Benneteau is one of the few players to reach the finals in ten ATP Tournaments. Despite his effort, he hasn't won even a single title. Moreover, he also played the men's double and was able to win the bronze medal.
Julien Benneteau was born on December 20, 1981, in Bourg-en-Bresse, France as Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois. He was born to Andre and Laurence. His father works for a glass company whereas his mother is a lawyer. He grew along with his sibling, brother Antoine, and sisters Dominique and Marie-Sophie. He started playing tennis at the age of 4.
Julien Benneteau's path in tennis started with from junior years. He entered the 1999 Orange Bowl and won the Boys 16s doubles title. He ranked no.17 in the world in 1999, and no.1 in doubles during his junior years. He and Nicolas Mahut as a team won the US Open Junior in 1999.
During the early years of his professional career, Julien Benneteau was able to reach the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open. He had defeated Janko Tipsarevic, Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, Radek Štepánek, and Alberto Martín to reach the quarterfinals. However, lost straight sets to the fourth-seed Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia.
Benneteau finished in the top 50 in the 2008 season. He reached two ATP finals but was not able to win either. In 2009, he entered the Interwetten Austrian Open where he reached finals to eventually lose against Spain's Guillermo García-López. The very season of 2009, he played a remarkable 53-shot rally with the then world no. 2 Andy Murray in the 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters. However, he ended up losing the match to Murray.
Julien Benneteau's biggest victory came in November of 2009 at the 2009 Paris Masters where he scored a huge upset over the world no. 1 Roger Federer in the second round. A similar thing happened in the 2012 Wimbledon when he led Federer by two sets but lost in five sets. In 2012 Olympics, he was able to win the bronze medal in the doubles with Richard Gasquet.
Benneteau was able to beat the top seed and defending champion Federer in the 2013 ABN AMRO Open in the quarterfinals. he also defeated fellow countryman Gilles Simon in the semifinals but was not able to defeat Juan Martin del Potro in the final. He was able to reach the finals of various major tournaments but was never able to win any titles.
Moreover, he reached the third round of the US Open and got defeated by Tomáš Berdych. Julien lost the final of Malaysian Open with João Sousa. Moreover, in 2014 he lost the quarterfinal match with Novak Djokovic in Indian Wells Masters. Following year he played the US Open Series, Canada Masters, Cincinnati Masters but he failed to get a victory in all games.
Jullien is married to his beloved wife Karen Benneteau. The couple is happily married to each other since July 2017 and has continued to stay together. The couple already had their first child, a son Ayrton on July 11, 2015, before their marriage. Besides these, there are no any records of his other love affairs. Moreover, there are no rumors of their divorce.
Professional tennis player Jullien has a good net worth. His current net worth is $7.5 million. He has made $8.49 million as tournament earnings. His annual income is averaged around $1.3 million. It is sure that his net worth will be increased in coming days. He has a house in Geneva, Switzerland.
