Early life and junior career

Serra was born in Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, in 1981 to Jean-Luc and Martine. He started playing tennis at the age of seven^[1] at a tennis club in Bordeaux after his father got him involved.^[2] After completing his A-level equivalent (the French "bac") with a major in economics at 18, Serra left Bordeaux for Paris, to train under the national training program at Roland Garros.^[2] As a result of playing minimal junior tournaments, his career high junior ranking was no. 437 on 31 December 1999.^[3] He turned pro in 2000.^[2]

Professional career

From 2000 to 2002, he reached six Futures finals, winning one of them, along with reaching his first Challenger final.^[4] He made his debut on the ATP Tour in 2003.^[2] In 2005 he had his most successful year, winning three out of four Challenger finals,^[4] and his first ATP tour title, in Bucharest. He won his second title the following year in Adelaide.^[2] In 2009, he was a runner-up in Casablanca.^[4] He has been coached by Pierre Cherret since he was a junior player,^[1][3] and his fitness trainer is Paul Quetin.^[2] Serra reached the 2nd round of Wimbledon 2012, losing to Kei Nishikori, 3–6, 5–7, 2–6. ^[5]

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2005	Bucharest, Romania	International Series	Clay	Igor Andreev	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	Feb 2006	Adelaide, Australia	International Series	Hard	Xavier Malisse	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Apr 2009	Casablanca, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2007	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	Marc Gicquel	František Čermák Pavel Vízner	5–7, 7–5, [7–10]

Singles: 13 (4–9)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Jan 2001	France F1, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	0-2	Jul 2001	France F11, Bourg-en-Bresse	Futures	Clay	Slimane Saoudi	2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win	1-2	Jul 2001	France F13, Aix-les-Bains	Futures	Clay	Thierry Ascione	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1-3	Sep 2001	France F16, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Arnaud Fontaine	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	1-4	Jul 2002	Hilversum, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Tomáš Zíb	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss	1-5	Sep 2002	Netherlands F2, Alphen aan den Rijn	Futures	Clay	Óscar Hernández Perez	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1-6	Oct 2003	France F22, La Roche-sur-Yon	Futures	Hard	Jean-François Bachelot	6–7(7–9), 6–7(5–7)
Win	2-6	Apr 2005	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Flávio Saretta	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2-7	Apr 2005	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Olivier Patience	6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win	3-7	Jul 2005	Rimoni, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Iván Navarro	6–3, 6–1
Win	4-7	Sep 2008	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Albert Montañés	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4-8	Sep 2009	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Evgeny Korolev	4–6, 3–6
Loss	4-9	Nov 2014	Reunion Island, Reunion	Challenger	Hard	Robin Haase	6–3, 1–6, 5–7

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1999	France F9, Toulon	Futures	Clay	Christophe De Veaux	Julien Cuaz Olivier Patience	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 2000	Spain F15, Maspalomas	Futures	Clay	Fabrice Betencourt	Didac Perez-Minarro Ferran Ventura-Martell	5–6 ret.
Win	1–2	Apr 2002	Greece F1, Syros	Futures	Hard	Thierry Ascione	Karol Beck Michal Mertiňák	3–6, 6–4, 6–2

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