Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wearing Rolex
Rolex Milgauss Steel Green Crystal Reference 116400GV – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga — watch collection
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
tennis player
VIP n° 1118 for number of watches
Tennis player n° 24 for number of watches
Number of brands: 1
Number of watches: 1
Preferred brand: Rolex (1 watches)
Estimated collection value: 5,500 $
Tennis player n° 24 for number of watches
Number of brands: 1
Number of watches: 1
Preferred brand: Rolex (1 watches)
Estimated collection value: 5,500 $
About Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s watch collection
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is one of the most celebrated French tennis players of his generation. Born in Le Mans in 1985, Tsonga turned professional in 2004 and quickly established himself as a force on the ATP Tour, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5. Over the course of his career he claimed 18 ATP singles titles and reached the final of the 2008 Australian Open, where his explosive athleticism and crowd-pleasing style announced him as one of the sport's most compelling competitors. A four-time Wimbledon quarter-finalist and a consistent Davis Cup contributor for France, Tsonga retired from professional tennis in May 2022 after a farewell match at Roland Garros, leaving behind a legacy built on powerful serving, acrobatic volleying, and a genuine warmth toward fans.
The Jo-Wilfried Tsonga watch collection, as documented through public sightings, points toward considered taste rather than volume accumulation. The one confirmed piece in our database is a Rolex Milgauss reference 116400GV — a model that sits in a specific and somewhat understated corner of the Rolex catalogue. The 116400GV is identifiable by its green sapphire crystal, which gives the dial a subtle tint, and its orange lightning-bolt seconds hand, a callback to the original 1956 design developed in collaboration with CERN's Geneva laboratory. Rolex reintroduced this reference in 2007 after decades of dormancy, positioning it as a watch built to resist magnetic fields up to 1,000 gauss.
Choosing a Milgauss over the more ubiquitous Submariner or Daytona says something concrete about Tsonga's approach. It is a Rolex that requires a degree of deliberate seeking out — less visible on the resale market, less frequently photographed on celebrity wrists, and carrying a technical history rooted in scientific research rather than sport or luxury signaling. For a tennis player who always seemed more interested in playing his own game than following convention, the Milgauss is a fitting choice.
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