JB
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Belgian tennis player
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
28 March 1930(Charleroi)
Death:
9 March 2011(Brussels)
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Father:
Fernand Brichant
The details
Biography
Jacques "Jacky" Brichant (28 March 1930 – 9 March 2011) was a Belgian tennis player.
Brichant has played the most Davis Cup ties for his country. 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.
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.