14 Facts About Mathieu Montcourt

In 2002, Mathieu had played a few Futures tournaments and won only one doubles match in Futures aside with Jean Baptiste Robin.

Mathieu Montcourt only played one doubles match in 2003, losing in the first round of a Futures tournament.

Mathieu Montcourt's success became greater in singles, having had won a Futures title early in 2004 in Italy, beating Andrey Golubev in the final; however the highest person he beat was ranked 407, just inside the top 500.

Mathieu Montcourt lost in the finals of one Futures tournament and one Challenger tournament later that year.

In doubles, Mathieu Montcourt made his first doubles semifinal, where again with Jean Baptiste Robin, he lost in Iran to Benedikt Dorsch and Marko Neunteibl.

Mathieu Montcourt lost in the quarterfinals of another tournament in Iran, where he made his Challenger singles final, partnered by Ludwig Pellerin, falling to Juan Ignacio Cerda and Jasper Smit in straight sets.

However, singles tournaments were brightened by 1 Futures win in two Futures finals, beating Tobias Clemens in the final, and making the semifinals of two Challengers and one Futures tournament, losing once to future top 50 star Philipp Kohlschreiber in a Challenger, the last tournament that Mathieu Montcourt played that year at Reunion Island.

In 2006, Mathieu Montcourt won through to back-to-back April semifinal Futures and performances and then went on to play his first major match by receiving a Wildcard into the 2006 French Open.

Mathieu Montcourt then went on to make the finals of the Cordenons Futures event.

In 2007, Mathieu Montcourt participated in an early-in-the-year Challenger event in singles, winning it over South African Rik de Voest.

Mathieu Montcourt beat world number 54 Max Mirnyi in an International Series tournament in Austria.

Mathieu Montcourt then lost at Roland Garros to the seeded Jarkko Nieminen in the second round.

Mathieu Montcourt did win one doubles match at Umag, Croatia, beating Marko and Novak Djokovic, but lost in the next round.

On 6 July 2009, Mathieu Montcourt was found dead outside his home in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris by his girlfriend.