Country (sports) | France |
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Born | Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine | 17 April 1952
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | 65–89 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 65 (1 May 1978) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1977) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1974, 1978) |
US Open | 1R (1976, 1977) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 37–59 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 123 (12 December 1976) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 3R (1975, 1977) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1976) |
Éric Deblicker (born 17 April 1952) is a former tennis player and coach from France.
Deblicker reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 76, in June 1976. He was captain of the French Davis Cup team before Patrice Dominguez. [1]
Deblicker has coached prominent French tennis players, such as Sébastien Grosjean, Arnaud Clément, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Richard Gasquet. [2]
His wife Nicole died in the 1989 terrorist bombing of Brazzaville-Paris UTA Flight 772. [3] He recounts his grief and his career in an autobiography he wrote with his son, published in 2007. [4] On 20 February 2017, he was appointed advisor to the new president of the French Tennis Federation. [5]