Guillaume Raoux (born 14 February 1970) is a retired

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from France.

Career

Raoux reached the Wimbledon junior singles final in 1988. He turned professional in 1989.

Pro tour

The right-hander won one singles career title (

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, 1992), and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 in June 1998. Raoux reached the fourth round of the

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and the quarterfinals of the

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and

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. He was the first man to be beaten by

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on the

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/ref> Raoux represented his native country at the

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in Atlanta where he was defeated in the first round by

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's Byron Black.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 8 (6–2)

Doubles: 4 (4–0)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

* * * 1970 births Living people People from Bagnols-sur-Cèze French male tennis players Hopman Cup competitors Olympic tennis players of France Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gard {{France-tennis-bio-stub