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1931 French Championships – Women's Singles
Cilly Aussem defeated Betty Nuthall 8–6, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1931 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Cilly Aussem is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Cilly Aussem ''(champion)'' # Simonne Mathieu ''(quarterfinals)'' # Helen Jacobs ''(quarterfinals)'' # Lilly De Alvarez ''(semifinals)'' # Elizabeth Ryan ''(quarterfinals)'' # Betty Nuthall ''(finalist)'' # Hilde Krahwinkel ''(semifinals)'' # Joan Ridley ''(third round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:French Championships - Women's Singles,1931 1931 in women's tennis 1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilly Aussem
Cilly Aussem (; 4 January 1909 – 22 March 1963) was a German tennis player. She was the first German, male or female, to win the singles title at Wimbledon, which she did in 1931. She also won the women's single titles at the French Championships and German Championships in 1931. Aussem's coach and mixed doubles partner was Bill Tilden. They won the mixed doubles at the 1930 French Championships. According to A. Wallis Myers of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Aussem was ranked in the world top 10 in 1928, 1930, 1931, and 1934, reaching a career high of world no. 2 in these rankings in 1930 and 1931 behind Helen Wills Moody. Early years Aussem was born in Cologne on 4 January 1909, the daughter of a wealthy salesman Johann Joseph 'Jean' Aussem and Ulrike Franziska 'Helen' Wisbaum. At the age of 14, she returned to Cologne after spending several years in Geneva getting a boarding school education. It was at this time that she started taking tennis lessons at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
