Patrick Proisy (born 10 September 1949) is a French former professional
tennis player best remembered for reaching the final of the French Open in 1972[1][2] (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).[3] 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.
From 1997 to 2003, Proisy was president of
RC Strasbourg football club. In 2016, he received a ten-month suspended prison sentence for irregularities in transfers during his tenure; parts of transfer fees were received by the British branch of owners
IMG instead of the club, who suffered on the pitch and were relegated to
Ligue 2 in 2001. His sentence was reduced to six months on appeal in 2019, and part of the charges were put to a retrial in 2021. He was made to reimburse the club for €440,000.[4]