Jacques Thamin

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| fullname = Jacques Thamin

| country_represented = {{FRA}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cairo, Egypt

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| plays = Right-handed

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| singlesrecord = 6–20

| singlestitles = 0

| highestsinglesranking = No. 137 (15 October 1973)

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| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1974)

| FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1968, 1970)

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| doublesrecord = 11–25

| doublestitles = 1

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| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1977)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1968, 1969, 1977, 1979)

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Jacques Thamin (born 23 May 1952) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Biography

Thamin was runner-up in the juniors event at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships, to Australian John Alexander.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107061558 |title=Three-time winner. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=ACT |date=8 July 1968 |accessdate=9 January 2016 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} He also played in the men's singles draw, just days after his 16th birthday.{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis28.com/slams/agerecords_all.html|title=Age Records of All Slam Matches|publisher=tennis28.com|accessdate=9 January 2016}}

During the 1970s he competed professionally on the tennis circuit. He made the quarter-finals of a Grand Prix tournament in Madrid in 1973, withs wins over Steve Faulk, Antonio Muñoz and Wanaro N'Godrella. In the quarter-final he won the first set against Ilie Năstase, before losing in three. He was runner-up at the Stuttgart Open in 1974, before the event was part of the Grand Prix circuit. His only Grand Prix final was in the doubles at Paris in 1977, which he and partner Christophe Roger-Vasselin won, aided by the controversial spaghetti racquets.{{cite book|last=McNamee|first=Paul|title=Game Changer: My Tennis Life|date=20 November 2013|publisher=Text Publishing|isbn=9781922148414|page=48}} He was a regular competitor at the French Open, mostly in doubles, and also appeared twice at the Australian Open.{{cite web|url=http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/players/21741.html|title=Results Archive - Jacques Thamin|publisher=Australian Open - Official Site by IBM|accessdate=9 January 2016}}