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Nicolas Tourte (born 18 August 1979) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Nicolas Tourte

Full name	Nicolas Tourte
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1979-08-18) 18 August 1979 (age 42) Chambéry, France
Plays	Right-handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money	$146,206
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 215 (7 May 2007)
Doubles
Career record	1–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 103 (23 July 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (2007)

Biography

Born in Chambéry, Tourte was a right-handed player, with a double handed backhand.

Tourte, who won three Challenger doubles titles, made the singles final of the Grenoble Challenger tournament in 2006, during which he had wins over Ernests Gulbis and Gilles Müller.[1]

He featured in the main draw of one Grand Slam event, the 2007 French Open. Playing in the men's doubles, Tourte and partner Thomas Oger made the second round, where they lost to the eventual champions, Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.[2]

In 2008 he played doubles in two tournaments on the ATP Tour, the Swedish Open and Dutch Open, with Alessandro Motti and Igor Zelenay respectively.[3][4]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	2006	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nicolas Renavand	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	2–6, 6–3, 10–8
2.	2006	Nottingham, Great Britain	Hard	Filip Prpic	Jamie Delgado Jamie Murray	6–4, 4–6, 10–7
3.	2007	Wrexham, Great Britain	Hard	Thomas Oger	Richard Bloomfield Robin Haase	6–74, 7–5, 12–10

References

External links

• Nicolas Tourte at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nicolas Tourte at the International Tennis Federation

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