Nelly Landry

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Nelly Landry
Full nameNelly Adelaïde Jeanne Sylvie Adamson Landry
Country (sports)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (until 1936)
Flag of France.svg  France (1937 onwards)
Born(1916-12-27)27 December 1916
Orsett, United Kingdom
Died22 February 2010(2010-02-22) (aged 93)
Paris, France
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 7 (1946)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open W (1948)
Wimbledon QF (1948)
US Open 3R (1948)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open F (1938)
Wimbledon QF (1948)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open SF (1954)

Nelly Adamson Landry (28 December 1916 – 22 February 2010) was a tennis player from Belgium who became a French citizen after marriage. [1] She was the 1948 women's singles champion at the French Championships where she was seeded third, beating Shirley Fry in a three-set final. She had been a finalist in 1938, losing to Simonne Mathieu, and reached again the final in 1949, losing to Margaret Osborne duPont.

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In 1936 and from 1946 until 1948 she won the singles title at the French Covered Court Championships in Paris. [2] She won the singles title at the International Championships of Egypt, played in Alexandria, in 1948 and 1949. In the latter year she also won the Championships of Egypt at the Gezira Sporting Club in Cairo, defeating Annalisa Bossi in the final. [3] In 1948 Landry won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the Scandinavian Covered Court Championships. [4]

She was the No. 1 ranked Belgian player in 1933. [4] According to John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Landry was ranked in the world top 10 in 1946 and 1948 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of world No. 7 in these rankings in 1946. [5] In 1945, 1947, 1948 and 1950 she was ranked No. 1 in France. [6] [4]

Nelly Adamson married Pierre Henri Landry on 8 February 1937 in Bruges [7] and subsequently Marcel Renault, both former French tennis players.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 1938 French Championships Clay Flag of France.svg Simonne Mathieu 0–6, 3–6
Win 1948 French Championships Clay Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Shirley Fry 6–2, 0–6, 6–0
Loss 1949 French ChampionshipsClay Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Margaret Osborne duPont 5–7, 2–6

Doubles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1938 French Championships Clay Flag of France.svg Arlette Halff Flag of France.svg Simonne Mathieu
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Billie Yorke 		3–6, 3–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament193319341935193619371938193919401941 - 1944194519461194711948194919501951195219531954Career SR
Australian Championships AAAAAAAANHNHAAAAAAAAA0 / 0
French Championships A 2R 3R QF A F ANHRA QF A W F AAA QF SF 1 / 9
Wimbledon 1R 2R 1R 4R AAANHNHNHAA QF 3R AA 4R 4R 2R 0 / 9
U.S. Championships AAAAAAAAAAAA 3R AAA 1R AA0 / 2
SR0 / 10 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 00 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 01 / 30 / 20 / 00 / 00 / 20 / 20 / 21 / 20

R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

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References

  1. ↑ IC Council: Décès de Nelly ADAMSON online Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Tennis". Journal du Genève (in French). 5 March 1946. p. 5. Dames : Mlle Landry (France) bat Mlle Inglebert 6-3, 6-3.
  3. ↑ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1950). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1950. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 272.
  4. 1 2 3 G.P. Hughes, ed. (1951). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1951. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 283.
  5. ↑ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 702. ISBN   978-0-942257-41-0.
  6. ↑ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1949). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1949. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 271.
  7. ↑ "Archiefbankbrugge > Akten burgerlijke stand > 1_Brugge > Huwelijken > 1937 > Akte 54". Archiefbank Brugge (in Dutch).
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