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William Foster designed the first tank at the request of the military. A claim that he invented the tank is too broad a statement. --Randolph 20:22, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Its a company not a person, the MD Mr Tritton gets the credit. Actually I'll merge this with the proper company article.GraemeLeggett 10:00, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2005

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. Mackensen (talk) 15:46, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2005
Nn. LevelCheck 20:16, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * This is a nascent article that will chronicle Yorkshire's 2005 season. Yorkshire are an English first-class cricket team. Clearly encyclopaedic, jguk 20:48, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I would say keep, but I'd hate to think what the article will look like when it's finished, if each match has that much level of detail. RickK 21:25, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)

 * I say Keep too, but agree with RickK that this series of articles will be very large at the end of the season if they continue in the current style.Sc147 00:08, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, like Simpson's episode guides in Wikipedia is not paper. Kappa 03:13, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Oliver Chettle 23:09, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, agree with RickK and Sc147. —RaD Man (talk) 23:20, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Perhaps the most influential provincial cricket team in England but should be edited in more economical style. Capitalistroadster 02:28, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Andrew Bonar

Andrew Alexander Bonar (29 May 1810 in Edinburgh – 30 December 1892 in Glasgow) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland, a contemporary and acquaintance of Robert Murray M'Cheyne and youngest brother of Horatius Bonar.

Life
He was born at Paterson's Court in the Broughton district of Edinburgh, the son of James Bonar (1758–1821), a solicitor with the Excise, and his wife Marjory Pyott Maitland (1753–1834). He was younger brother to James Bonar and Horatius Bonar.

Andrew Bonar studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh from 1831 and was ordained in 1835. His first position was as minister at Collace in Perthshire, from 1838 to 1856 (both in the Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland). With Robert Murray McCheyne he visited Palestine in 1839 to inquire into the condition of the Jews there. Bonar joined the Free Church of Scotland in 1843. He served as minister of Finnieston Free Church, Glasgow, from 1856 till his death. In 1874, the University of Edinburgh conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He was the Moderator of the Free Church's General Assembly for 1878/79.

Bonar was identified with evangelical and revival movements and adhered to the doctrine of premillennialism. During the visit of Dwight L. Moody to Britain in 1874 and 1875, Moody was warmly welcomed by Bonar, despite the latter receiving considerable criticism from other Calvinist ministers in the Free Church.

He died at his home, 20 India Street in Glasgow, on 30 December 1892. He is buried in Sighthill Cemetery in north Glasgow.

Paterson Court was demolished in 1938. His Glasgow house was demolished in the 1960s.

Family
He married on 4 April 1848, Isabella (died 14 October 1864), youngest daughter of James Dickson, stationer, Edinburgh, and had issue —
 * Isabella Renwick, born 19 October 1850 (married 26 September 1883, William M. Oatts, Secretary, Y.M.C.A., Glasgow)
 * James, born 27 September 1852
 * Marjory, born 23 December 1854, died 16 January 1918
 * Andrew Alexander, born 23 March 1858, died 1 April 1860
 * Jane Christian, born 18 June 1861 (married 2 August 1893, David Martin Maclntyre, minister of Finnieston United Free Church)
 * Mary Elizabeth, born 24 September 1864, died 20 March 1897.

Works
while the Reminiscences are available separately as:
 * A Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry to the Jews from the Church of Scotland in 1839 (Edinburgh, 1842) ISBN 1-85792-258-1
 * Memoir and Remains of Robert Murray McCheyne (1845) ISBN 0-85151-084-1
 * "The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne"
 * Commentary on Leviticus (1846) ISBN 0-85151-086-8
 * Redemption Drawing Nigh, a defence of the premillennial advent (1847)
 * The Gospel Pointing to the Person of Christ (1852)
 * The Development of the Antichrist (1853) online at The Development of Antichrist
 * The Life and Labours of Asahel Nettleton, with Bennet Tyler (1854) ISBN 0-85151-701-3
 * The Visitor's Book of Texts or The Word Brought Near the Sick (Edinburgh, 1856) ISBN 978-1-84871-071-9
 * Christ and his Church in the Book of Psalms (1859) ISBN 1-899003-65-7
 * Bonar also edited Samuel Rutherford's Letters (1863); Letters of Samuel Rutherford, Religious Tract Society, London 1891 and wrote many tracts, pamphlets, and minor biographies.
 * His daughter Marjory edited his Diary and Letters, his Reminiscences, Heavenly Springs (ISBN 0-85151-479-0) (Portions selected from his diary, letters, and sermons), and Wayside Wells (Thoughts for Sabbath evenings, selected from his writings and sermons).
 * in-print publications include containing the Diary and Letters and the Reminiscences is:

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1703 in music

The year 1703 in music involved some significant events.

Events

 * January – Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed court musician in the chapel of Duke Johann Ernst III in Weimar, his first such professional appointment, although probably including menial duties.
 * by July – George Frideric Handel takes a position as violinist and harpsichordist in the orchestra of the Hamburg Oper am Gänsemarkt.
 * 14 August – J. S. Bach accepts the post of organist at the New Church, Arnstadt.
 * September – Antonio Vivaldi, newly ordained as a priest, is appointed maestro di violino (master of violin) at the Ospedale della Pietà orphanage in Venice, for which he begins teaching and composing.
 * ca. December – Alessandro Scarlatti becomes maestro di cappella at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
 * Nicolas Bernier publishes his first cantatas, the earliest in the French language.

Classical music

 * Henricus Albicastro – 6 Violin Sonatas, Op.5
 * Johann Sebastian Bach
 * Concerto and Fugue in C minor, BWV 909
 * Denket doch, ihr Menschenkinder, BWV 1122
 * Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst, BWV 1123
 * Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 1124
 * O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 1125
 * Giovanni Bononcini – Proteo sul Reno
 * Sébastien de Brossard
 * Abraham ou le sacrifice d'Isaac
 * Judith ou la mort d'Holopherne
 * Antonio Caldara – La castità al cimento
 * André Campra – Motets, Livre 3
 * Gaspard Corrette – Messe du 8e Ton pour l’Orgue
 * François Couperin – Quatre versets d'un motet (sacred music)
 * George Frideric Handel – Keyboard Sonata in C major, HWV 577
 * Christian Liebe – Machet die Tore weit
 * Louis Marchand – Pièces de clavecin, Livre 2
 * James Paisible - Six sonatas of two parts for two flutes, Op. 1
 * Andrew Parcham – Recorder Sonata in G major
 * Alessandro Scarlatti – S. Casimiro, re di Polonia
 * Andreas Heinrich Schultze – 6 Recorder Sonatas

Opera

 * Antonio Caldara
 * Farnace
 * Gli equivoci del sembiante
 * Francesco Gasparini – Amor della patria
 * Antonio Quintavalle – Il trionfo d'amore
 * Domenico Scarlatti – Il Giustino

Musical theater

 * William Corbett – As You Find It

Births

 * 20 January – Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer and violinist (died 1741)
 * 29 January – Carlmann Kolb, priest, organist and composer (died 1765)
 * date unknown
 * Jean-Marie Leclair the younger, composer (died 1777)
 * John Frederick Lampe, musician (died 1751)
 * John Travers, organist and composer (died 1758)
 * Johann Gottlieb Graun, German Baroque/Classical era composer and violinist (died 1771)

Deaths

 * March 31 – Johann Christoph Bach, organist and composer (born 1642)
 * September 14 – Gilles Jullien, composer and organist (born 1639)
 * October 3 – Alessandro Melani, composer (b. 1639
 * November 30 – Nicolas de Grigny, organist and composer (born 1672)
 * probable – Jacek Różycki, composer (born c.1635)

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Darjeeling district

Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its hill station and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters.

Kurseong, Siliguri and Mirik, three major towns in the district, are the subdivisional headquarters of the district. Kalimpong was one of the subdivisions but on 14 February 2017, it officially became a separate Kalimpong district.

Geographically, the district can be divided into two broad divisions: the hills and the plains. The entire hilly region of the district comes under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, a semi-autonomous administrative body under the state government of West Bengal. This body covers the three hill subdivisions of Darjeeling, Kurseong and Mirik and the district of Kalimpong. The foothills of Darjeeling Himalayas, which comes under the Siliguri subdivision, is known as the Terai. The district is bounded on the north by Sikkim, on the south by Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal, southwest by Kishanganj district of Bihar state, on the southeast by Panchagarh district of Bangladesh, on the east by Kalimpong and Jalpaiguri districts, and on the west by easternmost Province No. 1 of Nepal. Darjeeling district has a length from north to south of 18 mi and a breadth from east to west of 16 mi. As of 2011, it was the second least populous district of West Bengal (out of 19), after Dakshin Dinajpur.

Name
The etymological term of Darjeeling is denoted "Tajenglung", a Limbu language terminology that means the stones that "talk to each other", according to the historian Sankarhang Subba of Darjeeling. The name Darjeeling acclaimed from the Tibetan words Dorje, which is the thunderbolt sceptre of the Hindu deity Indra, and ling, which means "a place" or "land".

History
The ancient inhabitants of Darjeeling are the Lepcha and Limbu.

Most of Darjeeling formed a part of dominions of the Chogyal of Sikkim, who had been engaged in an unsuccessful warfare against the Gorkhas of Nepal. From 1780, the Gorkhas made several attempts to capture the entire region of Darjeeling. By the beginning of the 19th century, they had overrun Sikkim as far eastward as the Teesta River and had conquered and annexed the entire Terai.

In the meantime, the British were engaged in preventing the Gorkhas from over-running the whole of the northern frontier. The Anglo-Gorkha war broke out in 1814, which resulted in the defeat of the Gorkhas and subsequently led to the signing of the Sugauli Treaty in 1815. According to the treaty, Nepal had to cede all those territories which the Gorkhas had annexed from the Chogyal of Sikkim to the British East India Company (i.e., the area between Mechi River and Teesta River). In 1817, through the Treaty of Titalia, the British East India Company reinstated the Chogyal of Sikkim, restored all the tracts of land between the Mechi and the Teesta rivers to the Chogyal of Sikkim and guaranteed his sovereignty. In 1835, the hill of Darjeeling, including an enclave of 138 sqmi, was given to the British East India Company by Sikkim.

