Christophe Roger-Vasselin
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Christophe Roger-Vasselin (born July 8, 1957 in London, England) is a former tennis player from France.

Vasselin won two doubles titles during his professional career. Notably in his singles career, he reached the semifinals of Roland Garros in 1983, (beating no. 1 seed Jimmy Connors
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 in the quarterfinals), but lost to eventual champion and compatriot Yannick Noah
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. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP
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-ranking on june 20, 1983, when he became world no. 29.

His son Édouard Roger-Vasselin
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 followed him into the profession and is currently active on the ATP World Tour.
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