| 1 | PRESENTATION |
Pioline, Cedric (1969 -), French tennis player, number one the national hierarchy from 1996 to 2000.
| 2 | PLAYER DISCREET |
Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine), Cedric Pioline has long remained in the shadow of his elders Yannick Noah, Henri Leconte and Guy Forget. Resulted in personality structure out of the French Tennis Federation, he joined the professional circuit in 1989 and revealed to the public in 1993 by reaching the finals of the U.S. where he was beaten by American Pete Sampras. The following year he reached the 9 th place overall, his best ranking in the ATP rankings.
| 3 | the boom, POSITIVE RESULTS |
In 1996, he had a great year, punctuated by a first tournament win in Copenhagen (Denmark), and the triumph of France in Davis Cup, edited by Yannick Noah. In 1997, he won a second track at the tournament in Prague to become the first French since Yvon Petra in 1946 to compete in the final at the British (Wimbledon), where he is again beaten by Pete Sampras. In 1998, during a lackluster season, he made his best route to Roland Garros where he sells in the semi-final against Spain Alex Corretja.
If year 1999 was marked by two consecutive failures in Davis Cup (final against Australia in Nice and in the first round of the next to Brazil), 2000 season starts under better auspices to Cedric Pioline wins to 30 years since his first Masters Series level tournament (either one of the nine most important tournaments on the professional circuit after the Grand Slam events) by winning in Monaco against Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty.
| 4 | DECLINE |
However, the remainder of the season does not confirm these encouraging results, always present in the national team - excellent doubles player, combined with Fabrice Santoro, he makes a decisive contribution to the course without faults of the France team when 2001 edition of the Davis Cup, especially in the final against Australia - Cedric Pioline apparently experiencing difficulties finding the motivation and physical resources necessary at the highest global level. Beaten in the first round of many tournaments, he announced his retirement after a poor 2002 season.
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