Patrice Beust (born 3 September 1944) is a former professional
tennis
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player from France.
Biography
Beust played doubles for the France Davis Cup team during the 1960s. He featured in 13 ties and partnered
Daniel Contet
Daniel Contet (3 November 1943 – 23 October 2018) was a French international tennis player. He competed in 16 ties for the French Davis Cup team between 1961 and 1969.Grand Prix circuit, the 1972 Monte Carlo Open, a top tier event that was part of the
Grand Prix Super Series
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. He and Contet also made the semi-finals of 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 ...
. His other semi-final appearances at Grand Slam level came in the mixed doubles, at the
1976 French Open
The 1976 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 31 May until 14 June. It was the 80th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Sla ...
with
Gail Benedetti
Gail Chanfreau (née Sherriff; born 3 April 1945), also known as Gail Lovera and Gail Benedetti, is a French former amateur and professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Chanfreau was born in Australia, but moved to France in 1968. Chanfreau ...
and at the
1979 French Open
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with Betty Stöve.
As a singles player he made the third rounds of the
1963 French Championships
The 1963 French Championships (now known as the 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 13 May until 26 May. It was the 67th staging of th ...
and the
1966 Wimbledon Championships
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.
One of the early coaches of
Yannick Noah
Yannick Noah (; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade c ...
, Beust headed the National Tennis Etudes, which was opened in Nice in 1970. He has worked for many years as a coach for the
Fédération Française de Tennis
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and in 2015 was appointed Director of the international tennis tournament held in
Pléneuf-Val-André
Pléneuf-Val-André (; br, Pleneg-Nantraezh; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Ploenoec'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. The w ...
.
He is an active player on the ITF senior circuit.