Jocelyn Robichaud

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Jocelyn Robichaud
Country (sports) Canada
Residence
Futures
Highest rankingNo. 119 (1 May 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2000)
Wimbledon1R (2000)
US OpenQ2 (2000)
Last updated on: 14 January 2022.

Jocelyn Robichaud (born 8 April 1978 in

Challenger events in doubles and reached a career-high ATP
doubles ranking of World No. 119.

Junior tennis

Robichaud won his first of three Grand Slams in doubles partnering

1996 Wimbledon Championship by dispensing of the South African pair of Damien Roberts and Wesley Whitehouse in the final, 6–3, 7–6. Bracciali and Robichaud nearly made it a third Grand Slam title together but fell in the final of the 1996 U.S. Open
to the Bryan twins, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6. Robichaud reached an ITF junior doubles ranking of World No. 1, in December, 1995.

In singles, Robichaud's best results were reaching the third round of the 1995 Australian Open, the quarter-finals of the junior 1995 Italian Open, and the third round of the 1996 Wimbledon Championship. His career-high ITF Junior singles ranking was World No. 11, which he reached in December, 1995.

Senior tennis

Rochichaud captured the

1997 Canadian Open, partnering Tommy Haas. In fact, all 6 of his ATP Tour match wins occurred at his home country's major tournament. Rochibaud appeared in the main draw of a Grand Slam event twice as a senior, both times in doubles, at the 2000 French Open, partnering Jack Waite, and Wimbledon, with Michael Sell. He and Waite lost in straight sets while he and Sell lost 8–10 in the fifth set to Marc-Kevin Goellner and Jan Siemerink
.

As for singles, the highlights of Rochibaud's time on tour were winning his first senior-level match, at age 18, to World No. 627

Granby Challenger
, while in Futures events he had a winning record of 39 and 33. His career-high singles ATP ranking was World No. 384, which he reached in October, 1997.

Davis Cup

Robichaud appeared in rubbers in 4 Canadian Davis Cup ties, all of which Canada lost. He got his first match action winning a dead singles rubber in a tie lost away to Ecuador, 2–3, in April 1998 American Group I semifinal action. He defeated a young Giovanni Lapentti 6–3, 7–6(2). In February 1999, in the quarter-finals of American Group I, Robichaud won his second Davis Cup match, teaming with star Canadian doubles player Daniel Nestor to defeat the Colombian duo of Mauricio Hadad and Miguel Tobón 7–6(5), 6–7(4), 6–7(3), 6–0, 6–4. Canada lost this away tie too, 2–3.

The following year, Canada again faced a South American opponent away in the zonal group I quarter-finals and lost, this time to

Argentine Davis Cup team of Agustín Calleri and Mariano Puerta
, 6–7(5), 3–6, 4–6, in a 2001 American Group I semifinal match-up.

Post-playing career

In 2008, Robichaud captained Canada's youth Davis Cup team,

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1995 US Open Hard South Korea Lee Jong-min Netherlands Raemon Sluiter
Netherlands Peter Wessels
7–6, 6–2
Win 1996 Australian Open Hard Italy Daniele Bracciali United Kingdom Martin Lee
United Kingdom James Trotman
6–2, 6–4
Win 1996 Wimbledon Grass Italy Daniele Bracciali South Africa Damien Roberts
South Africa Wesley Whitehouse
6–2, 6–4
Loss 1996 US Open Hard Italy Daniele Bracciali United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–5, 3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1998 Canada F1, Mississauga Futures Hard
Emin Agaev
4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 2001 Greece F2, Kalamata Futures Hard Slovenia Marko Tkalec 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 14 (8–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–4)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1996 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Canada Sébastien Leblanc South Africa Neville Godwin
United States Geoff Grant
7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Win 2–0 Jul 1997 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Canada Sébastien Leblanc United States David Caldwell
United States Adam Peterson
7–6, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Jun 1998 USA F4,
Tallahassee
Futures Clay United States Michael Russell United States Cecil Mamiit
United Kingdom Kyle Spencer
6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Jun 1998 Canada F1, Mississauga Futures Hard United States Michael Russell Lebanon Ali Hamadeh
United States Todd Meringoff
4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Jun 1998 Canada F2, Montreal Futures Hard Canada Simon Larose Germany Jan-Ralph Brandt
United States Michael Russell
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Jan 1999 India F2, Ahmedabad Futures Hard Canada Simon Larose United States Andrew Rueb
United States Todd Meringoff
6–7, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Oct 1999 Houston, United States Challenger Hard Canada Bobby Kokavec
David Di Lucia
United States Michael Sell
6–7, 0–6
Win 4–4 Nov 1999
Miami
, United States
Challenger Hard South Africa Myles Wakefield United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Win 5–4 Nov 1999 USA F19, Grenelefe Futures Hard Canada Bobby Kokavec France Cedric Kauffmann
United Kingdom Miles Maclagan
4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss 5–5 Feb 2000 Wrocław, Poland Challenger Hard United Kingdom Kyle Spencer Czech Republic Petr Kovačka
Czech Republic Pavel Kudrnáč
6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 5–6 Apr 2000
San Luis Potosí
, Mexico
Challenger Clay United States Michael Sell Venezuela José de Armas
Venezuela Jimy Szymanski
7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win 6–6 Jan 2001 USA F3, Hallandale Beach Futures Hard Canada Frédéric Niemeyer Israel Noam Behr
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 7–6 Mar 2001 New Zealand F3, Tauranga Futures Hard South Africa Wesley Whitehouse
John Hui
6–3, 6–3
Win 8–6 May 2001 Greece F1,
Chalkida
Futures Hard Canada Philip Gubenco Croatia Ivan Cerović
Slovenia Marko Tkalec
6–3, 7–5

References

  1. ^ "itftennis.com". Archived from the original on 16 December 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  2. ^ Tennis Canada
  3. ^ "Tennis Canada". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

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