Yannick Noah to replace Bjorn Borg as Team Europe's new captain at 2025 Laver Cup

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Published at :May 30, 2024 at 1:32 PM

Modified at :May 30, 2024 at 1:32 PM

Yannick Noah to replace Bjorn Borg as Team Europe's new captain at 2025 Laver Cup

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Yannick Noah retired from professional tennis in 1997.

Former French tennis player Yannick Noah will succeed Bjorn Bjorg as the new captain of Team Europe at the 2025 Laver Cup, which will take place in San Francisco, California.

Talking about Yannick Noah, he was the last Frenchman to win a Grand Slam singles title. In 1983, he became the first and only Frenchman to win at Roland-Garros. Noah also reached his career-best singles ranking of 3 in the same year.

In addition, he’s France’s highest-ranked male player since the rankings were introduced in 1973. Moreover, he was also France’s Davis Cup (1991, 1996 and 2017) and Billie Jean King Cup (1997) captain, leading both teams to championships. Yannick Noah was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.

Talking about the new role, the Frenchman said, “I am truly honoured to have been asked to take on the role as Team Europe captain for the Laver Cup. I’ve been out of the game for a while, doing my music, but I am really excited for this new adventure.”

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Six-time French Open winner Bjorn Borg also lavished praise on Yannick Noah by saying that he’s the best person to take his role. He said, “I can’t think of a better person to take over this role than my good friend Yannick.”

Noah will be attending this year’s Laver Cup, as it will help him understand the tournament better before he takes over as the new captain.

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Introducing the next Team Europe Captain, Yannick Noah.Noah will attend this year’s Laver Cup in Berlin to prepare for his new role and be formally introduced as the next Team Europe Captain. His term will begin with Laver Cup San Francisco 2025. https://t.co/rzn4uIQQCU pic.twitter.com/WD25XijYgg
— Laver Cup (@LaverCup) May 29, 2024

Last week, it was announced that former American tennis player Andre Agassi would replace John McEnroe for the 2025 edition of the tournament.

Agassi said about his appointment as the new captain of Team World, “I am truly honoured to accept the invitation to become the Laver Cup Team World captain.”

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