Patrick Proisy

{{short description|French tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Patrick Proisy

| fullname =

| image = File:Internationale tennistoernooi Melkhuisje finale Patrick Proisy in actie, Bestanddeelnr 929-2710.jpg

| country = {{flagu|France}}

| residence = Paris, France

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|9|10}}

| birth_place = Évreux, France

| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| turnedpro = 1968

| retired = 1981

| plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

| careerprizemoney =

| singlesrecord = 200–176 (Open era)

| singlestitles = 2

| highestsinglesranking = No. 16 (23 October 1972)

| AustralianOpenresult = SF (1973)

| FrenchOpenresult = F (1972)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1971, 1972, 1974)

| USOpenresult = 2R (1972, 1977)

| doublesrecord = 72–120 (Open era)

| doublestitles = 0

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{{MedalSport|Men's Tennis}}

{{MedalCompetition | Summer Universiade}}

{{MedalGold|1970 Turin|Singles}}

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Patrick Proisy ({{IPA|fr|patʁik pʁwazi|lang}}; born 10 September 1949) is a French former professional tennis player best remembered for reaching the final of the French Open in 1972{{cite book|last=Djata|first=Sundiata A.|title=Blacks at the net: Black achievement in the history of tennis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5dHCPTSl7-sC&pg=PA5|access-date=16 March 2011|date=March 2008|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-0898-1|pages=5–}}{{cite book|last1=Collins|first1=Bud|last2=Hollander|first2=Zander|title=Bud Collins' modern encyclopedia of tennis|url=https://archive.org/details/budcollinsmodern00coll|url-access=registration|access-date=16 March 2011|year=1994|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-8103-8988-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/budcollinsmodern00coll/page/424 424]}} (where he beat top seed and defending champion Jan Kodeš in the quarter-finals and fourth seed Manuel Orantes in the semi-finals before losing the final against sixth seeded Spaniard Andrés Gimeno in four sets).{{cite web|title=French Open 1972|url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/FRENCH%20OPEN%201972.htm|website=tennis.co.nf}} He added to that one more final (in Florence, 1976) and singles titles in Hilversum, 1977 and Perth, 1972. Proisy reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 16 in October 1972.