Yannick Noah the French Tennis Federation's training center in Nice in 1971. Noah turned professional in 1977 and won his first top-level singles title in 1978 in Manila. Noah became France's most prominent tennis hero in 1983, becoming the first Frenchman in 37 years to win the French Open, one of the four Grand Slam singles events. He dropped only one set during the two-week-long tournament, and defeated the defending champion, Sweden's Mats Wilander in straight sets in the final, 6–2, 7–5, 7–6. He remains the last and most recent Frenchman to have won the French Open men's singles title. Noah won
Jonathan Canter that season were semi-final appearances at Montreal and Toronto. In Montreal, he had a win over world number four Yannick Noah. Jonathan Canter Jonathan Canter (born June 4, 1965) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Canter was born in Los Angeles, where his father, Stanley S. Canter, worked as a film producer. His father, who was also manager of Jimmy Connors for a time, produced films such as "", "Tarzan and the Lost City" and "Hornets' Nest", which he also wrote. The promising junior made the quarter-finals of the US Open in 1981 and the following