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Ronald Jean-Martin Agénor (born November 13, 1964) is a former professional tennis player who represented Haiti during his playing career. He is the only Haitian to have ever earned a Top 25 world ranking in singles, reaching a highest singles ranking of world No. 22 in May 1989. During his career he won three ATP tour singles titles.

Early life and junior tennis

Agénor was born on November 13, 1964, in Rabat, Morocco, the son of Frédéric Agénor, a former Haitian Diplomat at the United Nations and Minister of Agriculture of Haiti.[1] He is the youngest of a family of six children and learned how to play tennis in Lubumbashi, Zaire (current Congo) in 1974 and discovered competitive tennis in Bordeaux, France in 1978 under the wing of his brother, Lionel.[2] He was ranked No. 8 junior player in the world in 1982 and won 2 Junior titles in Charleroi, Belgium and Monte Carlo, Monaco.[3]

Pro tennis career

Agénor joined the professional tennis circuit in 1983. In 1989 he reached the quarterfinals of the French Open where he was defeated by eventual-champion Michael Chang in four sets, and won his first top-level singles title at Athens. In 1990, Agénor won two further tour singles titles at Berlin and Genoa.

He competed in three Summer Olympic Games, in 1984 (a demonstration event), 1988 and 1996.[4]

In 1999, Agénor 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.

Agénor competed in his penultimate 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.

In a career spanning 19 years, he reached the quarter finals at the French Open in 1989 by beating Carl Limberger, Tim Mayotte, Claudio Pistolesi and Sergi Bruguera before losing to champion Michael Chang. He also got to the fourth round of both the US Open and French Open in 1988. He represented Haiti in the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, in Seoul in 1988, and in Atlanta in 1996 and won 3 ATP Tour World titles in Athens, Genoa, and Berlin. At the French Open in 1994, he defeated David Prinosil, 14/12 in the fifth set and broke the previous record of the longest match in the number of games in the history of the French Open since the open era previously held by Emilio Sanchez. In 1987, his final at the Swiss Indoors against Yannick Noah from France, was the first ATP World Tour tennis final between two players of color in men's professional tennis history. After a break from the pro circuit, Agénor made a comeback in 1999 becoming, at 35 years of age, the oldest player to reach top 100 (ATP ranked #88) in the world since Jimmy Connors did it in 1991. In 2000, he represented and led the Lido Luzern Tennis Club in Switzerland to its first Swiss National title in 100 years. In 2001, at 37 years of age, he finished the year ATP ranked #186 appearing in a final against David Nalbandian from Argentina.

Agénor retired from professional tennis in 2002 and opened the Ronald Agenor Tennis Academy in Los Angeles, California.

In 2009, he entered qualifying for the Genova Challenger in singles, but retired in the first round.[5]

In 2012, Agénor entered the doubles draw of Futures events in Casablanca,[6] Innisbrook,[7] and Edwardsville.[8] Partnering Takanyi Garanganga, he came up short in his final match.

