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Robert Haillet

Robert Haillet

French tennis player

Robert Haillet (26 September 1931 – 26 September 2011) was a French international tennis player.[1] He competed in the Davis Cup a number of times, from 1952 to 1960.[2]

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The iconic tennis shoe adidas Stan Smith was initially named "adidas Robert Haillet" when introduced in 1965, but was changed in 1971 after Haillet's retirement from tennis.[3]

Haillet staged a remarkable comeback in his fourth round match against Budge Patty at the 1958 French Championships. Patty was leading 5–0, 40–0 in the fifth set but could not convert his match points and Haillet won seven consecutive games to win the final set 7–5.[4][5] Haillet reached the semi-finals of the French championships in 1960 (beating Neale Fraser before losing to Nicola Pietrangeli).].[6]

Haillet turned professional in mid 1960 when he joined the pro tour of Jack Kramer.[7]

His son Jean-Louis Haillet was also a tennis player.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Robert Haillet n'est plus". SudOuest.fr. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  2. [2]
    Robert Haillet at daviscup.com
  3. [3]
    Tennis Club de Prades le Lez
  4. [4]
    Christopher Clarey (5 June 1995). "Novotna Collapses Again, Blows 9 (9) Match Points". The New York Times.
  5. [5]
    Davies, Mike (1963). Lawn Tennis. New York: Arc Books. pp. 14, 15. OCLC 1260284.
  6. [6]
    "French Open 1960". tennis.co.nf.
  7. [7]
    McCauley, Joe (2000). The History of Professional Tennis. Windsor: The Short Run Book Company Limited. p. 101.
  8. [8]
    Romain Bely (16 June 2022). "Pau : le fils de Robert Haillet raconte comment son père a cédé à Stan Smith ses droits sur la célèbre Adidas". Sud Ouest (in French).


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