Patrice Beust Explained

Patrice Beust
Fullname:Patrice Beust
Birth Date:3 September 1944
Birth Place:Bois-le-Roi, France
Plays:Right-handed
Singlesrecord:13-32
Singlestitles:0
Australianopenresult:2R (1975)
Frenchopenresult:3R (1963)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1966)
Usopenresult:2R (1966)
Doublesrecord:28-28
Doublestitles:1
Frenchopendoublesresult:SF (1974)
Wimbledondoublesresult:3R (1968)
Mixed:yes
Frenchopenmixedresult:SF (1976, 1979)

Patrice Beust (born 3 September 1944) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Biography

Beust played doubles for the France Davis Cup team during the 1960s. He featured in 13 ties and partnered Daniel Contet in all of his matches. It was with Contet that he won his only title on the Grand Prix circuit, the 1972 Monte Carlo Open, a top tier event that was part of the Grand Prix Super Series.[1] He and Contet also made the semi-finals of the 1974 French Open. His other semi-final appearances at Grand Slam level came in the mixed doubles, at the 1976 French Open with Gail Benedetti and at the 1979 French Open with Betty Stöve.[2]

As a singles player he made the third rounds of the 1963 French Championships and the 1966 Wimbledon Championships.[3]

One of the early coaches of Yannick Noah, Beust headed the National Tennis Etudes, which was opened in Nice in 1970.[4] He has worked for many years as a coach for the Fédération Française de Tennis and in 2015 was appointed Director of the international tennis tournament held in Pléneuf-Val-André.[5]

He is an active player on the ITF senior circuit.[6]

Career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–1)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1April 1968Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Daniel Contet7–5, 7–9, 4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win1–1April 1972Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Daniel Contet3–6, 6–1, 12–10, 6–2

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past champions - Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. montecarlotennismasters.com. 8 January 2016.
  2. News: French Open. . . ACT . 9 June 1979 . 8 January 2016 . 40 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Book: Barclay, Simon. Wimbledon Singles Championships - Complete Open Era Results . 2015. 9781326385958.
  4. News: Patrice Beust, ancien coach de Yannick Noah, à la tête du tournoi. Hérault. Helen. Le Penthièvre. 8 April 2015. French. 8 January 2016.
  5. News: Patrice Beust, nouveau directeur du tournoi de tennis du Val-André. 27 February 2015. Ouest France. French. 8 January 2016.
  6. Web site: 70 ans messieurs : Beust fait son come-back !. 8 July 2014. Fédération Française de Tennis. French. 8 January 2016.