Patrice Dominguez

Last updated

Patrice Dominguez
Festival automobile international 2012 - Photocall - Patrice Dominguez - 005.jpg
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Born(1950-01-12)12 January 1950
Algiers, French Algeria
Died12 April 2015(2015-04-12) (aged 65)
Paris, France
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Career record150–154
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 36 (23 August 1973)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 4R (1973)
French Open 4R (1971)
Wimbledon 4R (1974)
US Open 2R (1973)
Doubles
Career record107–116
Career titles6
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open F (1973, 1978)

Patrice Dominguez (12 January 1950 – 12 April 2015) was a French tennis player born in Algeria. He reached a career high ranking of No. 36 in 1973. [1] He represented France in the Davis Cup between 1971 and 1979. [2]

Contents

Dominguez was runner–up at the 1973 French Open mixed doubles event partnering Betty Stöve and again in 1978 partnering Virginia Ruzici. [3]

He then became a trainer for several players such as Henri Leconte and Fabrice Santoro. He also worked as an analyst for different French media.

From 2005 to 2011, he was the national technical director of the French Tennis Federation. [4]

Dominguez died on 12 April 2015 from a chronic illness at the age of 65. [5]

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (2 runners-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1973 French Open Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Betty Stöve Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr
Flag of France.svg Jean-Claude Barclay
1–6, 4–6
Loss1978French OpenClay Flag of Romania.svg Virginia Ruzici Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Renáta Tomanová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Složil
6–7, ret.

Career finals

Doubles (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 1974Madrid, SpainClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Antonio Muñoz Flag of the United States.svg Brian Gottfried
Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez
6–1, 6–3
Win2–0Nov 1974 Paris Indoor, FranceHard (i) Flag of France.svg François Jauffret Flag of the United States.svg Brian Gottfried
Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez
7–5, 6–4
Loss2–1Jul 1975 Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Flag of France.svg François Jauffret Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Bertolucci
Flag of Italy.svg Adriano Panatta
2–6, 2–6, 6–7
Win3–1Apr 1976 Nice, FranceClay Flag of France.svg François Jauffret Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Fibak
Flag of Germany.svg Karl Meiler
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win4–1Apr 1977Murcia, SpainClay Flag of France.svg François Jauffret Flag of Chile.svg Patricio Cornejo
Flag of Chile.svg Hans Gildemeister
7–5, 6–2
Win5–1Apr 1978 Nice, FranceClay Flag of France.svg François Jauffret Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kodeš
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 6–0
Win6–1Oct 1979 Bordeaux, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Denis Naegelen Flag of France.svg Bernard Fritz
Flag of Colombia.svg Iván Molina
6–4, 6–4

References

  1. ATP World Tour profile
  2. Davis Cup profile
  3. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 403. ISBN   978-0942257700.
  4. Patrice Dominguez a été démis de ses fonctions
  5. "Obituary: Patrice Dominguez". International Tennis Federation (ITF). 13 April 2015.