Yannick Noah

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yannick Noah
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	May 18, 1960(1960-05-18)
Age	64
Birthplace	Sedan
Country	France
Birth City	Sedan
Horoscope	Taurus

Yannick Noah Biography

Yannick Noah is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on May 18, 1960 in Sedan, Sedan, France. Born in Sedan, in the north of France in 1960, Yannick Noah is the son of a Cameroonian footballer, Zacharie Noah, and his French wife Marie-Claire. After a sports injury in 1963, Noah’s father returned to Africa with his family. He was living in Cameroon when he made his debut in tennis and was discovered at age 11 by Arthur Ashe and Charlie Pasarell. He soon showed an amazing talent that eventually brought him to the French Tennis Federation’s training center in Nice in 1971.

He notably admitted using marijuana prior to matches in 1981, saying that amphetamines were the real problem in tennis as they were performance- enhancing drugs.

Noah won the French Open men’s doubles title in 1984 (with compatriot and best friend Henri Leconte). He was also the men’s doubles runner-up at the 1985 U.S. Open (with Leconte), and the 1987 French Open (with compatriot Guy Forget). In August 1986, Noah attained the world no. 1 doubles ranking, which he would hold for a total of 19 weeks. At the end of 1986, Noah received the ATP Sportsmanship Award, as voted for by other ATP players.

Noah is very active in charity work. He supports Enfants de la Terre, a charity created and run by his mother, Marie-Claire, in 1988.

Noah turned professional in 1977 and won his first top-level singles title in 1978 in Manila.

Yannick Noah Net Worth

Yannick Noah is one of the richest Tennis Player from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yannick Noah 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yannick Noah (French pronunciation: ​[janik nɔa] ; born 18 May 1960) is a former professional tennis player and singer from France. He won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France’s Davis Cup and Fed Cup team. During his career, which spanned almost two decades, Noah captured a total of 23 singles titles and 16 doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 3 in July 1986 and attaining the World No. 1 doubles ranking the following month. Since his retirement from the game, Noah has remained in the public eye as a popular music performer and as the co- founder, with his mother, of a charity organization for underprivileged children. Noah is also the father of NBA player Joakim Noah.

Noah Yannick did not go to school. Noah’s father, Zacharie Noah, was a former professional Cameroonian football star who won the French Cup with Sedan in

1961. His mother, Marie-Claire, is a former captain of France’s basketball team and teacher. Noah has five children, of whom two were from his first marriage to Cécilia Rodhe (Miss Sweden 1978 and now a sculptor): Joakim (born in 1985) and Yelena (born in 1986). Joakim plays basketball for the NBA Memphis Grizzlies and for the French team. Yelena is a model, mildly famous in the world of fashion. They do not live in France but in the U.S. With his second wife, the British model Heather Stewart-Whyte, Noah has two daughters: Elijah (1996) and Jénayé (1997). Now he is married to French TV producer Isabelle Camus, with whom he has a son named Joalukas (born in 2004).

Noah became France’s most prominent tennis hero in 1983, becoming the first Frenchman in 37 years to win the French Open, one of the four Grand Slam singles events. He dropped only one set during the two-week-long tournament, and defeated the defending champion, Sweden’s Mats Wilander in straight sets in the final, 6–2, 7–5, 7–6. He remains the last and most recent Frenchman to have won the French Open men’s singles title.

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Who is Yannick Noah Dating?

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Noah also founded Fête le Mur in 1996, a tennis charity and adaptation for underprivileged children, specially in the poor areas and the banlieues. It is presided by Noah himself.

Facts & Trivia

Yannick Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Yannick Noah celebrates birthday on May 18 of every year.

In 1997, he also captained France’s Fed Cup team to its first ever win of that competition when they defeated the Dutch in the final.

Is Yannick Noah black?

*Yannick Noah was born on this date in 1960. He is a Black French (Cameroon) professional tennis player (now retired) and singer.

Where is Yannick Noah now?

Yannick Noah has been a tennis star and a rock star. Now he has a new role in life; chief of his village in Cameroon.

Is Yannick Noah from Cameroon?

Born in the North of France in 1960 , Yannick Noah is the son of a Cameroonian soccer player, Zacharie Noah, and his French wife Marie-Claire. After a sports injury in 1963, Noah’s father returned to Africa with his family.

Who is Joakim Noah's dad?

Yannick Noah

What kind of name is Yannick?

Yannick is a first name that originated in Brittany, France, where the combination of its two Breton language parts, Yann and Ick, results in the meaning of Little John or Petit Jean in French.