Christophe Roger-Vasselin (; born 8 July 1957) is a French former professional
tennis
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player.
Roger-Vasselin won two doubles titles during his professional career. Notably in his singles career, he reached the
French Open
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semifinals in 1983, beating No. 1 seed
Jimmy Connors
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in the quarterfinals, but lost to eventual champion
Yannick Noah
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.
The right-hander reached his highest singles
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ranking on 20 June 1983, when he became world No. 29.
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
Édouard Roger-Vasselin followed him into the profession and is currently active on the
ATP Tour, and went on to win the French Open in doubles in 2014.
Career finals
Singles (2 losses)
Doubles (2 wins)
References
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1957 births
Living people
French male tennis players
French Open junior champions
Tennis people from Greater London
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
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