- Christophe Roger-Vasselin
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Christophe Roger-Vasselin (born July 8, 1957 in London, England) is a former tennis player from France.
Vasselin won two doubles titles during his professional career. Notably in his singles career, he reached the semifinals of Roland Garros in 1983, (beating no. 1 seed Jimmy Connors in the quarterfinals), but lost to eventual champion and compatriot Yannick Noah. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on june 20, 1983, when he became world no. 29.
His son Édouard Roger-Vasselin followed him into the profession and is currently active on the ATP World Tour.
References
French Open boys' singles champions 1968 Phil Dent · 1969 Antonio Muñoz · 1970 Juan Herrera · 1971 Corrado Barazzutti · 1972 Buster Mottram · 1973 Víctor Pecci · 1974 Christophe Casa · 1975 Christophe Roger-Vasselin · 1976 Heinz Günthardt · 1977 John McEnroe · 1978 Ivan Lendl · 1979 Ramesh Krishnan · 1980 Henri Leconte · 1981 Mats Wilander · 1982 Tarik Benhabiles · 1983 Stefan Edberg · 1984 Kent Carlsson · 1985 Jaime Yzaga · 1986 Guillermo Pérez-Roldán · 1987 Guillermo Pérez-Roldán · 1988 Nicolás Pereira · 1989 Fabrice Santoro · 1990 Andrea Gaudenzi · 1991 Andriy Medvedev · 1992 Andrei Pavel · 1993 Roberto Carretero · 1994 Jacobo Díaz · 1995 Mariano Zabaleta · 1996 Alberto Martín · 1997 Daniel Elsner · 1998 Fernando González · 1999 Guillermo Coria · 2000 Paul-Henri Mathieu · 2001 Carlos Cuadrado · 2002 Richard Gasquet · 2003 Stanislas Wawrinka · 2004 Gaël Monfils · 2005 Marin Čilić · 2006 Martin Kližan · 2007 Vladimir Ignatic · 2008 Yang Tsung-hua · 2009 Daniel Berta · 2010 Agustín Velotti · 2011 Bjorn Fratangelo
Categories:- 1957 births
- Living people
- French male tennis players
- French Open junior champions
- Sportspeople from London
- French tennis biography stubs
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