Clément Morel (born 16 July 1984) is a French former professional

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player.

Career

Morel was the junior champion at the

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. He defeated countryman

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in the semi-finals, then won the title with a win over

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in the final. In the juniors event at the

2002 Wimbledon Championships The 2002 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 116th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held fro ...

, Morel lost in the second round to Ryan Henry, with a final set scoreline of 24–26, which was a tournament record. He took part in qualifying for the

2004 French Open The 2004 French Open was the 108th edition of the tournament. Gastón Gaudio became the first men's Open Era Grand Slam title winner to save two match points in the final; the last time that had happened was 70 years earlier. Gaudio also became th ...

and also appeared in an

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tournament in

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that year, but otherwise played on the Futures circuit. His two Futures titles came in South Africa in 2006 and the other a 2008 tournament in Belgium. In 2008 he switched nationalities and began representing the

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. He played two matches, the first was a win over Algerian

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in 2008 and the other a loss to Finland's

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the following year. Clément Morel continued his studies at EM Lyon Business School

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (2–6)

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

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* * * 1984 births Living people Emlyon Business School alumni French male tennis players Monegasque male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles People from Oullins Sportspeople from Lyon Metropolis {{Monaco-tennis-bio-stub