Maxime Teixeira (born 18 January 1989) is a French professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the
ATP Challenger Tour
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and
ITF Futures
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circuit, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 154 in March 2012, and his highest ATP doubles ranking of World No. 256 in July 2015.
He claimed his first
Challenger
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singles title by winning the
2011 Open Prévadiès Saint–Brieuc in
Saint-Brieuc
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History
Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who Christianised the region in the 6t ...
, France. He won against
Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire (; born 8 May 1989) is a French professional tennis player.
His best result in a Grand Slam has been reaching the fourth round, which he has achieved on four occasions. He has won three singles titles, at the 2015 Swedish Open, t ...
6–3, 6–0. He qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament at the
2011 French Open
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, where he reached the second round before being defeated by third seed
Roger Federer
Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e ...
.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (5–9)
Doubles: 12 (8–4)
Performance timeline
Singles
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1989 births
Living people
French male tennis players
Sportspeople from La Rochelle
People from Montrouge
French people of Portuguese descent
Sportspeople from Hauts-de-Seine