Andrew Florent

Andrew Florent

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1970-10-24)24 October 1970 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	16 August 2016(2016-08-16) (aged 45)
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1990
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$1,113,285
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 610 (10 May 1993)
Doubles
Career record	211–225
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 13 (30 April 2001)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2000, 2001)
French Open	QF (1997)
Wimbledon	QF (2002)
US Open	3R (2001)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1998)
French Open	3R (1996)
Wimbledon	QF (1995)
US Open	2R (1996, 1997, 1999, 2001)

Andrew Florent (24 October 1970 – 16 August 2016) was an Australian professional tennis player.^[1]

Florent 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.^[1] He is the father of the Sydney AFL footballer Oliver Florent.

Career finals

Doubles (3 titles, 7 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1994	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Vojtěch Flégl	John Fitzgerald Patrick Rafter	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	1994	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Vojtěch Flégl	Adam Malik Jeff Tarango	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	1994	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Mark Petchey	Olivier Delaître Guy Forget	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	3.	1995	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Sébastien Lareau Jeff Tarango	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	1996	Oporto, Portugal	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	1998	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	1998	Munich, Germany	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	1998	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Joshua Eagle	Guillaume Raoux Jan Siemerink	6–7, 2–6
Winner	3.	1999	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Brent Haygarth Robbie Koenig	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	2000	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Brian MacPhie Nenad Zimonjić	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	2000	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Pablo Albano Cyril Suk	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	2000	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	10.	2001	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 4–6, 2–6

References

External links

• Andrew Florent at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Andrew Florent at the International Tennis Federation