About Yannick Noah
Yannick Noah is a French former professional tennis player and singer, who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is a former captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade career, Noah captured 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 popular music performer and as the co-founder, with his mother, of a charity organization for underprivileged children. Noah is also the father of former NBA player Joakim Noah. Yannick was living in Cameroon when he made his debut in tennis and was discovered at age 11 by Arthur Ashe. Noah turned professional in 1977 and won his first pro title on the Italian Spring Satellite in 1977 and his first top-level singles title in 1978 in Manila beating Peter Feigl in the final. He became France's most prominent tennis hero in 1983, becoming the first Frenchman in 37 years to win the French Open.
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