Jean-Claude Molinari

Jean-Claude Molinari (28 August 1931 – 22 April 1999)^[1][2] was a French former tennis player, originally amateur and later professional.^[3]

Jean-Claude Molinari

Country (sports)	France
Born	(1931-08-28)28 August 1931
Died	22 April 1999(1999-04-22) (aged 67)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1951, 1953, 1958, 1959)
Wimbledon	QF (1959)
US Open	1R (1951)

At Wimbledon, he reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles in 1959.^[4]

In the Davis Cup in 1954, he defeated Ramanathan Krishnan of India in the quarter-finals of the men's singles, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6. In 1957, he and Paul Rémy reached the quarter-finals of the men's doubles, where they were defeated by Mike Davies and Bobby Wilson of Great Britain, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3. In 1958, with Pierre Darmon, he reached the semi-finals of the men's doubles, where they were again defeated by Davies and Wilson, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 1–6. In 1959, he and Jean-Noël Grinda won the quarter-final of the men's doubles against Gheorghe and Marian Viziru of Romania, 6–1, 6–1 6–4; in 1960, again with Grinda, he reached the semi-finals, where they were defeated by Jan-Erik Lundqvist and Ulf Schmidt of Sweden, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6.^[2]

At the 1961 French Open, he was forced to withdraw with a torn Achilles tendon when leading Fred Stolle in the first round of the men's singles 6–4, 7–5, 5–2.^[5]