In November 1864, the Treaty of Sinchula was executed in which the Bhutan Dooars with the passes leading into the hills and Kalimpong were ceded to the British by Bhutan. The Darjeeling district can be said to have assumed its present shape and size in 1866 with an area of 1234 sq. miles.

Before 1861 and from 1870 to 1874, Darjeeling District was a "Non-Regulated Area" (where acts and regulations of the British Raj did not automatically apply in the district in line with rest of the country, unless specifically extended). From 1862 to 1870, it was considered a "Regulated Area". The phrase "Non-Regulated Area" was changed to "Scheduled District" in 1874 and again to "Backward Tracts" in 1919. The status was known as "Partially Excluded Area" from 1935 until the independence of India.

On 14 February 2017, Kalimpong district was carved out of Darjeeling district.

Gorkhaland Movement

During the 1980s, the Gorkha National Liberation Front led an intensive and often violent campaign for the creation of a separate Gorkhaland state within India, across the Nepali-speaking areas in northern West Bengal. The movement reached its peak around 1986–1988 but ended with the establishment of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council in 1988.

The hill areas of Darjeeling enjoyed some measure of autonomy under the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council. However, the demand for full statehood within India has emerged once again, with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha as its chief proponent. The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration replaced the DGHC in August 2012 after the GJM signed an agreement with the government.

Geography
The Darjeeling hill area is formed of comparatively recent rock structure that has a direct bearing on landslides. Heavy monsoon precipitation contributes to the landslides. Soils of Darjeeling hill areas are extremely varied, depending on elevation, degree of slope, vegetative cover and geolithology.

The Himalayas serve as the source of natural resources for the population residing in the hills as well as in the plains. As human population expands in the hills, forests are being depleted for the extension of agricultural lands, introduction of new settlements, roadways, etc. The growing changes coming in the wake of urbanisation and industrialisation leave deep impressions on the hill ecosystem.

The economy of Darjeeling hill area depends on tea production, horticulture, agriculture, forestry and tourism. The major portions of the forests are today found at elevations of 2000 m and above. The area in between 1000 and 2000 m is cleared either for tea plantation or cultivation. About 30 percent of the forest covers found in the lower hills are deciduous. Evergreen forest constitutes only about 6 percent of the total forest coverage. Shorea robusta remains the most prominent species of tropical moist deciduous forest along with heavy undergrowth.

Teesta, Rangeet, Mechi, Balason, Mahananda and Rammam are the important rivers of the district.

Subdivisions
Darjeeling District comprises four subdivisions:

 * Darjeeling Sadar subdivision
 * Kurseong subdivision
 * Mirik subdivision
 * Siliguri subdivision

Assembly constituencies

The district was previously divided into six assembly constituencies. As per the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, the district had been divided into six assembly constituencies. Kalimpong has become a separate district from 14 February 2017, so the number of assembly constituencies in Darjeeling district is now five.

 * 1) Darjeeling (assembly constituency no. 23)
 * 2) Kurseong (assembly constituency no. 24)
 * 3) Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) (assembly constituency no. 25)
 * 4) Siliguri (assembly constituency no. 26)
 * 5) Phansidewa (ST) (assembly constituency no. 27)

Phansidewa constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates. Matigara-Naxalbari constituency is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. Along with one assembly constituency from Kalimpong district and one assembly constituency from Uttar Dinajpur district, the five assembly constituencies of this district form the Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

Demographics
According to the 2011 census Darjeeling district has a population of 1,846,823, roughly equal to the population of Kosovo. This gives it a ranking of 257th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 586 PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.77%. Darjeeling has a sex ratio of 970 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 79.56%. After Kalimpong district was separated its population was 1,595,181, of which 671,1771 (42.11%) live in urban areas. The residual district has a sex ratio of 972 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.86% and 20.21% of the population respectively.

In 2001, the population of the district was 1,609,172. The rural population was 1,088,740 and urban population was 520,432. Total males were 830,644 and females were 778,528. The density of population was 511 per km2. The decennial population growth rate (1991–2001) was 23.79%.

The hills have a population of 624,061 which is nearly 40% of the population. The original inhabitants of the Darjeeling Hills were the Lepcha and Limbu (the ravine people, as they prefer themselves to be known as). Other communities with a long history in the district include the  Tamang, Yakkha, Rai,   Gurung, Magar, Newar, Thami, Chettri, Bahun, Kami, and Damai. There is also a sizeable population of Tibetans who arrived from Tibet since the 1950s. Over time, the ethnic distinctions between the hill people have blurred and today most identify as Gorkha and speak Nepali only as mother tongue.

In the plains, the Bengalis and Rajbongshis are in majority while there are large numbers of Gorkhas and Adivasis, the latter of which migrated from Chotanagpur and Santhal Parganas during British rule as tea garden workers. Both in the hills and plains are various migrants from other regions including Biharis, Marwaris and Punjabis.

Religion
Hinduism is the majority religion in both the hills and plains. Buddhism and Kirat Mudhum are almost entirely present in the hills. Christianity is primarily in the hills, although there are significant numbers among the tea tribes in the plains. Islam is almost entirely found in the plains.

Languages
At the time of the 2011 census, 39.88% of the population spoke Nepali, 26.51% Bengali, 10.95% Hindi, 6.17% Rajbongshi, 5.38% Sadri, 2.52% Kurukh, 1.50% Bhojpuri and 1.15% Santali as their first language. 1.04% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Bengali. According to 1951 Census, about 26% of the population in the three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling district (including Kalimpong) spoke Nepali as mother language. Other languages formerly spoken in the hills included Limbu,     Tamang, Magar, Gurung,  Rai , Sunuwar , Yakkha and Newar.

Bengali is the official language of the district, with Nepali declared as co-official only in Darjeeling and Kurseong subdivisions.

Nepali is the dominant language in the hill divisions, spoken by more than 90% of the people in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Mirik subdivisions, although most hill inhabitants are not from Khas communities. Several hundred of the original hill inhabitants still speak their original languages although the vast majority now speak only Nepali.

The main language of the Siliguri subdivision is Bengali. It is followed by a sizeable number of Kamatpuri or Rajbongshi speakers. Among the Adivasis, Sadri is the main language although some still speak their original languages like Kurukh, Mundari and Santali.

Flora and fauna
Darjeeling district is home to Singalila National Park, which was set up in 1986 as a wildlife sanctuary and converted to a national park in 1992. It has an area of 78.60 km2.

Darjeeling district has three wildlife sanctuaries: Jorepokhri, Mahananda, and Senchal.

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Talk:Chuck Grassley

Grassley is a MAGA sympathizer!
Grassley held his tongue for YEARS about the moral atrocities of Trump. Grassley denied Jan. 6th insurrection truths. Grassley is a small man, who never stood up to the atrocities of Trump. Grassley is a history denier. Grassley, has no moral compass, beyond MAKE MONEY FOR ME! 2604:2D80:E609:1F00:ED9F:E368:B884:7752 (talk) 05:08, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, we know that, but do you have some wording based on sources you will provide that we can use to improve the article? -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 06:13, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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He is currently the last remaining U.S. Senator to serve during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. 24.46.59.173 (talk) 11:22, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 14:20, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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He is currently the last remaining U.S. senator who first took office during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. 2600:1003:B10E:E82A:48CB:35C5:AC91:5F56 (talk) 13:16, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Xan747 (talk) 13:26, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

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Bruce Gowers

Bruce Gowers (21 December 1940 – 15 January 2023) was a British television director and producer, best known for his work on large-scale live music and event productions.

Life and career
Gowers was born in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland on 21 December 1940. He started his career in his native United Kingdom, where his music video for Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" brought him international recognition, leading to his relocation to the United States in the late 1970s.

His career included credits for the live episodes of American Idol (2001–2010) which he directed from its inception, and awards shows including the Emmys, the MTV Video Music Awards, the Billboard Awards, and the American Music Awards, event specials including Live Earth, Live 8, and President Bill Clinton's Inaugural Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. He also directed musical specials for Michael Jackson and the Jacksons, the Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, and Britney Spears.

Gowers died of an acute respiratory infection in Santa Monica, California, on 15 January 2023, at the age of 82.

Television series
Music

2009 Emmy Award Winner – Best Musical Variety Director. 5 Emmy Award nominations, DGA Award nominee
 * American Idol (FOX) 2002–2007, 2009–2010
 * Celebrity Duets (FOX) 2006
 * Your Mama Don't Dance (Lifetime) 2008
 * So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) 2005
 * Pepsi Smash (WB) 2004
 * Big Break (Syndication) 1990
 * Dancin' to the Hits (Syndication) 30 episodes 1986–1987
 * Dick Clark Live (CBS) 1988–1989
 * Solid Gold (Paramount) 1985
 * Rock of the 80s (Showtime) – 1984 Ace Award Nominee
 * Britt Ekland's Jukebox (Syndication) 1979

Comedy

 * Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (ABC) 1998–2007
 * Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular (F/X) 1998

Kids

 * American Juniors (FOX) 2003
 * All That (Nickelodeon) 1999
 * The Amanda Show (Nickelodeon) 1999
 * Roundhouse (Nickelodeon) 1993–1994
 * The Kidsongs Television Show (called "The Kidsongs TV Show" in only season 1 (1987–1988)) (Public Television), 1987–1988, 1994–1995, 1997–1998

Misc.
 * The Spectacular World of Guinness Records (Syndication) 52 episodes, 1987–1989
 * This Is Your Life (NBC) 1983
 * We Interrupt This Week (PBS)
 * Headliners with David Frost (NBC) 1978

