Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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| Country |  France |
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| Residence | Le Mans, France | |
| Date of birth | April 17, 1985 | |
| Place of birth | Le Mans, France | |
| Height | 188 cm[1] (6 ft 2 in) | |
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) | |
| Turned Pro | 2004 | |
| Plays | Right | |
| Career Prize Money | $143,708 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 2-3 | |
| Career titles: | 0 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 133 (May 23, 2005) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | 1st (2007) | |
| French Open | 1st (2005) | |
| Wimbledon | ||
| U.S. Open | ||
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 0-2 | |
| Career titles: | 0 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 558 (April 26, 2004) | |
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Infobox last updated on: February 10, 2007. |
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (born April 17, 1985) is a professional tennis player from France. In only his second Grand Slam senior match, He received a wildcard into the 2007 Australian Open, where he met up with sixth seed Andy Roddick. Tsonga's singles rank was number 212 and he — in the longest tiebreaker in not only Roddick's history, but all of Australian Open History — defeated Roddick in the first set (20-18), and went on to a tiebreaker in the second, losing 2-7. Tsonga went on to lose the match 6-7 (18), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-3. He, at the time, was just 21 years of age. Roddick went on to play Frenchman Marc Gicquel in the next round.
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