Stéphane Bonneau (born December 8, 1961) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Canada.
Bonneau had a career singles win–loss record of 6–18 in
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tour events. His best result was a third round appearance in the
1985 Player's Canadian Open
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where he defeated
Tomáš Šmíd and
Jakob Hlasek. His career singles best ranking was World No. 107, which he attained on July 28, 1986.
1980, 1981
Bonneau first competed in the
Player's International Canadian Open in 1980, losing 0-6, 7-6, 1-6 to
Tim Gullikson. In doubles action he and partner
Rick Fagel lost in the first round to the Chilean brother duo of
Álvaro Fillol and
Jaime Fillol, 2-6, 6-7. Bonneau's next professional tour level tournament was the 1981 edition of the tournament, in which he lost in the first round again in singles, as a wild card entry, this time to Frenchman
Bernard Fritz 4-6, 1-6. (He did not compete in doubles.)
1983, 1984
Again Bonneau did not play in another tour event for another two years, until the 1983 edition of the Player's International. This time he made the second round, defeating compatriot and qualifier
Dale Power
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Born in Toronto, Ontario, Power held the best singles Davis Cup record by winning percentage (6–2) of any Canadian player. Power also has the distinction of havin ...
6-2, 7-6, before succumbing to No. 2 seed
Ivan Lendl 2-6, 1-6.
Bonneau turned professional in 1984 after winning the
NAIA singles title at
Belhaven College
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. In April, he competed in both singles and doubles at the
Montreal Indoor Challenger
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, losing in the first round in singles to
Matt Mitchell 4-6, 3-6, and reaching the second round (quarters) in doubles, partnering compatriot Martin Dyotte.
In August, Bonneau played his fourth Player's International, again as a wild card entrant, and lost in the first round in singles, to qualifier
Andy Kohlberg, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6. In doubles he and partner Dyotte lost in the first round as well, 4-6, 2-6, to the duo of
Francisco González and
John Sadri.
1985
Bonneau continued his run of contesting Canadian-only tournaments competing in the
Toronto Indoor Grand Prix
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in February, losing in the first round in singles to
Mike Leach in two tie-breaks, and not competing in doubles. A month later, he reached the quarter-finals for the first time in a tour event, the Montreal Indoor. He beat fellow wild card
Doug Burke and then
David Dowlen
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in straight sets before losing to eventual champion Kohlberg 2-6, 5-7. In doubles, he and compatriot
Josef Brabenec lost in straight sets in the first round to South African
Michael Robertson and New Zealander
Kelly Evernden.
Bonneau competed for the first time on tour outside of Canada in April, at the
San Luis Potosí Challenger in
San Luis Potosí, losing in the first round in both singles (to
Tomm Warneke
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) and doubles (partnering Burke). Then in June, he played singles at the
Dortmund Challenger
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. Seeded for the first time, at No. 9, he lost in the first round to
Peter Svensson.
Bonneau had his best tournament result at the 1985
Player's International
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. Again a wild card, he defeated No. 12 seed
Tomáš Šmíd in three sets in the first round, future top tenner
Jakob Hlasek in the second, before falling to No. 5 seed
Anders Järryd in the round of 16. In doubles, he and fellow Quebecer
Martin Laurendeau lost in the first round to seeded team
Paul Annacone
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and
Christo van Rensburg
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.
In October, Bonneau lost in the first round in singles at the
Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse to
Mark Dickson. He finished the year in Australia where he lost in the first round of the
1985 Australian Open in straight sets to
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. A month later at the
Melbourne Outdoor
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, Bonneau lost again in the first round, to World No. 184
Peter Carlsson. On December 30, he was ranked World No. 175 in singles and No. 421 in doubles.
1986
Bonneau's first tournament of the year was again the Toronto Indoor, where he lost in the first round to
Jeremy Bates. The following week he again lost in the first round, at the
Lipton International
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, in 3 sets to
Glenn Layendecker. (Bonneau had lost in qualifying but made the main draw as a 'lucky loser'.) In March, Bonneau played singles and doubles at the
Rio de Janeiro Challenger
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, losing in the first round in doubles, partnering
Guillermo Rivas, and the second round in singles, as the No. 8 seed. The following week in
Brasília
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, he lost in the first round as the No. 7 seed, to qualifier
Gustavo Luza
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. The week after, Bonneau again played San Luis Potosí, losing in the first round in singles but reaching the finals in doubles, for his first time on tour, partnering Venezuelan
Iñaki Calvo
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. Bonneau and Calvo lost the final to
Charles Bud Cox
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and
Jon Levine.
In the summer, Bonneau played in the main draw in singles first at the
Schenectady Challenger
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, where he reached the second round. This result coupled with his still retaining his ranking points at this point from the previous year's
Player's International
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allowed him to reach his career singles ranking of World No. 107. In August however, Bonneau was unable to protect these points, losing in the first round of the Player's, to eventual semi-final
Christo Steyn. In doubles, he and compatriot
Andrew Sznajder reached the second round.
Bonneau competed in his second grand slam event singles main draw at the
1986 U.S. Open. He was soundly beaten by No. 4 seed and eventual semi-finalist
Stefan Edberg, 0-6, 3-6, 0-6. Bonneau did not compete in any more tour event main draws for the year. His rankings on December 29 were World No. 184 in singles and No. 263 in doubles.
