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Jo Wilfried Tsonga Bio
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- Nicknamed "Ali" and LeMome (The Kid)
- Father, Didier, is a former handball player (European handball) and chemistry teacher; mother, Evelyne, is a teacher; younger brother, Enzo, is a basketball player and part of group of young players training at National Institute of Sports in Vincennes (suburb of Paris)
- Says he got strength from his father and kindness from his mother
- His parents still live in Le Mans where his father went to study and where he met his mother who lived there (Le Mans is located in west of France and famous (at least in France) for two things: 1) 24 hours of Le Mans, an endurance car race; 2) les Rillettes (pronouce: "Reeyett" a "pork meat patT")
- Finished 2003 as No. 2 junior in world (behind Baghdatis)…Reached SF at Australian Open juniors in 2002-03 along with Roland Garros and Wimbledon in '03
- Won US Open junior title (d. Baghdatis)…Won first career junior title at 2002 Canadian Open (d. Bayer) and runner-up at Victorian Junior Championships that year (l. to Gasquet)…Also won title at 2003 Luxembourg Indoor Junior Championships
- Named 2007 ATP Newcomer of Year
- The BNP Paribas Masters final in Paris against Nalbandian was second highest audience on French TV Canal+ in 2008 for a Sunday sports program, peaking at 1.3 million viewers on match point
- Coached by countryman and former ATP pro Eric Winogradsky.
Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2008.
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