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PRESENTATION

Noah, Yannick (1960 -), tennis player and French musician.

From tennis to the song through the action humanitarian, Yannick Noah has always maintained his charisma and showmanship.

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THE CAREER OF TENNIS PLAYER

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beginnings to the consecration at Roland Garros

Born in Sedan (Ardennes) of a Cameroonian father (professional football player) and a French mother (teacher), Yannick Noah leaves France at the age of three moved to Yaounde, Cameroon. Passionate through music, he still chooses to play tennis. It is quickly discovered by the American player Arthur Ashe, it does return to France in 1971, within the sports study program of the French Tennis Federation (FFT) in Nice. In 1977, Yannick Noah won his first junior tournament at International of Great Britain. The following year he joined the professional circuit and wins the first of his 23 singles titles and his 16 doubles titles.

Yannick Noah's career - during which he faced players such as Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Stefan Edberg or Boris Becker still - is mainly marked by his victory at the Internationaux de France in 1983 at the expense of Mats Wilander, the first by a French on clay at Roland Garros since Marcel Bernard in 1946. Physical player and spectacular, constantly drawn towards the attacking game, he gained immense popularity.

In 1984 he again won the tournament twice in Paris, associated with Henri Leconte. In 1986 he was appointed on 3 ^e singles player in the world (the highest rank achieved by a French player) and the 1 st world in doubles. After winning in Sydney and a semifinal at International Australia in 1990, he played his last tournament in Paris Bercy in October 1991.

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The captain of France's Davis Cup

Removed short as a player, Yannick Noah agreed nevertheless to take over the team of France Davis Cup in his first year of captaincy, he led Henri Leconte and Guy Forget in the victory - surprise - against the United States and is the first victory of the France team in this event since 1932. He repeats this performance 1996: The final is won - in Sweden - after an intense thriller by Cedric Pioline, Guy Forget and Guillaume Raoux Arnaud Boetsch. In 1997, also under his leadership that Sandrine Testud, Mary Pierce, Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat needed in the final of the Fed Cup against the Netherlands.

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CONVERSION: Yannick Noah SINGER

In 1990, while still a tennis player, Yannick Noah embarks on a musical career, and prepares its conversion : The single "Saga Africa "Was an immediate success, reinforced by its use to millions of viewers after the final victory in the Davis Cup next year. To produce his first album, Black & What! (1991), Yannick Noah receives particular support from Manu Dibango. Now full-fledged singer, he recorded Urban Tribe (1993): Production with a rock, the disc does not have the same public favor. It is followed by the song "Oh Dream" (1997), a pacifist replay - and controversial - of the Marseillaise .

Among the musicians who collaborate to Yannick Noah (2000), a tribute to the African roots of the singer, is Jean-Jacques Goldman. Then came a trip to Nepal that inspired Pokhara (2003), fed from multiple sounds of pop music, reggae and world music. After Metisse (s) , published in 2005 and offers a duet with Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff, Charango (2006), humanistic and ecological refrains ("Aux arbres citoyens") and whose title is a reference a traditional instrument in Latin America, confirms the great success People Yannick Noah.

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HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES Yannick Noah

Alongside his career as a tennis player and singer Yannick Noah in 1988 is involved in creating, with his mother, Association of Children of the Earth, which helps underprivileged children. He also founded, in 1996, the Fête wall, whose objective is to provide sporting activities for young people.