Christophe Roger-Vasselin | |
Residence: | Paris, France |
Birth Date: | 8 July 1957 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Turnedpro: | 1976 |
Retired: | 1985 |
Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Careerprizemoney: | $8,937 |
Singlesrecord: | 161-159 |
Singlestitles: | 7 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 29 (20 June 1983) |
Frenchopenresult: | SF (1983) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1981) |
Usopenresult: | 2R (1981) |
Doublesrecord: | 53–87 |
Doublestitles: | 2 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 266 (2 January 1984) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 3R (1978) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (1981) |
Team: | yes |
Daviscupresult: | SFEu (1980) |
Christophe Roger-Vasselin (in French pronounced as /kʁistɔf ʁɔʒe vaslɛ̃/; born 8 July 1957) is a French former professional tennis player.
Notably in his singles career, he reached the French Open semifinals in 1983, beating No. 1 seed Jimmy Connors in the quarterfinals, but lost to eventual champion Yannick Noah.[1] 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.[2]
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.
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 1977 | Paris, France | Clay | Guillermo Vilas | 1–6, 1–6, 6–7 | |
Loss | 0–2 | May 1981 | Munich, West Germany | Clay | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 1–6, 1–6 |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 1977 | Paris, France | Clay | Jacques Thamin | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 | ||
Win | 2–0 | Jun 1980 | Vienna, Austria | Clay | Gianni Ocleppo | walkover |