Xavier Daufresne
Xavier Daufresne ( born December 24, 1968 in Lasne ) is a former Belgian tennis player.
Life
Daufresne 1988 professional tennis player. He played throughout his career mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he won in 1989 with Denis Langaskens the double title of Knokke and Odrimont, and in 1991 in Cali his only individual title. His biggest success on the ATP World Tour he had in 1992 in Johannesburg, where he moved after beating Kevin Curren and Jeremy Bates the quarter-finals and also stood on the side of Pablo Arraya in the semifinals of the doubles competition. Other semi-finals at ATP tournaments he had in the same year in Bordeaux with Stephane Simian and Taipei with Dick Norman. The highest quotation in the tennis world ranking he reached in 1994 with position 109 in single and in 1992 with position 150 in doubles.
His best individual result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the second round of the Australian Open in 1994. After it was him previously never been able to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament at all, in 1994 sensational victories go over his house heavily favored Thomas Johansson, Thomas Enqvist and Patrick Rafter, before he lost in four sets Todd Martin. In the same year he reached the second round of the French Open; after a victory over Frédéric FONTANG he lost against Cédric Pioline. Another qualifying for a Grand Slam tournament not succeeded then.
Daufresne played between 1988 and 1994 seven singles and six doubles matches for the Belgian Davis Cup team. His greatest success with the team was participating in the first round of the World Group in 1994 In the 0:5 defeat against the Netherlands, he lost his single against Jan Siemerink and Paul Haarhuis. ; as well as on the side of Filip Dewulf also the double.