Award shows

 * The 57th & 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (ABC) 2005, 2007
 * People's Choice Awards (CBS) 2005-2009
 * The Billboard Awards (Fox) 1995 - 2006
 * Kids' Choice Awards (Nickelodeon & MTV Networks) 2005 - 2007, 1995, 1994
 * Teen Choice Awards (Fox) 2004-2009
 * Miss America (CMT) 2006, 2008
 * The World Music Awards (ABC) 2005, 2004
 * Tributo A Nuestros Heroes (Telemundo Network) 2004
 * Spike Video Game Awards (Spike TV) 2004
 * The American Music Awards (ABC) 2003, 2002, 2001
 * The Blockbuster Awards (UPN) 1996-2001
 * Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS) 2002, 2001
 * MTV Movie Awards 1992 - 2002
 * The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Pre-Show (ABC) 2002, 2000
 * Muhammad Ali 60th Birthday Celebration (CBS) 2002
 * My VH1 Awards (VH1) 2000
 * The MTV Video Music Awards (MTV & Syndication) 2000, 1995–1994, 1992-1988—Winner of the 1990 Monitor Award for Best Director, multiple Ace & Monitor Award nominations
 * The Essence Awards (CBS & Fox) 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993 & 1992—1995 NAACP Image Award for Best Special
 * The ESPY Awards (ESPN, ABC) 1997, 1996 & 1995
 * The American Comedy Awards (ABC) 2000, 1999, 1998 & 1995
 * The AFI Salutes... (ABC) 2000, 1999
 * MTV's Fashionably Loud (MTV) 1998, 1997, 1996 & 1995
 * VH1 Fashion Awards (VH1) 1998, 1997 & 1996
 * 1998 Skate, Rattle and Roll Championships (Fox) 1998
 * VH1 Honors (VH1) 1995, 1994
 * MTV European Music Awards (MTV) 1996, 1995, 1994
 * All Star Pro Sports Awards (ABC) 1990
 * American Video Awards (ABC) 1983, 1985–1986

Television specials
Music
 * Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years (CBS) 2001
 * Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (ABC) 2007, 2008
 * I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash (CBS) 2005
 * An All-Star Salute to Patti LaBelle: Live From Atlantis (UPN) 2005
 * Live 8 Philadelphia (MTV/VH1, ABC) 2005
 * Genius: A Night for Ray Charles (CBS) 2004 – Winner of the 2004 DGA Award for Best Musical Variety Director. Emmy Award Nominee, Best Director
 * Prince Musicology (PPV) 2004
 * Ultimate Manilow (CBS) 2002
 * All Star Tribute to Brian Wilson (TNT) 2001
 * NSYNC - Atlantis Concert 2001
 * Women Rock: Girls with Guitars (Lifetime) 2001, 2000
 * Experience Music Project (VH1) 2000 (2 nights)
 * Arista's 25th Anniversary (NBC) 2000
 * Sarah Brightman: La Luna Concert (PBS) 2000
 * Britney Spears in Hawaii (FOX) 2000
 * Britney Spears: There's No Place Like Home (FOX) 2000
 * A Home for the Holidays (CBS) 2001, 2000
 * Radio City Grand Re-Opening (FOX) 1999
 * Ricky Martin: One Night Only (CBS) 1999
 * American Express Concert in Central Park (UPN) 1999
 * L'Oreal Summer Music Mania (UPN) 1999
 * Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (MTV) 1997 B DGA & EMMY Nominee for Best Director
 * Rolling Stones: Bridges to Babylon (Pay Per View) 1997
 * Woodstock (Pay Per View) 1994
 * An American Reunion: The Lincoln Memorial Inaugural Concert (HBO) 1993
 * MTV'S Inaugural Gala Ball (MTV) 1993
 * Up-close: Paul McCartney (MTV & ABC) 1993
 * Rod Stewart Valentine Vagabond (Live Pay Per View Concert) 1992
 * Dwight Yokum (Live Pay Per View Concert) 1991
 * MTV Unplugged With Paul McCartney (MTV) 1991—Ace Award Nominee
 * Arista's 15th Anniversary "That's What Friends Are For" (CBS) 1990
 * Huey Lewis and the News (Showtime) 1985—Grammy Award winner for Best Director
 * Men at Work "Live in San Francisco" (HBO) 1984—Monitor Award winner
 * Soul Session: James Brown & Friends (Cinemax) – 1987 Ace Award for Best Director
 * Harry Belafonte: Don't Stop the Carnival (HBO) 1985
 * The Doobie Brothers Farewell Concert (Showtime) 1985
 * Rod Stewart, Tonight He's Yours (Syndication) 1981
 * Legends of Rock 'N Roll (Cinemax) 1989

Comedy

 * 3 Cats From Miami (HBO) 1998
 * Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast (HBO) 1997
 * Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard (HBO) 1995
 * TV's All Time Classic Comedy (Fox) 1994
 * Dame Edna's Hollywood I, II & III (NBC) (Three 1 Hour Specials) 1992, 1991
 * Paul Rodriguez Special (Fox) 1992
 * The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show (HBO) 1991 with Richard Lewis
 * Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff (HBO) 1990 – Ace Award nominee 1991
 * Richard Lewis "I'm Doomed" (HBO) 1990 – Ace Award nominee 1990
 * Harry Anderson's Sideshow (NBC) 1987
 * This Is Your Life, 30th Anniversary Special (NBC) 1987
 * Richard Lewis: "I'm Exhausted" (HBO) 1988
 * George Carlin's "What Am I Doing in New Jersey?" (HBO) 1988
 * The 11th Annual Young Comedian's Special (HBO) 1988
 * Robin Williams, an Evening at The Met (HBO) – 1988 Monitor Award nominee and 1987 Ace Award nominee, both for Best Director
 * Harry Anderson "Hello Sucker" (Showtime) 1986
 * Jerry Seinfeld Special (HBO) 1987
 * Greater Tuna (HBO) 1984—Monitor Award Winner for Best Cable Program, Ace Award Nominee for Best Director
 * Billy Crystal - A Comic's Line (HBO) 1984
 * Richard Belzer Caught in the Act (Cinemax) 1984
 * Eddie Murphy Delirious (HBO) 1983

Miscellaneous specials

 * Explosion! (ABC) 1997
 * City Kids All-star Celebration (ABC) 1995
 * World of Entertainment (Syndication) 1982
 * All-Star Salute to Mother's Day (NBC) 1981
 * The II, III, IV & V International Guinness Book of World Records (ABC)
 * David Frost with The Shah of Iran (ABC) 1980

Videos
Selected music videos directed by Bruce Gowers:

Documentaries

 * Hello Dalí (1973)
 * Finnan Games (1975)

Television pilots

 * George Lopez Talk Show (WAD Productions) 2008
 * Glam Me Up (CW Network) 2008
 * Roundhouse (Nickelodeon) 1992
 * America's Funniest People (ABC) 1990
 * The Kidsongs TV Show (Syndication) 1988
 * Dancin' to The Hits (Syndication) 1986
 * Footlight Follies 1988
 * Double Takes 1987

Awards
Grammy Award winner:
 * Huey Lewis and the News (Showtime) 1985 – Best Director long form music video

Emmy Award winner :
 * American Idol (FOX) 2009 – Best Musical Variety Director
 * Hello Dalí (1973) – Documentary Director
 * The 4th International Guinness Book of World Records; (1982) – Editor

Emmy nominations: American Idol (2006, 2007), Genius: A Night for Ray Charles (2004), Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (1997)

DGA Award winner:
 * Genius: A Night for Ray Charles (CBS) 2004 – Best Musical Variety Director

DGA Award nominations: American Idol (2006), Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (1997)

Ace Award winner:
 * Soul Session: James Brown & Friends (Cinemax) – 1987 Best Director
 * Greater Tuna (HBO) 1984 Best Director

Monitor Award winner:
 * Men at Work "Live in San Francisco" (HBO) 1984 Best Director
 * The MTV Video Music Awards (MTV & Syndication) 1990 Best Director

Monitor Award nominations: The MTV Video Music Awards, Robin Williams: An Evening at The Met (HBO) 1988, The Kidsongs TV Show (PBS) 1988

NAACP Image Award winner:
 * The Essence Awards 1995: Best Special

Golden Harp Award winner: Finnan Games

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William P. Clements High School

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. Mackensen (talk) 15:44, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

William P. Clements High School
This article about a high school is not notable.

Perhaps Merge some of the into the town article? I am not sure. - Stoph 20:21, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable public school opened to the public in 1983. Every school is worthy of inclusion in a truely great encyclopaedia. Klonimus 20:28, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but it would probably be best if some references were cited to validate claims of excellence (or tone down the POV). —RaD Man (talk) 20:55, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: User:Stoph appears to have been created one week ago. *sigh*  —RaD Man (talk) 21:02, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: is that relevant? I honestly wasn't aware that it was. - Stoph 22:25, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * merge to the town's entry, and delete. Not all schools are notable!  Mine wasn't, and this one is no better. BigFatDave 22:22, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: perhaps making VfD pages about schools isn't worth it when opinions are divided on this subject, see Deletion policy/schools and Wikipedia_talk:Deletion_policy/schools - Stoph 22:34, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * VfD is applicable exactly because opinions are divided on this subject. If they weren't, it would be WP:CSD material. Also, delete as vanity. Radiant_* 13:54, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, relax and accomodate, decent-sized article about a high school. Kappa 23:33, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * keep this please, very well written and too large to merge. is this for real? Yuckfoo 01:33, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability not established. This is an encyclopedia not a directory. Indrian 04:15, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with Indrian. --The JPS 10:48, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep quite a decent article. - SimonP 12:55, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Remove the filler material and we're left with the first two sentences and an external link. Note that, as usual, there was also an attempt to stack the vote on this vfd.  —Korath (Talk) 14:10, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. JuntungWu 14:49, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nothing jawdropping here. Grue 20:07, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * "swimming teams (boys and girls) often colour their hair wild and eccentric colours." Lots of notability in this... not really.  Delete. --Idont Havaname 21:07, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Oliver Chettle 23:10, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Verifiable public institution.--Gene_poole 00:18, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is actually a pretty good article in need of a POVectomy. I'd like to see a little more on the history of the place as well. - Lucky 6.9 05:00, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Useless collection of generic facts about an insignificant school. This is not an encyclopedia article. Individual schools are not inherently encyclopedic and there is nothing to distinguish insignificant schools like this one from thousands of nearly identical schools around the world. Gamaliel 06:17, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Sugar Land, Texas and delete - Skysmith 08:52, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep and should be heavily edited to remove obvious POV still present. -CunningLinguist 02:09, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep There is a place on Wikipedia for schools. --ShaunMacPherson 03:51, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree with everything Gamaliel said. Jonathunder 04:09, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)
 * Keep and continue to expand, as we have been doing. I've removed unverifiable and POV information.  High schools do not need to prove notability. --BaronLarf 01:48, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Cedars 06:45, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: This is User:Cedar's 46th edit. The owner of this account immediately gravitated towards VfD-related activity by the 10th edit.     —RaD Man (talk) 10:02, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Cedars has been a user since Feb 1. Surely that's long enough for his/her votes to be valid? Gamaliel 22:04, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand for more useful info on the school. Has potential to become encyclopedic. --Andylkl (talk) 15:20, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep invalid vfd listing, its a sockpuppet likely created just to list this.   ALKIVAR ™[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 09:41, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment being called a sock puppet is disheartening - Stoph 20:25, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Please Don't bite the newbies. Gamaliel 22:04, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Houshuang 01:03, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability not established. This is an encyclopedia not a directory. Master Thief Garrett 01:37, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notability is subjective. ~leif ☺ (talk) 19:59, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Fresh Pond (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Fresh Pond is a reservoir and park in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to the Pond's use exclusively as a reservoir, its ice had been harvested by Boston's "Ice King", Frederic Tudor, and others, for shipment to North American cities and to tropical areas around the world. Fresh Pond is bordered by Fresh Pond Parkway, Huron Avenue, Grove Street, Blanchard Road, and Concord Avenue.