1987
Bonneau again competed at San Luis Potosí and achieved his best result there, reaching the semi-finals, where he lost to
Leonardo Lavalle
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. In doubles, partnering Briton
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, Bonneau reached the second round. In late May at the
Montabaur Challenger
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in
Montabaur, he lost in the first round, to
Peter Elter
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.
In July, Bonneau played in 5 consecutive grand prix events in the Eastern United States and Canada. At the
1987 Livingston Open
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, he reached the quarter-finals, knocking off David Wells-Roth and
Glenn Layendecker before falling to
Johan Kriek. At the
Schenectady Open, he lost in the first round, to
Eric Winogradsky
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. The following week Bonneau reached the second round of the
Sovran Bank Classic
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, defeating
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before losing to
Nduka Odizor. The week after, he fell again to Kriek, in the first round of the
Volvo International.
For the fifth consecutive year and the seventh overall, Bonneau played both singles and doubles at the Player's International, this time in Montreal. And for the sixth time, he lost in the first round, this time to World No. 249
Roberto Saad in straight sets. In doubles Bonneau reached the second round for a second consecutive with Sznajder. The following week, he played the
Winnetka Challenger Winnetka may refer to:
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, losing in the first round in both singles and doubles. The week of the start of the U.S. Open, Bonneau played the
Budapest Challenger, losing in the first round in both singles and doubles. The following week he played
Thessaloniki Challenger, reaching the second round in singles and semis in doubles, partnering
Steve Guy.
Three weeks later, Bonneau won his only tour singles title, the
Chicoutimi Challenger
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, defeating Jamaican Doug Burke in the final. The 20 ranking points secured saw his ranking move from No. 169 to No. 142. The following week at the
Vancouver Challenger he reached the quarters, losing to an up-and-coming
Grant Connell. The week after, Bonneau played the
Las Vegas Challenger
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, reaching the second round. In each of these three events, he lost however in the first round in doubles.
After a week off, Bonneau played the
Bergen Challenger
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on carpet, defeating
Florin Segărceanu before losing to World No. 88
Patrik Kühnen. The following week however he lost in the first round, of the
Helsinki Challenger
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. In Helsinki however, Bonneau did reach the semi-finals in doubles, partnering
Olli Rahnasto
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. The week after, he played in the main draw of his last tour event for 1987, singles in the
Valkenswaard Challenger, and lost in the first round. Bonneau in the last rankings of the year, of December 28, was ranked World No. 171 in singles and No. 315 in doubles.
1988
In Bonneau's first main draw action for 1988, he reached the finals of both the singles and doubles of
Vilamoura Challenger
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in Portugal, in April. He lost the singles final to South African
Barry Moir
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and played doubles with
Fabio Silberberg. The following week in
Lisbon, he lost in the first round to World No. 55
Mark Woodforde.
In May, Bonneau reached the second round of the
Raleigh Challenger
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, defeating compatriot
Martin Wostenholme before falling to
John Boytim
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. In doubles he lost in the first round partnering
Anand Amritraj. Three weeks later he again played the Montabaur Challenger, losing in singles in the first round to
Jim Gurfein. The following week at the
Dijon Challenger
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Bonneau fared better, beating Gurfein en route to reaching the quarters. In doubles he partnered Gurfein and reached the second round. This was Bonneau's last doubles tournament as a full-time member of the tour. His doubles ranking following this result was World No. 285.
In August, Bonneau played his last tournament main draw as a full-time touring pro, reaching the second round of the
New Haven Challenger
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in singles, defeating
Robbie Weiss and losing to
Luke Jensen. The Monday after this tournament his singles ranking stood at World No. 230.
Davis Cup
As a
Davis Cup player for Canada, Bonneau lost both a doubles and singles rubber on clay in a 1981 tie held against
Colombia in
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, the North and Central America semi-final. Partnering
Rejean Genois, he lost to the duo of
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and
Alejandro Cortes, in straight sets. Bonneau then lost to Cortes in fourth rubber in four sets. Colombia won the tie 3-2.
Bonneau won two singles matches versus the
Caribbean in March 1985 on carpet in Chicoutimi, defeating
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in the second round and then
Roger Smith in a dead rubber. Canada prevailed in this America Zone quarterfinal 4-1.
In the next round, held in August, also in Chicoutimi,
Mexico
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defeated Canada 3-2 to advance to the American zone final. Bonneau lost his round 1 match-up to
Francisco Maciel
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in four sets as well as a fifth and deciding rubber, 10-12, 1-6, 2-6 to
Leonardo Lavalle
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.
Post tour tennis
In 1989, Bonneau played the
Chicoutimi Challenger
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in both singles and doubles. In singles he beat World No. 822
Mark Z. Jacobson in the first round, in straight sets, and lost to World No. 444
Craig Campbell in the second in three sets. In doubles, he and partner, compatriot Pierre Dufour lost their opening match to the young Quebec duo of
Sébastien Lareau and
Sébastien Leblanc, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6.
In 1996, at age 34, Bonneau was ranked 3rd in Quebec.
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