Jacques "Jacky" Brichant (28 March 1930 – 9 March 2011[1]) was a Belgian tennis player.

Jacques Brichant

Jacques Brichant in 1959
Country (sports)	Belgium
Born	28 March 1930 Mont-sur-Marchienne, Belgium
Died	9 March 2011(2011-03-09) (aged 80)
Turned pro	1947 (amateur tour)
Retired	1968
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	48–29
Career titles	30
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1958)
Wimbledon	4R (1952, 1953, 1954)
US Open	3R (1952)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (1953)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (1952)

Brichant has played the most Davis Cup ties for his country.[2] Brichant reached the semi-finals of the French Championships in singles in 1958 which he lost to eventual champion Mervyn Rose. Additionally he reached the French quarter-finals three times (1956, 1957, 1959). He won the national Belgian title 10 times.[3]

In 1950 he was the runner-up at the All England Plate event, a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championships consisting of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition.

References

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External links

• Jacques Brichant at the International Tennis Federation
• Jacques Brichant at the Davis Cup

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