Jean-René Lisnard (born 25 September 1979) is a French-Monegasque retired professional tennis player who formerly represented France. He was a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team from 2007. He is to date, the only Monegasque tennis player to have won a match in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.

Jean-René Lisnard
Country (sports) France (before 2006)
 Monaco (2006–)
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1979-09-25) 25 September 1979 (age 45)
Cannes, France
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2013
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,142,109
Singles
Career record52–87
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 84 (27 January 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2005)
French Open2R (2001, 2003)
Wimbledon2R (2005)
US Open2R (2002, 2003, 2011)
Doubles
Career record6–18
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 171 (10 September 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (1999, 2000)
Medal record
Representing  Monaco
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal – first place 2007 Monaco Singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Monaco Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cyprus Singles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cyprus Doubles
Last updated on: 28 September 2021.

Tennis career

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Lisnard plays right-handed, and turned professional in 1997.

He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 84 in January 2003. His current doubles ranking is 400 with his highest rank being 171 on 10 September 2007.

In May at the 2009 French Open, he lost his first-round match to Israeli player Dudi Sela 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3.

Lisnard qualified for the main draw of the 2011 US Open and defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium in straight sets to advance to the second round. He lost to Germany's Florian Mayer in straight sets in the second round.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Date Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Loss Sep 1997
(details)
US Open Hard   Michaël Llodra   Fernando González
  Nicolás Massú
4–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 18 (7–11)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–7)
ITF Futures (5–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (7–9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1999 Great Britain F4, Hatfield Futures Clay   Patrik Fredriksson 6–7, 6–2, 6–7
Win 1–1 May 1999 Great Britain F5, Hatfield Futures Clay   Sébastien de Chaunac 7–6, 1–6, 6–0
Loss 1–2 Jun 1999 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Michal Tabara 4–6, 1–6
Win 2–2 Jul 2000 Montauban, France Challenger Clay   Oscar Serrano-Gamez 6–2, 6–0
Loss 2–3 Mar 2002 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard   Lionel Roux 4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 2002 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay   David Ferrer 1–6, 1–6
Loss 2–5 May 2002 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Challenger Clay   Alexandre Simoni 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–6 Jul 2004 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay   Dieter Kindlmann 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 4–6
Win 3–6 Aug 2004 St. Petersburg, Russia Challenger Clay   Stan Wawrinka 3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss 3–7 Sep 2004 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard   Lee Hyung-taik 6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Win 4–7 May 2007 Bulgaria F3, Pleven Futures Clay   Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd 6–3, 6–1
Win 5–7 Jun 2007 Bulgaria F4, Sofia Futures Clay   Adriano Biasella 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Loss 5–8 Jun 2007 France F8, Blois Futures Clay   Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 5–7, 4–6
Win 6–8 Mar 2008 Croatia F4, Rovinj Futures Clay   Christian Magg 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win 7–8 Mar 2008 Croatia F5, Vrsar Futures Clay   Michael Lammer 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 7–9 Aug 2008 Italy F26, Bolzano Futures Clay   Tomas Tenconi 6–7(5–7), 0–6
Loss 7–10 Apr 2009 France F7, Grasse Futures Clay   Xavier Pujo 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 3–6
Loss 7–11 Jun 2009 Reggio Emilia, Italy Challenger Clay   Paolo Lorenzi 5–7, 6–1, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (4–7)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1998 Germany F4, Esslingen Futures Clay   Julien Boutter   Federico Browne
  Martín García
6–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 Sep 1998 France F5, Bagnères-de-Bigorre Futures Hard   Michaël Llodra   Yahiya Doumbia
  Lorenzo Manta
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 1–2 Sep 1998 France F7, Plaisir Futures Hard   Michaël Llodra   Andrew Rueb
  Vaughan Snyman
4–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Oct 1998 France F8, Nevers Futures Hard   Michaël Llodra   Andrew Rueb
  Vaughan Snyman
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Oct 1998 Great Britain F9, Leeds Futures Hard   Ashley Naumann   Iain Bates
  Alexander Popp
4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Jul 2000 Contrexéville, France Challenger Clay   Olivier Patience   Julien Benneteau
  Nicolas Mahut
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2–5 Sep 2006 Orléans, France Challenger Hard   Jérôme Haehnel   Gregory Carraz
  Dick Norman
6–7(6–8), 1–6
Win 3–5 Feb 2007 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard   Jérôme Haehnel   Kenneth Carlsen
  Frederik Nielsen
6–3, 2–6, [10–4]
Win 4–5 May 2007 Rijeka, Croatia Challenger Clay   Jérôme Haehnel   Ivo Klec
  Lukáš Lacko
6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–6 Jul 2007 Montauban, France Challenger Clay   Adriano Biasella   Marc Fornell Mestres
  Gabriel Trujillo Soler
3–6, 5–7
Loss 4–7 Sep 2007 France F13, Mulhouse Futures Hard   Guillaume Couillard   Alexander Sadecky
  Izak van der Merwe
4–6, 7–6(7–4), [3–10]

Performance timeline

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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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 1R A 2R 1R 3R 1R Q1 A Q2 A Q2 A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
French Open Q1 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R Q1 A 1R 1R A Q1 A 0 / 9 2–9 18%
Wimbledon A A A A A 1R A 2R A A Q1 Q2 A Q3 A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A Q3 Q1 A 2R 2R A Q3 Q2 A A A A 2R A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–4 0–2 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0 / 19 9–19 32%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A Q2 Q1 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A A 2R A 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A Q2 2R 2R 2R Q1 1R 2R A 1R 1R 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Italian Open A A Q2 A A A A Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg Open A A A A A 1R Q2 Q1 A A Not Masters Series 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A Q1 Q2 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A Q1 A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A Q1 A A Q1 Q1 Q1 2R A A A A A A A 0 /1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–4 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0 / 12 7–12 37%
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