Christophe Lesage

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Christophe Lesage
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Born (1962-11-17) 17 November 1962 (age 60)
Singles
Career record1–3
Highest rankingNo. 393 (15 Sep 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q1 (1981)
Doubles
Career record3–13
Highest rankingNo. 193 (6 Jul 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (1980)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 2R (1987)

Christophe Lesage (born 17 November 1962) is a French former professional tennis player. [1]

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Active on tour in the 1980s, Lesage reached a career best singles ranking of 393. He featured in the qualifying draw for the 1981 Wimbledon Championships and made the second round of a Grand Prix tournament in Bordeaux in 1982. As a doubles player he was ranked as high as 193 in the world and appeared in the main draw of the French Open.

Lesage founded the "National Tennis Cup", which is the largest amateur tournament in France. [2]

Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ResultNo.   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Jul 1987 Clermont-Ferrand, FranceClay Flag of France.svg J-M Piacentile Flag of Iran.svg Mansour Bahrami
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Claudio Mezzadri
3–6, 5–7

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