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Stéphane Houdet (born 20 November 1970) is a French wheelchair tennis player. Houdet is a former singles and doubles world number one. In 2014, he became the first man in history to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam in men's wheelchair doubles.

He competed in wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]

In July 2022, Houdet was suspended from competition after missing three anti-doping tests in a 12-month window.[2]

2013

Houdet won two titles in the 2013 season with the victories achieved in Johannesburg and Sardinia.[3][4] He was a losing finalist in Pensacola,[5] Rome,[6] Nottingham,[7] St Louis and Rue.[8][9] Houdet also won two Grand Slam singles titles at Roland Garros and New York and was the runner-up in Melbourne.[10][11][12] Houdet partnered Ronald Vink to the doubles titles in Sydney and Nottingham.[13][14] When Frédéric Cattanéo was his partner in doubles tournaments they won titles in Baton Rouge and Johannesburg.[3][15] They were also losing finalists in Pensacola.[5] In doubles tournaments with Martin Legner Houdet won the title in Rome and was a losing finalist in Sardinia.[4][6] Shingo Kunieda partnered Houdet to doubles titles in Paris and St Louis,[16][17] as well as two Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros and Wimbledon.[11][18] Partnering Gordon Reid, Houdet won titles in Rotterdam,[19] Rue,[20] the Masters doubles.[21]

Grand Slam titles

Houdet in Geneva in 2014

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Wheelchair singles

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR Win %
Australian Open 2R SF F F F SF F SF F SF SF F SF QF QF SF A 0 / 16 0%
French Open ? QF F SF SF W W F F SF QF SF QF QF SF QF 1R 2 / 16 13%
Wimbledon Not held SF QF QF SF NH SF A 0 / 5 0%
US Open SF NH QF SF F NH W SF F NH W QF F QF QF A 2 / 12 17%

Wheelchair doubles

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR Win %
Australian Open ? SF SF W F F SF W W W SF W F F F SF 5 / 15 33%
French Open W SF W W SF SF W W SF SF W W F SF F SF 7 / 16 44%
Wimbledon A F W F F SF W W SF F F SF SF NH SF 3 / 13 23%
US Open SF NH W SF W NH SF W W NH F SF F F SF 4 / 12 33%

References

  1. ^ "Wheelchair Tennis - HOUDET Stephane - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Anti doping rule violation". antidoping.itftennis.com. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Houdet, Buis, Lapthorne win Super Series titles". International Tennis Federation. 13 April 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Houdet, Ellerbrock and Kramer win Sardinia titles". International Tennis Federation. 28 September 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Fernandez, Buis, Wagner win Pensacola Open titles". International Tennis Federation. 17 March 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Reid wins Rome title". International Tennis Federation. 19 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Gerard, Ellerbrock, Sithole win British Open title". International Tennis Federation. 21 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Kunieda and Kamiji seal Japanese double". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Reid and Griffioen win ITF 1 Series titles in France". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Kunieda, van Koot, Wagner claim Melbourne titles". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  11. ^ a b "WHEELCHAIR – Articles – Houdet, Ellerbrock win Roland Garros titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Houdet, van Koot, Sithole triumph at US Open". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Kunieda, Griffioen lift Sydney Super Series titles". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Victories for Ellerbrock and Sithole in Nottingham". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Houdet, Kunieda and Kamiji, Whiley claim doubles titles". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  16. ^ "Kamiji beats van Koot in French semis". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  17. ^ "Montjane, Whiley upset top seeds to lift St. Louis title". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  18. ^ "Top seeds claim Wimbledon titles". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  19. ^ "Kunieda, Houdet and Reid lift Rotterdam titles". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  20. ^ "Houdet, Reid and Ellerbrock, Griffioen reach finals". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  21. ^ "Top seeds clinch Doubles Masters titles". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  22. ^ "Houdet, Kunieda and Kamiji, Whiley claim doubles titles". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  23. ^ "ITF Tennis – Wheelchair Tennis – News Article". Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2010.

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Preceded by ITF Wheelchair Tennis World Champion
2012
Succeeded by
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