Christophe Roger-Vasselin

Christophe Roger-Vasselin

Christophe Roger-Vasselin (1977)
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Paris, France
Born	(1957-07-08) 8 July 1957 (age 67) London, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1976
Retired	1985
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$8,937
Singles
Career record	161-159
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 29 (20 June 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1983)
Wimbledon	2R (1981)
US Open	2R (1981)
Doubles
Career record	53–87
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 266 (2 January 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	3R (1978)
Wimbledon	2R (1981)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF^Eu (1980)

Christophe Roger-Vasselin (French pronunciation: [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)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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	Chris Lewis	6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 1–6, 1–6

Doubles (2 wins)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1977	Paris, France	Clay	Jacques Thamin	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jun 1980	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Gianni Ocleppo	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	walkover

References

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

External links

• Christophe Roger-Vasselin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Christophe Roger-Vasselin at the International Tennis Federation
• Christophe Roger-Vasselin at the Davis Cup