André Pierre Aurèle Gaston Vacherot (5 June 1877 in

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, France – 22 February 1924 in

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, France) was a French male tennis player. He is best remembered for having won the men's singles event of the

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on four occasions: 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1901. His younger brother

Michel Vacherot Marcel Gustave Arsène Vacherot (11 February 1881 – 24 May 1975) was a tennis player. He competed for France. His elder brother André Vacherot was an even more successful tennis player, winning the French Championships six times (four singles ...

was also a tennis player. Together they won the men's doubles in 1901. For André this was his second doubles victory, as he had already won this title back in 1895 together with the German

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. The two brothers André and Marcel Vacherot were grandsons of the french philosopher

Étienne Vacherot Étienne Vacherot (29 July 180928 July 1897) was a French philosophical writer. Life Vacherot was born of peasant parentage at Torcenay, near Langres in the Haute-Marne ''département'' of France. He was educated at the École Normale, and ret ...

.Family tree of Étienne Vacherot
Marcel is noticed as grandson (André is missing), published at the Geneanet Website.

References

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: ''Total Tennis – The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia'' (2003 Edition, ). 19th-century French people 19th-century male tennis players French Championships (tennis) champions French male tennis players 1877 births 1924 deaths Tennis players from Paris {{France-tennis-bio-stub