Christophe Casa

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Christophe Casa
Country (sports) Flag of France.svg France
Born (1957-05-30) 30 May 1957 (age 65)
Nice, France
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record16–37
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 146 (22 December 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1977)
French Open 2R (1977, 1980)
Doubles
Career record5–15
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 727 (16 July 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 2R (1977)

Christophe Casa (born 30 May 1957) is a former professional tennis player from France. [1]

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Career

Casa won the 16 and under Orange Bowl title in 1973 and was the 1974 French Open boys' singles champion, defeating West German Ulrich Marten in the final.

In 1977, Casa made the quarter-finals of the Nice International Championships. [2] He also made the second round of the French Open men's draw that year (beating Bob Carmichael). [2]

Casa made the second round of the 1980 French Open as well, defeating countryman Jean-Louis Haillet, before losing in the second round to Van Winitsky, in five sets. [2]

He reached the quarter-finals at Nice again in 1983, with wins over Guy Forget and top 20 player Jimmy Arias. [2] [3]

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1980 Royan, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Dominique Bedel 6–7, 6–4, 6–1, 6–0
2.1980 Le Touquet, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Jérôme Vanier 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2

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