Fresh Pond Reservation consists of a 155-acre (627,000 m²) kettle hole lake, and 162 acres (656,000 m²) of surrounding land, with a 2.25 mile (3.6 km) perimeter road popular with walkers, runners and cyclists, and a nine-hole golf course. Part of the Watertown–Cambridge Greenway, a rail trail on the alignment of the former Watertown Branch Railroad, runs along the east side of the pond.

Early history
Native Americans used the pond for fishing and drinking water for several thousand years. Starting in the seventeenth century colonists fished for alewives using fishing weirs in Alewife Brook (which passed through the swamps to the north of Fresh Pond) following the Native Americans' methods. The colonists also used the fields around Fresh Pond for growing hay, and they hunted ducks in the Pond. In the eighteenth century, settlers started farms to the south, west and north of the Pond. In 1796 Jacob Wyeth constructed the Fresh Pond Hotel to the east of the Pond on land that is now part of Kingsley Park. In 1798 a wealthy resident constructed a country estate north of the pond on Black's Nook. In the early 1800s clay was removed from the swamps surrounding Fresh Pond for use in the brick making industry.

Water and ice
In the mid-19th century, the Pond was privately owned and home to a flourishing ice-harvesting industry, with ice shipped as far as Europe, China, and India. Entrepreneurs began cutting ice from Fresh Pond in the 1820s. The horse-drawn Charlestown Branch Railroad expanded to connect the Fresh Pond icehouses of Frederic Tudor, Addison Gage, and Nathaniel J. Wyeth with several wharves in Charlestown. The first ice shipment was in December 1841. The railroad would later get steam locomotives and become part of the Fitchburg Railroad.

In 1856, a private company began supplying its customers with drinking water from the Pond. In 1865 the business came under city ownership. By the end of the century the Pond and the land surrounding it was entirely city-owned, and an elaborate public water supply system had been developed.

Fresh Pond is part of the overall Cambridge water system. Its water is fed to the pond via an aqueduct from the Hobbs Brook and Stony Brook Reservoirs, located in Lexington, Lincoln, Waltham and Weston, Massachusetts. After purification at the Walter J. Sullivan Water Treatment Facility adjacent to Fresh Pond, the water is pumped upwards to the underground Payson Park Reservoir in Belmont. From there it flows back to Cambridge, with gravity providing the pressure to distribute drinking water to residents and businesses.

General references

 * City of Cambridge Water Department
 * Fresh Pond history
 * Weightman, Gavin (2003). The Frozen-Water Trade: A True Story. New York: Hyperion
 * Seaburg, Carl and Alan (2003). The Ice King: Frederic Tudor and His Circle. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society
 * Seaburg, Carl and Alan (2003). The Ice King: Frederic Tudor and His Circle. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society

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In 1802, Sacy obtained a copy of the Rosetta stone hieroglyphs, undeciphered until then, but he was unable to derive substantial results. He advised his student Jean-Francois Champollion not to waste his efforts in trying to do the same. When Champollion succeeded, and published his results, the spited Sacy showed the petty side of his character using his authority to minimise Champollion's impressive breakthrough and siding with Thomas Young, an earlier but minor contributor, in a dispute on priority, and denying Champollion the deserved recognition.

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Article up till now was largely copied from the 1911 EB. Needed: further editing for clarity; expansion on recent looks at Sacy; an updated scheme of capitalisation (refer to Wikipedia style guide?) Njál 18:27, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

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Absent is any criticism/evaluation of this person's work. Said and other scholars have written about Sacy's work, and these are notable. Some discussion of these things should be included.Ebanony (talk) 23:35, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * And, please, cite from Said himself, not only from secondary literature, though this is available online.--R. la Rue (talk) 11:06, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

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Gore Pass

Gore Pass (el. 2903 m./9527 ft.) is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Colorado in the United States.

The pass crosses a gap in the northern end of the Gore Range in southwestern Grand County west of Kremmling. The pass provides the route of State Highway 134 east of Toponas, furnishing a motor vehicle route between Middle Park and the valley of the Yampa River to the west. It has a mild approach to the west, while the east side has a moderate 5.4% grade.

Gore Pass is named for Sir St. George Gore, an Irish baronet from Sligo whose sole purpose was to break records and fill his trophy room. In 1975, there was a sign on Colorado State Road Hwy 84 which read "GORE PASS, Altitude 9,000 feet. Here in 1855 crossed Sir St. George Gore, an Irish baronet bent on the slaughter of game and guided by Jim Bridger.  For three years he scoured Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, accompanied usually by fort men, many carts, wagons, hounds, and unexampled camp luxuries.  More than 2,000 buffalo, 1,600 deer and elk, and 100 bears were massacred for sport." Readers are referred to pages 305-312 of the book, "The Trail of Tears (The Story of the American Indian Removals 1813-1855" by Gloria Jahoda, 1975.

The Rock Creek Stage Station, at Gore Pass, is a historic log building which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Climate
Buffalo Park is a SNOTEL weather station near Gore Pass.

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Richard Gasquet

Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won 16 singles titles on the ATP Tour, tied for eighth most among active players. He is also fourth among active players with over 600 career match wins. His best performances in Grand Slam singles tournaments have been three semifinal appearances, two at the Wimbledon Championships (in 2007 and 2015) and once at the US Open (in 2013). His best performance in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 singles tournaments was being the runner-up in Hamburg in 2005 and Toronto in 2006 and 2012. He won the mixed doubles title at the 2004 French Open, partnering with Tatiana Golovin. He also won the men's doubles Olympic bronze medal in 2012 with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. Gasquet is best known for his elegant groundstrokes and his one-handed backhand.

Early life
Gasquet was born on 18 June 1986, in Béziers, France, where he was raised. His mother, Maryse, and his father, Francis, were both tennis teachers and ran a local tennis club in Sérignan. This had an influence on Gasquet and he began playing tennis at the age of 4 with his dad at the club. Soon after, he was discovered by former world number 9 Pierre Barthès who ran a tennis camp at the nearby seaside resort of Cap d'Agde.

When he was 9 years old, Gasquet was touted as a future champion on the cover of the February 1996 issue of French Tennis Magazine.

Junior career (1999–2002)
Gasquet played his first junior match in April 1999 at the age of 12 at a grade 3 tournament in France. Throughout the rest of the year, Gasquet dominated the U14 circuit in the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, collecting the three most prestigious trophies of the year at Tim Essonne, Les Petits As, and the European Junior Championships at San Remo. In the latter two finals, he beat Brian Baker and Jerome Becker respectively, but perhaps the most significant match of the year was the Les Petits quarterfinal match against the 12-year-old Rafael Nadal, which Gasquet won 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.

As a junior, he posted a 44–7 career singles record and a 10–4 career doubles record. He had a career-high juniors singles ranking of world No. 1, attained on 9 September 2002, at the age of 16 years and 3 months. During the same year, he made the semifinals of the Junior Australian Open and won the Junior French Open and the Junior US Open, winning the final of the former against compatriot Laurent Recouderc in just 45 minutes, the shortest final in the event’s history.

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:

Australian Open: SF (2002)

French Open: W (2002)

Wimbledon: A (-)

US Open: W (2002)

His wins at junior grand slams at such a young age caused him to become one of the most anticipated juniors ever and many thought that he would become a future world number 1, with the French media heralding him as their bastion of hope and calling him the “Mozart of tennis” when he was just 15 years old.

2002: ATP and Grand Slam debut, top 200
Gasquet made his debut on the ATP tour in April 2002, at the Tennis Masters Series tournament in Monte Carlo where he received a wildcard into qualifying and became the youngest player ever to qualify for a Tennis Masters Series event. At the age of 15 years and 10 months, he defeated Argentina's Franco Squillari in the first round of that tournament to become the youngest player to win a top-tier tour (ATP Tour, Grand Prix tennis circuit or World Championship Tennis) main draw singles match since Tommy Ho at Rye Brook in 1988.

Gasquet made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2002 French Open at the age of 15 years, 11 months and nine days. He was the second-youngest player ever to compete in the main draw there. Despite his lack of experience, he managed to take a set off the eventual champion Albert Costa in the first round. Gasquet finished 2002 as the No. 1 junior in the world and was named World Junior Champion, having won the junior titles at the French Open and the US Open. Aged 16 years and 6 months, he became both the youngest year-end World No. 1 in junior rankings (since broken by Donald Young in 2005), and also the youngest player in history to finish in the year-end ATP top 200.

2004: French Open mixed doubles champion, first singles final
In 2004, Gasquet reached his first ATP Tour singles final in Metz, losing to his countryman Jérôme Haehnel in straight sets. He also won the mixed doubles title at the French Open that year, partnering Tatiana Golovin.

2005: First title & Masters final, win over world No. 1
Gasquet missed the first seven weeks of the 2005 season because of chickenpox. Upon recovery, he won back-to-back Challenger titles in March. In April, riding the momentum of a ten-match winning streak, Gasquet reached the semifinals of the Masters Series tournament at Monte Carlo, handing world No. 1 Roger Federer a surprise defeat in the quarterfinals. He saved three match points before closing it out in a 10–8 tiebreak. As a result, he became the youngest French player ever to defeat a world No. 1. However, the eventual champion Rafael Nadal defeated him in the semifinals.

Fresh off of Gasquet’s win over Federer and having just beaten Paradorn Srichaphan in straight sets, the rising teen disappointingly lost against Andre Agassi in Rome. A month later, he reached the final of the Hamburg Masters, where, this time, he was defeated by Federer in three sets.

In May, Gasquet won his first Grand Slam singles match at Roland Garros. On 18 June, his 19th birthday, he won his first ATP Tour singles title beating Max Mirnyi in the final of the Nottingham Open in England on grass. He made his Davis Cup debut against Russia in July where he won his first rubber against Igor Andreev but lost second to Nikolay Davydenko.

Gasquet had to miss the last two months of the season because of an elbow injury. He finished the year as French number one for the first time.

2006: Three ATP Tour singles titles on three different surfaces, second Masters 1000 singles final
In 2006, Gasquet had a slow start after a first-round defeat by Tommy Haas at the Australian Open. He later avenged this defeat in the Davis Cup first-round tie against Germany, where he beat Haas in five sets. However, he lost both his singles rubbers in a quarterfinal tie versus Russia and suffered an abdominal injury in that tie which left him out of action for a month. In the Davis Cup match against Marat Safin, British TV presenter Barry Cowan described him as "naturally more talented than Federer". Having struggled to find any form after his comeback during the clay season, Gasquet went out in the second round of the French Open to David Nalbandian.

Following a disappointing opening half of the season, in the space of three weeks Gasquet successfully defended his title at Nottingham, lost in a first-round meeting with Roger Federer at Wimbledon, and won his second title of the year on clay in Gstaad. Gasquet's form continued to improve heading towards the US Open, as he reached the final of the Masters Series event in Toronto, again being halted by Federer in three sets. He reached the fourth round of the US Open for the second year in a row, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt in five sets.

In October, Gasquet won his third ATP Tour singles title of the year, this time on indoor carpet in Lyon, completing his achievement of reaching ATP Tour singles finals on all four surfaces during the year. His season ended when he withdrew from his third round singles match against Marat Safin at the Paris Masters due to illness.

2007: First Grand Slam singles semifinal, world No. 7; Monte Carlo doubles final
Gasquet's 2007 started with a quarterfinal showing in Adelaide, followed by a semifinal appearance in Sydney. He went on to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open, losing to Tommy Robredo in four sets. At Monte Carlo, he notched his first win over a top-10 opponent of the year, winning his third-round match over Ivan Ljubičić, ranked No. 8 at the time. However, he then lost his quarterfinal match to twice former Monte Carlo champion Juan Carlos Ferrero. Gasquet reached his first final of the season two weeks later at Estoril, but the up-and-coming Serbian player Novak Djokovic got the better of him in three sets.

Gasquet reached the doubles final of the Monte Carlo Masters with Julien Benneteau, where the French team lost to Bob and Mike Bryan. Despite losing in the second round of the French Open to Kristof Vliegen, he rose two spots to a career high No. 11.

Gasquet then made his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon. He beat fellow Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on his way to a quarterfinal showdown with Andy Roddick. In one of the great Wimbledon quarterfinals, Gasquet recovered from a sluggish start and a deficit of two sets and a break in the third, to upset the two-time finalist by a scoreline in five sets. Gasquet managed to score an amazing 93 winners, many of which were with his trademark backhand down the line. He lost in the semifinals to Federer (who beat him in the first round of the same event the previous year). He made his top-10 debut at No. 7 as a result, his highest ranking to date.

The following week in Gstaad, as defending champion, Gasquet beat Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and avenged his Roland Garros loss to Kristof Vliegen, but lost in the quarterfinals to Igor Andreev. He bowed out at the 2007 US Open because of a virus. Gasquet returned to action in Mumbai, India winning his fifth career ATP title by beating Olivier Rochus in the final. He followed this up by reaching the final of the Tokyo ATP tournament, losing to David Ferrer in straight sets.

Gasquet took a few weeks break and then played in Lyon where he was defending champion. He lost to Tsonga (whom he beat at Wimbledon) in the third round in straight sets. At the Paris Masters, Gasquet defeated Tsonga in the second round and sixth seed James Blake in the third round. He beat Andy Murray in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals, where he was stopped by David Nalbandian in straight sets. With his performance in Paris, Gasquet qualified for the Tennis Masters Cup, clinching eighth place. At the Tennis Masters Cup, Gasquet was defeated by Rafael Nadal in his first round-robin match. He then defeated Novak Djokovic, but lost to David Ferrer. Gasquet failed to qualify for the semifinals, placing third in his group.

2008: 150 singles wins on the ATP Tour
Gasquet started out the year as the top seed of the Sydney Medibank International, but made an early second-round exit to eventual champion Dmitry Tursunov. Gasquet played with Tsonga in the doubles final of the Sydney Medibank International, scoring a major upset over world No. 1 duo Bob and Mike Bryan. The French combination came back from two match points down to win the championship and deny the Bryan brothers ever winning the tournament. After defeating Nick Lindahl, Feliciano López, and Igor Andreev, Gasquet lost in four sets in the fourth round of the Australian Open to eventual finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

At Gasquet’s next two tournaments, the Open 13 at Marseille, France, and Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, he suffered second-round defeats to Robin Söderling and Igor Andreev. At the ATP Masters Series tournament in Indian Wells, Gasquet lost in straight sets in the fourth round to James Blake. At the next ATP Masters Series tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida, he lost in the first round to Dmitry Tursunov. And at the U.S. vs France World Group quarterfinal Davis Cup match, Gasquet lost in three sets to Blake in the opening round. Then, in a controversial move, he opted out of a key reverse-singles match against Andy Roddick. After winning his first-round match at Monte Carlo, Gasquet's poor form continued as he lost in the second round to Sam Querrey, and then both of his opening-round matches in Rome and Hamburg to Luis Horna and to Andreas Seppi, respectively.

With a string of disappointing results behind him, Gasquet admitted feeling burnt out, in dire need of a rest from tennis, and a reluctance to play the French Open. He changed coaches immediately ahead of the French Open and pulled out of his first-round match against Florent Serra, citing a knee injury. Gasquet, later announced his decision to not take part in the upcoming Beijing Olympics, preferring instead to prepare for the US Open. He joined fellow top-ten players Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish and former top-10 player Tommy Haas, a silver medalist in 2000 at the Sydney Olympic Games to opt out of that year's Olympic Games.

Gasquet began the grass-court season at Queen's Club, where he defeated Mario Ančić of Croatia in the second round, and Italian Simone Bolelli in the third round. However, in his quarterfinal match, he fell to David Nalbandian of Argentina. This was Gasquet's first quarterfinal appearance in a tournament that year. At Wimbledon, Gasquet was the eighth seed and defeated American Mardy Fish in the first round. In his next two matches, he defeated a pair of his compatriots, Sébastien Grosjean and Gilles Simon. He went out to Andy Murray in the fourth round despite serving for the match at 5–4 in the third set.

At the new tennis rankings posted on 7 July 2008, Gasquet fell five places from No. 10 to 15, the first time in nine months that Gasquet’s ranking fell outside the top 10, the lowest he had been ranked since April 2007. At the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany, Gasquet was the second seed and reached his first ATP tour semifinal and final of the year, defeating Spaniard Albert Montañés in the quarterfinals and sixth-seeded Argentine Agustín Calleri in the semifinals. Favourite to win the tournament, Gasquet suffered a surprise defeat in the finals to Argentine teenager Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets. Gasquet began with a first-round win over Frenchman Michaël Llodra in the Cincinnati Masters, after Llodra retired, and then lost in the second round to Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets. Gasquet made a first-round exit from the US Open, losing against Tommy Haas in five sets.

2009: Struggles with form and testing positive for cocaine
Gasquet began his 2009 tour season at the Brisbane International. Gasquet came back from a set down to defeat Marc Gicquel in the first round. He then had a straight-set win over American Taylor Dent in the second round and defeated second seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals. He lost to Radek Štěpánek in the semifinals. Gasquet then traveled to Sydney, Australia for the Medibank International. He defeated defending champion Dmitry Tursunov in the first round and second seed and compatriot Gilles Simon in straight sets in the second. Gasquet then defeated countryman Jérémy Chardy, before losing to David Nalbandian in the semifinals. At the Australian Open, he won his first-round match against Argentine Diego Junqueira and defeated Denis Istomin in the second round. In the third round, he lost to Fernando González in a five-set match that lasted over four hours. He held a match point in the third-set tiebreak, but was unable to convert it.

Gasquet had to pull out of the tournament in Marseille because of a right-shoulder injury. His next tournament was Dubai. In the first round, he defeated Marat Safin. He then defeated Simone Bolelli and received a walkover into the semifinals following Andy Murray's withdrawal because of illness, where he was then defeated by David Ferrer. He then participated in the Davis Cup with Gilles Simon, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Gaël Monfils against the Czech Republic in the first round. Gasquet teamed up with Michaël Llodra (who replaced Monfils) to play the doubles rubber on day two, but they lost in four sets against Radek Štěpánek and Tomáš Berdych. France then went on to lose the tie 2–3, the first time they had exited in the first round since 2000. His next tournament was the BNP Paribas Open Masters 1000 in Indian Wells. He received a bye in the first round, and then defeated compatriot Michaël Llodra, before losing to Fernando Verdasco in the third round.

