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Frédéric Cattanéo
Country (sports) France
ResidenceLe Mans, France
Born (1978-12-03) 3 December 1978 (age 45)
Sale, Morocco
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2003
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career titles37
Highest rankingNo. 9 (30 May 2011)
Current rankingNo. 19 (12 October 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQF (2012, 2018, 2020, 2021)
Other tournaments
Paralympic Games3R (2012, 2016)
Doubles
Career titles62
Highest rankingNo. 4 (15 April 2013)
Current rankingNo. 15 (12 October 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenW (2012)
WimbledonF (2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters DoublesW (2006)
Paralympic GamesF (2012)

Frédéric Cattanéo (born 3 December 1978) is a French wheelchair tennis player who competed in international level events. He is a three-time French Open singles quarterfinalist and was the 2012 French Open wheelchair men's doubles champion with Shingo Kunieda.[1][2][3] Amputated from both legs after a motorcycle accident, he started wheelchair tennis at the age of 23 in 2002.[4]

He competed in wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Frederic Cattaneo - France Paralympique (in French)". France Paralympique. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Frederic Cattaneo - ITF Profile". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Frederic Cattaneo - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  4. ^ "La revanche de Frédéric Cattaneo". leparisien.fr (in French). 29 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Wheelchair Tennis - CATTANEO Frederic". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

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