Charles Delahaye (tennis)

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Charles Delahaye, also known as "Biboche," (born July 24, 1825 and died 1906 [1] ) was a jeu de paume player in 19th-century France.

Background

Henri Delahaye, Biboche's father, kept a court in Amiens and previously had a court in Geneva. [2] With his father's tuition, Biboche's game soon improved and by the age of 15 he was attached to the court in the Passage Sandrié. [3] Here, he played with J. Edmond Barre and the amateur, M. Mosneron, and soon came second in prowess only to Barre himself. [1] His prime was in 1850-60. [4] He was known as the best living teacher of the gamę, and as the able and courteous manager of the French courts. [5] In 1848 he defeated Peter Tompkins at Hampton Court and in 1851 twice defeated his son, Edmund, at Oxford and James Street. [2]

Biboche eventually became maître paumier (palm master) of the "Passage Sandrié, and on its demolition in 1861 took over the Tuileries Gardens court, retiring thirty-four years later in 1896." [1] Similar to other great professionals, he was fond of bizarre handicaps and once played a "match wearing the full dress uniform of the National Guard, wielding his racket in his right hand and a musket with fixed bayonet in his left." [6]

In 1861, Napoleon III tasked Delahaye with overseeing the construction of the Jeu De Paume. Delahaye commissioned Hector-Martin Lefuel to design the building and it opened on January 15th, 1862. Fifteen years later, Delahaye commissioned Virant to design a second court on the East side of the building. Unfortunately, Delahaye's court fell into disuse by the early twentieth century and became an exhibition space in 1909.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "CHARLES DELAHAYE, "BIBOCHE"". Christies.com. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Real Tennis Print, Charles Delahaye". sportantiques.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Antique Real Tennis Print, Charles Delahaye, Biboche". 1stDibs.com. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  4. ↑ Baillie Noel, Evan; Oscar Max Clark, James (1924). A History of Tennis. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 505. ISBN   9780598526472.
  5. ↑ Marshall, Julian (1890). Tennis, rackets, fives. Bronisława Czecha (Kraków): Akademia. p. 14.
  6. ↑ Seddon, Peter (2016). Tennis's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over five centuries of tennis. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN   9781910232958.
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