Stéphane Grenier (born 9 January 1968) is a former professional tennis player from France. He is now a tennis coach in

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. Grenier first achieved attention winning the Galéa trophy for French Under-21 doubles in 1987.

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1987 -vol.89 930–932 "Tennis. La France avec Olivier Delaitre et Stéphane Grenier remporte à Vichy la coupe de Galéa réservée aux moins de 21 ans, en battant la Tchécoslovaquie 3–1." He qualified for his first Grand Slam in 1988, the

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.STEPHANE GRENIER – ATP World Tour Profile
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in the opening round and lost in four sets. In the men's doubles he teamed up with

Olivier Delaître Olivier Delaître (born 1 June 1967) is a former professional tennis player from France. He was semifinalist at the Wimbledon Championships in 1999 in doubles (partnering Fabrice Santoro), and reached the fourth round of the 1994 French Open and ...

and they reached the second round, with a win over countrymen

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and

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. Also that year, Grenier made the semi-finals of the

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, again partnering Delaître. The Frenchman appeared at Roland Garros again in 1990 and this time managed to progress past the first round, beating Jeremy Bates of Britain in straight sets. He was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Aaron Krickstein. Grenier competed in the men's doubles as well, with

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and the pair had a win over

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and Scott Warner, but once more were unable to reach the third round.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grenier, Stephane 1968 births Living people French male tennis players Sportspeople from Vannes