ATP career finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (3–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–4)
Indoors (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 [[Swiss Open (tennis)|Template:Dts]] Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Prix Clay Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez 2–6, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–2 [[1987 Bordeaux Open|Template:Dts]] Bordeaux, France Grand Prix Clay Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 [[1987 Swiss Indoors|Template:Dts]] Basel, Switzerland Grand Prix Carpet Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah 6–7(6–8), 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 [[1988 Bordeaux Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] Bordeaux, France Grand Prix Clay Template:Flagicon Thomas Muster 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–4 [[1989 Athens Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] Athens, Greece Grand Prix Clay Template:Flagicon Kent Carlsson 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–4 [[Hypo Group Tennis International|Template:Dts]] Genoa, Italy World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Tarik Benhabiles 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–4 [[1990 European Indoor Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]] Berlin, Germany World Series Carpet Template:Flagicon Alexander Volkov 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Loss 3–5 [[1993 Swedish Open|Template:Dts]] Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Horst Skoff 5–7, 6–1, 0–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 [[1986 Bordeaux Open|Template:Dts]] Bordeaux, France Grand Prix Clay Template:Flagicon Mansour Bahrami Template:Flagicon Jordi Arrese
Template:Flagicon David de Miguel 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–2 [[Jakarta Open|Template:Dts]] Jakarta, Indonesia World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Shuzo Matsuoka Template:Flagicon David Adams
Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy 		5–7, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 15 (9–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–6)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (8–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Template:Dts Hossegor, France Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Rodolphe Gilbert 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Template:Dts Marseille, France Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Martin Strelba 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–1 Template:Dts Yvetot, France Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Alex Corretja 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win 3–1 Template:Dts La Possession, Réunion Island Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jeff Tarango 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Template:Dts Andorra la Vella, Andorra Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Joern Renzenbrink 4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 4–2 Template:Dts USA F1, Delray Beach Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Michael Hill 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–2 Template:Dts USA F2, Vero Beach Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Nicolás Massú 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 6–2 Template:Dts USA F3, Boca Raton Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Nicolás Massú 6–1, 6–2
Win 7–2 Template:Dts Fürth, Germany Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Tomas Zib 6–2, 7–6
Loss 7–3 Template:Dts Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Michal Tabara 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 2–6
Win 8–3 Template:Dts Contrexéville, France Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Gerard Solves 7–6, 6–2
Loss 8–4 Template:Dts Newcastle, United Kingdom Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Jeff Tarango 6–3, 0–6, 6–7
Win 9–4 Template:Dts Birmingham, United States Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Paradorn Srichaphan 7–5, 6–3
Loss 9–5 Template:Dts San Antonio, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Xavier Malisse 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 9–6 Template:Dts Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon David Nalbandian 4–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Template:Performance key

Singles

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 2R A A 1R A 1R A A A A 1R Q2 0 / 4 1–4 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open A 1R 1R 1R 4R QF 1R 2R 1R 1R 3R Q3 Q3 A A Q3 2R Q2 0 / 11 11–11 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon A Q3 1R A A 2R A A A 2R 1R A A A A A 1R Q2 0 / 5 2–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open A 1R 1R 2R 4R 3R 1R 1R A 2R 2R A Q1 A Q2 Q2 Q1 Q3 0 / 9 8–9 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–2 6–2 7–3 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–4 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0 / 29 22–29 Template:Tennis win percentage
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics 1R Not Held 1R Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held A NH 0 / 3 0–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami A A 2R 2R 1R 1R 3R A 2R A A A A A A 1R Q2 Q1 0 / 7 4–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo A A QF 2R 1R QF 3R 2R A A 1R Q3 Q3 A A A A A 0 / 7 9–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg A A A 1R A A 2R 3R A 1R A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 4 3–4 Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome A A 3R 3R SF 1R 1R 1R 1R Q3 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 8 8–8 Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R A A Q2 Q2 A A 1R 0 / 3 0–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati A A 1R 1R A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 3 0–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris A A 2R A 2R 2R 2R 1R Q1 A Q2 A A A A A A A 0 / 5 4–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 7–5 4–5 5–4 3–4 5–6 3–5 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 38 28–38 Template:Tennis win percentage
Career statistics
Titles / finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
Overall win–loss 0–2 17–14 20–22 25–20 24–18 24–17 35–25 16–27 5–16 19–25 15–23 10–14 0–5 0–1 1–1 3–7 6–16 1–3 221–256
Win % 0% Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage 0% 0% 50% Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end ranking 418 49 74 44 28 37 29 74 132 58 71 146 326 511 237 96 137 188 $2,014,601

Doubles

Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open A 1R A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon Q1 A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open A 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 0–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Miami A 1R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo A A A A 1R 1R A A A Q2 0 / 2 0–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg A A 1R A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada A A A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati A 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 1–6 Template:Tennis win percentage

After tennis

Agénor has also recorded music as a rock musician [1].

Agenor was once Honorary Consul of Haiti in Bordeaux, France (1989) and speaks several languages fluently. He is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club,[9] a group of high level sportsmen personally committed to the peace through sport movement, which is part of Peace and Sport, an organization under the patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco.[10] In 1989, he was Honorary Consul of Haiti in Bordeaux, France. In 2006, the city of Castelnau de Médoc, in wine country region of Bordeaux in France, named its newly built tennis facility after Ronald "Salle Ronald Agénor". In 2018, he was inducted into the Black Tennis Hall of Fame in a ceremony held at George Washington University, in Washington DC,[11][12] and the tennis court “Court Ronald Agénor” was inaugurated in the Bordeaux Wine region, at Sainte Terre Tennis Club, France.

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