Stéphane Sansoni (born 12 August 1967) is a former professional
tennis player from France.
Offrez-vous Roland-Garros sans bouger...
2001 07 13 "..Parmi les meilleurs, à ce stade de la compétition, on trouve par exemple Stéphane Sansoni, 17e joueur français, qui a déjà affronté Pete Sampras, la Mexicaine Maria-Eugenia Brito, qui effectue une tournée européenne, ou l'Allemande Lisl Fichtbauer ».
Sansoni reached the second round of the 1992 Hard Court Championships, which were held in Indianapolis
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.[ATP World Tour Profile]
/ref> After defeating Tom Mercer in the opening round, the Frenchman then met and was beaten by eventual champion Pete Sampras
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In the ]1993 French Open
The 1993 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 24 May until 6 June. It was the 97th staging of the French Open, and the second Gran ...
, Sansoni lost in the first round, to Fernando Meligeni.[ The following year he returned to the French Open and took part in the men's doubles, with ]Lionel Barthez
Lionel Barthez (born 18 May 1967) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Barthez competed in four Grand Slams during his career. In the 1994 French Open he took the first two sets off world number 31 Ronald Agenor but lost in five ...
.[ They were defeated by Australians ]Joshua Eagle
Joshua Eagle (born 10 May 1973) is a former professional male tennis player and current professional tennis coach from Australia.
In January 2013 he was appointed as the Australian Davis Cup coach, having previously won Tennis Australia's eli ...
and Paul Kilderry
Paul Kilderry (born 11 April 1973) is a former professional tennis
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in the first round.[
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1967 births
Living people
French male tennis players
Tennis players from Toulouse
Sportspeople from Nîmes