US Open 3R (1952) Retired 1968 Wimbledon 4R (1952, 1953, 1954) Died March 9, 2011 | French Open SF (1958) Role Tennis Player Career titles 30 Name Jacques Brichant Turned pro 1947 | |
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Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Similar People Sergi Bruguera, Carlos Moya, Alex Corretja, Marcelo Rios, Albert Costa | ||
Jacques "Jacky" Brichant (28 March 1930 – 9 March 2011) was a Belgian tennis player.
Brichant has played the most Davis Cup ties for his country. Brichant reached the semi-finals of the French Championships in singles in 1958 which he lost to eventual champion Mervyn Rose. Additionally he reached the French quarter-finals three times (1956, 1957, 1959). He won the national Belgian title 10 times.
In 1950 he was the runner-up at the All England Plate event, a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championships consisting of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition.
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