2007 | Switzerland F3, Wilen | Futures | Carpet | Alexander Flock | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–8 | Apr 2007 | France F7, Grasse | Futures | Clay | Xavier Pujo | 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 10–8 | May 2007 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Pavel Chekhov | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 10–9 | Jul 2009 | Germany F11, Cologne | Futures | Clay | Pavol Cervenak | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 11–9 | Oct 2009 | France F18, Saint-Dizier | Futures | Hard | Conor Niland | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 11–10 | Aug 2010 | Austria F5, Pörtschach | Futures | Clay | Axel Michon | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 11–11 | Sep 2010 | Austria F6, Wels | Futures | Clay | Axel Michon | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 12–11 | Sep 2010 | Germany F15, Trier | Futures | Clay | Alexandre Folie | 6–4, 6–0 |

### Doubles: 2 (0–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–2)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2005 | Orléans, France | Challenger | Hard | Gregory Carraz | Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Feb 2006 | Andrezieux, France | Challenger | Hard | Gregory Carraz | Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut | 4–6, 4–6 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 2R | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| French Open | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | Q1 | 0 / 7 | 2–7 | 22% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | Q2 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 21 | 8–21 | 28% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Cincinnati | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | A | Q1 | 3R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Paris | A | Q2 | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 12 | 5–12 | 29% |