BIOGRAPHY
Africa, France, USA, Haiti
The son of a former Diplomat at the United Nations and Minister of Agriculture of Haiti,Ronald Agenor has sustained one of the longest careers in the history of the game of tennis (19 years). Competing against tennis legends such as John Mac Enroe, Jimmy Connors, Brad Gilbert and Guillermo Vilas in the eighties, followed by Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, in the nineties, and Gustavo Kuerten during the new Millenium, Ronald has experienced the evolution of the game during the last 3 decades. He has travelled the world, experienced many different cultures and speaks fluently several languages.
Ronald Agenor was born in Rabat, Morocco in 1964. He is the youngest of six children and started to play tennis in Congo, Africa, and discovered competitive tennis in Bordeaux France at age 14. Under the wing of his brother Lionel, Ronald was able to combine intensive training and competition while attending high school.

After attending a semester at the "University Of Bordeaux" (Economics), Ronald turned pro and earned his first ATP point in 1983 and was ranked #793 in the world. Since then, he has scored wins against world's greatest players such as, Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, Brad Gilbert, Mats Wilander, Yannick Noah, Thomas Muster, Peter Korda, Guillermo Vilas, and Michael Stich, to name a few. Nicknamed " The Haitian Sensation " or "l'Haitien de Bordeaux", Ronald won 3 ATP tour tiltes, was a 1/4 finalist at the French Open, and reached the fourth round at both the US Open and the French Open in 1988.

He was once Honorary Consul of Haiti in Bordeaux, France, in 1989.He is the record holder of the longest match in the history of the French Open in the number of games (71) since the open era (Guinness Book of World Records) and has recorded the 2nd fastest serve of the year in 1991 with 207 Kmh. In 2000, Ronald represented and lead the Lido Luzern Tennis Club to its first Swiss National title in 100 years.
In 1987, he made history by playing against Yannick Noah from France, in what would be the first all Black Male ATP Tour tennis final in Men's Professional tennis history. In 1999 at 35 years of age, he became the oldest player to reach the top 100 in the world since Jimmy Connors did it in 1991. In 2001 and at years of age, Ronald finished the year ranked ATP #186 appearing in a final against David Nalbandian from Argentina.

Ronald retired from Professional tennis and opened the " Ronald Agenor Tennis Academy " in Los Angeles, CA, in May 2002. He is married to wife Tonya, and has two daughters, "Sascha Lourdes Agenor" and "Chloe Iman Agenor" and became a US Citizen in 2006.
Beside coaching the game of tennis, Ronald produced the first two of a series of Instructional Tennis Videos, ("Monster Forehand" and "Blazing One-Handed Backhand") is the publisher of InternationalTennisMagazine.com. Ronald other interests are music (guitarist/songwriter and has made several recordings), web design, arts, and International Relations.

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