Years after his sporting retirement, what becomes of Henri Leconte who has just pushed a rant against the empty seats of Roland-Garros?
In the recent documentary Mental health, breaking the taboo, Broadcast on M6, the former professional tennis player Henri Leconte took the floor to discuss his depression after his lost final in Roland-Garros, in 1988. Today aged 61, what became this French champion who led a sports career around the world in the 1980s and 1990s?
Henri Leconte in mourning: “I love you for eternity“”
The end of 2024 was marked by a painful loss for the former French tennis champion Henri Leconte. On his social networks, he announced the death of his mother, Laurette, at the age of 93, by paying her a moving tribute: “You transmitted your passion to me that I honored with determination, without letting go. I love you for eternity“, He wrote, accompanied by two hearts.
A few days later, in legend of a photo of him and his mother, he wrote to his Instagram subscribers: “I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your messages of support, condolences and for the kindness that you have manifested at the moment so difficult. “
Henri Leconte and her health concerns
On the health side, Henri Leconte has experienced many adventures. He reported in an interview with Figaro that he had been touched by a “lightning meningitis“While he was 38 years old.”I was vomited with unbearable headache“He said. This test forced him to relearn how to walk after a hospitalization of three months.
Today, Henri Leconte especially underlines the importance of taking care of his mental health, a subject he shares with Yannick Noah. After his final lost in Roland-Garros in 1988, he fell in depression. “”For more than a year to two years, even, I couldn’t even go out on the street, people treated me with all the names, I wanted to leave. At the time, it was taboo to go see a psychologist or talk to someone. It was not good so we hide it all. We are lost. Ultimately, we don’t even know how to play tennis“, He told RTL.
Henri Leconte Guns: “The scammer friend had left with millions “
During his sports career, Henri Leconte amassed the tidy sum of $ 3.1 million in tournament earnings. A sum that does not go completely in his pocket since you have to pay the staff and the taxes. But the tennis player from Lillers (Pas-de-Calais) also led a media career in parallel, especially as a consultant for France Télévisions. He also affected income as a municipal councilor for the city of Levallois-Perret, where he lived with his wife.
Unfortunately, Henri Leconte still went through a difficult phase a few years ago, as he had explained in his autobiography New bullets release in 2023: “One day, I received a phone call from a lawyer. It was clear: Henri, you have nothing! Not only had the scammer friend left with millions, but he had been quietly compensating me, a small ant, for years.“”
What do we know about his current private?
Father of four, Henri Leconte shares her life with the designer of jewelry Maya Dowlatshahi. The two lovebirds have been living in Luxembourg for a few years. “”Each on our side, we have traveled a lot and Luxembourg suited us well. It was our new start to both of them. We like it because it’s very international, cozy, family too“told Henri Leconte to health magazine Letz be healthy.
