Jean Schopfer
French writer and tennis player
Jean Schopfer (28 May 1868 – 9 January 1931) was a tennis player competing for France, and a writer, known under the pseudonym of Claude Anet. He reached two singles finals at the Amateur French Championships, winning in 1892 over British player Fassitt, and losing in 1893 to Laurent Riboulet.[1]
Biography
Schopfer was born 28 May 1868, Morges, Switzerland.
Educated at the Sorbonne and the École du Louvre, Schopfer started writing in 1899. Under the name Claude Anet, Schopfer published many books, including La Révolution Russe, written after a trip to Russia during World War I, Mayerling, based on the Mayerling Incident, and Simon Kra, a biography of tennis player Suzanne Lenglen.[2]
His 1920 novel Ariane, jeune fille russe has been adapted into a number of films including Ariane and Love in the Afternoon.
He died on 9 January 1931 in Paris.
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jean Schopfer.
- Works by Claude Anet at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Claude Anet at Internet Archive
- Works by or about Jean Schopfer at Internet Archive
- Claude Anet at IMDb
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French Open men's singles champions
(national)
- 1891: H. Briggs
- 1892: Jean Schopfer
- 1893: Laurent Riboulet
- 1894: André Vacherot
- 1895: André Vacherot
- 1896: André Vacherot
- 1897: Paul Aymé
- 1898: Paul Aymé
- 1899: Paul Aymé
- 1900: Paul Aymé
- 1901: André Vacherot
- 1902: Michel Vacherot
- 1903: Max Decugis
- 1904: Max Decugis
- 1905: Maurice Germot
- 1906: Maurice Germot
- 1907: Max Decugis
- 1908: Max Decugis
- 1909: Max Decugis
- 1910: Maurice Germot
- 1911: André Gobert
- 1912: Max Decugis
- 1913: Max Decugis
- 1914: Max Decugis
- 1920: André Gobert
- 1921: Jean Samazeuilh
- 1922: Henri Cochet
- 1923: François Blanchy
- 1924: Jean Borotra
(international)
- 1925: René Lacoste
- 1926: Henri Cochet
- 1927: René Lacoste
- 1928: Henri Cochet
- 1929: René Lacoste
- 1930: Henri Cochet
- 1931: Jean Borotra
- 1932: Henri Cochet
- 1933: Jack Crawford
- 1934: Gottfried von Cramm
- 1935: Fred Perry
- 1936: Gottfried von Cramm
- 1937: Henner Henkel
- 1938: Don Budge
- 1939: Don McNeill
- 1946: Marcel Bernard
- 1947: József Asbóth
- 1948: Frank Parker
- 1949: Frank Parker
- 1950: Budge Patty
- 1951: Jaroslav Drobný
- 1952: Jaroslav Drobný
- 1953: Ken Rosewall
- 1954: Tony Trabert
- 1955: Tony Trabert
- 1956: Lew Hoad
- 1957: Sven Davidson
- 1958: Mervyn Rose
- 1959: Nicola Pietrangeli
- 1960: Nicola Pietrangeli
- 1961: Manuel Santana
- 1962: Rod Laver
- 1963: Roy Emerson
- 1964: Manuel Santana
- 1965: Fred Stolle
- 1966: Tony Roche
- 1967: Roy Emerson
- 1968: Ken Rosewall
- 1969: Rod Laver
- 1970: Jan Kodeš
- 1971: Jan Kodeš
- 1972: Andrés Gimeno
- 1973: Ilie Năstase
- 1974: Björn Borg
- 1975: Björn Borg
- 1976: Adriano Panatta
- 1977: Guillermo Vilas
- 1978: Björn Borg
- 1979: Björn Borg
- 1980: Björn Borg
- 1981: Björn Borg
- 1982: Mats Wilander
- 1983: Yannick Noah
- 1984: Ivan Lendl
- 1985: Mats Wilander
- 1986: Ivan Lendl
- 1987: Ivan Lendl
- 1988: Mats Wilander
- 1989: Michael Chang
- 1990: Andrés Gómez
- 1991: Jim Courier
- 1992: Jim Courier
- 1993: Sergi Bruguera
- 1994: Sergi Bruguera
- 1995: Thomas Muster
- 1996: Yevgeny Kafelnikov
- 1997: Gustavo Kuerten
- 1998: Carlos Moyá
- 1999: Andre Agassi
- 2000: Gustavo Kuerten
- 2001: Gustavo Kuerten
- 2002: Albert Costa
- 2003: Juan Carlos Ferrero
- 2004: Gastón Gaudio
- 2005: Rafael Nadal
- 2006: Rafael Nadal
- 2007: Rafael Nadal
- 2008: Rafael Nadal
- 2009: Roger Federer
- 2010: Rafael Nadal
- 2011: Rafael Nadal
- 2012: Rafael Nadal
- 2013: Rafael Nadal
- 2014: Rafael Nadal
- 2015: Stan Wawrinka
- 2016: Novak Djokovic
- 2017: Rafael Nadal
- 2018: Rafael Nadal
- 2019: Rafael Nadal
- 2020: Rafael Nadal
- 2021: Novak Djokovic
- 2022: Rafael Nadal
- 2023: Novak Djokovic
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