Guillaume Raoux (; born 14 February 1970) is a French former

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Career

Raoux reached the Wimbledon junior singles final in 1988. He turned professional in 1989.

Pro tour

The right-hander won one singles career title (

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, 1992), and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 in June 1998. Raoux reached the fourth round of the 1998 Australian Open and the quarterfinals of the

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and

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. He was the first man to be beaten by

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on the

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in Atlanta where he was defeated in the first round by

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Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 8 (6–2)

Doubles: 4 (4–0)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raoux, Guillaume 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Bagnols-sur-Cèze French male tennis players Hopman Cup competitors Olympic tennis players for France Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen