Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Country (sports) | France |
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Residence | Paris, France |
Born | London, England | 8 July 1957
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 1976 |
Retired | 1985 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $8,937 |
Singles | |
Career record | 161-159 |
Career titles | 7 |
Highest ranking | No. 29 (20 June 1983) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | SF (1983) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1981) |
US Open | 2R (1981) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 53–87 |
Career titles | 2 |
Highest ranking | No. 266 (2 January 1984) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 3R (1978) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1981) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | SFEu (1980) |
Christophe Roger-Vasselin (French pronunciation: [kʁistɔf ʁɔʒe vaslɛ̃]; born 8 July 1957) is a French former professional tennis player.
Notably in his singles career, he reached the French Open semifinals in 1983, beating No. 1 seed Jimmy Connors in the quarterfinals, but lost to eventual champion Yannick Noah.[1] The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 20 June 1983, when he became world No. 29.
Roger-Vasselin won two doubles titles during his professional career.
In the autumn of 1977 he briefly played with a double-strung racket, the so-called spaghetti racket, with which he reached the final of the Porée Cup in Paris. The racket was banned shortly afterwards.[2]
His son Édouard Roger-Vasselin followed him into the profession and is currently active on the ATP Tour, and went on to win the French Open in doubles in 2014.
Career finals
[edit]Singles (2 losses)
[edit]Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 1977 | Paris, France | Clay | Guillermo Vilas | 1–6, 1–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | May 1981 | Munich, West Germany | Clay | Chris Lewis | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 1–6, 1–6 |
Doubles (2 wins)
[edit]Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 1977 | Paris, France | Clay | Jacques Thamin | Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac |
6–2, 4–6, 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 1980 | Vienna, Austria | Clay | Gianni Ocleppo | Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd |
walkover |
References
[edit]- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1983). Slazengers World of Tennis 1983 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 337. ISBN 0356093832.
- ^ Rico Rizzitelli. "The spaghetti strung racquet, a strange kind of western". We Are Tennis. BNP Paribas.
External links
[edit]- Christophe Roger-Vasselin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Christophe Roger-Vasselin at the International Tennis Federation
- Christophe Roger-Vasselin at the Davis Cup