Yannick Noah captained the French team to its first Davis Cup victory in 59 years, defeating a heavily favoured US team 3–1 in the final. This feat was repeated in 1996, when Noah coached the French team to defeat Sweden 3–2 in the final held in Malmö. In 2017, Noah added a third Davis Cup win for France under his guidance as Captain, defeating Belgium in the final in Lille. In 1997, he also captained France's Fed Cup team to its first ever win of that competition when they defeated the Dutch in the final. Since retiring from playing tennis, Noah developed
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