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, he reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles in 1959. In the

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in 1954, he defeated

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in the quarter-finals of the men's singles, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6. In 1957, he and

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reached the quarter-finals of the men's doubles, where they were defeated by Mike Davies and Bobby Wilson of Great Britain, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3. In 1958, with

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, he reached the semi-finals of the men's doubles, where they were again defeated by Davies and Wilson, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 1–6. In 1959, he and Jean-Noel Grinda won the quarter-final of the men's doubles against

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and

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, 6–1, 6–1 6–4; in 1960, again with Grinda, he reached the semi-finals, where they were defeated by

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and

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, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6. At the 1961 French Open, he was forced to withdraw with a torn

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when leading

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in the first round of the men's singles 6–4, 7–5, 5–2.

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