In May 2009, Gasquet was provisionally suspended after testing positive for cocaine. Traces of the drug were found in a urine sample taken in March 2009. In July 2009, he was cleared to return to competitive tennis after a tribunal found that "the cocaine entered his system through inadvertent contamination in a nightclub". Gasquet suggested that the cocaine entered his system after he French-kissed a stripper, known only by her first name "Pamela", in a Miami nightclub. The tribunal stated that the quantity of cocaine detected in Gasquet's sample was "very small, about the size of a grain of salt".

Gasquet made his return to the tour at the Pilot Pen championship in New Haven to qualify for the main draw, but lost in the second round of qualifying. Playing his first Grand Slam since January, Gasquet drew Rafael Nadal in the first round of the US Open and lost in straight sets.

Gasquet made a solid run at his next tournament, the Open de Moselle in Metz, beating Michael Berrer, Christophe Rochus and Philipp Petzschner to reach his first ATP semifinal since January. He lost to eventual winner Gaël Monfils.

Gasquet also made the quarterfinals in the Kuala Lumpur Open 250 tournament in Malaysia, losing to Fernando Verdasco; despite leading 3–0 in the first set.

2010: Return to form, sixth title, back to top 10
Gasquet began the season at the Brisbane International. He defeated Jarkko Nieminen and Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden, but he lost to Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals. He then entered the Medibank International in Sydney. There, he beat Feliciano López in the first round, and Benjamin Becker in the second. Gasquet then defeated Potito Starace in the quarterfinals and Julien Benneteau in the semifinals. However, he lost in the final to Marcos Baghdatis.

At the Australian Open, Gasquet lost to Mikhail Youzhny in five sets in the first round, despite having several match points in the third and fourth sets. Gasquet withdrew from both the Movistar Open and the Brasil Open because of a recurring injury, but returned at the Copa Telmex, where he lost in the first round to Juan Ignacio Chela.

Next, Gasquet played the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament, where he defeated Carlos Moyá in the first round. In the second round, however, he lost to defending champion Nicolás Almagro. He lost in the first round of both the BNP Paribas Open to Simon Greul, and the Sony Ericsson Open to Olivier Rochus. In April, he played at the Grand Prix Hassan II tournament, where he defeated Olivier Rochus and Andrey Golubev, before losing to Victor Hănescu in the quarterfinals. At the Monte-Carlo Masters, Gasquet advanced to the second round after a three-set win over Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver, but was defeated by Tomáš Berdych. He lost to Fernando Verdasco in the second round of Barcelona, after defeating Igor Andreev in the first round. Gasquet defeated Olivier Rochus and Andreas Seppi in the Serbian Open, but lost to John Isner despite being two points away from victory and a break up in the final set. Gasquet then played in a Challenger event in Bordeaux, where he defeated Thierry Ascione, Alex Bogdanovic, Olivier Rochus, and Florent Serra in straight sets, before defeating Michaël Llodra in the final.

As preparation for the French Open, Gasquet entered the Open de Nice. He advanced to the final with wins over Lukáš Lacko, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Olivier Rochus, and Potito Starace. He faced second seed Verdasco in the final and prevailed in three sets, breaking a five-match losing streak against Verdasco. Richard lost his first-round match of the French Open against fourth seed Andy Murray in five sets. Gasquet then played in the Aegon Championships in preparation for Wimbledon, and won against Kei Nishikori and Rajeev Ram, but withdrew in the third round due to a back injury. He also withdrew from Wimbledon as a result.

After being sidelined for a lengthy period, Richard then appeared at the Suisse Open in Gstaad. Seeded seventh, Gasquet had victories over Farrukh Dustov, Daniel Brands, and fourth seed Albert Montañés to reach the semifinals. In the semifinals, he defeated Yuri Schukin for a place in the final, where he lost to Nicolás Almagro. At the Cincinnati Masters, he reached the third round, beating Mikhail Youzhny, before falling to Mardy Fish. At the US Open he brushed aside sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko in the second round, the Russian winning a mere nine games. He lost in the fourth round to Gaël Monfils in straight sets, despite having held set points in both the second and third sets. At the Shanghai Masters, Gasquet advanced to the third round, defeating Ernests Gulbis and Monfils, before losing to Novak Djokovic. He reached the quarterfinals in Basel before falling to Victor Troicki in a lacklustre display. At the Paris Masters, he outlasted Nicolas Mahut in a marathon, winning 9–7 in the third set tiebreak, before falling to Roger Federer in straight sets in the second round. He made the Davis Cup team for France in the final against Serbia.

2011: 250 career singles wins on the ATP Tour
Gasquet began 2011 at the Chennai Open, losing to Björn Phau. He then headed to Australia to play in the Medibank International Sydney, losing to Viktor Troicki. Afterwards he played in the Australian Open, losing in the third round to Tomáš Berdych. He then competed at the Zagreb Indoors, where he reached the quarterfinals after a bye and the withdrawal of Arnaud Clément. However, he retired against Michael Berrer, 2–5 down due to a shoulder injury.

After a short break, he played in the Dubai Tennis Championships, where he defeated qualifiers Grigor Dimitrov and Sergei Bubka, as well as compatriot Gilles Simon, before he lost to top seed Roger Federer in the semifinals in straight sets, despite serving for the second set.

At the BNP Paribas Open, Gasquet defeated top-10 players Jürgen Melzer and Andy Roddick back to back. It was the first time in his career that he had defeated two top-10 players consecutively. He lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. With this result, he made his return to the top 20 of the rankings. In Miami, he played Paolo Lorenzi, who upset Ivan Ljubičić, in the second round. He won that match, but fell to Mardy Fish. Gasquet then played in the Monte-Carlo Masters, where he had a tough first-round victory over Denis Istomin. He then breezed through his second-round match against Guillermo García-López, before falling to Rafael Nadal in the third round.

At the Mutua Madrid Open, Gasquet was defeated in the first round by the Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver. At the Italian Open, he played Roger Federer in the third round, and came from behind to claim a spectacular victory in three sets with two tiebreaks. He was defeated by Rafael Nadal in the semifinals.

At the French Open, Gasquet cruised through his first two rounds before impressively defeating Thomaz Bellucci in four sets in front of an animated Parisian crowd. He, however, lost to Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the fourth round. He rose to world No. 13 as a result of this run.

At Wimbledon, Gasquet was defeated in the fourth round by Andy Murray. He reached the third rounds of the Rogers Cup in Canada and the Southern & Western Open in Cincinnati, where he was defeated by Nicolás Almagro and Mardy Fish, respectively. At the US Open, he lost in the second round to Ivo Karlović.

2012: Olympic Bronze in doubles, Hopman Cup & third Masters 1000 singles finals
Coached by Riccardo Piatti, Gasquet kicked off his 2012 season by competing at the 2012 Hopman Cup alongside top-10 WTA pro Marion Bartoli. The French won all three of their round-robin ties to reach the final, where they lost to the Czech Republic. Gasquet lost in the quarterfinals in Sydney to Denis Istomin. He competed in the Australian Open shortly afterward, defeating Andreas Seppi, Andrey Golubev, and ninth seed Janko Tipsarević en route to the fourth round. There, he faced and lost to fifth seed David Ferrer. Immediately thereafter, he made the quarterfinals at the Open Sud de France, where he lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber.

In February, Gasquet made the quarterfinals in Rotterdam, before losing to Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets. In Indian Wells, he lost his first match to Albert Ramos. Gasquet reached the fourth round in Miami, but was defeated by eventual champion Novak Djokovic. He reached the final in Estoril, where he lost to Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets. In Madrid, Gasquet beat Thomaz Bellucci and Victor Troicki, before succumbing to Roger Federer. Gasquet defeated Andy Murray in the third round of the Rome Masters, but lost to David Ferrer in the quarterfinals.

Gasquet reached the fourth round of the French Open, before losing to Andy Murray. At Wimbledon he lost in the fourth round to Florian Mayer and in the US Open he lost at the same stage to David Ferrer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Gasquet played in both the singles and doubles competitions. In the singles, he lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the second round. He had more success in the doubles, however, as he and Julien Benneteau defeated Spaniards David Ferrer and Feliciano López in the third-place playoff to win the bronze medals.

2013: 300th match win, Second Grand Slam singles semifinal, three ATP Tour singles titles
Gasquet started his 2013 season by capturing the title in Doha. He recorded his 300th match win defeating Grega Zemlja in the second round. In the final, he defeated former finalist Nikolay Davydenko in three sets. He followed that win by reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open, where he met and lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets. Gasquet won his second title of the year defeating fellow Frenchman Benoît Paire in the 2013 Open Sud de France final. At the French Open, he lost in the fourth round to Stanislas Wawrinka despite winning the first two sets. As the ninth seed, Gasquet reached the third round at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships where he lost to Bernard Tomic in four sets, despite winning 13 more points than his Australian opponent.

At the US Open, Gasquet made it to the singles semifinals, his best run at a Grand Slam event since the 2007 Wimbledon tournament. He defeated David Ferrer in the quarterfinals, once again letting a two-set lead slip before holding his nerve to win 6–3 in the fifth. He was beaten in the semifinals by eventual champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets. Nevertheless, Gasquet's run strengthened his grip on a top-10 position, and he went on to reach the World Tour Finals for the second time in his career, once again being eliminated in the group stage after defeats by Juan Martín del Potro and Roger Federer.

2014: Struggles and injuries, Davis Cup final
Gasquet started his 2014 season in the Qatar Exxon Mobil Open in Doha, where he was the defending champion. He lost to Gaël Monfils in the second round. In the third round of the Australian Open, he was defeated by Tommy Robredo in four sets, despite taking the first set 6–2. Gasquet returned to Montpellier to defend his title at the Open Sud de France, but was defeated by Monfils in the final. At the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Gasquet was defeated in the second round by Philipp Kohlschreiber. He reached the third round of the Indian Wells Masters. At Miami, he defeated Alejandro Gonzalez and Kevin Anderson in straight sets. However, in the fourth round, he was defeated by Roger Federer. Gasquet made his return from back injury at the French Open. He reach the third round, before being defeated by Fernando Verdasco.

