Patrick Proisy
Patrick Proisy (born 10 September 1949) is a French former professional tennis player best remembered for reaching the final of the French Open in 1972 (where he beat top seed and defending champion Jan Kodeš in the quarter-finals and fourth seed Manuel Orantes in the semi-finals before losing the final against sixth seeded Spaniard Andrés Gimeno in four sets). He added to that one more final (in Florence, 1976) and singles titles in Hilversum, 1977 and Perth, 1972. Proisy reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 16 in October 1972. Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Singles

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Career finals

Singles: 5 (2–3)

Post-playing career
From 1997 to 2003, Proisy was president of RC Strasbourg football club. In 2016, he received a ten-month suspended prison sentence for irregularities in transfers during his tenure; parts of transfer fees were received by the British branch of owners IMG instead of the club, who suffered on the pitch and were relegated to Ligue 2 in 2001. His sentence was reduced to six months on appeal in 2019, and part of the charges were put to a retrial in 2021. He was made to reimburse the club for €440,000. References

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1949 births
Living people
French Championships junior (tennis) champions
French male tennis players
Universiade medalists in tennis
Sportspeople from Évreux
FISU World University Games gold medalists for France
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade
20th-century French people
21st-century French people
French football chairmen and investors
RC Strasbourg Alsace non-playing staff
French criminals