– died January 9, 1931, Paris

Paris

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, France

France

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) was a tennis player competing for France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, and a writer, known under the pseudonym of Claude Anet. He reached two singles finals at the Amateur French Championships, winning in 1892 over British player Fassitt

Fassitt

Fassitt was a British tennis player residing in France who finished runner-up to Jean Schopfer in the singles event of the Amateur French Championships in 1892.-Singles: 1 :-References:...

, and losing in 1893 to Laurent Riboulet

Laurent Riboulet

Laurent Riboulet was a tennis player competing for France. He reached two singles finals at the Amateur French Championships, winning in 1893 over defending champion Jean Schopfer, and losing in 1895 to 1894 winner André Vacherot.-Singles: 2 :-References:...

.

Educated at the Sorbonne

Sorbonne

The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...

 and the École du Louvre

École du Louvre

The École du Louvre is an institution of higher education and French Grande École located in the Aile de Flore of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France, and is dedicated to the study of archaeology, art history, anthropology and epigraphy....

, Schopfer started writing in 1899. Under the name of Claude Anet, Schopfer published many books, among which La Révolution Russe, written after a trip to Russia

Russia

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 during World War I

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, Mayerling, based on the Mayerling Incident

Mayerling Incident

The Mayerling Incident refers to the series of events leading to the apparent murder-suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera. Rudolf was the only son of Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria and Empress Elisabeth, and heir to the throne of the combined...

, or Simon Kra, a biography of tennis player Suzanne Lenglen

Suzanne Lenglen

Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926...

.

His 1920 novel Ariane, jeune fille russe

Ariane, jeune fille russe (novel)

Ariane, jeune fille russe is a 1920 novel by the French writer Claude Anet. It follows a young Russian woman who encounters Don Juan and falls in love with him.-Adaptations:...

has been adapted into a number of films including Ariane

Ariane (film)

Ariane is a 1931 German drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Elisabeth Bergner, Rudolf Forster and Annemarie Steinsieck. It is an adaptation of the 1920 French novel Ariane, jeune fille russe by Claude Anet. Two alternative language versions The Loves of Ariane and Ariane, jeune fille...

and Love in the Afternoon

Love in the Afternoon (1957 film)

Love in the Afternoon is a 1957 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the Claude Anet novel Ariane, jeune fille russe , which previously was filmed as Scampolo in 1928 and Scampolo, ein Kind der Strasse in...

.

Singles: 2 (1-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1892	French Championships	Grass	Fassitt Fassitt Fassitt was a British tennis player residing in France who finished runner-up to Jean Schopfer in the singles event of the Amateur French Championships in 1892.-Singles: 1 :-References:...	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	1893	French Championships	Grass	Laurent Riboulet Laurent Riboulet Laurent Riboulet was a tennis player competing for France. He reached two singles finals at the Amateur French Championships, winning in 1893 over defending champion Jean Schopfer, and losing in 1895 to 1894 winner André Vacherot.-Singles: 2 :-References:...	6–3, 6–3

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