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Andrew Florent

{{short description|Australian tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Andrew Florent

|image =

|caption =

|country = {{AUS}}

|residence =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1970|10|24}}

|birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2016|8|16|1970|10|24}}

|death_place =

|height = {{height|cm=188}}

|turnedpro = 1990

|plays = Right-handed

|careerprizemoney = $1,113,285

|singlesrecord = 0–0

|singlestitles = 0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures

|highestsinglesranking = No. 610 (10 May 1993)

|AustralianOpenresult = Q3 (1993)

|doublesrecord = 211–225

|doublestitles = 3
5 Challenger, 0 Futures

|highestdoublesranking = No. 13 (30 April 2001)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (2000, 2001)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = QF (1997)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = QF (2002)

|USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (2001)

|OthertournamentsDoubles = yes

|MastersCupDoublesresult = RR (1998, 2000)

|Mixed = yes

|AustralianOpenMixedresult = QF (1998)

|FrenchOpenMixedresult = 3R (1996)

|WimbledonMixedresult = QF (1995)

|USOpenMixedresult = 2R (1996, 1997, 1999, 2001)

|updated = 17 May 2023

}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC&dat=19880125&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Anderson ends the run of a giant-killer|last=Trengove|first=Allen|date=25 January 1988|work=The Sydney Morning Heral newspaper|publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=20 June 2017}} 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.[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/threetime-tennis-doubles-champion-and-former-mark-philippoussis-coach-andrew-florent-loses-battle-with-cancer/news-story/eaac08e5de21d8ead58352393175b25e Three-time tennis doubles champion and former Mark Philippoussis coach Andrew Florent loses battle with cancer] He is the father of the Sydney AFL footballer Oliver Florent.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/trading-and-drafting/draft-prospect-oliver-florent-will-miss-his-father-forever-but-is-inspired-by-him-too-20161007-grxnaz.html|title=Oliver Florent, doing it for Dad|last=Quayle|first=Emma|date=7 October 2016|work=The Age newspaper|publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=20 May 2017}}

Junior Grand Slam finals

=Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)=

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!style="width:40px;"|Result

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!style="width:150px;"|Tournament

!style="width:50px;"|Surface

!style="width:150px;"|Opponent

!style="width:125px;" class="unsortable"|Score

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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

1988Australian OpenHard{{flagicon|AUS}} Johan Anderson5–7, 6–7(4–7)

ATP career finals

=Doubles: 13 (3 titles, 10 runner-ups)=

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!Legend

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|Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)

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|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

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|ATP Masters Series (0–2)

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|ATP Championship Series (0–1)

ATP World Series (3–7)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (1–4)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

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!Finals by setting

Outdoors (3–10)
Indoors (0–0)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|Bologna Outdoor

|Bologna, Italy

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Vojtěch Flégl

|{{flagicon|AUS}} John Fitzgerald
{{flagicon|AUS}} Patrick Rafter

|3–6, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–1

|1994 ATP St. Pölten

|St. Poelten, Austria

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Vojtěch Flégl

|{{flagicon|MAS}} Adam Malik
{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Tarango

|3–6, 6–1, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–2

|1994 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Doubles

|Long Island, United States

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Mark Petchey

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Delaître
{{flagicon|FRA}} Guy Forget

|4–6, 6–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–3

|1995 Seoul Open – Doubles

|Seoul, South Korea

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Sébastien Lareau
{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Tarango

|3–6, 2–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–4

|1996 Oporto Open – Doubles

|Oporto, Portugal

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|POR}} Emanuel Couto
{{flagicon|POR}} Bernardo Mota

|6–4, 4–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–4

|1998 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Doubles

|Adelaide, Australia

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Ellis Ferreira
{{flagicon|USA}} Rick Leach

|6–4, 6–7, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–5

|1998 BMW Open – Doubles

|Munich, Germany

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Woodbridge
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Woodforde

|0–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–6

|1998 Heineken Trophy – Men's Doubles

|s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

|International Series

|Grass

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Guillaume Raoux
{{flagicon|NED}} Jan Siemerink

|6–7, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–6

|1999 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Doubles

|St. Poelten, Austria

|International Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrei Olhovskiy

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Brent Haygarth
{{flagicon|RSA}} Robbie Koenig

|5–7, 6–4, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–7

|2000 Citrix Tennis Championships – Doubles

|Delray Beach, United States

|International Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian MacPhie
{{flagicon|YUG}} Nenad Zimonjić

|5–7, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–8

|2000 Generali Open – Doubles

|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Kitzbühel, Austria

|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Pablo Albano
{{flagicon|CZE}} Cyril Suk

|3–6, 6–3, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–9

|2000 du Maurier Open – Men's Doubles

|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Toronto, Canada

|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Masters Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Sébastien Lareau
{{flagicon|CAN}} Daniel Nestor

|3–6, 6–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–10

|2001 Monte Carlo Masters – Doubles

|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Monte Carlo, Monaco

|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Masters Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Jonas Björkman
{{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Woodbridge

|6–3, 4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

=Doubles: 7 (5–2)=

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!Legend

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|ATP Challenger (5–2)

