François Jauffret (born 9 February 1942) is a retired professional tennis player from France. He holds the record for most ties played for the France Davis Cup team with 35, between 1964 and 1978.

François Jauffret
Country (sports) France
Born (1942-02-09) 9 February 1942 (age 82)
Bordeaux, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1968 (amateur from 1961)
Retired1980
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record173–114 (Open era)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 20 (6 November 1974)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenSF (1966, 1974)
Wimbledon4R (1972)
US Open4R (1975)
Doubles
Career record111–82 (Open era)
Career titles7 (Open era)
Highest rankingNo. 33 (23 August 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (1969)
Medal record
Tennis
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1959 Turin Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Turin Doubles

Jauffret twice reached the semi-finals at the Roland Garros, in 1966 (beating Roy Emerson before losing to Tony Roche) and 1974 (beating Jan Kodeš before losing to Manuel Orantes). He won two Open era singles titles (in 1969 in Buenos Aires and in 1977 in Cairo) and seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 20.

He is the brother of tennis player Pierre Jauffret.

Career finals

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Singles (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1969 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Željko Franulović 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 1971 Paris, France Clay   Stan Smith 2–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 1–2 May 1974 Munich, West Germany Clay   Jürgen Fassbender 2–6, 7–5, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 1975 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Manuel Orantes 0–6, 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Win 2–4 Mar 1977 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Frank Gebert 6–3, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1971 Nice, France Clay   Pierre Barthès   Ilie Năstase
  Ion Țiriac
3–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Apr 1971 Catania, Italy Clay   Pierre Barthès   Jan Kodeš
  Jan Kukal
7–6, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 May 1971 Paris, France Clay   Pierre Barthès   Tom Gorman
  Stan Smith
6–3. 5–7, 2–6
Win 2–2 Nov 1972 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i)   Pierre Barthès   Andrés Gimeno
  Juan Gisbert Sr.
6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Aug 1974 Bretton Woods, US Clay   Georges Goven   Jeff Borowiak
  Rod Laver
3–6, 2–6
Win 3–3 Nov 1974 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i)   Patrice Dominguez   Brian Gottfried
  Raúl Ramírez
7–5, 6–4
Win 4–3 Jun 1975 Düsseldorf, West Germany Clay   Jan Kodeš   Harald Elschenbroich
  Hans Kary
6–2, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Jul 1975 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay   Patrice Dominguez   Paolo Bertolucci
  Adriano Panatta
2–6, 2–6, 6–7
Win 5–4 Apr 1976 Nice, France Clay   Patrice Dominguez   Wojciech Fibak
  Karl Meiler
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 6–4 Apr 1977 Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco Clay   Jan Kodeš   Wojciech Fibak
  Tom Okker
2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 7–4 Apr 1977 Murcia, Spain Clay   Patrice Dominguez   Patricio Cornejo
  Hans Gildemeister
7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–5 Jul 1977 Båstad, Sweden Clay   Jean-Louis Haillet   Mark Edmondson
  John Marks
4–6, 0–6
Loss 7–6 Jul 1977 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay   Jean-Louis Haillet   José Higueras
  Antonio Muñoz
1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win 8–6 Apr 1978 Nice, France Clay   Patrice Dominguez   Jan Kodeš
  Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 6–0
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