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Le Fauteuil De Tennis the Tennis Wheelchair 24 DANS UN MONDE QUI CHANGE PRÈS DE 2 MILLIONS DE FANS VOUS ATTENDENT POUR PARTAGER VOTRE PASSION DU TENNIS # 3 3 OPEN DE FRANCE INFOS EDITION C M J CM MJ CJ CMJ N Retrouvez toute l'actualité du tennis sur notre page @wearetennisfr et sur notre site PORTRAIT INTERVIEW wearetennis.com JOACHIM LIONEL La banque GÉRARD CHAMOULAUD d’un monde qui change JUIN 2018 restructurer le département communication professionalism are the driving forces. et mettre l’accent sur les réseaux sociaux et les nouveaux outils de communication. Je Thank you to : Nicole, Corinne, Mado, remercie tout particulièrement Pascal Maria, Agathe, Patricia, Cédric, Olivier, Philippe, notre nouveau Juge-Arbitre International Jean-Pierre, Nicolas, Joël, for your hard qui a accepté de nous rejoindre. Il officiait work, your trust and your generosity. The sur tous les grands Chelems du circuit financial difficulties, the constraints of the ainsi que sur la Coupe Davis. Il est pour demanded specifications, which grow each tous les passionnés de tennis une figure year, and debatable political preferences at emblématique du Tennis Français. Et nous the international level, have not hindered our sommes fiers de l’avoir à nos côtés. progress throughout the years. Je tiens à remercier enfin tous les partenaires We have focused our efforts these past two de cet événement, sans eux, ce tournoi years on our communication. I wish to thank n’existerait pas : la ville d’Antony, qui me Sandrine Thirion, our Communications propose un aménagement d’horaire afin Director, who joined us this year and d’organiser cette compétition ; le département is restructuring the communications des Hauts-de-Seine, qui nous accueille sur department with special attention to the use ce site depuis 32 ans ; BNP Paribas, notre of social media and new communication Partenaire Titre qui nous a fait confiance tools. I wish to particularly thank Pascal depuis le début ; le groupe Auchan qui Maria our new international umpire, who nous accompagne depuis 18 ans ; Go Sport, accepted to join us. He was appointed to qui nous a rejoint il y a maintenant 5 ans ; all the Grand Slam games as well as to the Itirémia ; Adrexo ; Axa Sceaux et le dernier Davis Cup. To all tennis fans he is an iconic arrivé, Audi-Aliantis, que je salue et à qui representative of French tennis. We are proud je souhaite la bienvenue et une longue to have him join us. route à nos côtés, et sans oublier tous nos fournisseurs officiels. And last but not least I would like to thank all the partners of this event without whom Didier Allanic Merci à toute l’équipe de bénévoles (une this tournament would not be: the city Directeur du tournoi centaine cette année), qui, à chaque of Antony who organize the planning of Tournament Director édition, se donne à fond et permet que the venue so as to allow us to use it; the cette manifestation se déroule parfaitement department des Hauts de Seine who for the sur toute sa durée. Ces 6 jours vont être à past 32 years host the event; BNP Paribas, nouveau un moment phare pour le Tennis our prime Partner, who has trusted us since Fauteuil, avec la présence d’un plateau day one, the Auchan group who for the past intéressant. Je regrette néanmoins l’absence 18 years has supported us; Go Sport who de quelques têtes de série qui participent à joined us 5 years ago; Itirémia Adrexo; AXA un tournoi exhibition en Grande-Bretagne. Je in Sceaux and the latest newcomer, Audi- peux vous assurer de ma détermination de Aliantis that I hereby greet and welcome continuer à faire de ce tournoi une vitrine de and hope for a long term partnership with, notre sport jusqu’aux jeux de Paris 2024. not forgetting of course all our official suppliers. Je suis heureux de pouvoir vous présenter la Bons matchs, bon tournoi et que les meilleurs 33ème édition du BNP Paribas Open de France gagnent ! Thank you to the team of volunteers (over de Tennis Fauteuil. Ce rendez-vous, devenu a hundred this year), who each year give incontournable, s’inscrit dans le circuit Et, à quelques jours du BAC philo, sur lequel their utmost and help turn the tournament UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour et fait partie vont plancher certains de nos anciens into a success. des 6 meilleurs tournois au monde. ramasseurs et juges de lignes, ces quelques mots qui m’ont permis d’avancer et de tenir These 6 days will again be a highlight of Je tiens à remercier l’équipe qui travaille à mes engagements. Wheelchair tennis, with the presence of mes côtés toute l’année pour vous présenter some great names. I nevertheless regret une compétition dont la convivialité, l’amitié, « Aider des Sportifs Tennis Fauteuil à aller the absence of some top athletes in the la passion et le professionnalisme sont les au bout de leur rêve, ne changera pas le series, who will