Patrick Proisy Explained
Patrick Proisy |
Residence: | Paris, France |
Birth Date: | 1949 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Évreux, France |
Turnedpro: | 1968 |
Retired: | 1981 |
Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singlesrecord: | 200–176 (Open era) |
Singlestitles: | 2 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 16 (23 October 1972) |
Australianopenresult: | SF (1973) |
Frenchopenresult: | F (1972) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1971, 1972, 1974) |
Usopenresult: | 2R (1972, 1977) |
Doublesrecord: | 72–120 (Open era) |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
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)
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
Singles
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]
Notes and References
- Book: Djata, Sundiata A.. Blacks at the net: Black achievement in the history of tennis. 16 March 2011. March 2008. Syracuse University Press. 978-0-8156-0898-1. 5–.
- Book: Collins. Bud. Hollander. Zander. Bud Collins' modern encyclopedia of tennis. registration. 16 March 2011. 1994. Gale Research. 978-0-8103-8988-5. 424.
- Web site: French Open 1972. tennis.co.nf.
- News: 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. 23 July 2023 . . 11 March 2021 . French.