Patrice Dominguez (12 January 1950 – 12 April 2015) was a French tennis player born in Algeria. He reached a career high ranking of No. 36 in 1973.ATP World Tour profile He represented France in the Davis Cup from 1971 to 1979.Davis Cup profile
Dominguez was a finalist at the 1973 French Open mixed doubles event partnering Betty Stöve and again in 1978 partnering Virginia Ruzici.
He then became a trainer for several players such as Henri Leconte and Fabrice Santoro. He also worked as an analyst for different French media.
From 2005 to 2011, he was the national technical director of the French Tennis Federation.Patrice Dominguez a été démis de ses fonctions
Dominguez died on 12 April 2015 from a chronic illness at the age of 65.
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles (2 runners-up)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss 1973 French Open Clay Betty Stöve Françoise Dürr Jean-Claude Barclay 1–6, 4–6 Loss 1978 French Open Clay Virginia Ruzici Renáta Tomanová Pavel Složil 6–7, ret.
Career finals
Doubles: 7 (6 titles / 1 runner-up) ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Oct 1974 Madrid, Spain Clay Antonio Muñoz Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–1, 6–3Win 2–0 Nov 1974 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) François Jauffret Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 7–5, 6–4Loss 2–1 Jul 1975 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay François Jauffret Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 2–6, 2–6, 6–7Win 3–1 Apr 1976 Nice, France Clay François Jauffret Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler 6–4, 3–6, 6–3Win 4–1 Apr 1977 Murcia, Spain Clay François Jauffret Patricio Cornejo Hans Gildemeister 7–5, 6–2Win 5–1 Apr 1978 Nice, France Clay François Jauffret Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 6–4, 6–0Win 6–1 Oct 1979 Bordeaux, France Clay Denis Naegelen Bernard Fritz Iván Molina 6–4, 6–4
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