Ronald Agenor, former top 20 tennis player in the world, has sustained one of the longest careers in the history of the game (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. He started his coaching career in 2001 while competing on the ATP Tour mainly helping Future and Satellite players making the transition to the next level.

The son of a former Diplomat at the United Nations, Ronald Agenor was born in Rabat, Morocco in 1964. He is the youngest of six children and a son of a deceased mother, Rolande, and a deceased father, Frederic, who was a Diplomat at the United Nations and a former Minister of Agriculture of Haiti. He started to play tennis at the age of 10 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. At 17 years of age and after 3 years of Regional and National tournaments in France, Ronald was ranked number 24 on the French National ranking.

He studied and graduated from High School at the " Lycee Victor Louis " in Talence, France, and finished the year ranked number 8 in the year-end Junior World Rankings in 1982, reaching the semi finals at the Orange Bowl in Miami, and winni ng both Junior titles at Monte Carlo, Monaco, and Charleroi, Belgium. Ronald also won the Gold Medal representing Haiti at the Caribbean Games in Havana, Cuba.

After attending a semester at the "University Of Bordeaux" (Economics), Ronald turned pro and earned his first ATP point at the French Satellite in 1983 and was ranked #793 in the world. He represented Haiti at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, losing to eventual winner, Stefan Edberg. He started the year #416 in 1985, and finished the year ranked #49 in the world, making a jump of 363 spots. He was a first time tour finalist in Gstaad and Bordeaux in 1987, and was also a finalist in Basel, Switzerland, losing to Yannick Noah from France, in what would be the first ATP Tour final featuring 2 Black tennis players in the history of the game.

In 1988 he reached the fourth round at both the French Open and the US Open, and made a semi final appearance at the Italian Open in Rome, defeating Andre Agassi for the second time, Aaron Krickstein, and world number 1, Mats Wilander from Sweden. In 1989, he won his first ATP tour event in Athenes, Greece, defeating world's number 6 Kent Carlsson from Sweden in the final. He was a first time Grand Slam quarter finalist, losing to eventual Champion, Michael Chang, and achieved a career best ranking of 22. He also defeated Andre Agassi for the 3rd time in Tokyo, Japan (Ronald is the only ATP player that holds a 3-0 record against Agassi) and was named Honorary Consul of Haiti in Bordeaux, France.

In 1990, nicknamed " The Haitian Sensation ", Ronald won the ATP tour events of Berlin, Germany, and Genova, Italy, defeating respectively Russian Alexander Volkov, and Frenchman Tarik Benhabiles.In 1991, he won the Marseille Challenger, surpassed $1 Million in career prize money, and recorded the fastest second serve of the year with 207 kmh. In 1992, after the loss of his father Frederic, Ronald dropped in his ranking but managed to make a great come back, moving from #161 in October 1993 to #30 at the end of April in 1994, reaching the semi finals in Barcelona, Spain, and Milan, Italy, defeating world's number 2, Michael Stich from Germany.

hat same year, Ronald reached the third round at the French Open, defeating David Prinosil from Germany in the 2nd round, in what would be the longest match of the history of the French Open since the open era in the number of games, setting up a record of 71 games. Ronald came back from a 2 sets down deficit to win 14/12 in the 5th set. Ronald's performance has been recorded in the Europeen Guinness Book of World Records.

In 1996 and 1997, Ronald took a break from the game, playing only 3 events and in 1998 was on the road once again to achieve what would be one of the most incredible come backs in the history of the game. At age 33, ranked #790 in the world with only 5 ATP points left, with no wild cards given to him in any main draw tournaments, Ronald played Futures, Satellite, and Challengers to finish the year ranked #241 in the world rankings. In 1999, Ronald finished the year ranked ATP #88 in the world ( the first time back in the top 100 since 1994 ), and became at 35 years of age the first player to finish the year in the top 100 since Jimmy Connors in 1991.

In 2000, Ronald played all four Grand Slams for the first time since 1994, and won a round at the Frecnh Open, defeating Thai sensation Paradorn Shrichapan. He also won the Challenger of Birmigham, Al, defeating Paradorn Shrichapan again, and reached the final of the San Antonio, TX, Challenger losing to Xavier Malisse from Belgium. In july 2000, Ronald played team matches in Switzerland, representing and leading the Lido Luzern Tennis Club to its first National title in 100 years.

In 2001 and at 37 years of age, Ronald finished the year ranked ATP #186 and surpassed $2 Million career prize money a, appearing in a final against David Nalbandian from Argentina, followed by a semi final at the Calabasas Challenger in California, with a highlight at the Master Series in Montreal, Canada, where he defeated Paradorn Shrichapan for the third time losing to worl'ds number 1, Gustavo Kuerten in 3 sets. In September of that year, Ronald reached the last round at the qualifying event of the US Open. Still competing, Ronald started coaching during the fall of 2001 and opened the " Ronald Agenor Tennis Academy " in Los Angeles, CA, in May 2002.
Ronald is married to wife Tonya, and has two daughters, "Sascha Lourdes Agenor" and "Chloe Iman Agenor" . He is a passionate musician and is finishing writing his upcoming book, "Tilted Courts" : The Power Politcs of International Tennis, that will be released in 2009