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

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player. 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

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. 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. His son

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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)

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* * * 1957 births Living people French male tennis players French Open junior champions Tennis players from London Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-tennis-bio-stub