Christophe Roger-Vasselin (; born 8 July 1957) is a French former professional

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player. Roger-Vasselin won two doubles titles during his professional career. Notably in his singles career, he reached the

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semifinals in 1983, beating No. 1 seed

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in the quarterfinals, but lost to eventual champion

Yannick Noah Yannick Noah (; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade ...

. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 20 June 1983, when he became world No. 29. 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. His son

Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin (; born 28 November 1983) is a French professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 French Open, winning the men's doubles partnering Julien Benneteau, a ...

followed him into the profession and is currently active on the

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, and went on to win the French Open in doubles in 2014.

Career finals

Singles (2 losses)

Doubles (2 wins)

References

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* * * 1957 births Living people French male tennis players French Open junior champions Tennis people from Greater London Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles {{France-tennis-bio-stub