Famous French Tennis Players

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 1 
Gaël Monfils
(Tennis star who reached the number-seven world ranking)
Gaël Monfils
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Birthdate: September 1, 1986
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
 2 
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(Tennis player)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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Birthdate: April 17, 1985
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Le Mans, France
 3 
Mansour Bahrami
(Former Professional Tennis Player)
Mansour Bahrami
7
Birthdate: April 26, 1956
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Arak, Iran

Born to an Iranian hill tribesman, Mansour Bahrami grew up to be one of the greatest Iranian tennis players and a Wimbledon champion. The Islamic Revolution in his country later tagged tennis as capitalist, leading him to focus on gambling and backgammon, though he later returned to tennis.

 4 
René Lacoste
(Tennis player)
René Lacoste
5
Birthdate: July 2, 1904
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 12, 1996
 5 
Amélie Mauresmo
(Former French Tennis Player )
Amélie Mauresmo
4
Birthdate: July 5, 1979
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
 6 
Richard Gasquet
(Tennis player)
Richard Gasquet
4
Birthdate: June 18, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Béziers, France
 7 
Marion Bartoli
(Tennis player)
Marion Bartoli
8
Birthdate: October 2, 1984
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Le Puy, France
 8 
Kristina Mladenovic
(Tennis player)
Kristina Mladenovic
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Birthdate: May 14, 1993
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, France
 9 
Caroline Garcia
(Tennis player)
Caroline Garcia
5
Birthdate: October 16, 1993
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
 10 
Mary Pierce
(Former Tennis Player Who Won Four 'Grand Slam' Titles)
Mary Pierce
7
Birthdate: January 15, 1975
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 11 
Yannick Noah
(Tennis player)
Yannick Noah
8
Birthdate: May 18, 1960
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sedan, France
 12 
Lucas Pouille
(Tennis player)
Lucas Pouille
5
Birthdate: February 23, 1994
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Grande-Synthe, France
 13 
Nicolas Mahut
(Tennis player)
Nicolas Mahut
6
Birthdate: January 21, 1982
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Angers, France
 14 
Ugo Humbert
(Tennis player)
Ugo Humbert
5
Birthdate: June 26, 1998
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Metz, France
 15 
Suzanne Lenglen
(Tennis Player)
Suzanne Lenglen
6
Birthdate: May 24, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: 16th arrondissement of Paris, Paris, France
Died: July 4, 1938
 16 
Maxime Cressy
(Tennis player)
Maxime Cressy
2
Birthdate: May 8, 1997
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
 17 
Alizé Cornet
(Tennis player)
Alizé Cornet
3
Birthdate: January 22, 1990
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nice, France
 18 
Adrian Mannarino
(Tennis player)
Adrian Mannarino
3
Birthdate: June 29, 1988
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Soisy-sous-Montmorency, France
 19 
Benoît Paire
(Tennis player)
Benoît Paire
6
Birthdate: May 8, 1989
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Avignon, France
 20 
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
(Tennis player)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
3
Birthdate: March 18, 1991
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Schiltigheim, Alsace, France
 21 
Harmony Tan
(Tennis player)
Harmony Tan
2
Birthdate: September 11, 1997
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
 22 
Gilles Simon
(Tennis player)
Gilles Simon
5
Birthdate: December 27, 1984
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nice, France
 23 
Jeremy Chardy
(Tennis player)
Jeremy Chardy
3
Birthdate: February 12, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pau, France
 24 
Henri Leconte
(Tennis player)
Henri Leconte
3
Birthdate: July 4, 1963
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lillers, France
 25 
Hugo Gaston
(Tennis player)
Hugo Gaston
2
Birthdate: September 26, 2000
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Toulouse, France
 26 
Corentin Moutet
(Tennis player)
Corentin Moutet
2
Birthdate: April 19, 1999
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
 27 
Antoine Hoang
(Tennis player)
Antoine Hoang
3
Birthdate: November 4, 1995
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hyères, France
 28 
Alizé Lim
(Tennis Player)
Alizé Lim
3
Birthdate: July 13, 1990
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
 29 
Fabrice Santoro
(Tennis player)
Fabrice Santoro
3
Birthdate: December 9, 1972
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tahiti, French Polynesia, France
 30 
Arthur Rinderknech
(Tennis player)
Arthur Rinderknech
1
Birthdate: July 23, 1995
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Gassin, France
 31 
Julien Benneteau
(Tennis player)
Julien Benneteau
2
Birthdate: December 20, 1981
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bourg-en-Bresse, France
 32 
Elliot Benchetrit
(Tennis player)
Elliot Benchetrit
2
Birthdate: October 2, 1998
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nice, France
 33 
Jean Borotra
(Tennis player)
Jean Borotra
2
Birthdate: August 13, 1898
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Biarritz, France
Died: July 17, 1994
 34 
Fiona Ferro
(Tennis player)
Fiona Ferro
3
Birthdate: March 12, 1997
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Libramont, Belgium
 35 
Sébastien Grosjean
(Tennis player)
Sébastien Grosjean
2
Birthdate: May 29, 1978
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Marseille, France
 36 
Oceane Dodin
(Tennis player)
Oceane Dodin
2
Birthdate: October 24, 1996
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lille, France
 37 
Tatiana Golovin
(Tennis player)
Tatiana Golovin
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Birthdate: January 25, 1988
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
 38 
Aravane Rezai
(Tennis player)
Aravane Rezai
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Birthdate: March 14, 1987
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint-Étienne, France

Former world number 15, Iranian-origin French tennis star Aravane Rezai was initially a ball girl. She made headlines when her difficult relationship with her father led to him being banned from following her in all WTA tournaments. She has won 2 Women's Islamic Games, representing Iran, though she later represented France.

 39 
Cedric Pioline
(Tennis player)
Cedric Pioline
1
Birthdate: June 15, 1969
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
 40 
Guy Forget
(Tennis player)
Guy Forget
2
Birthdate: January 4, 1965
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Casablanca, Morocco
 41 
Nathalie Tauziat
(Former French Tennis Player )
Nathalie Tauziat
4
Birthdate: October 17, 1967
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bangui, Central African Republic
 42 
Clara Burel
(Tennis player)
Clara Burel
1
Birthdate: March 24, 2001
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rennes, France
 43 
Michaël Llodra
(Tennis player)
Michaël Llodra
1
Birthdate: May 18, 1980
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
 44 
Arnaud Clement
(Tennis Player)
Arnaud Clement
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Birthdate: December 17, 1977
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Aix-en-Provence, France
 45 
Elsa Jacquemot
(Tennis player)
Elsa Jacquemot
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Birthdate: May 3, 2003
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: France
 46 
Paul-Henri Mathieu
(Tennis player)
Paul-Henri Mathieu
1
Birthdate: January 12, 1982
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Strasbourg
 47 
Henri Cochet
(Tennis Player)
Henri Cochet
1
Birthdate: December 14, 1901
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Villeurbanne, France
Died: April 1, 1987
 48 
Edouard Roger-Vasselin
(Tennis player)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin
1
Birthdate: November 28, 1983
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gennevilliers, France
 49 
Benjamin Bonzi
(Tennis player)
Benjamin Bonzi
1
Birthdate: June 9, 1996
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nîmes, France
 50 
Max Decugis
(Tennis player from France who held the French Championships record of winning the tournament eight times (a French club members only tournament before 1925))
Max Decugis
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Birthdate: September 24, 1882
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 6, 1978