# Nicolas Coutelot

Nicolas Coutelot (French:; born 9 February 1977) is a retired professional male tennis player from France who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 87 in May 2002. He also failed a drugs test in 2004 and was suspended for two months (cannabis).

## 1996–2004

At the 2001 French Open Coutelot caused a major upset when he knocked out former World No. 1 Marcelo Ríos in straight sets in the second round. But he lost a five set battle to Wayne Arthurs in the next round. In 2002 at the French Open Coutelot caused controversy when he claimed that Juan Carlos Ferrero had feigned injury, after he lost their second round encounter in the final set. However, Ferrero really was injured as he took a tumble whilst practicing against Tommy Robredo. At the US Open Coutelot made his best appearance by reaching the first round before losing in straight sets to defending champion and World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt.
Coutelot again reached the third round of the French Open when he bundled out David Nalbandian in five sets, despite being two sets to love up, before winning the final set.
His career-high singles ranking was World No. 87.

## Drugs suspension

Coutelot was suspended for two months in 2004 after he tested positive for cannabis when attempting to qualify for the Movistar Open.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 19 (12–7)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–3)
* ITF Futures (9–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (12–7)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2000 | France F1, Grasse | Futures | Clay | Filip Dewulf | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jan 2000 | France F2, Angers | Futures | Clay | Norbert Mazany | 4–6, 6–7$^{(9–11)}$ |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jan 2000 | France F3, Feucherolles | Futures | Clay | Charles Auffray | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Jul 2000 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Martín Rodríguez | 6–3, ret. |
| Win | 2–3 | Sep 2000 | Aschaffenburg, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Luis Horna | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jul 2001 | Venice, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Christophe Rochus | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Sep 2001 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Oct 2001 | Barcelona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Konstantinos Economidis | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 1–6 |
| Win | 3–6 | May 2004 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Guillermo García López | 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Feb 2006 | Spain F7, Cartagena | Futures | Clay | Pablo Santos González | 0–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 4–7 | Apr 2006 | France F6, Grasse | Futures | Clay | Arnaud Di Pasquale | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–7 | Aug 2007 | Lithuania F1, Vilnius | Futures | Clay | Gvidas Sabeckis | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–7 | Aug 2007 | Lithuania F2, Vilnius | Futures | Clay | Juho Paukku | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 7–7 | Feb 2008 | Spain F5, Murcia | Futures | Clay | Miguel Ángel López Jaén | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–7 | Feb 2008 | Spain F6, Torre-Pacheco | Futures | Clay | Adam Chadaj | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 9–7 | Apr 2008 | France F7, Grasse | Futures | Clay | Diego Veronelli | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–7 | Jun 2008 | France F8, Blois | Futures | Clay | Nicolas Renavand | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 11–7 | Jun 2008 | France F9, Toulon | Futures | Clay | Stéphane Robert | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 12–7 | Jul 2008 | France F10, Montauban | Futures | Clay | Nicolas Renavand | 6–3, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 3 (1–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–0)
* ITF Futures (1–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 1998 | Belgium F1, Louvain-la-Neuve | Futures | Clay | Johann Potron | Christophe Rochus Olivier Rochus | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jan 2000 | France F1, Grasse | Futures | Clay | Arnaud Fontaine | Juan Gisbert-Schultze Marcos Roy-Girardi | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jan 2000 | France F3, Feucherolles | Futures | Clay | Leonardo Olguín | Olivier Rochus Réginald Willems | 1–6, 2–6 |

## Performance Timeline

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

### Singles

| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | Q2 | A | Q1 | 3R | 2R | 3R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 63% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | 2R | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |