{{short description|Guatemalan tennis player}} {{for|the Spanish botanist|Sebastián Vidal y Soler}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Sebastien Vidal | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{GUA}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|12|09|df=yes}} | birth_place = Guatemala City, Guatemala | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 11 in | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = 6–4 <small>(Davis Cup)</small> | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 1136 (18 Jun 2012) | doublesrecord = 8–5 <small>(Davis Cup)</small> | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 931 (4 Feb 2013) }} '''Sebastien Albric Havard Vidal Walters'''<ref name="Tribe">{{cite web |title=Sebastien Vidal |url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=25100&ATCLID=205067226 |website=TribeAthletics.com}}</ref> (born 9 December 1989) is a Guatemalan former professional tennis player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Star Track: Sebastien Vidal |url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20090705-2009-07-05-0907040041-story.html |work=Daily Press |date=5 July 2009}}</ref>
Born in Guatemala City and of French and Welsh descent, Vidal played in 20 Davis Cup ties for Guatemala from 2007 to 2014, winning six singles and eight doubles rubbers. During this time he was also a student at the College of William and Mary in Virginia and spent four seasons in collegiate tennis, which included appearing in the NCAA Division I Championships.<ref name="Tribe"/>
Vidal represented Guatemala in the 2007 and 2011 editions of the Pan American Games. In the 2007 Pan American Games he won his first round singles match over college teammate Dominic Pagon of Jamaica, before falling to eventual gold medalist Flávio Saretta.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saretta passa fácil por guatemalteco na estréia do tênis |url=https://esportes.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,saretta-passa-facil-por-guatemalteco-na-estreia-do-tenis,24281 |work=Estadão |date=24 July 2007 |language=pt-BR}}</ref> He also competed at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.
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==External links== * {{ATP|v713}} * {{Davis Cup player|800257304}} * {{ITF profile|sebastien-vidal/800257304/gua}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vidal, Sebastien}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Guatemalan male tennis players Category:Guatemalan people of French descent Category:William & Mary Tribe men's tennis players Category:Expatriate tennis players in the United States Category:Pan American Games competitors for Guatemala Category:Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games