Laurent Prades (born 19 July 1968) is a former professional
tennis
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player from France.
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Prades qualified for his first Grand Slam
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* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
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tournament in 1989, at the Australian Open
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.[ATP World Tour Profile]
/ref> He played West German Hans-Dieter Beutel
Hans-Dieter Beutel (born 12 June 1962) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.
Career
Beutel was a losing finalist in the 1980 Wimbledon boys' singles event, to Frenchman Thierry Tulasne.
In 1981, Beutel made the semi-finals of ...
in the opening round and was beaten, despite winning the first two sets.[ It wasn't until the ]1992 French Open
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that he got another chance to play a Grand Slam, entering the event as a wildcard.[ He defeated ]Byron Black
Byron Hamish Black (born 6 October 1969) is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.
Personal life
He is the son of Donald Black and Velia Black and brother to Wayne Black and Cara, who were also professional ten ...
in the first round and then met third seed Pete Sampras
Petros "Pete" Sampras ( el, Πέτρος Σάμπρας; born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre ...
.[ The American won in straight sets, although Prades did manage to force two of those sets into tiebreaks.][
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Challenger titles
Singles: (1)
References
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1968 births
Living people
French male tennis players
Tennis players from Bordeaux