Jean René Lacoste was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents; he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929, and eventually founded the brand and its logo in 1933.
Cédric Pioline is a French former professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997. On both occasions, he was beaten by Pete Sampras in straight sets.
Nathalie Tauziat is a French former professional tennis player and coach. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberly Po-Messerli. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 3 in both singles and doubles.
Arnaud Clément is a French former professional tennis player and Davis Cup captain. Clément reached the final of the 2001 Australian Open and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 10 in April of that year. Partnering Michaël Llodra in men's doubles, he won Wimbledon in 2007 and two Masters titles.
Yannick Noah is a French former professional tennis player and singer, who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade career, Noah captured 23 singles titles and 16 doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 3 in July 1986 and attaining the world No. 1 doubles ranking the following month. Since his retirement from the game, Noah has remained in the public eye as a popular music performer and as the co-founder, with his mother, of a charity organization for underprivileged children. Noah is also the father of former NBA player Joakim Noah.
Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk won five Grand Slam titles, one men's doubles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and 32 ATP Tour doubles titles during his career.
Željko Franulović is a Croatian former tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia and has since had a long career in tennis management. He has been the Monte-Carlo Masters tournament director since 2005.
Éric Deblicker is a former tennis player and coach from France.
Pavel Složil is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.
Bernard Destremau was a French tennis player, tank officer, diplomat and politician.
Maxime Teixeira is a French professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures circuit, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 154 in March 2012, and his highest ATP doubles ranking of World No. 256 in July 2015.
Jairo Velasco Sr. is a former professional tennis player from Colombia. Velasco has additionally several Senior World Championship titles in different age classes in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
Robert Abdesselam was a noted French international tennis player. He competed in the Davis Cup a number of times, from 1947 to 1953.
Denis Naegelen is a former professional tennis player from France.
Patrice Beust is a former professional tennis player from France.
Alexandre Müller is a French professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the ATP as high as world No. 71 in singles, which he achieved on 29 January 2024. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 273, attained on 9 May 2022.
Aloïs Beust is a French former professional tennis player.
Brent Pirow is a South African former professional tennis player.
Dominique Beillan is a French former professional tennis player.
Yannik Reuter is a Belgian former professional tennis player. He was active on tour from 2008 to 2018 and reached a best singles world ranking of 195.
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