0 Patrice Dominguez DIED

The sad news was announced on France 3 at the Paris-Roubaix broadcast Sunday. 65 years old, former tennis player Patrice Dominguez died Sunday. Consultant for France Télévisions and RMC, he had also served as national technical director of the French Federation of Tennis 2005 to 2009. According to France Télévisions, he would be dead following a long illness.

Patrice Dominguez

The sad news was announced on France 3 at the Paris-Roubaix broadcast Sunday. 65 years old, former tennis player Patrice Dominguez died Sunday. Consultant for France Télévisions and RMC, he had also served as national technical director of the French Federation of Tennis 2005 to 2009. According to France Télévisions, he would be dead following a long illness.

36th player in the world in the 70s, Patrice Dominguez had also worked for Europe 1. He is the author of several books on tennis, including Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. He was the husband of television host and producer Cendrine Dominguez. "At age 65, surrounded by his family and all his friends, Patrice Dominguez died (...) at the Pitié-Salpêtrière after a fight he led with courage and dignity ", said his wife in a statement to AFP. "He has dedicated his life to tennis, which he was an actor with multiple roles globally, all assumed with passion and determination: player, coach, manager, organizer. He was also the voice but also the historian with fifty books on the sport, "Ms. Dominguez.