François Jauffret (born 9 February 1942) is a retired professional

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player from France. He holds the record for most ties played for the France Davis Cup team with 35, between 1964 and

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. Jauffret twice reached the semi-finals at the Roland Garros, in

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(beating Roy Emerson before losing to Tony Roche) and 1974 (beating Jan Kodeš before losing to Manuel Orantes). He won two Open era singles titles (in 1969 in

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and in 1977 in

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) and seven doubles titles on the

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in his career. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 20. He is the brother of businessman Jean-Paul Jauffret. His granddaughter, Capucine Jauffret, is also a tennis player.

Career finals

Singles (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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* * * 1942 births French male tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Living people Tennis players from Bordeaux FISU World University Games gold medalists for France FISU World University Games bronze medalists for France Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-tennis-bio-stub