Andrew Florent (24 October 1970 – 16 August 2016) was an Australian professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

player. Florent was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...

to parents who had migrated from

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. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 10 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 13 in 2001. Florent died from

colorectal cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel ...

at the age of 45 on 16 August 2016.Three-time tennis doubles champion and former Mark Philippoussis coach Andrew Florent loses battle with cancer
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AFL footballer Oliver Florent.

Career finals

Doubles (3 titles, 7 runners-up)

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* * * 1970 births 2016 deaths Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Melbourne Australian people of Mauritian descent Deaths from colorectal cancer Deaths from cancer in Australia 20th-century Australian people {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub