Nicolas Devilder (born 25 March 1980) is a retired French tennis player.

Nicolas Devilder
Country (sports) France
ResidenceBoulogne-Billancourt, France
Born (1980-03-25) 25 March 1980 (age 44)
Dax, France
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2013
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$959,449
Singles
Career record24–47
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 60 (8 September 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2007, 2009)
French Open3R (2012)
Wimbledon2R (2007, 2009)
US Open2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record7–23
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 197 (23 March 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2009)
French Open2R (2005, 2008)
Wimbledon1R (2007, 2009)
US Open1R (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open2R (2012)
Last updated on: 31 May 2021.

Devilder reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 60, achieved on 8 September 2008. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 197, achieved on 23 March 2009.

Devilder played primarily in ATP Challenger tournaments, and has won Challenger titles in Pamplona, Monza, Bergamo, Košice, Timișoara and Poznań. He was sponsored by Nike and Babolat. At the 2012 French Open he strung together five consecutive wins all in straight sets, as he needed to come through three qualifying rounds to advance to the main draw, followed by winning his first and second round matches. He was eventually defeated in the third round by World No. 1 and eventual finalist Novak Djokovic 1–6, 2–6, 2–6.

Devilder reached 22 singles finals in his career, with a record of 14 wins and 8 losses which includes a 9–5 record in ATP Challenger finals. Additionally he reached ten career doubles finals in his career with a record of 5 wins and 5 losses which includes a 2–0 record in ATP Challenger finals. His only appearance in an ATP Tour-level final came in doubles at the 2008 Romanian Open on clay courts in Bucharest. In what was an extraordinarily even-leveled back and forth tight match lasting several hours, Devilder and compatriot partner Paul-Henri Mathieu defeated Polish pair Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11), [22–20] to win the championship.

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2008 Bucharest, Romania Clay   Paul-Henri Mathieu   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11), [22–20]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 22 (14–8)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (9–5)
ITF Futures (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (12–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2000 Chile F5, Santiago Futures Clay   Mauricio Hadad 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2002 France F14, Valescure Futures Hard   Bertrand Contzler 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Win 2–1 Apr 2004 France F6, Angers Futures Clay   Marc Gicquel 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Apr 2005 Monza, Italy Challenger Clay   Alessio di Mauro 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 2–3 May 2005 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Lukáš Dlouhý 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–3 Aug 2005 Pamplona, Spain Challenger Hard   David Guez 6–2, 6–1
Win 4–3 Apr 2006 Monza, Italy Challenger Clay   Flavio Cipolla 6–2, 7–5
Win 5–3 Apr 2006 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Clay   Werner Eschauer 1–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win 6–3 Jun 2006 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay   Gorka Fraile 6–0, 6–1
Win 7–3 Aug 2006 Timișoara, Romania Challenger Clay   Pablo Santos González 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss 7–4 Sep 2006 Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Clay   Marco Mirnegg 2–6, 4–6
Win 8–4 Oct 2007 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Clay   Marcel Granollers 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6)
Win 9–4 Jun 2008 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay   Sergio Roitman 6–4, 6–4
Win 10–4 Jun 2008 Constanța, Romania Challenger Clay   Adrian Ungur 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(12–10)
Loss 10–5 Jul 2008 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Luis Horna 6–7(1–7), 1–6
Win 11–5 Jul 2008 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay   Björn Phau 7–5, 6–0
Win 12–5 Jul 2011 Belgium F2, Havré Futures Clay   Yannik Reuter 7–5, 6–3
Win 13–5 Jul 2011 Belgium F5, Heist Futures Clay   Peter Torebko 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 13–6 Aug 2011 Netherlands F5, Enschede Futures Clay   Antal van der Duim 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 13–7 Oct 2011 Hungary F3, Budapest Futures Clay   Attila Balázs 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win 14–7 Jan 2012 USA F2, Sunrise Futures Clay   Olivier Patience 6–2, 6–3
Loss 14–8 Mar 2012 Casablanca, Morocco Challenger Clay   Aljaž Bedene 6–7(6–8), 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 9 (4–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (2–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2001 France F11, Bourg-en-Bresse Futures Clay   Christophe De Veaux   Julien Benneteau
  Nicolas Mahut
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–2 Jul 2001 France F12, Zix-En-Provence Futures Clay   Christophe De Veaux   Cyril Martin
  Anthony Ross
6–7(5–7), 1–6
Loss 0–3 Jan 2002 France F1, Grasse Futures Clay   Christophe De Veaux   Roberto Álvarez
  Jordane Doble
4–6, 4–6
Win 1–3 Feb 2002 France F4, Deauville Futures Clay   Christophe De Veaux   Marko Neunteibl
  Jan Weinzierl
7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 1–4 Mar 2002 France F7, Poitiers Futures Hard   Nicolas Tourte   Benjamin Cassaigne
  Jeroen Masson
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 1–5 Apr 2002 Jamaica F2, Montego Bay Futures Hard   Thierry Guardiola   Tres Davis
  Philip Gubenco
1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 2–5 Jul 2002 France F14, Valescure Futures Hard   Jean-Christophe Faurel   Julien Cuaz
  Sonny Kayombo
6–4, 6–2
Win 3–5 Apr 2005 Monza, Italy Challenger Clay   Olivier Patience   Uros Vico
  Massimo Bertolini
7–5, 6–4
Win 4–5 Jan 2010 Nouméa, New Caledonia Challenger Hard   Édouard Roger-Vasselin   Flavio Cipolla
  Simone Vagnozzi
5–7, 6–2, [10–8]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 A 1R Q2 1R Q2 A A Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open Q1 Q3 Q1 1R 2R 1R Q3 Q1 3R A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 Q1 2R A 2R A A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
US Open A Q1 A 1R 2R A A A Q2 A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0 / 10 6–10 25%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A Q1 A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters 2R A A A A Q2 A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Madrid Open A A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Year End Ranking 198 173 95 115 73 225 414 356 204 0 Earnings: $959,449

Doubles

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Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open 2R 1R A 2R 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Wimbledon A A 1R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 0 / 8 2–8 20%
Year End Ranking 328 0 744 214 0
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