Patrick Proisy
Country (sports) | France | ||||||||||||||
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Residence | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1949-09-10) 10 September 1949 (age 74) Évreux, France | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
Retired | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||
Career record | 200–176 (Open era) | ||||||||||||||
Career titles | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 16 (23 October 1972) | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open | SF (1973) | ||||||||||||||
French Open | F (1972) | ||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (1971, 1972, 1974) | ||||||||||||||
US Open | 2R (1972, 1977) | ||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||
Career record | 72–120 (Open era) | ||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Patrick Proisy (born 10 September 1949) is a French former professional tennis player best remembered for reaching the final of the French Open in 1972[1][2] (where he beat top seed and defending champion Jan Kodeš in the quarter-finals and fourth seed Manuel Orantes in the semi-finals before losing the final against sixth seeded Spaniard Andrés Gimeno in four sets).[3] He added to that one more final (in Florence, 1976) and singles titles in Hilversum, 1977 and Perth, 1972. Proisy reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 16 in October 1972.
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1972 | French Open | Andrés Gimeno | 6–4, 3–6, 1–6, 1–6 |
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | SR | |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | SF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 |
French Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | F | 1R | 3R | 3R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 13 | |
Wimbledon | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | |
US Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | |
Strike rate | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 28 |
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
Career finals
Singles: 5 (2–3)
Legend (Titles) |
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Grand Slam (0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
ATP Masters Series (0) |
ATP Tour (2) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 1972 | Paris, France | Clay | Andrés Gimeno | 6–4, 3–6, 1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Dec 1972 | Perth, Australia | Grass | Wanaro N'Godrella | 7–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 2–1 | Jul 1977 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Lito Álvarez | 6–2, 6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–2 | May 1975 | Bournemouth, England | Clay | Manuel Orantes | 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 2–3 | May 1976 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Paolo Bertolucci | 7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 8–10 |
Post-playing career
From 1997 to 2003, Proisy was president of RC Strasbourg football club. In 2016, he received a ten-month suspended prison sentence for irregularities in transfers during his tenure; parts of transfer fees were received by the British branch of owners IMG instead of the club, who suffered on the pitch and were relegated to Ligue 2 in 2001. His sentence was reduced to six months on appeal in 2019, and part of the charges were put to a retrial in 2021. He was made to reimburse the club for €440,000.[4]
References
- ^ Djata, Sundiata A. (March 2008). Blacks at the net: Black achievement in the history of tennis. Syracuse University Press. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-0-8156-0898-1. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ Collins, Bud; Hollander, Zander (1994). Bud Collins' modern encyclopedia of tennis. Gale Research. p. 424. ISBN 978-0-8103-8988-5. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ "French Open 1972". tennis.co.nf.
- ^ "RC Strasbourg : L'ancien président du club Patrick Proisy va être rejugé pour des irrégularités dans des transferts de joueurs" [RC Strasbourg: Former club president Patrick Proisy will be retried for irregularities in player transfers]. 20 minutes (in French). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
External links
- Patrick Proisy at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Patrick Proisy at the International Tennis Federation
- Patrick Proisy at the Davis Cup
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