Julien Varlet (born 8 September 1977) is a former professional tennis player from France.ITF Tennis Profile
/ref> Varlet was a singles participant at three Grand Slams and at each event exited in a five set match.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> He lost to

Mark Philippoussis Mark Anthony Philippoussis (born 7 November 1976) is an Australian tennis coach, commentator and former professional tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. Philippoussis' greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with Austra ...

in the opening round of

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, despite taking the first two sets. In the 2003 Australian Open he was defeated in five sets in the first round by 13th seed

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. At the

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he again wasted a two set lead in losing to the seeded

Jarkko Nieminen Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen (born 23 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. His highest ranking of world No. 13, achieved in July 2006, is a Finnish record. He has won two ATP singles titles and five doubles titles in his caree ...

, but had won his first round match, over

Kenneth Carlsen Kenneth Carlsen (born 17 April 1973) is a Danish former professional tennis player, who was active between 1992 and 2007. Carlsen played left-handed with a one-handed backhand. His greatest asset was his powerful serve, and his game was therefor ...

of Denmark. He played both men's doubles and mixed doubles in the

. The

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proved too good for he and

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in the men's doubles first round but in the mixed doubles he was able to reach the second round, with partner

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. The Frenchman was a quarter-finalist in the 2003 Breil Milano Indoor tournament which was his best result on the

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and included wins over two top 50 players,

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and

Xavier Malisse Xavier Malisse (born 19 July 1980) is a Belgian tennis coach and a former professional player. Born in the north-western Flemish Region, Flemish city of Kortrijk and nicknamed ''X-Man'', he is one of only two Belgian men (the other being David G ...

. He did better in the men's doubles at the

, with

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. The pair defeated the

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n pairing of

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and

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in the first round, then lost to

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and

Max Mirnyi Maksim Mikalaevich "Max" Mirnyi (born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Mirnyi became a doubles specialist following his singles career, in which he reached a career-high of World No. 18 (August 2003) and finished ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Varlet, Julien 1977 births Living people French male tennis players Sportspeople from Cambrai Tennis players from Nord (French department)