Pierre Lamarche (born January 2, 1947) is a Canadian former tennis player and coach. Raised in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

, Quebec, Lamarche played collegiate tennis in the United States for

Mississippi State University Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Unive ...

and was known for having a fiery on court persona. He made a solitary

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...

appearance for Canada in 1974, featuring in the doubles rubber of a tie against

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in his home province, which he and Réjean Genois lost to

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and

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. From 1991 to 1996 he served as the team's non playing captain and steered the Canadians into the World Group for the first time. He founded tennis academy Ace Tennis in

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and in 2004 was inducted into the Tennis Canada Hall of Fame for his contributions as a coach.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamarche, Pierre 1947 births Living people Canadian male tennis players Tennis players from Montreal Mississippi State Bulldogs men's tennis players Canadian expatriate tennis players in the United States Canadian tennis coaches

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