relive Yannick Noah’s press conference celebrating the 40th anniversary of his victory at Porte d’Auteuil

40 years after his coronation Porte d’Auteuil, Yannick Noah was in the spotlight, Saturday, May 27, at Roland-Garros. On the eve of the start of the tournament, the organizers had decided to replace the traditional charity day with a “Yannick Noah day” to celebrate the anniversary of his title. in the Parisian Grand Slam, in 1983, the last of a French player on Parisian clay.

During this tribute day, the players followed one another in exhibition matches before Yannick Noah, converted to a singer at the end of his career, gave a concert on the Philippe-Chatrier court. After this moment of meeting with the public, the former winner went to a press conference where he returned to this historic day in French tennis. This coronation, in 1983, still constitutes “the best day of his life” he confided.