- Ronald Agenor
Infobox Tennis player
playername = Ronald Agenor
nickname =
country = HAI/USA
residence =Beverly Hills ,California , U.S.
datebirth = birth date and age|1964|11|13
placebirth =Rabat , Morocco
height = height|m=1.80
weight = convert|81|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 1983
retired =
plays = Right-handed
careerprizemoney = US$2,014,601
singlesrecord = 221–257
singlestitles = 3
highestsinglesranking = No. 22 (May 8 ,1989 )
AustralianOpenresult = 2nd (1990)
FrenchOpenresult = QF (1989)
Wimbledonresult = 2nd (1989, 1993)
USOpenresult = 4th (1988)
doublesrecord = 26–58
doublestitles = 0
highestdoublesranking = No. 111 (July 14 ,1986 )
updated =July 17 ,2007 Ronald Jean-Martin Agenor (born
November 13 ,1964 inRabat ,Morocco ) is a professionaltennis player fromHaïti . He hasAmerican citizenship .Agenor was born in Morocco and lived there for ten years. He then lived in
Zaire for four years, before and moving toBordeaux ,France at the age of 14. He was ranked the World No. 8 junior tennis player in 1982. He turned professional in 1983.In 1989, Agenor reached the quarter-finals of the
French Open (where he was knocked-out by eventual-championMichael Chang ), and won his first top-level singles title at Athens. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 that year.In 1990, Agenor won two further tour singles titles at
Berlin andGenova .In 1999, Agenor finished the year ranked World No. 98 and became the first player aged over 35 to finish in the top-100 since
Jimmy Connors in 1992.Ronald is the son of
Frederic Agenor , who was aUnited Nations diplomat for over 20 years before becoming Haïti's Minister of Agriculture in the 1980s. He has two sisters and three brothers, including Pierre-Richard Agenor [ [http://www1.worldbank.org/wbiep/macro-program/agenor/index_agenor.htm Pierre-Richard Agénor ] ] , an economist and professor of International Macroeconomics and Development Economicsat the University of Manchester, and Patrick Agenor [ [http://www.patrickagenor.net/ AGENOR Patrick ] ] , a cardiologist living in France.Agenor last competed in an ATP-sanctioned tour event in July 2006 at the Aptos Futures event after a four-year layoff from tour tennis, losing 3–6, 4–6 in the first round.
Agenor has recorded as a rock musician. [http://www.thestivs.com/Rock/Progressive_Rock/album_RONALD_AGENOR_Waves_Of_Love.html]
References
External links
* [http://www.ronaldagenor.com/ Official site of Ronald Agenor]
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