Yannick Noah
French former tennis player and singerWikipedia
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Sep 15, 2026
FSU DaveGUEST
Noah.
FSU DaveGUEST
Yannick Noah, who was very, very flamboyant, very, very out there also.
FSU DaveGUEST
I don't think he'd be a McEnroe because he's not as talented as McEnroe was, in my mind.
FSU DaveGUEST
But he'd be someone like – Was
KatieHOST
Isn't that like an incredible historical moment?
ChandraHOST
Now, Yannick Noah had also made a couple of finals, I think.
ChandraHOST
Yannick Noah is French and he won the French Open.
ChandraHOST
And that was like a really big deal when it happened.
ChandraHOST
But Arthur Ashe is one of the biggest names in tennis history.
Miles DavidHOST
Did we miss anybody?
UzoGUEST
You mean Yannick Noah, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
UzoGUEST
You know, Roland Garros champion.
UzoGUEST
And so, yeah, I mean, there's that tradition is there, obviously, I think it's been a little bit richer on the women's side,
Ric FlairGUEST
attention, Rolex.
Ric FlairGUEST
I saw what they're paying these tennis players, like Yannick Noah, to wear them.
Ric FlairGUEST
I'm a much better salesman than Yannick
Roman SharfHOST
Noah.
AlvinHOST
Krajicek at Wimbledon, yep.
Tori HawkinsHOST
And I can think-- Wimbledon, and I can think of Yannick Noah in the '83 French.
Tori HawkinsHOST
I said, "I don't think it's, I don't think..." I said, "I don't think James reached a, a few semis and a few, I know a ton of quarters."
AlvinHOST
He had a semi, yeah.
Tori HawkinsHOST
It, it's gonna be great, Alvin, and I'm gonna tell you, we are blessed to have them.
Tori HawkinsHOST
Uh, the Williams sisters, as you noticed, uh, as I said, Arthur Ashe, of course, for me and my generation.
Tori HawkinsHOST
Um, and Yannick Noah, who was one of four or five players that Arthur Ashe personally funded and mentored out there on the tour.
Tori HawkinsHOST
There were several of them.
Pascal MonfortGUEST
I was amazed by the brand and I felt really strongly that, wow, okay, I really need to be part of this rebuild, of this reset.
Pascal MonfortGUEST
I remember in 1984, I was watching the Roland Garros final game when Yannick Noah was winning.
Pascal MonfortGUEST
Yannick Noah, when he won, then he jumped to his dad and they were like playing together.
Carlota RodbenHOST
You're working with the top brands in the world.
Carlota RodbenHOST
You're working with Sumiaki, Lacoste and more.
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Pascal MonfortGUEST
And I was like, wow.
Pascal MonfortGUEST
And then I started, I remember when I've seen in 1984, this is a true story.
Pascal MonfortGUEST
I was watching Roland Garros' final game when Yannick Noah, the French player, was winning.
Corby DavidsonHOST
The hard line's own Francis Tiafoe.
Bob SturmHOST
So there's been other, uh, Black men who have been great in tennis, but as far as, like, winning majors, I think you have to go all the way back to Yannick Noah.
Corby DavidsonHOST
Yep.
Bob SturmHOST
And a majors final, I think we have to go back to 2008.
Bob SturmHOST
So there's been other black men who have been great in tennis.
Bob SturmHOST
But as far as winning majors, I think you have to go all the way back to Yannick Noah.
Bob SturmHOST
and a majors final.
Bob SturmHOST
I think we have to go back to 2008.
Leila RahimiHOST
It's his whole
Mark GroteHOST
life, though, because, you know, Yannick Noah and, like, they're...
Leila RahimiHOST
His mom, too.
Leila RahimiHOST
Yeah,
Patrick McEnroeHOST
Uh
Mary CarilloGUEST
... uh, the next match with Al Trautwig, and it was Yannick Noah.
Mary CarilloGUEST
And I wanted to watch Yannick.
Mary CarilloGUEST
I love that.
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