# Sebastien Vidal

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{{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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Daily_Press_(Virginia)) |date=5 July 2009}}</ref>

Born in [Guatemala City](/source/Guatemala_City) and of French and Welsh descent, Vidal played in 20 [Davis Cup](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Pan_American_Games). In the [2007 Pan American Games](/source/2007_Pan_American_Games) he won his first round singles match over college teammate [Dominic Pagon](/source/Dominic_Pagon) of Jamaica, before falling to eventual gold medalist [Flávio Saretta](/source/Fl%C3%A1vio_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](/source/O_Estado_de_S._Paulo) |date=24 July 2007 |language=pt-BR}}</ref> He also competed at the [2010 Central American and Caribbean Games](/source/2010_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games).

==References==
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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

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