Jacques Thamin

Jacques Thamin (born 23 May 1952) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Jacques Thamin

Full name	Jacques Thamin
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1952-05-23) 23 May 1952 (age 73) Cairo, Egypt
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	6–20
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 137 (15 October 1973)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1974)
French Open	1R (1968, 1970)
Doubles
Career record	11–25
Career titles	1
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1977)
French Open	2R (1968, 1969, 1977, 1979)

Biography

Thamin was runner-up in the juniors event at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships, to Australian John Alexander.^[1] He also played in the men's singles draw, just days after his 16th birthday.^[2]

During the 1970s he competed professionally on the tennis circuit. He made the quarter-finals of a Grand Prix tournament in Madrid in 1973, withs wins over Steve Faulk, Antonio Muñoz and Wanaro N'Godrella. In the quarter-final he won the first set against Ilie Năstase, before losing in three. He was runner-up at the Stuttgart Open in 1974, before the event was part of the Grand Prix circuit. His only Grand Prix final was in the doubles at Paris in 1977, which he and partner Christophe Roger-Vasselin won, aided by the controversial spaghetti racquets.^[3] He was a regular competitor at the French Open, mostly in doubles, and also appeared twice at the Australian Open.^[4]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1977	Paris, France	Clay	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	6–2, 4–6, 6–3