Beginning next year, Yannick Noah, the 1983 French Open champion, will serve as the new leader of France‘s para tennis program. Noah will oversee wheelchair, visually impaired, deaf, and hard-of-hearing tennis activities, according to a statement released by the French tennis federation on Thursday.
Leading the French men’s wheelchair tennis squad at the Paralympic Games in Paris during the summer gave Yannick Noah his first taste of disability tennis.
“His main role will be to continue structuring the para tennis department by steering the training and ‘high level’ strategy and supporting the development of all para tennis activities across the country,” said the French tennis association. Also read: Jannik Sinner ‘very confident’ in positive outcome after WADA appeals his doping case
Noah is well-known in his home country and was the last Frenchman to win a Grand Slam singles championship. In 1986, he reached a career-high No. 3 in the ATP rankings. He later led his country to victories in the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup. He became a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.
“I had an incredible human experience working alongside the players in the French wheelchair tennis team at the Paralympic Games in Paris and I didn’t want this great story to end there,” he said. Also read: Rafael Nadal Net Worth 2024, Prize Money, Endorsements, Cars, Houses, Properties, Charities Etc.