Patrice Kuchna (born 10 May 1963) is a former

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from

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. He did not win any Grand Prix tour singles titles during his professional career. Kuchna was born in

Denain Denain (; pcd, Dnain) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Denain had a population of 19,877, on a land area of 11.52 km² (4.448 sq mi). It is the largest of 47 communes which comprise the Communauté d'agglomération d ...

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, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. The right-hander reached his highest singles

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-ranking on 2 January 1984, when he became the World No. 125. Kuchna won against

Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors. Agassi is the second of five men to ach ...

at Roland Garros, going to the 1/8. He is the personal tennis coach of

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* * 1963 births Living people French male tennis players Sportspeople from Nord (French department) {{France-tennis-bio-stub