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Yannick Noah is a French and Cameroonian tennis player, singer, and musician. Born on May 18, 1960, in Sedan, he is right-handed and stands 194 centimeters tall. His professional tennis career included a singles record of 478–209 and a doubles record of 213–109. He has received the International Tennis Hall of Fame award, the L'Équipe Champion of Champions, and is a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
As a performing artist, Noah works in the pop, funk, and French chanson genres. His published works include *Noah par Noah*, *Balles de match*, *Secrets etc.--*, and *T'as pas deux balles?*. He is married to Cecilia Rodhe and is the father of Joakim Noah. His father was Zacharie Noah.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1960
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Noah par Noah
- Balles de match
- Secrets etc.--
- T'as pas deux balles?
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Sedan, Ardennes, France
Yannick Noah (born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer, who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade career, Noah captured 23 singles titles and 16 doubles titles, reaching a career-high…
Known for
- Mort sur terre battue — Vincent Beti2025
- Santé mentale, briser le tabou — Self2025
- Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés — Self (archive footage)2025
- The World Upside Down — Bobby2024
- Nasty — Self - 1983 French Open Winner2024
- Paris 2024 Paralympic Opening Ceremony — Self2024
- Roland Garros - 40 ans d'exploits — Self2024
- Noirs en France — Himself2022
- Noah : le sens de la gagne — Self2022
- Alerte2022
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1960
Discography
- Black & What!1991
- Saga Africa (Ambiance Secousse)1991
- Urban Tribu1993
- Zam Zam1998
- La Voix des sages (No More Fighting)2000
- Les Lionnes2000
- Simon Papa Tara2000
- Yannick Noah2000
- Jamafrica2002
- Live2002
Member of
- Les Enfoirés1993–1993
- Les Enfoirés1996–1996
- Les Enfoirés1998–1998
- Les Enfoirés2002–2007
- Les Enfoiréssince 2011
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 63,461
- Total plays
- 648,963
Tags
Yannick Noah is a former tennis player who, notably, won the French Open in Roland Garros. A French singer-songwriter from Cameroon and France, he has managed to become a respected artist, singing largely inoffensive pop songs with a slight reggae side to them. Born in the French town of Sedan on 18 May 1960, Yannick Noah grew up with a rich mixed African and European culture at home, living with his Cameroonian father, Simon, and French mother, Marie-Claire. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,950x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,253x
- Global patterns of 16S rRNA diversity at a depth of millions of sequences per sample
· 2010 · cited 8,781x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Country sports
- France
- Born
- ( 1960-05-18 ) 18 May 1960 (age 66) , Sedan , Ardennes , France
- Height
- 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- $ 3,440,660
- Int tennis hof
- 2005 ( member page )
- Career record
- 478–209 (69.6%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 3 (7 July 1986)
- Australian open
- SF ( 1990 )
- French open
- W ( 1983 )
- Wimbledon
- 3R ( 1979 , 1985 )
- Us open
- QF ( 1983 , 1985 , 1989 )
- Tour finals
- QF ( 1982 )
- Grand slam cup
- 1R ( 1990 )
- Wct finals
- SF ( 1988 )
- Davis cup
- F ( 1982 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Team
- _Retired Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- France
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yannick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cameroon
- Place of birth
- Sedan
- Spouse
- Cecilia Rodhe
- Father
- Zacharie Noah
- Occupation
- performing artist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- funk
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Sony Music
- Sport
- tennis
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 87
- Official website
- www.yannicknoah.com
- Image
- Yannick Noah 2011.jpg
- Height
- 194
Show 12 more facts
- Commons category
- Yannick Noah
- date of birth
- 1960-05-18
- singles record
- 478–209
- doubles record
- 213–109
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- name in native language
- Yannick Noah
- prize money
- 3440600
- head coach
- Patrice Hagelauer
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- handedness
- right-handedness
- ranking
- 1
- social media followers
- 121000
via Wikidata · CC0