Boris Maneff
Auguste Maneff Taneff (1916 – 23 May 1960), known as Boris Maneff, was a Swiss amateur tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s. 

He was born in Geneva to a Bulgarian father, Kyril Manev Tanev (, and French mother, Marie Purnot, from Metz. He also played high-level field hockey, ice hockey and football.

Maneff was a virtual unknown in the world of international tennis before entering the 1936 French Championships in Paris, where he reached the quarterfinals. He put up a serious challenge to defending champion Fred Perry, who finally defeated him in four sets, 9–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3.

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1916 births
1960 deaths
Swiss male tennis players
Date of birth missing
Swiss people of French descent
Swiss people of Bulgarian descent
Tennis players from Geneva