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François Jauffret (born 9 February 1942) 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.

François Jauffret
Country (sports) France
Born (1942-02-09) 9 February 1942 (age 82)
Bordeaux, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1968 (amateur from 1961)
Retired1980
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record173–114 (Open era)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 20 (6 November 1974)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenSF (1966, 1974)
Wimbledon4R (1972)
US Open4R (1975)
Doubles
Career record111–82 (Open era)
Career titles7 (Open era)
Highest rankingNo. 33 (23 August 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (1969)
Medal record
Tennis
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1959 Turin Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Turin Doubles

Jauffret twice reached the semi-finals at the Roland Garros, in 1966 (beating Roy Emerson before losing to Tony Roche) and 1974 (beating Jan Kodeš before losing to Manuel Orantes). He won two Open era singles titles (in 1969 in Buenos Aires and in 1977 in Cairo) and seven 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.

Career finals

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Singles (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1969 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Željko Franulović 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 1971 Paris, France Clay United States  Stan Smith 2–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 1–2 May 1974 Munich, West Germany Clay West Germany  Jürgen Fassbender 2–6, 7–5, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 1975 Cairo, Egypt Clay Spain  Manuel Orantes 0–6, 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Win 2–4 Mar 1977 Cairo, Egypt Clay West Germany  Frank Gebert 6–3, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1971 Nice, France Clay France  Pierre Barthès Romania  Ilie Năstase
Romania  Ion Țiriac
3–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Apr 1971 Catania, Italy Clay France  Pierre Barthès Czechoslovakia  Jan Kodeš
Czechoslovakia  Jan Kukal
7–6, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 May 1971 Paris, France Clay France  Pierre Barthès United States  Tom Gorman
United States  Stan Smith
6–3. 5–7, 2–6
Win 2–2 Nov 1972 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) France  Pierre Barthès Spain  Andrés Gimeno
France  Juan Gisbert Sr.
6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Aug 1974 Bretton Woods, US Clay France  Georges Goven United States  Jeff Borowiak
Australia  Rod Laver
3–6, 2–6
Win 3–3 Nov 1974 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) France  Patrice Dominguez United States  Brian Gottfried
Mexico  Raúl Ramírez
7–5, 6–4
Win 4–3 Jun 1975 Düsseldorf, West Germany Clay Czechoslovakia  Jan Kodeš West Germany  Harald Elschenbroich
Austria  Hans Kary
6–2, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Jul 1975 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay France  Patrice Dominguez Italy  Paolo Bertolucci
Italy  Adriano Panatta
2–6, 2–6, 6–7
Win 5–4 Apr 1976 Nice, France Clay France  Patrice Dominguez Poland  Wojciech Fibak
West Germany  Karl Meiler
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 6–4 Apr 1977 Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco Clay Czechoslovakia  Jan Kodeš Poland  Wojciech Fibak
Netherlands  Tom Okker
2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 7–4 Apr 1977 Murcia, Spain Clay France  Patrice Dominguez Chile  Patricio Cornejo
Chile  Hans Gildemeister
7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–5 Jul 1977 Båstad, Sweden Clay France  Jean-Louis Haillet Australia  Mark Edmondson
Australia  John Marks
4–6, 0–6
Loss 7–6 Jul 1977 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay France  Jean-Louis Haillet Spain  José Higueras
Spain  Antonio Muñoz
1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win 8–6 Apr 1978 Nice, France Clay France  Patrice Dominguez Czechoslovakia  Jan Kodeš
Czechoslovakia  Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 6–0
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