Raoux became a professional tennis player in 1989 and reached the quarter-finals of the French Open that same year alongside Cédric Pioline . He won four doubles tournaments on the ATP World Tour and made it to a double finals three more times. He won his only individual title in Brisbane , another four times he was in individual finals. He achieved his highest scores in the ATP world rankings with position 35, in 1998 in singles and 1996 in doubles. His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the round of 16 at the 1998 Australian Open . In doubles he reached the quarterfinals once at the French Open and at Wimbledon .
Raoux played for the French Davis Cup team between 1996 and 1999 . He came to five appearances in singles and eight in doubles, with only one defeat. In 1996 he won alongside Guy Forget the doubles in the Davis Cup final against Sweden and thus contributed to France's title win. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , he competed for France, but was eliminated in the first round against Byron Black .
In 1998 Raoux was the opponent of the then 17-year-old Roger Federer at the tournament in Toulouse . Raoux, then on position 45 in the world rankings, lost to the qualifiers with 2: 6 and 2: 6. It was Federer's first victory on the ATP World Tour.