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

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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

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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

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, where he beat

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and the

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, where he defeated Hendrik Dreekmann, before losing a five set match to eventual finalist

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, in a final set tie-break. The Frenchman reached the second round on two further occasions, the

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, when he defeated

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, and at the same event a year later, when he had a victory against

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. He also played men's doubles twice and mixed doubles at four Major tournaments. On the

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, he was a quarter-finalist at

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in 1998 and also reached the quarter-finals stage at

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two years later. In the 2000

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he had a win over

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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

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