Christophe Roger-Vasselin Explained

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.

Career finals

Singles (2 losses)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Sep 1977Paris, FranceClay Guillermo Vilas1–6, 1–6, 6–7
Loss0–2May 1981Munich, West GermanyClay6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 1–6, 1–6

Doubles (2 wins)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Sep 1977Paris, FranceClay Jacques Thamin6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win2–0Jun 1980Vienna, AustriaClay Gianni Ocleppowalkover

Notes and References

  1. Book: Slazengers World of Tennis 1983 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. 1983. Queen Anne Press. London. 0356093832. John Barrett. John Barrett (tennis). 337.
  2. Web site: Rico Rizzitelli . The spaghetti strung racquet, a strange kind of western . We Are Tennis . BNP Paribas.