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Constant Lestienne

Lestienne in 2019
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Paris, France
Born	(1992-05-23) 23 May 1992 (age 32) Amiens, France
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,939,826
Singles
Career record	17–41
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 48 (6 February 2023)
Current ranking	No. 110 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2023)
French Open	1R (2023, 2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2023, 2024)
US Open	1R (2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record	6–14
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 250 (12 June 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2023)
French Open	2R (2017)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
Last updated on: 19 August 2024.

Constant Lestienne (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃stɑ̃ lɛstjɛn]; born 23 May 1992) is a French professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 on 6 February 2023 and his highest doubles ranking of No. 250 was achieved on 12 June 2023. He has won eight ATP Challenger singles titles. In addition, he has won five singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

2015: ATP Tour debut

Lestienne reached his first career ATP Tour singles main draw at the 2015 Estoril Open after winning two singles qualifying matches. He lost in the first round to Pablo Carreño Busta.

2016: First challenger title, betting scandal and ban

In May 2016, Lestienne won his first ATP Challenger Tour tournament in Ostrava.

In September 2016, Lestienne was suspended for seven months and fined $10,000 by the International Tennis Federation for betting on tennis matches. The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) in cooperation with French online gambling regulator ARJEL found that Lestienne had bet on 220 tennis matches from February 2012 to June 2015. None of these matches were his own. Half of the ban was suspended, and his fine would be cut in half if he assisted the TIU.

2017: Grand Slam debut in doubles

He made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the doubles main draw with Corentin Moutet. They defeated Dustin Brown and Lu Yen-hsun in the first round, but were defeated by Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău in the second round.

2021-2022: Four Challengers, Top 75, first ATP semifinal

He won his third Challenger at the 2021 JC Ferrero Challenger Open in Alicante, Spain in October 2021. As a result, he climbed 50 positions in the rankings to world No. 208 on 18 October 2021.

On August 1, 2022, Lestienne entered the Top 100 at World No. 90, following two ATP Challenger Tour titles in Spain in July 2022 and two more finals in the same year. He won his third Challenger in Vancouver in August and reached the top 75 in the rankings on 22 August 2022.

In September 2022, Lestienne reached his first quarterfinal on the ATP Tour at the San Diego Open defeating Brandon Holt and sixth seed Alejandro Tabilo. He entered the top 70 in the rankings on 26 September 2022 at world No. 68. Lestienne followed this by reaching his first semifinal at the 2022 Tel Aviv Open defeating seventh seed compatriot Adrian Mannarino, Emil Ruusuvuori and fourth seed Maxime Cressy in the quarterfinal, his first win against a player in the Top 50.

2023: Major & Masters singles debuts, first Major win & top 50

At 30 years old, he made his Grand Slam debut in singles at the 2023 Australian Open and won his first Major match defeating Thiago Monteiro. He reached the top 50 on 6 February 2023 at world No. 48.

In February, Lestienne reached his first ATP Tour doubles final at the Qatar Open, playing along Botic van de Zandschulp losing to Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in the finals.

He made his Masters debut at the 2023 Indian Wells Masters but retired in the first round against Emil Ruusuvuori. He also made his debut at the Italian Open but also retired after one set in the first round against Laslo Djere. On his debut at the 2023 French Open he lost in the first round to 11th seed Karen Khachanov. Also on his debut at Wimbledon he lost in the first round to Liam Broady.

In August, Lestienne won the title in Stanford, defeating qualifier Emilio Nava in the final, his first Challenger title in a year. In September, Lestienne won another Challenger title in Saint-Tropez, defeating ninth seed Liam Broady in the final, returning in the top 100 on 25 September 2023 as a result. In October, Lestienne reached his 14th Challenger final in Alicante and defeated fellow countryman Hugo Grenier in the final for a second time at this tournament, winning his ninth Challenger.

Performance Timelines

Singles

Current through the 2024 Indian Wells Masters.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2023	Qatar Open, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Botic van de Zandschulp	Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden	7–6, 4–6,

