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
1985 US Open (tennis) 1985 US Open (tennis) The 1985 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 105th edition of the US Open and was held from August 27 to September 8, 1985. Ivan Lendl defeated John McEnroe 7–6, 6–3, 6–4 Hana Mandlíková defeated Martina Navratilova 7–6, 1–6, 7–6 Ken Flach / Robert Seguso defeated Henri Leconte / Yannick Noah 6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková defeated Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 6–7, 6–2, 6–3 Martina Navratilova