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 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 610 (10 May 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (1993)
Doubles
Career record	211–225
Career titles	3 5 Challenger, 0 Futures
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)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (1998, 2000)
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)
Last updated on: 17 May 2023.

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

Florent was born in Melbourne to parents who had migrated from Mauritius.^[2] 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.^[1] He is the father of the Sydney AFL footballer Oliver Florent.^[3]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1988	Australian Open	Hard	Johan Anderson	5–7, 6–7^(4–7)

ATP career finals

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

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–2) ATP Championship Series (0–1) ATP World Series (3–7)

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

Finals by setting Outdoors (3–10) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1994	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Vojtěch Flégl	John Fitzgerald Patrick Rafter	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jun 1994	St. Poelten, Austria	World Series	Clay	Vojtěch Flégl	Adam Malik Jeff Tarango	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Aug 1994	Long Island, United States	World Series	Hard	Mark Petchey	Olivier Delaître Guy Forget	4–6, 6–7
Loss	1–3	Apr 1995	Seoul, South Korea	World Series	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Sébastien Lareau Jeff Tarango	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Jul 1996	Oporto, Portugal	World Series	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Jan 1998	Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	2–5	May 1998	Munich, Germany	World Series	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	0–6, 3–6
Loss	2–6	Jun 1998	s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	International Series	Grass	Joshua Eagle	Guillaume Raoux Jan Siemerink	6–7, 2–6
Win	3–6	May 1999	St. Poelten, Austria	International Series	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Brent Haygarth Robbie Koenig	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	3–7	Mar 2000	Delray Beach, United States	International Series	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Brian MacPhie Nenad Zimonjić	5–7, 4–6
Loss	3–8	Jul 2000	Kitzbühel, Austria	Championship Series	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Pablo Albano Cyril Suk	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3–9	Aug 2000	Toronto, Canada	Masters Series	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	3–6, 6–7
Loss	3–10	Apr 2001	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (1–1) Grass (1–1) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 1992	Perth, Australia	Challenger	Grass	Andrew McLean	Lan Bale David Nainkin	6–3, 6–7, 5–7
Win	1–1	May 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Challenger	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Marius Barnard Joost Winnink	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–1	Dec 1993	Adelaide, Australia	Challenger	Grass	Joshua Eagle	Ben Ellwood Mark Philippoussis	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–1	Dec 1993	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Carpet	Joshua Eagle	Sandon Stolle Michael Tebbutt	6–4, 6–0
Loss	3–2	May 1994	Bochum, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Aleksandar Kitinov	Grant Doyle Michael Tebbutt	6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Win	4–2	Jun 1994	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Vojtech Flegl	Gaston Etlis Christian Miniussi	7–6, 6–1
Win	5–2	Dec 1995	Perth, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Joshua Eagle	Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 6–4

Performance Timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Doubles

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	QF	QF	2R	1R	0 / 11	11–11	50%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	QF	3R	2R	3R	3R	1R	A	0 / 8	12–8	60%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	QF	A	0 / 8	7–8	47%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	A	0 / 9	3–9	25%
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	48%
Year-End Championships
ATP Finals	Did Not Qualify									RR	DNQ	RR	Did Not Qualify			0 / 2	2–2	50%
ATP Masters 1000 Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	1R	SF	SF	1R	SF	2R	A	0 / 8	13–8	62%
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	A	2R	QF	A	A	1R	A	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	F	2R	A	0 / 7	6–7	46%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	QF	QF	QF	SF	1R	A	A	0 / 7	10–7	59%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	2R	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 8	6–8	43%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	F	2R	1R	A	0 / 5	6–5	55%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	1R	1R	1R	SF	2R	QF	2R	A	0 / 7	7–7	50%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	NMS		0 / 5	1–5	17%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
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	50%

Mixed Doubles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	2R	QF	1R	A	1R	A	1R	0 / 6	3–6	33%
French Open	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Wimbledon	QF	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 8	5–8	38%
US Open	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Win–loss	3–4	3–3	2–4	2–4	2–4	1–3	2–4	1–1	0–1	0 / 28	16–28	36%

References

1. Three-time tennis doubles champion and former Mark Philippoussis coach Andrew Florent loses battle with cancer
2. Trengove, Allen (25 January 1988). "Anderson ends the run of a giant-killer". The Sydney Morning Heral newspaper. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
3. Quayle, Emma (7 October 2016). "Oliver Florent, doing it for Dad". The Age newspaper. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

External links

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