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.
Françoise Dürr is a retired French tennis player. She won 50 singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.
Kim Warwick is an Australian former professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1970–1987, reaching the singles final of the Australian Open in 1980. He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top ten including Guillermo Vilas, Raúl Ramírez, Vitas Gerulaitis, Jan Kodeš, Bob Lutz and Arthur Ashe. Warwick's career-high singles ranking was world No. 15, achieved in 1981. He won three singles titles and 26 doubles, including Australian Open 1978 and Australian Open 1980 and 1981, and Roland Garros 1985, and was also a runner-up in Australian Open 1986, all of them partnering fellow countryman Mark Edmondson. Partnering with Evonne Goolagong, he won the French Open 1972, defeating Françoise Dürr and Jean-Claude Barclay in the final 6–2, 6–4. Evonne and Kim were finalists in 1972 at Wimbledon against Rosie Casals and Ilie Năstase who won 6–4, 6–4.
The 1972 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 22 May until 4 June. It was the 76th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1972. Andrés Gimeno and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.
Pierre Darmon is a French former tennis player. He was ranked No.8 in the world in 1963, and also reached the top ten in 1958 and 1964.
Jean-Claude Blanc is a French general manager and former marketing executive of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and former CEO of Juventus F.C.
Jean-Julien Rojer is a Dutch professional tennis player from Curaçao, who specialises in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in November 2015.
Keith A. Carpenter was one of Canada's top men's tennis players during the 1960s.
Jean-Claude Molinari was a French former tennis player, originally amateur and later professional.
Patrice Beust is a former professional tennis player from France.
Martina Navratilova and Iván Molina defeated Rosie Reyes Darmon and Marcello Lara in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1974 French Open. It was the first major for both Molina and Navratilova. For Navratilova, it was the first of an eventual ten mixed doubles major titles, and the first of an eventual Open Era record 59 major titles overall.
Owen Davidson and Billie Jean King were the defending champions, but lost to Jean-Claude Barclay and Françoise Dürr in the final, 6–1, 6–4.
Kim Warwick and Evonne Goolagong were the defending champions but both players chose not to participate.
Jean-Claude Barclay and Françoise Dürr were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Kim Warwick and Evonne Goolagong.
Bob Hewitt and Billie Jean King were the defending champions but both players chose not to participate.
Marty Riessen and Margaret Court were the defending champions, but Marty Riessen did not compete this year. Margaret Court teamed up with Željko Franulović and lost in semifinals to Bob Hewitt and Billie Jean King.
Jean-Claude Barclay and Françoise Dürr were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Marty Riessen and Margaret Court.
Leonardo Manta is an Italian-born Swiss former tennis player.
Jean-Christophe Nabi is an Ivorian former professional tennis player.
Jean Gustave Louis Lesueur was a French tennis player.
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