Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a professional tennis player from France. He won the men's doubles title at Roland Garros in 2014, partnering Julien Benneteau. He is the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.
Career
2007
At the French Open, he reached the third round as a wildcard, after a second-round victory against Radek Štěpánek in five sets, 3–6, 6–1, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4. He also reached the third round at Wimbledon, beating 24th seed Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets along the way, and made the top 100 for the first time as a result. On 16 July 2007, he reached a career-best ranking of 82.2009
At the Japan Open, he advanced through the qualifying draw to set up a first round match with 2009 US Open champion Juan Martín del Potro. Ranked No. 189 at the time, Roger-Vasselin stunned the world No. 5, 6–4, 6–4. The match was Roger-Vasselin's first ATP Tour level victory of the season. Roger-Vasselin then defeated Austrian Jürgen Melzer to advance to the third round, where he lost to former world No. 1, Lleyton Hewitt, in straight sets.2012
In 2012, Roger-Vasselin had considerable success on the ATP Tour in doubles. He won tournaments in Montpellier, Marseille, and Metz, all partnered with Nicolas Mahut. He also made it to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon for the first time teamed with James Cerretani. They were defeated by the eventual champions Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in five sets.2013
At the Delray Beach International Championships, Roger-Vasselin defeated four opponents including top seed John Isner to reach his first ATP tournament final. He lost to Ernests Gulbis for the title. In doubles, he won two titles, at the Hall of Fame Classic in Newport, Rhode Island, partnering Nicolas Mahut and in Atlanta, partnering Dutchman Igor Sijsling.He made the semifinals in doubles at Wimbledon, partnering Rohan Bopanna.
Vasselin made a breakthrough in the indoor part of the season when he has reached semifinals of the ATP 500 event in Basel, upsetting home favorite Stan Wawrinka in the first round. He lost to Juan Martín del Potro, after winning the first set. He finished the year a career-high No. 53.
2014
Roger-Vasselin had a good beginning to his singles campaign, reaching the final in Chennai. He reached the quarterfinals in Montpellier and Marseille, losing to Jerzy Janowicz and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, respectively. He also reached the quarterfinals on grass in Eastbourne, losing to Denis Istomin. The rest of his singles season was relatively disappointing.He and doubles partner Julien Benneteau, however, had a very successful season. They reached the semifinals in Sydney, being eliminated by Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. At the Australian Open, they went down in the round of 16 to Max Mirnyi and Mikhail Youzhny. They had another semifinal showing in Rotterdam, losing to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău.
The pair won the title in Marseille in February, beating Paul Hanley and Jonathan Marray in the final. Another quarterfinal followed in Acapulco, where they lost to Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot. Then, they went out in the round of 16 in both Indian Wells and Miami. The pair made another quarterfinal, this time at a Masters 1000 event, in Monte Carlo, losing to the Bryan brothers. They followed this up with a semifinal appearance in Nice.
The highlight of his year was the French Open, which he and Benneteau won against the Spanish pair of Marcel Granollers and Marc López.
On grass, they made the semifinals of the Queen's Club tournament, losing to Jamie Murray and John Peers. They followed this up with a quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon, where they lost to the French pair of Michaël Llodra and Nicolas Mahut.
On the hard-court North American swing, they reached the quarterfinals in Toronto, and the semifinals in Cincinnati.
In Shanghai, they reached the final, losing again to the Bryan brothers.
