Olivier Patience

French tennis player

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Olivier Patience
Singles

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born	(1980年03月25日) 25 March 1980 (age 44) Évreux, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$874,075
Career record	26–53 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 87 (19 July 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2004)
French Open	3R (2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2004)
US Open	1R (2004, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	5–19 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 206 (24 July 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2007)
French Open	2R (2000, 2008)

Olivier Patience (French: [ɔlivjepasjɑ̃s] ; born 25 March 1980) is a former French professional tennis player. His career high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking was world no. 87, on 19 July 2004. During 2006, Patience won three ATP Challenger Series tournaments. He reached the third round at the 2004 Australian Open and 2007 French Open. In the latter, he defeated Jonathan Eysseric in the first round in four sets, and then Mariano Zabaleta, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, eventually losing to Novak Djokovic in five sets, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6.

Singles titles

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Wins (10)

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Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	13 May 2002	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Australia Todd Larkham	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2.	18 August 2003	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello	3–6, 6–3, 7–6³
3.	21 March 2005	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Romania Victor Ioniță	6–0, 6–2
4.	25 April 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	France Florent Serra	7–6⁴, 7–5
5.	26 December 2005	Doha, Qatar	Hard	France Julien Benneteau	2–6, 6–4, 7–6⁵
6.	15 May 2006	San Remo, Italy	Clay	Italy Stefano Galvani	6–2, 4–6, 7–6⁸
7.	12 June 2006	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Spain Guillermo García López	6–4, 6–1
8.	26 June 2006	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Argentina Sergio Roitman	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
9.	25 June 2007	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Spain Félix Mantilla	⁶6–7, 6–1, 7–6⁶
10.	2 September 2008	Cherkasy, Ukraine	Clay	Uzbekistan Denis Istomin	6–2, 6–0

Runners-up (3)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	19 March 2007	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Italy Stefano Galvani	6–1, 6–1
2.	4 September 2007	Brașov, Romania	Clay	Argentina Máximo González	6–4, 6–3
3.	6 October 2008	Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Chile Nicolás Massú	⁴6–7, 6–2, 6–1