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Gilles Moretton

French tennis player

Summary

French tennis player

Field	Value
name	Gilles Moretton
image	Gilles Moretton.jpg
country
birth_date
birth_place	Lyon, France
height
plays	Right-handed
singlestitles	0
highestsinglesranking	No. 80 (4 January 1982)
AustralianOpenresult	1R (1978)
FrenchOpenresult	4R (1979)
Wimbledonresult	3R (1979)
USOpenresult	2R (1981, 1983)
doublestitles	4
highestdoublesranking	No. 55 (2 January 1984)

Gilles Moretton (; born 10 February 1958) is a former professional tennis player from France. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 55 in 1984.

Since 2001, he has been president of ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, one of France's top basketball clubs.

In February 2021 he was elected president of the French Tennis Federation (FFT).

Career finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1981	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	USA Mel Purcell	4–6, 2–6

Doubles (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	0–1	Oct 1978	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	FRA Jean-Louis Haillet	YUG Željko Franulović
CHI Hans Gildemeister	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 1978	Calcutta, India	Clay	FRA Yannick Noah	IND Sashi Menon
USA Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 4–6
Win	1–2	Feb 1979	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	FRA Patrice Dominguez	HUN Szabolcs Baranyi
HUN Péter Szőke	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–2	Nov 1979	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	FRA Jean-Louis Haillet	GBR John Lloyd
GBR Tony Lloyd	7–6, 7–6
Win	3–2	Sep 1980	Bordeaux, France	Clay	GBR John Feaver	ITA Gianni Ocleppo
ECU Ricardo Ycaza	6–3, 6–2
Win	4–2	Apr 1983	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	FRA Henri Leconte	CHI Iván Camus
ESP Sergio Casal	2–6, 6–1, 6–2

References

(13 February 2021). "Gilles Moretton is new president of French Tennis Federation".

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