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Frédéric Fontang (; born 18 March 1970) is a coach and a former professional
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player from France.


Career

A successful junior, Fontang won the
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in 1984 and was the French 16s champion in 1986. Fontang had his best year on tour in 1991 when he reached two
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finals. He was runner-up in the
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and won a tournament in Palermo. The following year he reached the quarterfinals at Palermo and was also a quarterfinalist in the Estoril Open. At these tournaments he had wins over three top 40 players,
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, Javier Sánchez and
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. Fontang took part in seven French Opens but didn't register a win until his final attempt, in 1997, when he defeated Patrik Fredriksson in the opening round.


Coaching

He later became the coach of
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and remained with him for 12 years. During this time Chardy won the 2005 Wimbledon Championships Boys' Singles title, won ATP 250 title in Stuttgart and reached the fourth round of the French Open the next year.Translatio
His coach, Frédéric Fontang, met Jim eleven years ago and decided to pass his knowledge on him since he wanted to stay in his home town
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Coaching history

- coach of
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from March 2011 to June 2012. * final of the US Open Juniors * semifinal of the French Open Juniors - coach of
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from October 2012 until August 2016. *from No. 140 to world No. 25 ATP singles ranking *career-high in doubles of world No. 4 - coach of
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since Jan 2017. *final at the Masters 1000 in Madrid *7 titles on the ATP Tour *best ranking of world No. 6


ATP career finals


Singles: 2 (1–1)


Challenger titles


Singles: (1)


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fontang, Frederic 1970 births Living people French male tennis players French tennis coaches Tennis players from Casablanca