Stéphane Huet (born 25 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Huet appeared in a total of 16
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tournaments during his career. When he made his Grand Slam tournament debut in the
1993 French Open
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, as a qualifier, he was ranked 297 in the world and had just one tour match to his name. Despite this, in the opening round he managed to defeat seventh-seed
Ivan Lendl
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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
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, where he beat
Arnaud Di Pasquale
Arnaud Di Pasquale (born 11 February 1979) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Tennis career Juniors
Di Pasquale excelled as a junior, posting a 103–25 record in singles and reaching the No. 1 ranking in December 1997 (and No. ...
and the
French Open
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, where he defeated
Hendrik Dreekmann, before losing a five set match to eventual finalist
Todd Martin
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Playing career
Martin was born ...
, in a final set tie-break. The Frenchman reached the second round on two further occasions, the
2000 Wimbledon Championships
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, when he defeated
Mahesh Bhupathi
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, and at the same event a year later, when he had a victory against
Markus Hipfl
Markus Hipfl (born 26 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.
Career
Hipfl had a noteworthy junior career. He won the Under-16s Orange Bowl in 1994 and was also a finalist in that year's European Championship. In 1996 he ...
. He also played men's doubles twice and mixed doubles at four Major tournaments.
On the
ATP Tour
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, he was a quarter-finalist at
Toulouse
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in 1998 and also reached the quarter-finals stage at
Palermo
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two years later. In the 2000
Tashkent Open
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he had a win over
Carlos Moyá
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.
As a coach his students include the French players
Irena Pavlovic, Laetitia Sarrazin and Manon Arcangioli.
ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – ARCANGIOLI, Manon (FRA)
"Coach Name:Hugo LECOQ, Stéphane HUET"
Challenger titles
Singles: (2)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Huet, Stephane
1971 births
Living people
French male tennis players
French tennis coaches
Tennis players from Paris