François Jauffret

François Jauffret
Country (sports)	France
Born	9 February 1942 (age 82); Bordeaux, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1968 (amateur from 1961)
Retired	1980
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	173–114 (Open era)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 20 (6 November 1974)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1966, 1974)
Wimbledon	4R (1972)
US Open	4R (1975)
Doubles
Career record	111–82 (Open era)
Career titles	7 (Open era)
Highest ranking	No. 33 (23 August 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1969)
Medal record
Tennis
Summer Universiade

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.

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

Singles (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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

Doubles (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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