Gasquet open his grass-court season with a loss to Robin Haase at the Gerry Weber Open. He then reached the final of the Aegon International. In the final, he was defeated by defending champion Feliciano Lopez for the first time in five meetings. Gasquet suffered further misery in the second round at Wimbledon, when he once again relinquished a two-set lead, this time to wild-card Nick Kyrgios, losing a joint Grand Slam record nine match points in the process. Gasquet defeated Denis Istomin and Paolo Lorenzi to reach the third round of the US Open. In the third round, he was defeated by Gaël Monfils. Toward the end of the season, Gasquet struggled with injury and slipped down in the rankings to No. 27. His last match of the year was a very one-sided loss against Roger Federer in the decisive rubber of the Davis Cup final.

2015: Comeback, third Grand Slam singles semifinal, return to top 10
Gasquet started his 2015 season in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. He lost to Tomáš Berdych in quarterfinal match. In the third round of the Australian Open, he was defeated by Kevin Anderson. Gasquet returned to Montpellier to win his 11th ATP Tour singles title at the Open Sud de France, after his victory in the final over the injured Jerzy Janowicz. He also won his 12th ATP Tour singles title at the Estoril Open beating Nick Kyrgios who reached the final of an ATP Tour tournament for the first time in his career. This victory made Gasquet one of only eight active players to be placed in the top 10 for number of titles, finals and semifinals attained.

At the French Open, Gasquet reached the fourth round, where he lost to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. At Gasquet's first grass court tournament of the season, the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club, he beat Simone Bolelli in the first round before losing to the third-seeded seed Milos Raonic in the second round. At Wimbledon, he defeated three top-30 players, including 2014 Wimbledon semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov, 2014 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Nick Kyrgios and 2015 French Open Champion Stanislas Wawrinka. He was ousted by the defending and eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals in straight sets. This ended his best run in Wimbledon since 2007, where he reached the semifinals as well. Gasquet's good performance at Wimbledon elevated his ATP singles ranking seven places up to world No. 13. He would finish the remainder of the season on a high note. He lost in the quarterfinals of the US Open to Roger Federer and in the semifinals in Stockholm and Basel (to Jack Sock and Rafael Nadal respectively) before losing to Andy Murray in the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters. Gasquet's strong play was enough to secure a year-end top 10 finish in the singles rankings for the fourth time in his career.

2016: 13th and 14th ATP Tour singles titles, first French Open singles quarterfinal and injuries
Shortly before the new year, Gasquet withdrew from the Australian Open due to a back injury. Gasquet then competed at Open Sud de France in Montpellier where he was the No. 1 seed and where he received a bye into the second round. He started his campaign with straight sets victories over Ernests Gulbis and Marcos Baghdatis respectively before defeating Dustin Brown in the semifinals in three sets and Paul-Henri Mathieu in the final in straight sets to retain his singles title and win his third Open Sud de France singles title.

At the French Open, Gasquet, seeded ninth, ousted fifth seed Kei Nishikori in four sets in the fourth round to reach his first French Open singles quarterfinal, where he lost to second seed Andy Murray in four sets. At Wimbledon, Gasquet was playing his fourth-round match against Tsonga when the former retired down 2–4 in the first set because of pain in his back intercostal muscles.

Gasquet withdrew from the 2016 Olympics tennis tournament because of his back injury. In the men's singles draw, Gasquet was replaced by his compatriot Benoît Paire, while in the men's doubles draw he was replaced by Gaël Monfils, who paired up with Tsonga.

2017: Hopman Cup & Davis Cup victories
Gasquet stated that it was his goal to return to the top ten of the ATP singles rankings in 2017. He also stated he wanted to achieve greater success at the bigger tournaments, which he defined as the Grand Slam events and the Davis Cup (rather than the Masters 1000 tournaments). He started the year at the Hopman Cup, where he won both his singles and doubles matches, securing a victory for France over their opponents Germany. In France's next match, Gasquet once again delivered winning both his matches (singles and mixed doubles) to ensure France's defeat of Great Britain. However, that meant Gasquet would have to play Roger Federer of Switzerland, whom he had lost to on numerous occasions in the past. Predictably, Gasquet lost to Federer in straight sets, the first set being a 6–1 annihilation, however due to Mladenovic's victory over Bencic and Mladenovic and Gasquet's victory over Federer and Bencic in the mixed doubles, France progressed through to the final where they faced the United States. France defeated the United States in the final, after Gasquet and Mladenovic pulled off the decisive victory in the mixed doubles.

Gasquet then played at the Australian Open where he lost in the third round to Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets. That match had the honour of being the latest starting match in the history of the Australian Open with a start time of 11.58pm. Gasquet won his singles rubber against Taro Daniel in France's Davis Cup World Group 4-1 first round win over Japan. In early February, Gasquet was beaten in the singles final of the Open Sud de France by Alexander Zverev in straight sets. Gasquet was forced to miss the first three ATP Masters 1000 tournaments of the year (Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo), following appendicitis surgery. He missed the next two ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (Madrid and Rome) due to back injury. Gasquet's best singles results from mid-February to the end of June were in ATP World Tour tournaments in Marseille, Halle and Eastbourne, losing in the singles semifinals of all three of them.

Gasquet started the second half of the year badly, losing in the singles first round at Wimbledon and the US Open, and the singles second round in Montreal and Cincinnati. He squandered three match points to the eventual singles champion Alexander Zverev in the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 Montreal tournament. In September, he played on the ATP Challenger Tour for the first time since 2010, at the tournament in Szczecin, where he won the ninth ATP Challenger Tour singles title of his career. In October, he lost in the singles quarterfinals of three tournaments - Tokyo, Shanghai and Vienna.

Gasquet helped France win the 2017 Davis Cup by winning (he was paired with Pierre-Hugues Herbert) the doubles match in the final against Belgium.

2018: 500th career singles win, injury and out of Davis Cup final
Gasquet played his first tournament of the year in Doha. Seeded No. 5, he defeated Víctor Estrella Burgos in the first round before losing to qualifier Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round. He lost in the singles third round of the Australian Open to Roger Federer in straight sets, his ninth consecutive loss to Federer. In the 2018 Davis Cup World Group first round tie against the Netherlands, he beat Robin Haase in four sets in the second singles rubber to level the score at 1-1; France won the tie 3–1. In February, Gasquet reached the singles final of the Open Sud de France for the sixth consecutive year, where he was defeated by his countryman Lucas Pouille in straight sets. Gasquet lost his opening singles matches in his next three tournaments - Rotterdam, Dubai and Miami. On 2 April, he dropped to world no. 38 in the ATP singles rankings - his lowest since being world No. 38 on 6 September 2010.

Gasquet ended his run of four consecutive singles defeats at the Grand Prix Hassan II, where he was beaten in the semifinals by Kyle Edmund. At the Monte-Carlo Masters, Gasquet recorded his 500th ATP Tour career main draw singles victory with a third-round win over Mischa Zverev. He became the first Frenchman in the Open era and only the eighth active player to achieve that milestone. He was defeated by Alexander Zverev (Mischa Zverev's younger brother) in the quarterfinals, despite winning the first set. Gasquet won only one singles match (in Madrid) in his next three tournaments - Budapest, Madrid and Rome. He lost in the third round of the French Open to Rafael Nadal 3–6, 2–6, 2–6, to fall to a 0–16 match record against Nadal. Gasquet won his 15th ATP career singles title and his third one on grass at the Libéma Open in the Netherlands with a 6–3, 7–6 win over Jérémy Chardy. He lost in the singles first round in Halle and at Wimbledon.

In mid-July, Gasquet reached his third ATP singles final of the year at the Swedish Open where he lost to Fabio Fognini in three sets. At the German Open in the following week, Gasquet (seeded No. 7) defeated Benoît Paire in the first round before he was forced to withdraw from his second round match against Nicolás Jarry because of injury to his abductors.

In Tokyo, No. 8 seed Gasquet defeated No. 2 seed Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinals before losing to No. 3 seed Kei Nishikori in the semifinals. At the tournament in Antwerp held in mid-October, Gasquet reached his sixth and final ATP World Tour singles semifinal of the year; he lost his semifinal match to Kyle Edmund in straight sets. Gasquet played his last tournament of 2018 at the Paris Masters where he lost in the second round to No. 16 seed Jack Sock 3–6, 3–6. On 12 November, he withdrew from the Davis Cup World Group final against Croatia that was to be held at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy on 23–25 November due to injury.

2019: Hernia surgery, Cincinnati semifinal

Gasquet underwent groin hernia surgery on 18 January. The recovery process was expected to last for two months.

Gasquet played his first tournament of the year on the international circuit at the Madrid Open, where he defeated the Spanish wild card Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his first match (in the main draw first round) before losing his second round match against the No. 4 seed Roger Federer.

Entering using a Protected Ranking, Gasquet reached the semifinals of Cincinnati, defeating Andy Murray (who received a wildcard into the main draw), lucky loser Federico Delbonis, and Diego Schwartzman, all in straight sets, then defeating 11th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in 3 sets before losing to David Goffin 3–6, 4–6.

Gasquet lost in the first round of the US Open to eventual semifinalist Matteo Berrettini in 4 sets.

2020: Inconsistencies
Richard Gasquet began his season by playing in the 2020 Open Sud de France in Montpellier. He reached the quarterfinals, but retired in the second set against Canadian Vasek Pospisil.

After playing in the 2020 Open 13, and the 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships, (where he reached the quarterfinal), Gasquet's season was paused due to the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent shutdown of the ATP Tour.

Gasquet returned in August at the 2020 Western & Southern Open. After that, he played at the 2020 US Open. He reached the second round after beating Ivo Karlovic, but losing to Alex De Minaur. At the US Open, Gasquet had to follow stricter COVID-19 protocols, due to being in close contact with a player who tested positive.

2021: 550th win, first final in three years
Gasquet began his season with a first round loss at the Murray River Open against Mackenzie McDonald. He got his first win at the Qatar Open against Blaž Rola in straight sets to play world No. 8 Andrey Rublev in the next round but withdrew due to injury. In March at the Dubai Open, Gasquet recorded his 550th win against Marco Cecchinato in the first round. With the win, he became one of only five active players to have over 550 wins.

