Fabrice Santoro

Fabrice Santoro is one of those players I'll always respect more for craft than for trophies. Born on Tahiti in 1972, he built a famously long career out of guile rather than power, hitting two-handed off both wings, a style that made him the kind of opponent nobody enjoyed drawing. I love that crowds and fellow pros both warmed to him; that double approval is rare. What strikes me most is how much of his best work came late, which tells me he kept reinventing himself. He's proof that tennis can reward a thinker as much as an athlete.

Name (English)

Fabrice Santoro

Name (Japanese)

ファブリス・サントロ

Reading

ふぁぶりす・さんとろ

Born

December 9, 1972 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

Origin

Tahiti, France

Height

178 cm

Occupation

tennis player / tennis coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD

Tags

• tennis player
• tennis coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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