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Country (sports)
  
France

Name
  
Francois Jauffret

Retired
  
1980

Career record
  
173–114 (Open era)

Role
  
Tennis Player

Handed
  
Right-handed

Career titles
  
2

Height
  
1.80 m

Turned pro
  
1968

French Open
  
SF (1966, 1974)

Weight
  
75 kg


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Born
  
9 February 1942 (age 82) Bordeaux, France (
1942-02-09
)

Plays
  
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

Highest ranking
  
No. 20 (6 November 1974)

Ligue d'Ile de France de Tennis - Entretien avec François Jauffret


François Jauffret (born 9 February 1942, in Bordeaux) 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 and 1974. He won 2 Open era singles titles (in 1969 in Buenos Aires and in 1977 in Cairo) and 7 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.

References

François Jauffret Wikipedia