Jérôme Hanquez

Jérôme Hanquez
Full name	Jérôme Hanquez
Country (sports)	France
Born	11 March 1974; Campagne-lès-Hesdin, France
Died	17 March 2020 (aged 46); Rueil-Malmaison, France
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$106,849
Singles
Career record	0–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 225 (9 September 1996)
Doubles
Career record	1–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 181 (1 November 1999)

Jérôme Hanquez (11 March 1974 – 17 March 2020) was a French professional tennis player.

Biography

Hanquez was born in the Northern French town of Campagne-lès-Hesdin and started playing tennis at the age of nine. He had a win over Yevgeny Kafelnikov as a junior, when he made the round of 16 in the boys' singles at the 1992 French Open.^[2]

From 1994, he competed professionally and went on to appear in the main draw of five ATP Tour tournaments, including two at Lyon. He reached the final round of qualifying at the 1997 French Open but had to retire hurt during his match against Ramón Delgado.

As a doubles player he was an ATP Tour quarter-finalist once, at the 1999 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse, with Nicolas Escudé.^[3] He and Régis Lavergne won the doubles title at the Contrexeville Challenger in 1999.^[4]

Hanquez died on 17 March 2020.^[5]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1999	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Régis Lavergne	Rodolphe Gilbert Stéphane Huet	6–4, 6–2

References

^ @FFTennis (17 March 2020). "La FFT a appris avec tristesse la disparition de Jérôme Hanquez, à 46 ans, des suites du longue maladie. Jérôme fu…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "ITF Tennis – Juniors – Player Profile – Hanquez, Jerome (FRA)". ITF. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ "ATP Tour – Toulouse Open". The Palm Beach Post. 28 September 1999. p. 72. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ "ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Contrexeville Challenger – 12 July – 18 July 1999". ITF. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ El Himani, Rime (20 March 2020). "PHOTO Mort de Jérôme Hanquez à 46 ans : Yannick Noah rend hommage au tennisman". Voici.fr (in French). Retrieved 22 March 2020.

External links

Jérôme Hanquez at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Jérôme Hanquez at the International Tennis Federation

[1] @FFTennis (17 March 2020). "La FFT a appris avec tristesse la disparition de Jérôme Hanquez, à 46 ans, des suites du longue maladie. Jérôme fu…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[2] "ITF Tennis – Juniors – Player Profile – Hanquez, Jerome (FRA)". ITF. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[3] "ATP Tour – Toulouse Open". The Palm Beach Post. 28 September 1999. p. 72. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[4] "ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Contrexeville Challenger – 12 July – 18 July 1999". ITF. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[5] El Himani, Rime (20 March 2020). "PHOTO Mort de Jérôme Hanquez à 46 ans : Yannick Noah rend hommage au tennisman". Voici.fr (in French). Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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