Andrew Florent (24 October 1970 – 16 August 2016) was an Australian professional tennis player.
Florent was born in Melbourne to parents who had migrated from Mauritius. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 10 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 13 in 2001.
Florent died from colorectal cancer at the age of 45 on 16 August 2016.Three-time tennis doubles champion and former Mark Philippoussis coach Andrew Florent loses battle with cancer He is the father of AFL footballer Oliver Florent.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1988Australian OpenHard Johan Anderson5–7, 6–7(4–7)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 13 (3 titles, 10 runner-ups)
LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–2)ATP Championship Series (0–1)ATP World Series (3–7)Finals by surfaceHard (1–4)Clay (2–5)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (3–10)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Bologna, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Vojtěch Flégl John Fitzgerald Patrick Rafter3–6, 3–6Win1–1St. Poelten, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Vojtěch Flégl Adam Malik Jeff Tarango3–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss1–2Long Island, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Mark Petchey Olivier Delaître Guy Forget4–6, 6–7Loss1–3Seoul, South KoreaWorld SeriesHard Joshua Eagle Sébastien Lareau Jeff Tarango3–6, 2–6Loss1–4Oporto, PortugalWorld SeriesClay Joshua Eagle Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win2–4Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Joshua Eagle Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach6–4, 6–7, 6–3Loss2–5Munich, GermanyWorld SeriesClay Joshua Eagle Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde0–6, 3–6Loss2–6s'Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsInternational SeriesGrass Joshua Eagle Guillaume Raoux Jan Siemerink6–7, 2–6Win3–6St. Poelten, AustriaInternational SeriesClay Andrei Olhovskiy Brent Haygarth Robbie Koenig5–7, 6–4, 7–5Loss3–7Delray Beach, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Joshua Eagle Brian MacPhie Nenad Zimonjić5–7, 4–6Loss3–8Kitzbühel, AustriaChampionship SeriesClay Joshua Eagle Pablo Albano Cyril Suk3–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss3–9Toronto, CanadaMasters SeriesHard Joshua Eagle Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor3–6, 6–7Loss3–10Monte Carlo, MonacoMasters SeriesClay Joshua Eagle Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge6–3, 4–6, 2–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 7 (5–2) LegendATP Challenger (5–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (1–1)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Perth, AustraliaChallengerGrass Andrew McLean Lan Bale David Nainkin6–3, 6–7, 5–7Win1–1Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaChallengerHard Joshua Eagle Marius Barnard Joost Winnink6–4, 6–4Win2–1Adelaide, AustraliaChallengerGrass Joshua Eagle Ben Ellwood Mark Philippoussis6–1, 6–3Win3–1Launceston, AustraliaChallengerCarpet Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle Michael Tebbutt6–4, 6–0Loss3–2Bochum, GermanyChallengerClay Aleksandar Kitinov Grant Doyle Michael Tebbutt6–4, 6–7, 6–7Win4–2Furth, GermanyChallengerClay Vojtech Flegl Gaston Etlis Christian Miniussi7–6, 6–1Win5–2Perth, AustraliaChallengerHard Joshua Eagle Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann6–4, 6–4
Performance Timelines
Doubles Tournament198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1RAAAA2R1R2R1R2R2RQFQF2R1R0 / 1111–11French OpenAAAAAA3R1RQF3R2R3R3R1RA0 / 812–8WimbledonAAAAAA2R1R1R1R2R2R2RQFA0 / 87–8US OpenAAAAA1R1R1R1R1R2R1R3R1RA0 / 93–9Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–01–23–41–43–43–44–46–48–44–40–10 / 3633–36Year-End ChampionshipsATP FinalsDid Not QualifyRRDNQRRDid Not Qualify0 / 22–2ATP Masters 1000 SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAAQF2R1RSFSF1RSF2RA0 / 813–8MiamiAAAAAA1RQFA2RQFAA1RA0 / 55–5Monte CarloAAAAAAA1R1R1R1R2RF2RA0 / 76–7HamburgAAAAAA2R1RQFQFQFSF1RAA0 / 710–7RomeAAAAAQ22RQF2R1R2R2R1R1RA0 / 86–8CanadaAAAAAAAA1RA2RF2R1RA0 / 56–5CincinnatiAAAAAAQ21R1R1RSF2RQF2RA0 / 77–7StuttgartAAAAAAAA1R1R2R1R1RNMS0 / 51–5ParisAAAAAAAAA1R2RA1RAA0 / 30–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–04–46–63–75–813–910–710–83–60–00 / 5554–55
Mixed Doubles Tournament199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1RA2RQF1RA1RA1R0 / 63–6French Open1R3R1R2R1R2R2RAA0 / 74–7WimbledonQF1R1R1R2R1R1R2RA0 / 85–8US Open1R2R2R1R2R1R2RAA0 / 74–7Win–loss3–43–32–42–42–41–32–41–10–10 / 2816–28
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