be playing in an exhibition moteurs. cours du Monde, mais le cours du Monde tournament in Great Britain at the same time. peut changer pour ces Athlètes s’ils vont au Merci à vous : Nicole, Corinne, Mado, Agathe, bout de leur rêve ». I can assure you that I am committed to Patricia, Cédric, Olivier, Philippe, Jean-Pierre, keeping this tournament a showcase of our Nicolas, Joël, Etienne pour votre travail, votre sport until the Paris Olympics in 2024. confiance et votre générosité. It gives me great pleasure to introduce the A few days away from the end of year Les difficultés financières, les contraintes 33rd edition of the BNP Paribas Open de philosophy exams in schools, that a few du cahier des charges, chaque année plus France wheelchair tennis tournament. of our old ball boys and linesmen will be lourdes, des choix politiques contestables au taking, these few words that have helped niveau International, ne nous empêchent pas This unmissable rendezvous is part of the me move forward in life and stick to my de progresser comme nous l’avons toujours UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour circuit and commitments. fait pendant toutes ces années. Nos efforts se is one of the world’s top 6 tournaments. concentrent depuis maintenant 2 ans sur la ‘To help wheelchair tennis athletes follow communication. Je remercie Sandrine Thirion I wish to thank the team who throughout their dream will not change the world, but notre nouvelle Directrice de la Communication the year work with me to prepare an event the world could change for those athletes if qui nous a rejoint sur cette édition pour where togetherness, friendship, passion and they do achieve their dream’. 3 LES CHIFFRES DU TOURNOI STATISTICS FROM THE TOURNAMENT 8 PROGRAMME / PROGRAMME 13 PORTRAIT / PORTRAIT Joachim Gérard 18 INTERVIEW / INTERVIEW Lionel Chamoulaud 22 REPORTAGE / REPORT Le fauteuil de tennis The tennis wheelchair 24 PLAN / MAP 28 ENTRETIEN / INTERVIEW Pierre Fusade 32 Pascal Maria 40 Directrice de la communication Sandrine Thirion - coup2coeur.net Journaliste Séverine Charon Traductrice Rose-Noëlle Pritchard - [email protected] Direction Artistique/illustrations/Maquette Thierry Fougerol - thierryfougerol.fr Photographe Grégory Picout Adresse 148 bis, avenue du Général de Gaulle 92160 Antony Impression Ateliers Modernes d’Impressions www.ami-impressions.com 5 Guislaine Westelynck Présidente de la Fédération Française Handisport President of the French Handisport Federation Bernard Giudicelli Président de la Fédération Française de Tennis President of the French Tennis Federation Agir et gagner Act and win Over a 100 of the world’s top players will again gather in the Parc de Sceaux in Antony, from the 19th to the 24th of June, Je vous souhaite la bienvenue sur ces magnifiques I would like to welcome you to this splendid venue at the for the 2018 BNP Paribas Open de France wheelchair tennis installations départementales du stade de la Grenouillère Grenouillère stadium in Antony, pioneer town of wheelchair tournament. à Antony, ville pionnière du tennis-fauteuil en France. tennis in France. With the new FFT leadership team, and The tournament, which we launched, is now amongst the Après 15 mois d’un travail acharné de la nouvelle équipe, after 15 months of hardwork, the paratennis governance is most prestigious of the world’s Super Series tennis events. I élus et salariés de la FFT, nous avons mis en place les operational to set up an important wheelchair tennis deve- ne nouvelle fois, ils seront plus de 100 parmi les plus talentueux am convinced that it will again be considered a success by the bases de notre projet sportif “Agir et Gagner”, qui fait du lopment programme. joueurs internationaux à se retrouver, du 19 au 24 juin prochain expected 4000 spectators, as much through the quality of the développement de la pratique dans les clubs une priorité. La Uau Parc de Sceaux à Antony, à l’occasion de l’édition 2018 du games as through the quality of its now famous organization. gouvernance du Paratennis est également opérationnelle, We are thinking about the future of the BNP Paribas Open BNP Paribas Open de France de Tennis Fauteuil. Our thanks go to all of our partners who allowed for the avec des responsables Compétition et DTN désignés au sein de France. In perspective of Paralympics 2024 in Roland Ce tournoi que nous avons initié est désormais pleinement preparation of the event under the best possible conditions, de la FFT. Élément clé du développement du Paratennis dans Garros, it will be great to play this french Super Series on inscrit parmi les plus prestigieux sur le circuit mondial Super first of all the local communities, the private partners, loyal to nos ligues, nous venons de créer une Commission Fédérale clay, to be part of an excellence clay circuit in France teamed Série de la discipline.
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