Wanaro N'Godrella | |
Birth Date: | 1949 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Nouméa, New Caledonia |
Death Place: | Nouméa, New Caledonia |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 71 (15 October 1973) |
Australianopenresult: | QF (1973) |
Frenchopenresult: | 3R (1973) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1972) |
Usopenresult: | 3R (1972) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (1972, 1974) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 3R (1974) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (1969) |
Frenchopenmixedresult: | SF (1974) |
Wanaro N'Godrella (18 October 1949 – 26 May 2016) was a French tennis player who was active in the late 1960s and the 1970s. His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the quarterfinals of the singles' event at the 1973 Australian Open in which he was defeated by Karl Meiler in four sets.[1] [2] In 1973 and 1974 he played a doubles match for the French Davis Cup team.[3]
He reached the highest singles ranking of No. 71 in October 1973.
N'Godrella reached the second round of the singles' event at the Wimbledon Championships in 1972.[4] In 1973 he defeated fifth-seeded Manuel Orantes in the second round of the singles event at the French Open.[5]
The center court at the ATP Challenger Tour event in his hometown of Nouméa is named for N'Godrella.[6]