Yannick Noah
Yannick Noah Yannick Noah (1979 Davis Cup) Country  France Born (1960-05-18) 18 May 1960 (age 54) Sedan, France Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Turned pro 1977 Retired 1996 Plays Right-handed (1-handed backhand) Prize money $3,440,660 Int. Tennis HOF 2005 (member page) Singles Career record 476–210 (ATP, Grand Prix, WCT and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup) Career titles 23 Highest ranking No. 3 (7 July 1986) Grand Slam Singles results Australian Open SF (1990) French Open W (1983) Wimbledon 3R (1979, 1985) US Open QF (1983, 1985, 1989) Other tournaments Tour Finals QF (1982) WCT Finals SF (1988) Doubles Career record 213–109 (ATP, Grand Prix, WCT and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup) Career titles 16 Highest ranking No. 1 (25 August 1986) Team competitions Davis Cup F (1982) Yannick Noah (born 18 May 1960) is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for winning the French Open in 1983 and as a highly successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams. During his career, which spanned almost two decades, Noah captured a total of 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 very popular music performer and as the co-founder, with his mother, of a charity organization for underprivileged children. Noah is also the father of Joakim Noah of the NBA Chicago Bulls.