Tennis Canada - They say a picture's worth a thousand words 📸 This week, Paul reflects back on the 1983 Roland-Garros men's final where French tennis player, Yannick Noah 🇫🇷 became the
![France's Yannick Noah winner of the French Tennis Open against Sweden's Mats Wilander In Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, France on May 23th, 1983. Photo by Henri Szwarc/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy France's Yannick Noah winner of the French Tennis Open against Sweden's Mats Wilander In Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, France on May 23th, 1983. Photo by Henri Szwarc/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2DP438C/frances-yannick-noah-winner-of-the-french-tennis-open-against-swedens-mats-wilander-in-roland-garros-stadium-paris-france-on-may-23th-1983-photo-by-henri-szwarcabacapresscom-2DP438C.jpg)
France's Yannick Noah winner of the French Tennis Open against Sweden's Mats Wilander In Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, France on May 23th, 1983. Photo by Henri Szwarc/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy
![Mats Wilander on Yannick Noah epic at 1983 French Open: 'I lost a final, but I won a friend' - Legends' Voice - Eurosport Mats Wilander on Yannick Noah epic at 1983 French Open: 'I lost a final, but I won a friend' - Legends' Voice - Eurosport](https://imgresizer.eurosport.com/unsafe/1200x0/filters:format(jpeg):focal(1217x454:1219x452)/origin-imgresizer.eurosport.com/2023/05/24/3711169-75513308-2560-1440.jpg)
Mats Wilander on Yannick Noah epic at 1983 French Open: 'I lost a final, but I won a friend' - Legends' Voice - Eurosport
![There was nothing of me except a photo in a hallway" - French former winner Yannick Noah recalls Roland Garros visit There was nothing of me except a photo in a hallway" - French former winner Yannick Noah recalls Roland Garros visit](https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2022/10/7949c-16661052726348-1920.jpg)
There was nothing of me except a photo in a hallway" - French former winner Yannick Noah recalls Roland Garros visit
![Yannick Noah's 1983 triumph: match by match - Roland-Garros - The 2023 Roland-Garros Tournament official site Yannick Noah's 1983 triumph: match by match - Roland-Garros - The 2023 Roland-Garros Tournament official site](https://images.prismic.io/fft-rg-commun-news/52d444c6-8769-4c6f-9ae3-ec5bb6a1419c_Yannick+Noah+19830605_RG_FFT_002473_web.jpg?auto=compress,format&w=1000&h=800)
Yannick Noah's 1983 triumph: match by match - Roland-Garros - The 2023 Roland-Garros Tournament official site
![Yannick Noah's 1983 triumph: match by match - Roland-Garros - The 2023 Roland-Garros Tournament official site Yannick Noah's 1983 triumph: match by match - Roland-Garros - The 2023 Roland-Garros Tournament official site](https://images.prismic.io/fft-rg-commun-news/7c834b01-3f8f-45bd-88cd-6f70c7adc9ce_Yannick+Noah+19830605_RG_FFT_002491_web.jpg?auto=compress,format&w=1000&h=800)