Germain Gigounon (born 20 April 1989) is a Belgian tennis coach and a former professional player. Gigounon has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 185, achieved in August 2015, and a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 253, achieved in March 2015.[1] Gigounon has won 15 ITF singles titles and 13 ITF doubles titles.[2]

Germain Gigounon
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceBinche, Belgium
Born (1989-04-20) 20 April 1989 (age 35)
Binche, Belgium
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Retired2019
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$238,600
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 185 (17 August 2015)
Current rankingNo. 544 (28 May 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2014)
French Open1R (2015)
WimbledonQ2 (2014)
US OpenQ2 (2015)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 253 (23 March 2015)
Current rankingNo. 410 (28 May 2018)
Last updated on: 29 May 2018.

Gigounon made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2015 French Open where he qualified for the main draw, defeating Rui Machado, Alexander Kudryavtsev and Alejandro Falla.

Since November 2020, Gigounon has been coaching David Goffin. He had previously coached Ysaline Bonaventure and Yanina Wickmayer.

Career finals

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Challengers and Futures (23)

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Legend
ATP Challengers (0–1)
ITF Futures (15–7)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 15 September 2008 Greece F4, Greece Hard   David Goffin 1–6, 2–6
Win 2. 22 August 2011 Belgium F8, Belgium Clay   Takk Khun Wang 6–3, 6–4
Win 3. 19 September 2011 Croatia F9, Croatia Clay   Kevin Krawietz 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 4. 9 July 2012 Belgium F3, Belgium Clay   Juan Carlos Sáez 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 5. 20 August 2012 Belgium F9, Belgium Clay   Alexandre Folie 7–6(4–7), 4–6
Win 6. 14 April 2013 Greece F3, Greece Hard   Alexis Musialek 6–0, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
Win 7. 22 April 2013 Greece F4, Greece Hard   Kimmer Coppejans 6–3, 7–5
Win 8. 27 May 2013 Bulgaria F3, Bulgaria Clay   Grzegorz Panfil 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–6)
Loss 9. 8 July 2013 France F12, France Clay   Yannik Reuter 4–6, 0–6
Win 10. 26 August 2013 Belgium F11, Belgium Clay   Ashley Hewitt 6–1, 6–1
Win 11. 14 April 2014 Egypt F14, Egypt Clay   Gleb Sakharov 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 12. 12 May 2014 Egypt F18, Egypt Clay   Adam Pavlásek 6–2, 0–6, 2–6
Win 13. 8 September 2014 Belgium F15, Belgium Clay   Julien Cagnina 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 14. 3 November 2014 Tunisia F6, Tunisia Hard   Alessandro Bega 1–6, 2–6
Loss 15. 20 April 2015 Santos, Brazil Clay   Blaž Rola 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 16. 1 May 2016 Hungary F2, Hungary Clay   Kamil Majchrzak 6–4, 6–3
Win 17. 8 May 2016 Hungary F3, Hungary Clay   Zdeněk Kolář 6–1, 6–0
Win 18. 29 May 2016 Bulgaria F2, Bulgaria Clay   David Pérez Sanz 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 19. 5 June 2016 Bulgaria F3, Bulgaria Clay   Pedro Martínez 3–6, 1–6
Win 20. 30 October 2016 Greece F7, Greece Hard   Dominik Kellovský 6–4, 6–4
Win 21. 18 March 2018 Spain F6, Spain Clay   Marco Trungelliti 6–4, 6–3
Loss 22. 3 September 2018 Spain F26, Spain Clay   Eduard Esteve Lobato 3–6, 0–1
Win 23. 8 October 2018 Spain F31, Spain Clay   Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo 6–7, 6–2, 6–1

References

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  1. ^ "Germain Gigounon – Overview – ATP World Tour – Tennis".
  2. ^ "PLAYER'S DETAILS – Germain Gigounon". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02.
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