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Richard Gasquet (18 June, 1986, Béziers) is a
France|French tennis player. 

In April, 2002, Gasquet made his debut on the ATP
tour at the Tennis Masters Series tournament at
Monte Carlo where he received a wild card into
qualifying and became the youngest player ever to
qualify for a Tennis Masters event. At 15 years,
10 months, he defeated Argentina's Franco
Squillari in the first round of that tournament to
become the youngest player to win a tour-level
main draw match since Tommy Ho at Rye Brook in
1988. He made his Grand Slam tournament debut at
the 2002 French Open at the age of 15 years, 11
months, nine days (second-youngest player ever to
compete in main draw) in Paris. Gasquet finished
2002 as the no. 1 junior in the world and was
named World Junior Champion, having won the junior
titles at the French Open and the US Open. He was
also the youngest player to finish in year-end ATP
top 200.

Gasquet finished 2003 as the youngest player to
finish a year inside the ATP top 100.

In 2004, Gasquet reached his first ATP tournament
final at Metz. He also won the mixed doubles
trophy at the French Open, teaming with Tatiana
Golovin.   

In April, 2005, Gasquet reached the semifinals of
the Masters Series tournament at Monte Carlo,
handing world number one Roger Federer in the
quarterfinals a shock defeat in the process. As a
result, he became the youngest French player ever
to defeat a world number one.

Gasquet used to cheer for Andre Agassi and even
kept a picture of Agassi on his wall. Fresh off of
a huge win over Roger Federer and having just
demolished Paradorn Srichapan in straight sets, it
must have been nerves that caused the rising teen
to lose against Agassi 6-2 6-3 at Rome's Masters
tennis tournament.

A month after he had reached the semifinal of the
Monte Carlo Masters, he reached the final of the
Hamburg Masters where he was defeated by Roger
Federer.

On June 18, 2005, his 19th birthday, he won his
first ATP title, defeating Max Mirnyi in the final
of the grass court tournament at Nottingham,
England.

==Titles (1)==
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===Singles (1)===
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|No.
|Date
|Tournament
|Surface
|Opponent in the final
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| 1.  
| Jun 13, 2005
| Nottingham, England
| Grass
| Max Mirnyi (Belarus)
| 6-2 6-3
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===Singles Finalist (2)===
* 2004: Metz (lost to Jerome Haehnel)
* 2005: Hamburg AMS (lost to Roger Federer)

==External Link==
*http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofile
s/default2.asp?playersearch=gasquet Richard
Gasquet's ATP Profile
*http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player.a
sp?player=30022225 Richard Gasquet's ITF Junior
profile
*http://www.richard-gasquet.com All information
about Richard Gasquet

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