Augustin Gensse

Augustin Gensse (born 10 August 1983) is a French professional tennis player.

Augustin Gensse

Augustin Gensse at the 2011 US Open
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born	(1983-08-10) 10 August 1983 (age 42) Mont-de-Marsan, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Jérôme Potier
Prize money	$250,639
Singles
Career record	1–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 139 (7 May 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2012)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2011)
US Open	1R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 363 (16 June 2008)
Coaching career (2013–)
Michaela Hončová (2013-2014) Manon Arcangioli (2015-)
Last updated on: December 10, 2015.

Tennis career

Gensse has played two singles matches in the ATP Tour. At the Spain (Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana), he defeated Gorka Frailin and Alan Mackie in the qualifications. As a qualifier, he reached the second round of the tournament, winning against James Ward and losing against Iván Navarro.

He won fourteen Challenger and Futures titles, 10 singles and 4 doubles.

In 2011, he played for the first time in a Grand Slam main draw at the 2011 French Open and lost to Stanislas Wawrinka at the first round in four sets. 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

At the 2011 US Open, Gensse qualified for the second time of the year for a Grand Slam main draw. On the first round, he lost against Janko Tipsarević in straight sets. 6–2, 7–5, 6–0

In June 2012, he injured his ankle and was forced to stop his career. He became at the end of the year the ambassador of Decathlon and their tennis brand Artengo.

In 2015, during Roland Garros, he worked as a sparring partner. He warmed-up both finalists Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka the morning of the final.

Tennis coach

In January 2013, he became the coach of the Slovakian Michaela Hončová. Since May 2015, he's now the coach of the frenchwomen Manon Arcangioli.

Career finals

Challenger and Futures titles (10)

Legend (singles)
Challengers (0)
Futures (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1 August 2005	Spain F18	Clay	José Antonio Sánchez-de Luna	7–5, 6–2
2.	5 June 2006	Tunisia F2	Clay	Rabie Chaki	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
3.	17 July 2006	Spain F23	Clay	Pablo Santos	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
4.	10 May 2010	USA F12	Clay	Erling Tveit	6–3, 6–2
5.	14 June 2010	Morocco F3	Clay	Gerard Granollers-Pujol	6–3, 6–4
6.	21 June 2010	France F9	Clay	Philip Bester	6–1, 6–4
7.	28 June 2010	Morocco F5	Clay	Carlos Boluda-Purkiss	6–1, 6–2
8.	9 August 2010	Germany F12	Clay	Alexandre Folie	6–4, 6–3
9.	16 August 2010	Latvia F1	Clay	David Novak	6–3, 6–2
10.	27 September 2010	Italy F28	Clay	Grzegorz Panfil	6–1, 3–6, 6–2

Runner up (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	29 July 2007	2007 TEAN International	Clay	Jesse Huta Galung	4–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–7(4–7)
2.	31 July 2011	2011 Tampere Open	Clay	Éric Prodon	1–6, 6–3, 2–6
3.	8 April 2012	2012 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc	Clay	Grégoire Burquier	5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7)

Doubles titles (4)

Legend
Challengers (1)
Futures (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	17 July 2006	Spain F23	Clay	Carlos Rexach-Itoiz	Javier Foronda Pablo Santos	6–3, 6–1
2.	25 June 2007	France F9	Clay	David Marrero	Adriano Biasella Marcel Felder	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
3.	16 February 2009	Meknes, Morocco	Clay	Éric Prodon	Giancarlo Petrazzuolo Simone Vagnozzi	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
4.	22 June 2009	France F9	Clay	Leonardo Tavares	Julien Jeanpierre Nicolas Renavand	6–2, 6–2

External links

• Augustin Gensse at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Augustin Gensse at the International Tennis Federation
• Official website