Frédéric Fontang

Frédéric Fontang (; born 18 March 1970) is a coach and a former professional tennis player from France.

Career

A successful junior, Fontang won the Petits As in 1984 and was the French 16s champion in 1986.

Fontang had his best year on tour in 1991 when he reached two ATP Tour finals. He was runner-up in the San Marino Open and won a tournament in Palermo.

The following year he reached the quarterfinals at Palermo and was also a quarterfinalist in the Estoril Open. At these tournaments he had wins over three top 40 players, Franco Davín, Javier Sánchez and Fabrice Santoro.

Fontang took part in seven French Opens but didn't register a win until his final attempt, in 1997, when he defeated Patrik Fredriksson in the opening round.

Coaching

He later became the coach of Jérémy Chardy and remained with him for 12 years. During this time Chardy won the 2005 Wimbledon Championships Boys' Singles title, won ATP 250 title in Stuttgart and reached the fourth round of the French Open the next year.Translatio
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Coaching history

- coach of Caroline Garcia from March 2011 to June 2012.
* final of the US Open Juniors
* semifinal of the French Open Juniors

- coach of Vasek Pospisil from October 2012 until August 2016.
*from No. 140 to world No. 25 ATP singles ranking
*career-high in doubles of world No. 4

- coach of Félix Auger-Aliassime since Jan 2017.
*final at the Masters 1000 in Madrid
*7 titles on the ATP Tour
*best ranking of world No. 6

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

References

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1970 births
Living people
French male tennis players
French tennis coaches
Tennis players from Casablanca