Éric Deblicker

Éric Deblicker (born 17 April 1952) is a former tennis player and coach from France.

Éric Deblicker

Country (sports)	France
Born	(1952-04-17) 17 April 1952 (age 73) Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	65–89
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 65 (1 May 1978)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1977)
Wimbledon	2R (1974, 1978)
US Open	1R (1976, 1977)
Doubles
Career record	37–59
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 123 (12 December 1976)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	3R (1975, 1977)
Wimbledon	2R (1976)

Deblicker reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 76, in June 1976. He was captain of the French Davis Cup team before Patrice Dominguez.^[1]

Deblicker has coached prominent French tennis players, such as Sébastien Grosjean, Arnaud Clément, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Richard Gasquet.^[2]

His wife Nicole died in the 1989 terrorist bombing of Brazzaville-Paris UTA Flight 772.^[3] He recounts his grief and his career in an autobiography he wrote with his son, published in 2007.^[4] On 20 February 2017, he was appointed advisor to the new president of the French Tennis Federation.^[5]