Joakim Noah Defensive Player of the Year. Noah was born in New York City, to French singer and former world No. 3 tennis player Yannick Noah, winner of the French Open in 1983, and Cécilia Rodhe, Miss Sweden and fourth runner-up at Miss Universe 1978. His grandfather Zacharie Noah was a Cameroonian professional football player, winner of the Coupe de France in 1961. Noah lived in Paris, France from 1988 to 1998 and returned to New York City at age 13. He played high school basketball for the United Nations International School, Poly Prep Country Day School and Lawrenceville School. Considered a
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