Augustin Gensse


Augustin Gensse is a French professional tennis player.

Tennis career

Gensse has played two singles matches in the ATP Tour. At the Spain, he defeated Gorka Frailin and Alan Mackie in the qualifications. As a qualifier, he reached the second round of the tournament, winning against James Ward and losing against Iván Navarro.
He won fourteen Challenger and Futures titles, 10 singles and 4 doubles.
In 2011, he played for the first time in a Grand Slam main draw at the 2011 French Open and lost to Stanislas Wawrinka at the first round in four sets. 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
At the 2011 US Open, Gensse qualified for the second time of the year for a Grand Slam main draw. On the first round, he lost against Janko Tipsarević in straight sets. 6–2, 7–5, 6–0
In June 2012, he injured his ankle and was forced to stop his career.
He became at the end of the year the ambassador of Decathlon and their tennis brand Artengo.
In 2015, during Roland Garros, he worked as a sparring partner. He warmed-up both finalists Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka the morning of the final.

Tennis coach

In January 2013, he became the coach of the Slovakian Michaela Hončová.
Since May 2015, he's now the coach of the frenchwomen Manon Arcangioli.

Career finals

Challenger and Futures titles (10)

Legend
Challengers
Futures

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1 August 2005Spain F18Clay7–5, 6–2
2.5 June 2006Tunisia F2Clay Rabie Chaki4–6, 6–4, 6–0
3.17 July 2006Spain F23Clay Pablo Santos1–6, 6–3, 6–3
4.10 May 2010USA F12Clay Erling Tveit6–3, 6–2
5.14 June 2010Morocco F3Clay Gerard Granollers-Pujol6–3, 6–4
6.21 June 2010France F9Clay Philip Bester6–1, 6–4
7.28 June 2010Morocco F5Clay Carlos Boluda-Purkiss6–1, 6–2
8.9 August 2010Germany F12Clay Alexandre Folie6–4, 6–3
9.16 August 2010Latvia F1Clay David Novak6–3, 6–2
10.27 September 2010Italy F28Clay Grzegorz Panfil6–1, 3–6, 6–2

Runner up (3)

Doubles titles (4)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.17 July 2006Spain F23Clay Carlos Rexach-Itoiz Javier Foronda
Pablo Santos		6–3, 6–1
2.25 June 2007France F9Clay David Marrero Adriano Biasella
Marcel Felder		2–6, 6–3, 7–6
3.16 February 2009Meknes, MoroccoClay Éric Prodon Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
Simone Vagnozzi		6–1, 7–6
4.22 June 2009France F9Clay Leonardo Tavares Julien Jeanpierre
Nicolas Renavand		6–2, 6–2