during the 2018 French Open
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
ATP Tour career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2013 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships – Singles| | Delray Beach Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard |  Ernests Gulbis | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | 2014 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles| | Chennai Open, India | 250 Series | Hard |  Stan Wawrinka | 5–7, 2–6 |
Doubles: 33 (20 titles, 13 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | 2012 Open Sud de France – Doubles| | Open Sud de France, France | 250 Series | Hard |  Nicolas Mahut |  Paul Hanley Jamie Murray | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Win | 2–0 | 2012 Open 13 – Doubles| | Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard | Nicolas Mahut |  Dustin Brown Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 3–6, 6–3, |
| Win | 3–0 | 2012 Moselle Open – Doubles| | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard | Nicolas Mahut |  Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–0 | 2013 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles| | Hall of Fame Championships, United States | 250 Series | Grass | Nicolas Mahut |  Tim Smyczek Rhyne Williams | 6–7, 6–2, |
| Loss | 4–1 | 2013 Claro Open Colombia – Doubles| | Colombia Open, Colombia | 250 Series | Hard |  Igor Sijsling |  Purav Raja Divij Sharan | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Win | 5–1 | 2013 BB&T Atlanta Open – Doubles| | Atlanta Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Igor Sijsling | Colin Fleming Jonathan Marray | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–1 | 2013 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles| | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | Rohan Bopanna | Jamie Murray John Peers | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–1 | 2014 Open 13 – Doubles| | Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard | Julien Benneteau | Paul Hanley Jamie Murray | 4–6, 7–6, |
| Win | 8–1 | 2014 French Open – Men's Doubles| | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Julien Benneteau |  Marcel Granollers Marc López | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 8–2 | 2014 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles| | Shanghai Masters, China | Masters 1000 | Hard | Julien Benneteau | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 9–2 | 2015 Claro Open Colombia – Doubles| | Colombia Open, Columbia | 250 Series | Hard |  Radek Štěpánek |  Mate Pavić Michael Venus | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9–3 | 2015 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles| | Canadian Open, Canada | Masters 1000 | Hard |  Daniel Nestor | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6–7, 6–3, |
| Win | 10–3 | 2015 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles| | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Daniel Nestor |  Marcin Matkowski Nenad Zimonjić | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 11–3 | 2015 Moselle Open – Doubles| | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard | Łukasz Kubot | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 2–6, 6–3, |
| Loss | 11–4 | 2015 China Open – Men's Doubles| | China Open, China | 500 Series | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock | 6–3, 3–6, |
| Loss | 11–5 | 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles| | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Julien Benneteau | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 4–6, 6–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 12–5 | 2016 Citi Open – Men's Doubles| | Washington Open, United States | 500 Series | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Łukasz Kubot Alexander Peya | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 13–5 | 2016 European Open – Doubles| | European Open, Belgium | 250 Series | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 13–6 | 2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Doubles| | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Nicolas Mahut | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 13–7 | 2017 Aegon Championships – Doubles| | Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom | 500 Series | Grass | Julien Benneteau | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 14–7 | 2017 Moselle Open – Doubles| | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard | Julien Benneteau | Wesley Koolhof Artem Sitak | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 14–8 | 2017 Swiss Indoors – Doubles| | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | 500 Series | Hard | Fabrice Martin | Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers | 5–7, 6–7 |
| Loss | 14–9 | 2018 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles| | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Benoît Paire | Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya | 5–7, 6–3, |
| Loss | 14–10 | 2018 Citi Open – Men's Doubles| | Washington Open, United States | 500 Series | Hard | Mike Bryan | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 6–3, 3–6, |
| Win | 15–10 | 2018 Moselle Open – Doubles| | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard | Nicolas Mahut | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 16–10 | 2018 European Open – Doubles| | European Open, Belgium | 250 Series | Hard | Nicolas Mahut | Marcelo Demoliner Santiago González | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 16–11 | 2018 Erste Bank Open – Doubles| | Vienna Open, Austria | 500 Series | Hard | Mike Bryan | Joe Salisbury Neal Skupski | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 17–11 | 2019 Open Sud de France – Doubles| | Open Sud de France, France | 250 Series | Hard | Ivan Dodig | Benjamin Bonzi Antoine Hoang | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 18–11 | 2019 Lyon Open – Doubles| | Lyon Open, France | 250 Series | Clay | Ivan Dodig | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 18–12 | 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles| | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Nicolas Mahut |  Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 18–13 | 2019 Moselle Open – Doubles| | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard | Nicolas Mahut | Robert Lindstedt Jan-Lennard Struff | 6–2, 6–7, |
| Win | 19–13 | 2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles| | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | Nicolas Mahut | Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 20–13 | 2019 Stockholm Open – Doubles| | Stockholm Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Hard |  Henri Kontinen | Mate Pavić Bruno Soares | 6–4, 6–2 |
Challenger finals
Singles: 10 (4–6)
Doubles: 20 (13–7)
Performance timeline
Singles
1Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008, Madrid Masters 2009–present.2Held as Madrid Masters until 2008, and Shanghai Masters 2009–present.