17th of April, 1985 may seem just a normal day to most of the world but it was the day when a future tennis great was born. Le Mans, is the birth place of the Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Petsonga. Tsonga is actually of mixed decent with a Congolese father (Didier) and a French mother (Evelyne) . Jo’s father actually moved to France during the 1970’s to fulfil his own dreams of becoming a handball great where he eventually met Evelyne and they married.Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has a younger brother (Enzo) who much like Jo has been inspired to play sports and is part of the French basketball program (junior), he also has a elder sister (Sasha) who is less involved with sporting ventures. Coming from a less prestigious background that most him and Gael Monfil’s developed a good friendship from a young age where they enjoyed mimicking all the tennis greats of the past.As a junior Tsonga’s talent was undisputable, reaching a junior high ranking of number 2 and claiming the US Open title. Tsonga reached 3 other semi-finals of junior grand slam events. Marcus Baghdatis was a huge rival of Jo’s in the junior stage. It was clear by now that Jo-Wilfried was ready for the big stage and in 2004 decided to turn professional.
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Jo Wilfried Tsonga
Jo Wilfried Tsonga
Jo Wilfried Tsonga
Jo Wilfried Tsonga
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