Henri Leconte was born on 4 July 1963 and is a French former professional tennis player.
17 Facts About Henri Leconte
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Henri Leconte reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991.
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Henri Leconte turned professional that year and won his first career doubles title at Bologna, and his first top-level singles title the following year, 1982, in Stockholm.
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Henri Leconte teamed up with Yannick Noah to win the men's doubles title at the French Open in 1984.
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Henri Leconte reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No 6 in 1985.
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Henri Leconte played on the French team that won the World Team Cup that year.
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In 1988, Henri Leconte reached the men's singles final at the French Open beating Simon Youl, Bruno Oresar, Horacio de la Pena, Boris Becker, Andrei Chesnokov and Jonas Svensson.
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In 1991, Henri Leconte was involved in the Davis Cup final for a second time.
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Henri Leconte won his final top-level singles title in 1993 in Halle.
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Henri Leconte won his final doubles title that year at Indian Wells.
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Henri Leconte retired from the professional tour in 1996, having won a total of nine career singles titles and ten doubles titles.
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Henri Leconte is the manager of an event company based in Belgium and opened a tennis academy in Fes, Morocco, in 2006.
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Since 2010, Henri Leconte has appeared on Australian television as a commentator on the Seven Network's coverage of the Australian Open.
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In 2014, Henri Leconte appeared as a commentator for the 2014 Australian Open.
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Henri Leconte has since appeared regularly as a commentator for matches involving French players in the men's draw.
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Henri Leconte participated in 2005 in the second season of La Ferme Celebrites, a TV reality game show.
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Henri Leconte appeared as a contestant on BBC Celebrity Masterchef 2017, reaching the semifinals.