Germain Gigounon (born 20 April 1989) is a
Belgian
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tennis
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coach and inactive player. Gigounon has a career high
ATP singles ranking of World No. 191, achieved in July 2015, and a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 253, achieved in March 2015. Gigounon has won 9
ITF singles titles and 13 ITF doubles titles.
Gigounon made his grand slam main draw debut at the
2015 French Open
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where he qualified for the main draw, defeating
Rui Machado
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,
Alexander Kudryavtsev
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and
Alejandro Falla
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.
As of November 2020, Gigounon is coach to
David Goffin
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. He had previously coached
Ysaline Bonaventure
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Bonaventure has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 31 October 2022, she reached he ...
and
Yanina Wickmayer
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.
Career finals
Challengers and Futures (14)
References
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1989 births
Living people
Belgian male tennis players
People from Binche
Sportspeople from Hainaut (province)
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