Raymond Jean Rodel (5 May 1895 – 21 February 1967) was a French tennis player and administrator. Rodel, from a family of

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

industrialists, was married to the daughter of Italian composer Cesare Galeotti. Active in the 1920s and 1930s, Rodel competed in the singles main draw of 15

French Championships The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam tennis events eve ...

, reaching the fourth round twice. He made the third round of the 1929 Wimbledon Championships, where he was beaten in four sets by

Colin Gregory Doctor of Medicine, Doctor John Colin Gregory (28 July 1903 – 10 January 1959) was an amateur British tennis player, best remembered for winning the Australian Open in 1929. Gregory was born in 1903 in Beverley, Yorkshire, the son of Dr Willia ...

. In 1943 and 1944 he served as President of the

French Tennis Federation The French Tennis Federation (, FFT) is the governing body for tennis in France. It was founded in 1920, and is tasked with the organisation, co-ordination and promotion of the sport. It is recognised by the International Tennis Federation and by ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodel, Raymond 1895 births 1967 deaths French male tennis players Tennis players from Bordeaux Presidents of the French Tennis Federation 20th-century French sportsmen