Florence Gauvain

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Florence Gauvain
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Born (1962-03-25) 25 March 1962 (age 60)
Prize money$8,222
Singles
Career record31–24
Highest rankingNo. 297 (11 Sep 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Q2 (1990)
Doubles
Career record5–10
Highest rankingNo. 520 (6 Nov 1989)

Florence Gauvain (born 25 March 1962) is a French former professional tennis player.

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Gauvain had a career high singles ranking of 297 and appeared three times in the qualifying draw for the French Open.

On the WTA Tour, Gauvain made two main draw appearance at the Clarins Open in Paris. In 1988 she won her first round match (over Louise Field) and in 1989 she took the fifth seed Bettina Fulco to three sets in a first round loss. [1]

Both her husband Hervé Gauvain and daughter Sybille Gauvain have played professional tennis. [2]

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.20 August 1989 Rebecq, BelgiumClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sandra Begijn4–6, 1–6

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References

  1. "Paris (AP)". The Tennessean . 21 September 1988.
  2. "Sybille Gauvain, la fille de…". Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire (in French). 24 February 2012.