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's Circuit finals

Singles: 28 (14–14)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Feb 2013	France F3, Feucherolles	Futures	Hard (i)	David Guez	0–6, 1–6
Loss	0-2	Aug 2013	Belgium F8, Eupen	Futures	Clay	Dimitar Grabul	6–0, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	0-3	Sep 2013	Germany F16, Kenn, Germany	Futures	Clay	Yannick Maden	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0-4	Jun 2014	France F12, Toulon	Futures	Clay	Enzo Couacaud	4–6, 2–6
Win	1-4	Aug 2014	Belgium F9, Ostend	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Sidorenko	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1-5	Mar 2015	France F7, Saint-Raphaël	Futures	Hard (i)	Yanais Laurent	2–6, 2–6
Win	2-5	Aug 2015	Netherlands F6, Rotterdam	Futures	Clay	Alexey Vatutin	6–0, 6–4
Loss	2-6	Jan 2016	France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne	Futures	Clay (i)	Yannik Reuter	3–6, 2–6
Win	3-6	Jan 2016	France F2, Bressuire	Futures	Hard (i)	Hugo Nys	6–7, 6–1, 6–4
Win	4-6	May 2016	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Zdeněk Kolář	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	4-7	Jul 2016	France F12, Montauban	Futures	Clay	Jordi Samper Montaña	6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Loss	4-8	Jul 2016	San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Gaio	2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	4-9	Jan 2017	France F1, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne	Futures	Clay (i)	Maxime Hamou	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	5-9	Jun 2017	Hungary F4, Gyula	Futures	Clay	Facundo Mena	7–5, 6–4
Loss	5-10	Jul 2017	France F14, Bourg-en-Bresse	Futures	Clay	Geoffrey Blancaneaux	6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Winner	6-10	Dec 2017	Czech Republic F12, Prague	Futures	Hard (i)	Petr Michnev	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6-11	Feb 2018	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Maximilian Marterer	4–6, 5–7
Loss	6-12	Apr 2018	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Ričardas Berankis	2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	7-12	Aug 2018	Portorož, Slovenia	Challenger	Hard	Andrea Arnaboldi	6–2, 6–1
Win	8-12	Oct 2021	Alicante, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Hugo Grenier	6–4, 6–3
Loss	8-13	Feb 2022	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Benjamin Bonzi	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win	9-13	Jul 2022	Malaga, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Emilio Gomez	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Win	10-13	Jul 2022	Pozoblanco, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Grégoire Barrère	6–0, 7–6
Loss	10-14	Jul 2022	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Hugo Grenier	5–7, 3–6
Win	11-14	Aug 2022	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Arthur Rinderknech	6–0, 4–6, 6–3
Win	12-14	Aug 2023	Stanford, United States	Challenger	Hard	Emilio Nava	7–6, 6–2
Win	13-14	Sep 2023	Saint-Tropez, France	Challenger	Hard	Liam Broady	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	14–14	Oct 2023	Alicante, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Hugo Grenier	6–7, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles (3–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	29 June 2014	Toulon, France	Clay	Yanais Laurent	Federico Coria Dante Gennaro	3–6, 6–3,
Winner	2.	6 July 2014	Montauban, France	Clay	Yanais Laurent	Remy Chala Valentin Masse	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	8 March 2015	Lille, France	Hard (i)	Jonathan Eysseric	Yannick Mertens Boy Westerhof	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	22 March 2015	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Grégoire Jacq	Grégoire Burquier Alexandre Sidorenko	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	5 July 2015	Montauban, France	Clay	Yanais Laurent	Tristan Lamasine Maxime Teixeira	4–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	15 January 2017	Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, France	Clay (i)	Alexis Musialek	Grégoire Jacq Hugo Nys	3–6, 7–5,

References

1. ^ "Constant Lestienne – Tennis Players - Tennis - ATP World Tour". ATP. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
2. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Player Profile - LESTIENNE, Constant (FRA)". ITF. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
3. "Tour player Constant Lestienne banned for seven months after betting on tennis matches". SkySports. 21 September 2016.
4. "Tennis : Constant Lestienne suspendu sept mois pour avoir parié sur des centaines de matchs" (in French). Le Monde. 21 September 2016.
5. "ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – French Open – 29 May – 11 June 2017". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
6. "Constant Lestienne poursuit sa route à San Diego" (in French).
7. "Marin Cilic Celebrates Birthday with Win Against Dominic Thiem in Tel Aviv | ATP Tour | Tennis".
8. "Novak Djokovic Dominant in Tel Aviv Opener | ATP Tour | Tennis".
9. "Constant Lestienne qualifié à Tel-Aviv pour sa première demi-finale sur le circuit".
10. ^ "Frenchmen Combine For Record-Breaking 27 Challenger Titles; Lestienne leads the way with three titles in 2023".
11. "Peniston, Darderi Win Maiden Challenger Titles; Lestienne wins Challenger 125 event in California".
12. "Ugo Carabelli, Lestienne Add To Argentina, France's Challenger Title Race".

External links

• Constant Lestienne at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Constant Lestienne at the International Tennis Federation

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