Henri Leconte
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Henri Leconte in 2011
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| Country (sports) |
 France
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| Residence | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Born |
4 July 1963 Lillers, France |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Turned pro | 1980 |
| Retired | 1996 |
| Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $3,440,660 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 377–269 |
| Career titles | 9 |
| Highest ranking | No. 5 (22 September 1986) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (1985) |
| French Open | F (1988) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1986) |
| US Open | QF (1986) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (1985, 1986, 1988) |
| Grand Slam Cup | QF (1990, 1992) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 200–141 |
| Career titles | 10 |
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (18 March 1985) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1990) |
| French Open | W (1984) |
| US Open | F (1985) |
Henri Leconte (born 4 July 1963) is a former French professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991. Leconte's career-high singles ranking was world No. 5.
Leconte first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the French Open junior title in 1981. He turned professional that year and won his first career doubles title at Bologna, and his first top-level singles title the following year, 1982, in . Leconte played in the Davis Cup final for the first time in 1982, when France was defeated 4–1 by the United States.
Leconte teamed up with Yannick Noah to win the men's doubles title at the French Open in 1984. In 1985, Leconte and Noah reached a second Grand Slam doubles final at the US Open, where they finished runners-up. Leconte reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6 in 1985. In singles in 1985, Leconte reached the quarter-finals of the French Open and Wimbledon, the latter run of which included a dazzling win over world no. 2, Ivan Lendl, in the fourth round of Wimbledon.
1986 saw Leconte reach two Grand Slam singles semi-finals at the French Open and Wimbledon, and attain his career-high singles ranking of world no. 5. Leconte also played on the French team that won the World Team Cup that year.
In 1988, Leconte reached the men's singles final at the French Open beating Simon Youl, Bruno Orešar, Horacio de la Peña, Boris Becker, Andrei Chesnokov and Jonas Svensson. In the final, despite strong support from the French crowd, Leconte could not overcome two-time former champion Mats Wilander, who defeated him in straight sets.
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