Maxime Huard
{{Short description|French tennis player}}
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| name = Maxime Huard
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| fullname = Maxime Huard
| country_represented = {{FRA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|1|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Granville, France
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| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = $43,844
| singlesrecord = 2–1
| singlestitles = 0
| highestsinglesranking = No. 225 (8 January 1996)
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| doublesrecord = 0–1
| doublestitles = 0
| highestdoublesranking = No. 310 (19 August 1996)
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| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1995)
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Maxime Huard ({{IPA|fr|maksim yaʁ|lang}}; born 25 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Biography
Huard was born in Granville, the second of three children, to parents who were both teachers.{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/maxime-huard/h351/bio|title=Player Bio|publisher=Official ATP website|accessdate=2 September 2017}}
As a junior he was one of the top players on the circuit, most notably in 1994, when he made the semi-finals of the French Open and quarter-finals of the US Open.{{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10008136|title=ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Huard, Maxime (FRA)|publisher=Official ITF website|accessdate=2 September 2017}}
In 1995 he began competing professionally and after falling in the final round of qualifying for that year's French Open, he qualified for his first ATP Tour tournament at Lyon. In that tournament, the 1995 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, he had upset wins over top 50 player Javier Frana as well as seventh seed Greg Rusedski, before losing in the quarter-finals to Pete Sampras.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/21/sports/results-plus-076686.html?mcubz=1|title=Sampras In Charge|date=21 October 1995|work=New York Times|accessdate=2 September 2017}} This remained his only main draw appearance on the ATP Tour. He peaked at No. 225 in the world early in 1996, which was his second and final year on the professional tour.
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