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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(
French pronunciation:
[(d)?o wilf?id t?s?ŋ?a]
; born 17 Apryle 1985
(
1985-04-17
)
) is a French professional tennis player. He wis born in
Le Mans
, tae a French mither, Evelyne, an a
Congolese
faither, Didier Tsonga, who moved tae Fraunce in the 1970s tae play
haundbaw
.
[2]
Tsonga is a member o the
Tennis Club de Paris
(TCP). His career-heich singles rankin is Warld No. 5, which he achieved in Februar 2012.
Tsonga rose tae fame bi virtue o his performance in the
2008 Australian Open
when, as an unseedit player, he reached the final, havin defeated fower seedit players alang the way, includin earnin a straight-sets win ower the Warld No. 2
Rafael Nadal
in the semifinals. Tsonga eventually lost tae the Warld No. 3
Novak Djokovic
in the final in fower sets, efter winnin the first set, the anly set Djokovic dropped durin the toornament.
Tsonga followed this up bi winnin his first
ATP Masters Series
championship at the
2008 Paris Masters
, thus qualifyin for the
2008
Tennis Masters Cup
in
Shanghai, Cheenae
. His best performances in a major toornament syne 2008 are semifinal appearances in the
2010 Australian Open
, the
2013 French Open
an at
Wimbledon
in 2011 an 2012. He an aa reached the final o the
2011 ATP Warld Tour Finals
, whaur he lost tae five-time an defendin champion
Roger Federer
.
He is ane o the few active players on tour tae hae reached the quarterfinal stage o aw fower Grand Slams.
Warld rankins ? Tap ten tennis players as o week of 28 Mey 2018
[update]
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