Jean-Loup Rouyer (4 August 1945 - 28 December 2007) was a professional

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player from France.

Biography

Born in

Remiremont Remiremont (; german: Romberg or ) is a town and commune in the Vosges department, northeastern France, situated in southern Grand Est. The town has been an abbatial centre since the 7th century, is an economic crossroads of the Moselle and Mosel ...

, Rouyer began playing tennis at the age of 12. He was a graduate of the

École Polytechnique École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

in 1965.

Tennis career

Rouyer represented the France Davis Cup team in three doubles rubbers, which all came in the

1970 Davis Cup The 1970 Davis Cup was the 59th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 31 teams entered the Europe Zone, 11 teams entered the Americas Zone, and 11 teams entered the Eastern Zone. Hong Kong ...

competition with

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and

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. They won two of those matches, over the Swiss pairing of

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/Matthias Werren and Austrians

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/ Peter Pokorny. In 1971 he made the quarter-finals of

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tournaments in Catania and Eastbourne, then in 1972 reached further quarter-finals at the

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in Rome and the Suisse Open Gstaad. One of his wins in Rome was over leading American player

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. During his career, Rouyer competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments. He made the third round of the

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three times, the last in 1974, which was his eighth successive main draw appearance at Roland Garros. His third round loss in the

1974 French Open The 1974 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 3 June until 16 June. It was the 78th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand ...

was to eventual champion

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Later life

An engineer, Rouyer joined CEA in 1975 and worked there in high level roles until 1990. He then joined

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, where he was still at when he retired in 2005. Rouyer died from an illness at the age of 62 on 28 December 2007.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rouyer, Jean Loup 1945 births 2007 deaths French male tennis players 20th-century French engineers People from Remiremont École Polytechnique alumni Électricité de France people Sportspeople from Vosges (department)

Biography

Tennis career

Later life

See also

References

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