Éric Deblicker | |
Birth Date: | 17 April 1952 |
Birth Place: | Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Singlesrecord: | 65–89 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 65 (1 May 1978) |
Frenchopenresult: | 3R (1977) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1974, 1978) |
Usopenresult: | 1R (1976, 1977) |
Doublesrecord: | 37–59 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 123 (12 December 1976) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 3R (1975, 1977) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (1976) |
Éric Deblicker (born 17 April 1952) is a former tennis player and coach from France.
Deblicker reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 76, in June 1976. He was captain of the French Davis Cup team before Patrice Dominguez.[1]
Deblicker has coached prominent French tennis players, such as Sébastien Grosjean, Arnaud Clément, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Richard Gasquet.[2]
His wife Nicole died in the 1989 terrorist bombing of Brazzaville-Paris UTA Flight 772.[3] He recounts his grief and his career in an autobiography he wrote with his son, published in 2007.[4] On 20 February 2017, he was appointed advisor to the new president of the French Tennis Federation.[5]