Jean-Noël Grinda (born 5 October 1936) is a former French international
tennis
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player.
He competed in the
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...
a number of times, from 1959 to 1964 and in the Australian Open two times, in 1954 and 1965.
He won the Paris International Championships on clay in 1960 defeating
Pierre Darmon
Pierre Darmon (born 14 January 1934) is a French former tennis player. He was ranked No.8 in the world in 1963, and also reached the top ten in 1958 and 1964.
Early life
Darmon was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He moved to France at 17 years of age.
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and
Robert Haillet in the final two rounds.
Grinda belongs to a celebrated Nice family. He married the daughter of
:fr:Jean Michard-Pellissier. He is today known as a skilled
backgammon
Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back nearly 5,000 years to the regions of Mesopotamia and Pe ...
player.
Les Grinda
"Après Francine, Jean-Noël. A 65 ans, la silhouette s'est un peu épaissie, mais la stature, la chevelure blonde et le regard bleu sont toujours ceux du play-boy international, intime de Günter Sachs et de Brigitte Bardot, au temps de leur splendeur. Champion de tennis, également, et meilleur joueur au monde de backgammon, un jeu qui lui ressemble bien puisqu'il réclame de la chance, de l'intelligence et de l'audace. "
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1936 births
Living people
French male tennis players
Tennis players from Paris
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
French Championships junior (tennis) champions
20th-century French people
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