François Jauffret

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François Jauffret
Country (sports) France
Born (1942-02-09) 9 February 1942 (age 82)
Bordeaux, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1968 (amateur from 1961)
Retired1980
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record173–114 (Open era)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 20 (6 November 1974)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenSF (1966, 1974)
Wimbledon4R (1972)
US Open4R (1975)
Doubles
Career record111–82 (Open era)
Career titles7 (Open era)
Highest rankingNo. 33 (23 August 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (1969)
Medal record
Tennis
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1959 Turin Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Turin Doubles

François Jauffret (born 9 February 1942) is a retired professional tennis player from France. He holds the record for most ties played for the France Davis Cup team with 35, between 1964 and 1978.

Jauffret twice reached the semi-finals at the Roland Garros, in 1966 (beating Roy Emerson before losing to Tony Roche) and 1974 (beating Jan Kodeš before losing to Manuel Orantes). He won two Open era singles titles (in 1969 in Buenos Aires and in 1977 in Cairo) and seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 20.

He is the brother of tennis player Pierre Jauffret.

Career finals[edit]

Singles (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)[edit]

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1969 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 1971 Paris, France Clay United States Stan Smith 2–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 1–2 May 1974 Munich, West Germany Clay West Germany Jürgen Fassbender 2–6, 7–5, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 1975 Cairo, Egypt Clay Spain Manuel Orantes 0–6, 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Win 2–4 Mar 1977 Cairo, Egypt Clay West Germany Frank Gebert 6–3, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)[edit]

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1971 Nice, France Clay France Pierre Barthès Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac
3–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Apr 1971 Catania, Italy Clay France Pierre Barthès Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal
7–6, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 May 1971 Paris, France Clay France Pierre Barthès United States Tom Gorman
United States Stan Smith
6–3. 5–7, 2–6
Win 2–2 Nov 1972 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) France Pierre Barthès Spain Andrés Gimeno
France Juan Gisbert Sr.
6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Aug 1974 Bretton Woods, US Clay France Georges Goven United States Jeff Borowiak
Australia Rod Laver
3–6, 2–6
Win 3–3 Nov 1974 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) France Patrice Dominguez United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
7–5, 6–4
Win 4–3 Jun 1975 Düsseldorf, West Germany Clay Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš West Germany Harald Elschenbroich
Austria Hans Kary
6–2, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Jul 1975 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay France Patrice Dominguez Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta
2–6, 2–6, 6–7
Win 5–4 Apr 1976 Nice, France Clay France Patrice Dominguez Poland Wojciech Fibak
West Germany Karl Meiler
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 6–4 Apr 1977 Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco Clay Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš Poland Wojciech Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 7–4 Apr 1977 Murcia, Spain Clay France Patrice Dominguez Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Hans Gildemeister
7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–5 Jul 1977 Båstad, Sweden Clay France Jean-Louis Haillet Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia John Marks
4–6, 0–6
Loss 7–6 Jul 1977 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay France Jean-Louis Haillet Spain José Higueras
Spain Antonio Muñoz
1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win 8–6 Apr 1978 Nice, France Clay France Patrice Dominguez Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 6–0

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