Ronald Agenor
| Country |  Haiti/ United States |
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| Residence | ||
| Date of birth | November 13 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Rabat, Morocco | |
| Height | m () | |
| Weight | 81 kg (178 lb) | |
| Turned Pro | 1983 | |
| Plays | Right | |
| Career Prize Money | US$2,014,601 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 221-257 | |
| Career titles: | 3 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 22 (May 8, 1989) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | 2nd (1990) | |
| French Open | QF (1989) | |
| Wimbledon | 2nd (1989, 1993) | |
| U.S. Open | 4th (1988) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 26-58 | |
| Career titles: | 0 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 111 (July 14, 1986) | |
Ronald Jean-Martin Agenor (born November 13, 1964 in Rabat, Morocco) is a professional tennis player from Haïti. He has American citizenship.
Agenor was born in Morocco and lived there for ten years. He then lived in Zaire for four years, before and moving to Bordeaux, France at the age of 14. He was ranked the World No. 8 junior tennis player in 1982.
Agenor turned professional in 1983.
In 1989, Agenor reached the quarter-finals of the French Open (where he was knocked-out by eventual-champion Michael 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 and Genova.
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 a United Nations diplomat for over 20 years before becoming Haïti's Minister of Agriculture in the 1980s.
Still an active player, Agenor competed in the Aptos Futures event in July 2006 after a four-year layoff from tour tennis, losing 3-6, 4-6 in the first round.
Agenor has recorded as a rock musician. [1]
External links
- Official site of Ronald Agenor
- ATP Tour profile for Ronald Agenor
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