Stéphane Sansoni (born 12 August 1967) is a former professional

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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

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/ref> After defeating Tom Mercer in the opening round, the Frenchman then met and was beaten by eventual champion

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. In the

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, Sansoni lost in the first round, to

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. The following year he returned to the French Open and took part in the men's doubles, with

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. They were defeated by Australians

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and

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in the first round.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sansoni, Stephane 1967 births Living people French male tennis players Tennis players from Toulouse Sportspeople from Nîmes 20th-century French sportsmen