Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-time World Hard Court Champion in singles, and ten times in total. Lenglen won six Wimbledon singles titles, including five in a row from 1919 to 1923, and was the champion in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at the first two open French Championships in 1925 and 1926. In doubles, she was undefeated with her usual partner Elizabeth Ryan, highlighted by another six titles at Wimbledon. Lenglen was the first leading amateur to turn professional. She ranked as the greatest women's tennis player from the amateur era in the 100 Greatest of All Time series on the Tennis Channel in 2012.
Henri Jean Cochet was a French tennis player. He was a world No. 1 ranked player, and a member of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Helen Newington Wills, also known by her married names Helen Wills Moody and Helen Wills Roark, was an American tennis player. She won 31 Grand Slam tournament titles during her career, including 19 singles titles.
Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis or Décugis was a French tennis player. He won the French Championships eight times. He also won three Olympic medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics and the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, with a gold medal in the mixed doubles partnering Suzanne Lenglen.
Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher was a Californian born American tennis player. She was active on ILTF World Circuit from 1930 to 1961 where she contested 85 career singles finals and won 48 titles.
Robert Larimore Riggs was an American tennis champion who was the world No. 1 amateur in 1939 and world No. 1 professional in 1946 and 1947. He played his first professional tennis match on December 26, 1941.
Christiane Mercelis was a Belgian tennis player. She was active from 1947 to 1969 and won 47 career singles titles. Mercelis died on 14 June 2024, at the age of 92.
Alice Weiwers was a tennis player from Luxembourg. Weiwers 4 titles at the Tournoi de France, the French Championship tournament held in Vichy France. She won the 1941 and 1942 singles, 1941 doubles, and 1941 mixed doubles titles.
Simone Lafargue was a French tennis player. In 1943 she won the singles title at the Tournoi de France, the competition set up by the Vichy regime in place of the French Championships. She defeated Alice Weiwers in the final.
Kho Sin-Khie was an Indonesian-born tennis player who represented the Republic of China in the Davis Cup. He was from the Peranakan Chinese ethnic group. He was the first Chinese player ever to win a major international tournament. He was a two time winner of the British Hard Court Championships, and the Surrey Grass Court Championships on one occasion. He also won the Swiss International Championships (1939), Italian and Swedish champion as well.
George Lyttleton Rogers was an Irish tennis player, promoter and coach. He won the Irish Championships title three times,. He was the Canadian and Argentine champion as well. He was a three times runner-up for the Monte Carlo Cup. In 1931 he was the eleventh on the French rankings.
Vladimir Maximilianovich Landau was a Russian-born Monegasque tennis player. In 1931 he was the 14th on the French rankings, which included players of all nationality provided that they played in and represented a French sports club.
Count Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten, nicknamed "Ludi", was an Austrian tennis player of the pre-Open Era. He competed in the men's outdoor singles event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinal in which he lost to South African Harold Kitson in straight sets.
Count Adam Baworowski was an Austrian-Polish tennis player.
Anne-Marie Lucienne Seghers was a French tennis player. She reached the singles final at the 1941 French Championships in which she was defeated by Alice Weiwers in straight sets. As the final was played during wartime in occupied France it is not recognized as an official French Championship and is known by the name Tournoi de France. She reached the quarterfinals in 1949 and 1954. Seghers competed in the Wimbledon Championships in 1949 and 1950. In the singles event in 1950 she reached the third round in which she lost to Gussie Moran.
Dorothée Sonia "Lally" Segard, also known as Vicomtesse de Saint Sauveur, was a French amateur golfer.
Mary Hardwick was a British female tennis player who was active during the 1930s and the 1940s.
The Côte d'Azur Championships or Championnats de la Côte d'Azur also called the Championship of the Côte d'Azur was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament held at the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France from 1910 through to 1939. It was one of the main tournaments on the French Riviera tennis circuit.
The French Switzerland Championships or Championnats de Suisse romande was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1905. It was first staged at the Le Montreux Palace Lawn Tennis Club, Le Montreux Palace Hotel, Montreux, Switzerland. The championships ran until 1946.
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