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|ITF Futures (0–0)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–0)

|}

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Dec 1992}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Perth, Australia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Grass

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew McLean

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Lan Bale
{{flagicon|RSA}} David Nainkin

|6–3, 6–7, 5–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–1

|{{dts|May 1993}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Marius Barnard
{{flagicon|NED}} Joost Winnink

|6–4, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–1

|{{dts|Dec 1993}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Adelaide, Australia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Grass

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Ben Ellwood
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Philippoussis

|6–1, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–1

|{{dts|Dec 1993}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Launceston, Australia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Sandon Stolle
{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Tebbutt

|6–4, 6–0

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–2

|{{dts|May 1994}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Bochum, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|MKD}} Aleksandar Kitinov

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Grant Doyle
{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Tebbutt

|6–4, 6–7, 6–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|4–2

|{{dts|Jun 1994}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Furth, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Vojtech Flegl

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Gaston Etlis
{{flagicon|ARG}} Christian Miniussi

|7–6, 6–1

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5–2

|{{dts|Dec 1995}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Perth, Australia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Arthurs
{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Kratzmann

|6–4, 6–4

Performance Timelines

{{Performance key|active=no}}

=Doubles=

class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%

!Tournament!!1989!!1990!!1991!!1992!!1993!!1994!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!SR!!W–L!!Win %

colspan=23 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

!0 / 11

!11–11

!{{tennis win percentage|won=11|lost=11|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 8

!12–8

!{{tennis win percentage|won=12|lost=8|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

!0 / 8

!7–8

!{{tennis win percentage|won=7|lost=8|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 9

!3–9

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=9|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–1

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!1–2

!3–4

!1–4

!3–4

!3–4

!4–4

!6–4

!8–4

!4–4

!0–1

!0 / 36

!33–36

!{{tennis win percentage|won=33|lost=36|integer=yes}}

colspan=23 align=left|Year-End Championships
align=left|ATP Finals

|colspan=9 style=color:#767676|Did Not Qualify

|bgcolor=afeeee|RR

|colspan=1 style=color:#767676|DNQ

|bgcolor=afeeee|RR

|colspan=3 style=color:#767676|Did Not Qualify

!0 / 2

!2–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=2|integer=yes}}

colspan=23 align=left|ATP Masters 1000 Series
align=left|Indian Wells

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

!0 / 8

!13–8

!{{tennis win percentage|won=13|lost=8|integer=yes}}

align=left|Miami

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 5

!5–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|Monte Carlo

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=thistle|F

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

!0 / 7

!6–7

!{{tennis win percentage|won=6|lost=7|integer=yes}}

align=left|Hamburg

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

!0 / 7

!10–7

!{{tennis win percentage|won=10|lost=7|integer=yes}}

align=left|Rome

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 8

!6–8

!{{tennis win percentage|won=6|lost=8|integer=yes}}

align=left|Canada

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=thistle|F

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 5

!6–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=6|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|Cincinnati

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

!0 / 7

!7–7

!{{tennis win percentage|won=7|lost=7|integer=yes}}

align=left|Stuttgart

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|colspan=2 style=color:#767676|NMS

!0 / 5

!1–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|Paris

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

!0 / 3

!0–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=3|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!4–4

!6–6

!3–7

!5–8

!13–9

!10–7

!10–8

!3–6

!0–0

!0 / 55

!54–55

!{{tennis win percentage|won=54|lost=55|integer=yes}}

=Mixed Doubles=

class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%

!Tournament!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!SR!!W–L!!Win%

colspan=25 style=text-align:left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

!0 / 6

!3–6

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=6|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

!0 / 7

!4–7

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=7|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

!0 / 8

!5–8

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=8|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

!0 / 7

!4–7

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=7|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!3–4

!3–3

!2–4

!2–4

!2–4

!1–3

!2–4

!1–1

!0–1

!0 / 28

!16–28

!{{tennis win percentage|won=16|lost=28|integer=yes}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{ATP}}
  • {{ITF}}
  • {{Tennis Australia}}

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