Robert Abdesselam was a noted French international tennis player.
18 Facts About Robert Abdesselam
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Robert Abdesselam competed in the Davis Cup a number of times, from 1947 to 1953.
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Robert Abdesselam was born in El Biar on 27 January 1920, son of Kabyle Muslim Mehana Abdesselam, attorney at the Paris Court of Appeal, and a Catholic mother, Marguerite Tedeschi, after a famous painter of the Parisian bourgeoisie.
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Robert Abdesselam grew up in El Biar and discovered tennis which would become his passion.
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Robert Abdesselam attended secondary school at Algiers and at Lycee Janson de Sailly in Paris.
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Robert Abdesselam continued along with tennis and became one of the best French players.
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Robert Abdesselam was junior champion of France twice in 1937 and 1938, then world champion University in 1939.
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Robert Abdesselam participated as a liaison officer in the Italian campaign in the French Expeditionary Corps under the command of Marshal Alphonse Juin.
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Robert Abdesselam reached the fourth round of the French Championships in 1938 and 1947 and the quarterfinals in 1949.
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Robert Abdesselam won the singles title at the 1948 International Championships of Egypt in Alexandria after defeating Philippe Washer in the final.
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From 1946 to 1963 Robert Abdesselam was counsel to the Court of Appeals of Algiers.
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Robert Abdesselam was elected MNA in Algiers in 1958 for the Unite de la Republique.
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Robert Abdesselam argued for the maintenance of French Algeria, which cuts of Gaullism, and integration, which cuts the Organisation armee secrete.
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Robert Abdesselam took part in the development of the Lacoste company abroad.
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Robert Abdesselam was Chairman of the Racing Club de France from 1959 to 1992 and president of the International Lawn Tennis Club from 1993 to 2004.
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Robert Abdesselam died in Paris on 26 July 2006 and his funeral was held in the chapel of the Military Academy.
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In memory of Abdesselam, the Fondation Robert Abdesselam was created under the aegis of the Fondation de France, 22 January 2007.
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In particular, it aims to help former tennis champions in their retraining project and award prize "Robert Abdesselam" rewarding research on the defense of trademark law and international organizations in favor of maintaining peace.