Stéphane Huet
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | (1971-04-25) 25 April 1971 (age 53) Paris, France |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 1990 |
Plays | Left-handed |
Prize money | $529,583 |
Singles | |
Career record | 14–39 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 96 (10 July 2000) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1999) |
French Open | 2R (1993, 1999) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2000, 2001) |
US Open | 1R (1999, 2000) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 2–5 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 292 (5 February 1996) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 2R (1994, 2000) |
Stéphane Huet (born 25 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from France.[1]
Huet appeared in a total of 16 Grand Slam tournaments during his career. When he made his Grand Slam tournament debut in the 1993 French Open, as a qualifier, he was ranked 297 in the world and had just one tour match to his name.[2] Despite this, in the opening round he managed to defeat seventh-seed Ivan Lendl in four sets. It was the first time since 1978 that Lendl, a three-time French Open winner, had exited the tournament without registering a win. In 1999, Huet made the second round of two Majors, the Australian Open, where he beat Arnaud Di Pasquale, and the French Open, where he defeated Hendrik Dreekmann, before losing to Alberto Berasategui. At the 1999 US Open, Huet lost a final set tie-break in the first round to eventual finalist Todd Martin. The Frenchman reached the second round at Grand Slams on two further occasions, the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, when he defeated Mahesh Bhupathi, and at the same event a year later, when he had a victory against Markus Hipfl. He also played men's doubles twice and mixed doubles at four Major tournaments.[3]
On the ATP Tour, he was a quarter-finalist at Toulouse in 1998 and also reached the quarter-finals stage at Palermo two years later. In the 2000 Tashkent Open he had a win over Carlos Moyá.[4]
As a coach his students include the French players Irena Pavlovic,[5] Laetitia Sarrazin[6] and Manon Arcangioli.[7]
Challenger titles
Singles: (2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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1. | 1999 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 7–5 |
2. | 1999 | Hong Kong | Hard | ![]() | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 |
References
- ^ Stéphane Huet : "Il n'y a pas de limites" 23 September 2010.
- ^ The New York Times, "Tennis; Qualifier Stuns Lendl In Paris", 26 May 1993, Robin Finn.
- ^ ITF Tennis Profile
- ^ ATP World Tour Profile
- ^ Irena Pavlovic – Players | WTA Tennis "Irena Pavlovic Biography. Coached by Stéphane Huet"
- ^ ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – SARRAZIN, Laetitia (FRA) "Coach Name:Stéphane Huet, Hugo Lecoq ..."
- ^ ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – ARCANGIOLI, Manon (FRA) "Coach Name:Hugo LECOQ, Stéphane HUET"