Cédric Pioline

Cédric Pioline is one of those figures I find quietly poignant. A polished Frenchman from Neuilly-sur-Seine who climbed to world No. 5, he reached two Grand Slam finals, the 1993 US Open and 1997 Wimbledon, and lost both to Pete Sampras in straight sets. Standing in the way of greatness twice over is a cruel kind of luck, yet getting to those stages at all puts him among the elite. What I respect is the resolve to keep swinging at the very best of his era. Pioline, for me, is a study in dignity without the trophy.

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Name (English)

Cédric Pioline

Name (Japanese)

セドリック・ピオリーン

Reading

せどりっく・ぴおりーん

Born

June 15, 1969 (age 57)

Origin

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Height

188 cm

Occupation

tennis player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9dric%20Pioline
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162487

Tags

• Hauts-de-Seine
• tennis player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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