Jean Schopfer

Jean Schopfer (Claude Anet)

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.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1892	French Championships	Grass	Fassitt	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	1893	French Championships	Grass	Laurent Riboulet	6–3, 6–3

References

↑ "Event Guide / History / Past Winners 1891–2008". rolandgarros.com. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
↑ "Schopfer, Art, Plan, and Furnishing of a City". library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2009-07-03.

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French Championships men's singles champions

(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
(1915–1919) No competition (due to World War I)
(1920) André Gobert
(1921) Jean Samazeuilh
(1922) Henri Cochet
(1923) François Blanchy
(1924) Jean Borotra
(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
(1940–1945) No competition (due to World War II)
(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

Claude Anet's Ariane, jeune fille russe

Films	Ariane, jeune fille russe (1931 French) The Loves of Ariane (1931 English) Ariane (1931 German) Love in the Afternoon (1957)

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