Mannarino received a wild card to the singles draw of his home Grand Slam tournament, the French Open, in 2008. There he lost to Argentine qualifier Diego Junqueira 6–1, 6–2, 6–2. He also played in the men's doubles there in 2003 and 2008.
He played at the 2008 Open de Moselle in France, entering as a qualifier, and he reached the semi-finals, defeating number six seed Andreas Seppi in the first round. He also beat Rik de Voest and Marc Gicquel before losing to Paul-Henri Mathieu, 7–6(6), 7–6(1). After being granted a wildcard for the Paris Masters, he went out in the first round. In November he played at a Challenger in Jersey, where, seeded fourth, he won the event, defeating Andreas Beck 7–6, 7–6 in the final.[1] He participated in the inaugural Masters France, an exhibition tournament, along with a number of top French players, but lost his three round-robin matches in straight sets to Paul-Henri Mathieu, Michaël Llodra and Arnaud Clément. He received a wild-card to the 2009 Australian Open and lost to #14 seed Fernando Verdasco. In 2011, he reached the 2nd round of the Australian Open, and achieved his career-high ranking of 53 on May 16. At Wimbledon he reached the second round but fell to six-time champion Roger Federer in straight sets.Adrian Mannarino With Friends
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