July 2006 Obituary - Robert 'Bob' Abdesselam With great regret we communicate the passing away of Robert 'Bob' Abdesselam who died on 26 July 2006 in Paris after a lengthy time in poor health. After a long and distinguished International playing career including representing France in the Davis Cup Bob became the President of the French IC in 1993. He was a wonderful and popular personality known throughout the tennis world and his passing away will be a great loss to French and International tennis.