Masters Guinot-Mary Cohr

The Masters Guinot-Mary Cohr was a tennis team exhibition event played on clay the week before the French Open. It features two teams, Guinot (Red) and Mary Cohr (Green). Both are made up of five players and 1 playing captain. The captains have been Marat Safin, James Blake, David Ferrer, and Michaël Llodra. Team Guinot currently hold a 2-1 series lead over team Mary Cohr, with the most recent tie (2012) being won by team Mary Cohr. Each match is played best-of-three sets, with a match tiebreak in place of a third set.

Masters Guinot-Mary Cohr
Tournament information
Founded2009
LocationRueil-Malmaison, Paris
France
VenueParis Golf and Country Club (2009-present)
SurfaceClay court
Websiteguinotmarycohrmasters.com

Four editions were held from 2009 to 2012, after which the sponsor, Guinot Mary Cohr withdrew its support. The 2013 edition was cancelled while other sponsorship was sought.[1]

2009

Team Guinot won the tie by 4 matches to 2 after James Blake had the chance to make the tie a draw in the final rubber.[2]

Guinot
4		 Paris Golf and Country Club, Paris
20–22 May 2009
Clay (outdoors)		 Mary Cohr
2
1 2 3
1
Andy Murray
Paul-Henri Mathieu		 4
6 		7
6		 [8]
[10] 		 
2
Gaël Monfils
Marcos Baghdatis		 4
6 		0
6 		   
3
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka		 6
2		 6
4		    
4
Rafael Nadal
Arnaud Clément		 6
3		 6
3		    
5
Tommy Robredo
Fabrice Santoro		 6
2		 6
3		    
6
Marat Safin (Guinot Captain)
James Blake (Mary Cohr Captain)		 6
4		 7
6		    

2010

Team Guinot won the tie by 4 matches to 2. After David Ferrer had the chance to leave the tie at a 3 all in the final rubber.[3]

Guinot
4		 Paris Golf and Country Club, Paris
19–21 May 2010
Clay (outdoors)		 Mary Cohr
2
1 2 3
1
Jo Wilfried Tsonga
Stanislas Wawrinka		 5
7 		6
4		 [11]
[9] 		 
2
Fernando González
Sébastien Grosjean		 6
3		 6
2		    
3
Rainer Schüttler
Roger Federer		 6
4		 3
6 		[5]
[10] 		 
4
Andy Murray
Mardy Fish		 77
65 		64
77 		[11]
[9] 		 
5
Mikhail Youzhny
Andy Roddick		 3
6 		2
6 		   
6
Michaël Llodra (Guinot Captain)
David Ferrer (Mary Cohr Captain)		 7
6		 6
2		    

2011

The tie ended in a draw at 3 matches all, after Team Guinot Captain Richard Gasquet won the final rubber.

Guinot
3		 Paris Golf and Country Club, Paris
18–20 May 2011
Clay (outdoors)		 Mary Cohr
3
1 2 3
1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Stanislas Wawrinka		 6
2		 78
66 		   
2
Jérémy Chardy
Gaël Monfils		 2
6 		611
713 		   
3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Nicolas Mahut		 6
3		 6
4		    
4
Michaël Llodra
Julien Benneteau		 1
6 		2
6 		   
5
Ivan Ljubičić
Gilles Simon		 67
79 		6
4		 [12]
[14] 		 
6
Richard Gasquet (Guinot Captain)
Fernando Verdasco (Mary Cohr Captain)		 6
3		 4
6 		[10]
[8] 		 

*Note: Ivan Ljubičić replaced Kei Nishikori, who withdrew due to sickness.[4] Lleyton Hewitt, who had just returned from surgery, withdrew and was replaced by Nicolas Mahut.[5] Novak Djokovic was originally due to play Mahut after Hewitt pulled out. However Djokovic needed to rest in preparation for the French Open. Thus Jo-Wilfried Tsonga replaced him to play his second match of the tournament.[5] Then Julien Benneteau replaced Andy Murray when the latter pulled out with a groin injury.[6]

2012
Main article: 2012 Masters Guinot-Mary Cohr

References
  1. News on the tournament website
  2. "Guinot-Mary Cohr 2009".
  3. "Guinot-Mary Cohr 2010".
  4. "Masters Mary Cohr - Ljubicic replaces Nishikori".
  5. "Tired Djokovic, Hewitt pull out of French exo".
  6. Mitchell, Kevin (19 May 2011). "Andy Murray pulls out of exhibition match after injury scare". The Guardian. London.
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