Nicolas Tourte

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Nicolas Tourte
Full nameNicolas Tourte
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Born (1979-08-18) 18 August 1979 (age 43)
Chambéry, France
PlaysRight-handed
(Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money$146,206
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 215 (7 May 2007)
Doubles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 103 (23 July 2007)
Current rankingNo. 1746 (29 May 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 2R (2007)

Nicolas Tourte (born 18 August 1979) is a professional tennis player from France.

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Biography

Born in Chambéry, Tourte is a right-handed player, with a double handed backhand.

Tourte, who won three Challenger doubles titles, made the singles final of the Grenoble Challenger tournament in 2006, during which he had wins over Ernests Gulbis and Gilles Müller. [1]

He featured in the main draw of one Grand Slam event, the 2007 French Open. Playing in the men's doubles, Tourte and partner Thomas Oger made the second round, where they lost to the eventual champions, Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. [2]

In 2008 he played doubles in two tournaments on the ATP Tour, the Swedish Open and Dutch Open, with Alessandro Motti and Igor Zelenay respectively. [3] [4]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.2006 Bukhara, UzbekistanHard Flag of France.svg Nicolas Renavand Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
2–6, 6–3, 10–8
2.2006 Nottingham, Great BritainHard Flag of Sweden.svg Filip Prpic Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Murray
6–4, 4–6, 10–7
3.2007 Wrexham, Great BritainHard Flag of Monaco.svg Thomas Oger Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Bloomfield
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Haase
6–74, 7–5, 12–10

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