Michael Llodra (born May 18, 1980) is a professional French male tennis player. Life and Career Llodra was born in Paris, where his father Michel played for football club Paris Saint-Germain. A left-hander. His serve-and-volley style is modelled on that of his idol Stefan Edberg. 2003 Llodra wins his first Grand Slam title, Australian Open Men's Doubles with Fabrice Santoro. 2004 On winning the men's doubles again for the second time at the Australian Open in 2004, Llodra and his tennis partner Fabrice Santoro made headlines by stripping off their shirts, shoes, socks and shorts. Dressed in a pair of white briefs only, Llodra threw his clothes into the crowd, to the cheers of many onlookers. Michael Llodra also won his first ATP singles title at 's-Hertogenbosch.
On November 20, 2005, Llodra teamed up with French compatriot Fabrice Santoro to win the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, a competition which pitted the top 8 doubles teams in the world against one another. 2007 In July, Llodra won the men's double title at Wimbledon partnering Arnaud Clément, beating Bob and Mike Bryan, thus winning his third Grand Slam doubles title. He and Clément were ecstatic and Llodra once again celebrated by throwing his shirt, racquet and towel into the crowd. 2008 Michael Llodra and Clément reached a second slam final at the Australian Open, only to lose to the Israeli paring of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, 7–5, 7–6(4). In singles, Llodra won two tournaments in the course of two months, the first being in Adelaide, where he defeated Jarkko Nieminen in the final, and the other in Rotterdam, where he edged out Robin Soderling in a third-set tiebreak. Llodra and his doubles partner Arnaud Clement then defeated the Bryan Brothers again in four sets at the Davis Cup quarterfinals tie against USA. They are one of two teams to defeat the Bryans in Davis Cup.
Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6) Wins (3) Titles (16) Singles wins (3) Doubles wins (14)
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