Ronald Agénor

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Ronald Agénor
Country (sports)  Haiti
 United States
Residence Beverly Hills, California, USA
Born (1964-11-13) November 13, 1964 (age 60)
Rabat, Morocco
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Turned pro 1983
Retired 2002 (very brief comeback in 2006)
Plays Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money $2,014,601
Singles
Career record 221–257 (at ATP Tour, Grand Prix tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 3
Highest ranking No. 22 (May 8, 1989)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1990)
French Open QF (1989)
Wimbledon 2R (1989, 1993)
US Open 4R (1988)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (1984DE, 1988, 1996)
Doubles
Career record 26–58 (at ATP Tour, Grand Prix tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 111 (July 14, 1986)

Ronald Jean-Martin Agénor (born November 13, 1964 in Rabat, Morocco) is a former professional tennis player who represented Haïti during his playing career. He is the only Haitian to have ever earned a Top 25 world ranking in singles, reaching as high as World No. 22 in May 1989.

Personal life

Agénor was born in Morocco and lived there for ten years. He then lived in Zaïre for four years, before moving to Bordeaux, France at the age of 14.

His father is Frédéric Agénor, who was a United Nations diplomat for over 20 years before becoming Haïti's Minister of Agriculture in the 1980s. Ronald has two sisters and three brothers, including Pierre-Richard Agenor,[1] an economist and professor of International Macroeconomics and Development Economics at the University of Manchester, and Patrick Agenor,[2] a cardiologist living in France.

Agénor is married to former model Tonya Williams, they have two daughters, Sascha Lourdes Agenor and Chloe Iman Agenor. The family lives in Beverly Hills.

Tennis career

Juniors

He was ranked the No. 8 junior in the world in 1982, turning professional the following year.

Pro tour

In 1989, Agénor 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. 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.

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 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.

Career finals

Singles (3 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
Grand Prix / ATP World series (3–0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0)
Grass (0)
Clay (2)
Carpet (1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score in final
Winner 1. 16 April 1989 Athens Open, Greece Clay Sweden Kent Carlsson 6–3, 6–4
Winner 2. 24 June 1990 Campionati Internazionali di Puglia, Italy Clay France Tarik Benhabiles 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner 3. 14 October 1990 European Indoor Championships, Germany Carpet (i) Soviet Union Alexander Volkov 4–6, 7–6, 6–4

After tennis

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

He is today a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Monaco-based international organization Peace and Sport.

References

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