Yannick Noah and as the co-founder, with his mother, of a charity organization for underprivileged children. Noah is also the father of Joakim Noah of the NBA Memphis Grizzlies Born 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
Yannick Hanfmann Yannick Hanfmann Yannick Hanfmann (born 13 November 1991) is a German professional tennis player. He is best known for his very powerful serves up to 230 km/h (143 mph), and very powerful groundstrokes. Hanfmann has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 99, achieved in July 2018. He is hearing impaired since birth. He played college tennis at the University of Southern California. Hanfmann made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 BMW Open after defeating Arthur De Greef and Uladzimir Ignatik in the qualifying rounds. He, ranked world No. 273, then upset both Gerald Melzer and