Nicolas Devilder (; born 25 March 1980) is a retired French tennis player.

Devilder reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 60, achieved on 8 September 2008. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 197, achieved on 23 March 2009.

Devilder played primarily in ATP Challenger tournaments, and has won Challenger titles in Pamplona, Monza, Bergamo, Košice, Timișoara and Poznań. He was sponsored by Nike and Babolat. At the 2012 French Open he strung together five consecutive wins all in straight sets, as he needed to come through three qualifying rounds to advance to the main draw, followed by winning his first and second round matches. He was eventually defeated in the third round by World No. 1 and eventual finalist Novak Djokovic 1–6, 2–6, 2–6.

Devilder reached 22 singles finals in his career, with a record of 14 wins and 8 losses which includes a 9–5 record in ATP Challenger finals. Additionally he reached ten career doubles finals in his career with a record of 5 wins and 5 losses which includes a 2–0 record in ATP Challenger finals. His only appearance in an ATP Tour-level final came in doubles at the 2008 Romanian Open on clay courts in Bucharest. In what was an extraordinarily even-leveled back and forth tight match lasting several hours, Devilder and compatriot partner Paul-Henri Mathieu defeated Polish pair Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11), [22–20] to win the championship.

ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1–0) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Bucharest, RomaniaClay Paul-Henri Mathieu Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11), [22–20]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 22 (14–8) LegendATP Challenger (9–5)ITF Futures (5–3)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (12–8)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Chile F5, SantiagoFuturesClay Mauricio Hadad2–6, 2–6Win1–1France F14, ValescureFuturesHard Bertrand Contzler6–4, 4–6, 6–0Win2–1France F6, AngersFuturesClay Marc Gicquel2–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss2–2Monza, ItalyChallengerClay Alessio di Mauro1–6, 6–2, 3–6Loss2–3Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Lukáš Dlouhý4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win3–3Pamplona, SpainChallengerHard David Guez6–2, 6–1Win4–3Monza, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla6–2, 7–5Win5–3Bergamo, ItalyChallengerClay Werner Eschauer1–6, 7–5, 6–4Win6–3Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Gorka Fraile6–0, 6–1Win7–3Timișoara, RomaniaChallengerClay Pablo Santos González7–6(7–5), 6–2Loss7–4Banja Luka, Bosnia & HerzegovinaChallengerClay Marco Mirnegg2–6, 4–6Win8–4Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerClay Marcel Granollers6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6)Win9–4Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Sergio Roitman6–4, 6–4Win10–4Constanța, RomaniaChallengerClay Adrian Ungur6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(12–10)Loss10–5Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Luis Horna6–7(1–7), 1–6Win11–5Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Björn Phau7–5, 6–0Win12–5Belgium F2, HavréFuturesClay Yannik Reuter7–5, 6–3Win13–5Belgium F5, HeistFuturesClay Peter Torebko6–3, 7–6(8–6)Loss13–6Netherlands F5, EnschedeFuturesClay Antal van der Duim6–4, 4–6, 3–6Loss13–7Hungary F3, BudapestFuturesClay Attila Balázs6–7(4–7), 5–7Win14–7USA F2, SunriseFuturesClay Olivier Patience6–2, 6–3Loss14–8Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Aljaž Bedene6–7(6–8), 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 9 (4–5) LegendATP Challenger (2–0)ITF Futures (2–5)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (2–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1France F11, Bourg-en-BresseFuturesClay Christophe De Veaux Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut4–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss0–2France F12, Zix-En-ProvenceFuturesClay Christophe De Veaux Cyril Martin Anthony Ross6–7(5–7), 1–6Loss0–3France F1, GrasseFuturesClay Christophe De Veaux Roberto Álvarez Jordane Doble4–6, 4–6Win1–3France F4, DeauvilleFuturesClay Christophe De Veaux Marko Neunteibl Jan Weinzierl7–5, 4–6, 6–1Loss1–4France F7, PoitiersFuturesHard Nicolas Tourte Benjamin Cassaigne Jeroen Masson3–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss1–5Jamaica F2, Montego BayFuturesHard Thierry Guardiola Tres Davis Philip Gubenco1–6, 6–4, 3–6Win2–5France F14, ValescureFuturesHard Jean-Christophe Faurel Julien Cuaz Sonny Kayombo6–4, 6–2Win3–5Monza, ItalyChallengerClay Olivier Patience Uros Vico Massimo Bertolini7–5, 6–4Win4–5Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Édouard Roger-Vasselin Flavio Cipolla Simone Vagnozzi5–7, 6–2, [10–8]

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament2004200520062007200820092010201120122013SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAQ2A1RQ21RQ2AAQ10 / 20–2 French OpenQ1Q3Q11R2R1RQ3Q13RA0 / 43–4WimbledonQ2Q1Q12RA2RAAAA0 / 22–2US OpenAQ1A1R2RAAAQ2A0 / 21–2Win–loss0–00–00–01–42–21–30–00–02–10–00 / 106–10ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAQ1A1RAAAA0 / 10–1Miami OpenAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1Monte-Carlo Masters2RAAAAQ2AAAA0 / 11–1Madrid OpenAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss1–10–00–00–00–00–20–00–00–00–00 / 31–3Year End Ranking19817395115732254143562040Earnings: $959,449

Doubles Tournament20052006200720082009SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAA1R0 / 10–1 French Open2R1RA2R1R0 / 42–4WimbledonAA1RA1R0 / 20–2US OpenAAA1RA0 / 10–1Win–loss1–10–10–11–20–30 / 82–8Year End Ranking32807442140

External links and references

Devilder world ranking history