Yannick Noah 1981, saying that amphetamines were the real problem in tennis as they were performance-enhancing drugs. In 1992, Noah received the Legion of Honour medal. Noah was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005. He remains France's highest ranked player since the introduction of rankings in 1973. Noah played on France's Davis Cup team for eleven years, with an overall win–loss record of 39–22 (26–15 in singles, and in 13–7 doubles). In 1982, he was part of the French team which reached the Davis Cup final, where they were defeated 4–1 by the United States. In 1991, Noah
Patrice Beust at the 1976 French Open with Gail Benedetti and at the 1979 French Open with Betty Stöve. As a singles player he made the third rounds of the 1963 French Championships and the 1966 Wimbledon Championships. One of the early coaches of Yannick Noah, Beust headed the National Tennis Etudes, which was opened in Nice in 1970. He has worked for many years as a coach for the Fédération Française de Tennis and in 2015 was appointed Director of the international tennis tournament held in Pléneuf-Val-André. He is an active player on the ITF senior circuit. Patrice Beust Patrice Beust