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Maud Galtier
Maud Galtier (21 April 1913 — 7 April 2014) was a French tennis player. Biography Galtier, a native of Toulon, began competing in the 1940s and was originally known by her maiden name Maud Mottez. She won France's national singles championship title in 1954 and was a two-time winner of the French Covered Court Championships. Partnering Suzanne Schmitt, she made the women's doubles final of the 1954 French Championships, which they lost in three sets to Maureen Connolly and Nell Hall Hopman. Her vision was limited during the match as she had sat on her glasses on a changeover. Galtier, who used an underarm serve, continued to play at the French Championships The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ... into the 1960s after she had become a grandmother. She lived to 100. Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 French Championships – Women's Singles
First-seeded Maureen Connolly defeated Ginette Bucaille 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1954 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Maureen Connolly is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Maureen Connolly ''(champion)'' # Nelly Adamson ''(semifinals)'' # Helen Fletcher ''(first round)'' # Silvana Lazzarino ''(semifinals)'' # Anne-Marie Seghers ''(quarterfinals)'' # Baba Mercedes Lewis ''(third round)'' # Yola Ramírez ''(third round)'' # Toto Zehden ''(third round)'' # n/a # Dorothy Levine ''(quarterfinals)'' # Ginette Bucaille ''(finalist)'' # Jacqueline Kermina ''(third round)'' # A. Baxter ''(first round)'' # Pilar Barril ''(second round)'' # Shirley Bloomer ''(third round)'' # Nicla Migliori ''(second round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Schmitt
Suzanne Josette Marguerite Schmitt (18 October 1928 — 27 October 2019) was a French tennis player. Schmitt, a relation of tennis player Nanette le Besnerais, was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s. She made the women's doubles final of the 1954 French Championships, where she and Maud Galtier lost in three sets to Maureen Connolly and Nell Hall Hopman. In 1955 she was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * .... She began competing under her husband's name in the mid-1950s after marrying French engineer Denys Le Besnerais. Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmitt, Suzanne 1928 births 2019 deaths French female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Female Tennis Players
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2014 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Figaro
''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of record, along with ''Le Monde'' and ''Libération''. It was named after Figaro, a character in a play by polymath Beaumarchais (1732–1799); one of his lines became the paper's motto: "''Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n'est point d'éloge flatteur''" ("Without the freedom to criticise, there is no flattering praise"). With a centre-right editorial line, it is the largest national newspaper in France, ahead of ''Le Parisien'' and ''Le Monde''. In 2019, the paper had an average circulation of 321,116 copies per issue. The paper is published in Berliner format. Since 2012 its editor (''directeur de la rédaction'') has been Alexis Brézet. The newspaper has been owned by Dassault Group since 2004. Other Groupe Figaro publications include ''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry Evening Telegraph
The ''Coventry Telegraph'' is a local English tabloid newspaper. It was founded as ''The Midland Daily Telegraph'' in 1891 by William Isaac Iliffe, and was Coventry's first daily newspaper. Sold for half a penny, it was a four-page broadsheet newspaper. It changed its name to the ''Coventry Evening Telegraph'' on 17 November 1941. On 2 October 2006, the ''Telegraph'' simply became the ''Coventry Telegraph'', reflecting its switch to a morning publication. The newspaper became a part of the then Mirror Group (prior to its merger with Trinity to become Trinity Mirror), in 1997. In April 2022, the publication had a paid daily circulation of just over 6,183 copies. Trinity Mirror is now known as Reach plc. Historical copies of the ''Coventry Telegraph'', dating back to 1914, are available to search and view in digitised form at the British Newspaper Archive. History The only day the newspaper was unable to publish was 15 November 1940, owing to the blitz raid on the city. From 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Championships (tennis)
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros. The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this surface. It is chronologically the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments, occurring after the Australian Open and before Wimbledon and the US Open. Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on grass. Between the seven rounds needed for a championship, the clay surface characteristics (slower pace, higher bounce), and the best-of-five-set men's singles matches, the French Open is widely regarded as the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. History Officially named in French ''les Internationaux de Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nell Hall Hopman
Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman, CBE (née Hall; 9 March 1909 – 10 January 1968) was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s. She was the first wife of Harry Hopman, the coach and captain of 22 Australian Davis Cup teams. Early life Hopman was born on 9 March 1909 at Coogee, Sydney and was the only daughter and second of three children of Charles Ernest Hall, clerk, and Mabel Gertrude, née Tipper. She was educated at Claremont College, Randwick and as a student she excelled at tennis and music. She obtaining her licentiate and teaching diploma at the Royal College of Music, London, and received a scholarship in 1928 but instead elected to pursue a tennis career. Career Hopman teamed with her husband to win four mixed-doubles titles at the Australian Championships (1930, 1936, 1937, and 1939). They were mixed-doubles finalists at Wimbledon in 1935, losing to Fred Perry and Dorothy Round Little in three sets. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Connolly
Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker (née Connolly; September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first woman to win a Grand Slam (all four major tournaments during the same calendar year). She is also the only player in history to win a title without losing a set at all four major championships. The following year, in July 1954, a horseback riding accident seriously injured her right leg and ended her competitive tennis career at age 19. She died of ovarian cancer at the age of 34. Early years Maureen was born in San Diego, California on September 17, 1934, the first child of Martin and Jessamine Connolly. Her parents divorced when she was three years old and she was raised by her mother and an aunt. She loved horseback riding as a child, but her mother was unable to pay the cost of riding lessons. So, she took up the game of tennis. Connolly's tennis c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Covered Court Championships
The French Covered Court Championships its original name also known as the French Covered Court Open Championships and the French Indoors was a tennis event held from 1895 through 1971 in Paris, France and Lyon, France. History The French Covered Court Championships was played at the Tennis Club de Paris the original location was Rue de Civry in the 16th arrondissement of Paris shortly before the beginning of the 1st World War it changed location to Port de Saint Cloud until shortly after the 2nd World War when it moved again to its current location at 91 Boulevard Exelmans, Neuilly-Auteuil-Passy, Paris, France. The club still exists today, it originally had four very fast Indoor (Oak Parquet Wood) courts and five Outdoor Clay courts. The tournament was one of earliest events open to international players for the indoor event the staging of the tournament tended to fluctuate between February, April and November annually the men's competition ceased in 1969 but the women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 French Championships – Women's Singles
Sixth-seeded Ann Haydon defeated Yola Ramírez 6–2, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1961 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Ann Haydon is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Darlene Hard ''(fourth round)'' # Maria Bueno ''(quarterfinals)'' # Margaret Smith ''(quarterfinals)'' # Christine Truman ''(quarterfinals)'' # Yola Ramírez ''(finalist)'' # Ann Haydon ''(champion)'' # Sandra Reynolds ''(fourth round)'' # Florence De La Courtie ''(third round)'' # Jan Lehane ''(fourth round)'' # Zsuzsi Körmöczy ''(semifinals)'' # Renée Schuurman ''(fourth round)'' # Mary Reitano ''(fourth round)'' # Vera Suková ''(fourth round)'' # Deidre Catt ''(third round)'' # Lesley Turner ''(fourth round)'' # Edda Buding ''(semifinals)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
