Seven - AO Tennis 2011 media kit - Seven West Media

HENRI LECONTE (continued)
COMMENTATOR
- AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Henri believes the women’s tournament is very open.
“Everybody has a chance to win the open at the moment. Kim Clijsters really has
the potential and the power to win. What she did winning back to back US Opens
is a great effort (like Pat Rafter my friend) and the Masters in Doha. We have
also Wozniacki who has a great potential to do it there too.
“I am also a great fan of Samantha Stosur I really love the way she is playing. If
she can go one more step to win Grand Chelem. She made a finale already in
Paris, why not in Melbourne at home. Come on Australia”
Leconte first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player
who won the French Open junior title in 1981. He turned professional that year
and won his first career doubles title at Bologna, and his first top-level singles title
the following year, 1982, in Stockholm. Leconte played in the Davis Cup final for
the first time in 1982, when France was defeated 4–1 by the United States.
The peak of his career came in the mid to late 1980s when in 1986 he reached
two Grand Slam singles semi-finals at the French Open and Wimbledon, and
attained his career-high singles ranking of World No. 5. In 1988, Leconte reached
the men's singles final at the French Open, going down to two-time champion
Mats Wilander in straight sets 7–5, 6–2, 6–1.
Leconte retired from the professional tour in 1996, having won a total of nine
career singles titles and ten doubles titles.
In 2005 he participated in La Ferme Célébrités season 2, a game of reality TV. In
2007, his son Maxime also participated in a game of reality TV, Secret Story, the
French version of Big Brother.