Cyril Saulnier (, born 16 August 1975) is a retired French

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. In 2005, he started giving tennis lessons in places such as

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, Florida where he is a full-time coach mentoring up and coming professionals and is currently working on a trial basis with Yulia Putintseva. He is currently married with one daughter and resides in Boca Raton, Florida.

Tennis career

Saulnier reached the third round of the

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and the

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in 2004, defeating World No. 13

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in the latter. In the

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in San Jose, he reached the final, enabling him to be ranked inside the Top 50 for the first time in his career, reaching as high as World No. 48 in March 2005.Roddick to face Saulnier in final
''BBC Sport'', 13 February 2005.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

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