In May, Gasquet made back-to-back quarterfinals at the Lyon Open (losing to Karen Khachanov) and the Emilia-Romagna Open (losing to Jaume Munar). In Lyon, he defeated world number 10 Diego Schwartzman to claim his first win over a top-10 player in almost two years. At the French Open he lost to world No. 3 Rafael Nadal in the second round. At the Wimbledon Championships, he lost to world No. 8 Roger Federer also in the second round.

At the Croatia Open in Umag, Gasquet made his first final in over three years. He won against Alessandro Giannessi, Damir Džumhur and Daniel Altmaier before losing to Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in the finals.

2022: Second top-2 win since 2005
At the 2022 Geneva Open Gasquet defeated top seed and World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in the second round in straight sets. It was Gasquet’s first win over an opponent ranked in the top two of the rankings since he defeated then-World No. 1 Roger Federer in the quarterfinals at the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters. With this win, Gasquet has now beaten a player in every slot between no. 1 and 100 on the ATP Tour. In the quarterfinals, he beat Kamil Majchrzak in straight sets before losing in the semifinals to João Sousa.

At Roland Garros Richard won the first round by beating Lloyd Harris in straight sets, before losing in the second round to the 27th seed Sebastian Korda.

With his participation at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as of 27 June 2022, he was in 5th place on the list of Grand Slam appearances overall with 67, tied with Andreas Seppi. He made the third round of Wimbledon defeating Joao Sousa in five sets and Mackenzie McDonald. He also made the third round at the US Open where he recorded his 68th participation at a Major, tied with Novak Djokovic and Philipp Kohlschreiber.

2023: Auckland title, French No. 1, 72nd Major participation, 600th career win
In January, ranked No. 67 Gasquet reached the final of ASB Classic by beating Kiranpal Pannu in straight sets in the first round, João Sousa in the second round in straight sets again, David Goffin in the quarterfinals in three sets, before Constant Lestienne pulled out before their semifinal match, allowing Gasquet to participate in his 33rd career ATP singles final. He then defeated Cameron Norrie in three sets in the final. It was his 16th ATP title and the first in almost five years since 2018. At 36 years, 6 months and 27 days, he became the oldest French player in the Open Era to win a title. With this result, Gasquet moved 25 positions up to get back to the top 50, becoming the French No. 1 player in the singles rankings at No. 42 on 16 January 2023.

He participated in his 69th Grand Slam at the 2023 Australian Open moving into 4th place tied with Djokovic and Mikhail Youzhny. At the Rotterdam Open he recorded his 350th hard court career win over Pablo Carreno Busta. He participated at the premiere 175 level Challenger, the 2023 Arizona Tennis Classic.

At the 2023 French Open he recorded his 70th Grand Slam participation tied for third place with Djokovic and compatriot Fabrice Santoro and 20th total at this Major where he lost to compatriot Arthur Rinderknech. He shared his desire that he would like to participate one more time and possibly retire at Roland Garros in 2024.

At the 2023 BOSS Open he recorded his 600th career win over top seed and wildcard Stefanos Tsitsipas, his 11th career top 5 win, becoming the fourth active player to reach the milestone, joining Rafael Nadal (1,068 wins), Novak Djokovic (1,058 wins) and Andy Murray (725 wins). He was also the first French player to accomplish this feat.

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he recorded his 71st Grand Slam participation tied with Novak Djokovic and Fernando Verdasco, and only behind Roger Federer and Feliciano Lopez, and his 72nd at the US Open.

He finished the year ranked No. 76 making it 19 straight years in the top 100 since 2005.

2024: Out of top 100, 1000th match played
At the 2024 ASB Classic where Gasquet was the defending champion, he lost to teenager and fellow compatriot Arthur Fils which ended his 956 weeks in the top 100, the longest active streak since April 2005.

At the 2024 Australian Open, in his 73rd Major participation (tied with Djokovic), Gasquet lost in the first round to second seed Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets.

At the age of 37, in Manama, Bahrain he played in the second oldest ATP Challenger Tour final, only behind the 2018 Monterrey Challenger title match in which David Ferrer (36) defeated Ivo Karlovic (39) and was gunning to become the fifth oldest Challenger champion but lost to 36 years old Mikhail Kukushkin.

At the 2024 Țiriac Open he was supposed to play his 1000th career match against Federico Coria joining active players Djokovic, Nadal and Verdasco in accomplishing this feat, but withdrew late from the tournament, having received a wildcard for the main draw. He qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open and played his 1000th match against Lorenzo Sonego.

In his 74th Grand Slam participation at the 2024 French Open where he received a wildcard, he defeated Borna Ćorić in the first round.

Playing style
Gasquet is an all-court player, known for his complete and elegant game as well as his single-handed backhand,  which is considered to be one of the best ever. His forehand is his weaker wing, and is generally less consistent and slower. For his forehand, he uses a semi-western to Eastern grip with an unusually long take-back. However, upon contact, he hits the ball flat with an eastern grip while flicking his wrist, seemingly combining flat and topspin strokes together. It is due to this that his forehand is sometimes considered "awkward" and less effective.

Gasquet's single-handed backhand is considered one of the most graceful, efficient and effective backhands ever. Like his forehand, he winds up very far backwards with a big circular take-back, with his left hand supporting the take-back. Upon release, he flicks his wrist and produces a large follow-through and finish, often above the head, due to the need to impart extreme topspin.

Executing one of the most deadly top-spin single-handed backhands. Gasquet’s backhand is known for its consistency, speed and accuracy, and has been acclaimed by many past players and commentators such as Robbie Koenig, John McEnroe and Brad Gilbert. His ability to create pace and angles with it, from anywhere on the base line, coupled with the amount of top-spin he uses produces problems for numerous players.

Gasquet has shown versatility in returning difficult shots to his backhand with various methods, whether by slice, topspin angles, or heavy power. He is also capable of hitting flat returns on high top-spin shots directed to that wing, a shot most single-handed backhand players struggle with.

Gasquet has also been praised for his variety and all-court play, and is solid at all parts of the court. His volleys are consistent and he very actively seeks to end points at the net, which complements his baseline ability to push players to the back of the court, buying him time to come up. He is also very crafty, often using drop-shots and fakes to misdirect opponents. He also performs many harder, rarer shots in today's game such as the drive volley, half-volley and occasionally serve-and-volleys. He also plays well on all surfaces, his baseline game and long, winding groundstrokes allow him to do well on clay while his more aggressive, serve-and-volley style gives him an edge on grass courts and the combination of both work well on hard courts. This is shown in his almost equal success on all surfaces, having reached at least the fourth round of all grand slam tournaments on multiple occasions.

Despite Gasquet’s strengths, he also has a few prominent weaknesses, which could be argued are entirely responsible for his lack of success in big tournaments and against top 10 opponents. His first weakness is despite his strength and aggressive potential, he sometimes does not actively seek out winners from his groundstrokes and mainly waits for his opponent to show signs of aggression before replying with his own. He also generally plays far behind the baseline, which supports the slow buildup on his ground-strokes, but leaves him susceptible to drop-shots and angled shots. This aspect of his game in particular has been lamented by his fans around the globe, who see him as being too set in his ways to change this aspect of his approach to the detriment of his results against the best players in the world, who can easily take advantage of it. Indeed, his baseline groundstrokes have previously been characterised as toothless. His serve is also not especially strong, being known more for spin rather than speed.

Equipment
Gasquet currently endorses the Head Graphene Extreme Pro. For his overgrip, he uses the Tourna Grip, which he double grips at only the bottom half of his racquet's handle, since he hits his backhand with one hand. Like many professional players, his racquet bears the paint job of the current Extreme line for endorsement purposes. Underneath the paint is a pro-stock model Head Liquidmetal Instinct Tour XL. He has used the Instinct since 2004. His racquet is strung with Luxilon Big Banger Original 16 string. He wore Lacoste clothing for many years before switching to Le Coq Sportif in 2014. His shoe of choice is from Asics. He also has Lagardère Tags on his sleeves.

Personal life
Gasquet has launched the Richard Gasquet Foundation which aims to use sport as a means to bring underprivileged children back to health and help them build a future. He is a big rugby fan, supporting his hometown team Béziers. He has stated in an interview that if he were not a tennis player he would probably be a rugby player. He is also a fan of football and supports his local team Montpellier as well as Paris St-Germain. He has described basketball player Tony Parker, who played in the NBA, as a very good and genuine friend. His favourite cuisine is Italian.

Grand Slam singles tournament performance timeline
Current through the 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying. *Gasquet withdrew from the 2007 US Open due to illness, having won his opening round.

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User:Dienerto Edits: ok - or not?
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Seems User:Dienerto (contribs), without discussion, has been rewriting several articles (ie, Viroid; RNA world hypothesis; Potato spindle tuber viroid; Circular RNA; Non-cellular life) - in order to promote himself, his own studies and his own WP:POV - in addition - seems the editor is attempting to remove references to other studies, again without discussion, that may not agree with his own studies or WP:POV - the editor may (or may not) be correct in the contents - a closer look at the edits may be indicated - nonetheless - possible issues of WP:COI, WP:PROMO, WP:OWN, and WP:SPA may apply - comments welcome - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 13:12, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Please discuss this at => Talk:Viroid - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 13:12, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

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User:Kiri*

Amaetur Artist, Amaetur Programmer and not really that too confident about himself. That's how you would sum me up. Hello, I'm Kiri*. You're more than likely looking at this page because I edited or created an article and I goofed up and you want to slap me for it in the Talk page or you're just curious ;)

I currently live in St. Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

The star (asterisk) in Kiri*
The star in Kiri* is mainly because I always stuck a star to the right of my name (as a way of signing my artwork with the date on it).

Created Articles
Since I have created this account on 16th April 2005, I have created the following articles:

 * Play UK
 * Power Station (television)
 * .tv (television channel)

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Note: This list does not include really minor (one-liner) edits.

title: User:Kiri*