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Roland Journu
Roland Raymond Marie Henri Paul Journu (6 August 1906 – 13 June 1989) was a French tennis player. A native of Bordeaux, Journu was most active in the 1930s and counted the Swiss International Championships amongst his tour titles. He made the singles fourth round at Roland Garros in 1936 and 1937. At the 1937 French Championships he was also a mixed doubles finalist with Marie-Louise Horn, losing to Simonne Mathieu and Yvon Petra Yvon Petra (; 8 March 1916 – 12 September 1984) was a French male tennis player. He was born in Chợ Lớn, Ho Chi Minh City, Cholon, French Indochina. Petra is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon Championships men's s .... Grand Slam finals Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Journu, Roland 1906 births 1989 deaths French male tennis players Tennis players from Bordeaux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called ''"Bordelais"'' (masculine) or ''"Bordelaises"'' (feminine). The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region. The city of Bordeaux proper had a population of 260,958 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , With its 27 suburban municipalities it forms the Bordeaux Metropolis, in charge of metropolitan issues. With a population of 814,049 at the Jan. 2019 census. it is the fifth most populated in France, after Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Lille and ahead of Toulouse. Together with its suburbs and exurbs, except satellite cities of Arcachon and Libourne, the Bordeaux metropolitan area had a population of 1,363,711 that same year (Jan. 2019 census), ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 French Championships – Men's Singles
Gottfried von Cramm defeated Fred Perry 6–0, 2–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–0 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1936 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Gottfried von Cramm is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Fred Perry ''(finalist)'' # Gottfried von Cramm ''(champion)'' # Bunny Austin ''(quarterfinals)'' # Christian Boussus ''(semifinals)'' # Henner Henkel ''(third round)'' # Marcel Bernard ''(semifinals)'' # Bernard Destremau ''(quarterfinals)'' # Kho Sin-Kie ''(fourth round)'' # Kay Lund ''(third round)'' # Frank Herbert David Wilde ''(second round)'' # Dragutin Mitić ''(first round)'' # Charles Edgar Hare ''(fourth round)'' # Adam Baworowski ''(fourth round)'' # Georg Von Metaxa ''(third round)'' # Jacques Brugnon ''(second round)'' # André Martin-Legeay ''(fourth round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 French Championships – Men's Singles
Henner Henkel defeated Bunny Austin 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1937 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Henner Henkel is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Bunny Austin ''(finalist)'' # Bernard Destremau ''(semifinals)'' # Henner Henkel ''(champion)'' # Georg Von Metaxa ''(third round)'' # Giorgio de Stefani ''(third round)'' # Paul Feret ''(fourth round)'' # Josef Caska ''(third round)'' # Charles R. Harris ''(third round)'' # André Merlin ''(fourth round)'' # Kho Sin-Kie ''(third round)'' # Patrick Hughes ''(quarterfinals)'' # Frantisek Cejnar ''(quarterfinals)'' # Vernon Kirby ''(third round)'' # Marcel Bernard ''(third round)'' # Adam Baworowski ''(fourth round)'' # Jozef Hebda ''(third round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Jack Crawford (tennis), Jack Crawford defeated the defending champion Ellsworth Vines in the final, 4-6, 11-9, 6–2, 2-6, 6-4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1933 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Ellsworth Vines ''(finalist)'' Jack Crawford (tennis), Jack Crawford (champion) Henri Cochet ''(semifinals)'' Bunny Austin ''(quarterfinals)'' Cliff Sutter ''(fourth round)'' Fred Perry ''(second round)'' Jiro Sato ''(semifinals)'' Harry Lee (tennis), Harry Lee ''(fourth round)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1933 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles 1933 Wimbledon Championships, Men's Singles Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 French Championships (tennis)
The 1937 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros Stade Roland Garros (; "Roland Garros Stadium") is a complex of tennis courts, including stadiums, located in Paris that hosts the French Open. That tournament, also known as ''Roland Garros'', is a Grand Slam tennis championship played annuall ... in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 18 May until 30 May. It was the 42nd staging of the French Championships (tennis), French Championships and the second Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament of the year. Finals Men's singles Henner Henkel defeated Bunny Austin 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 Women's singles Hilde Sperling defeated Simonne Mathieu 6–2, 6–4 Men's doubles Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel defeated Vernon Kirby / Norman Farquharson 6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 Women's doubles Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke defeated Dorothy Andrus / Sylvie Jung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website since 19 December 1995, and is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with '' Libération'', and ''Le Figaro''. It should not be confused with the monthly publication '' Le Monde diplomatique'', of which ''Le Monde'' has 51% ownership, but which is editorially independent. A Reuters Institute poll in 2021 in France found that "''Le Monde'' is the most trusted national newspaper". ''Le Monde'' was founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry at the request of Charles de Gaulle (as Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic) on 19 December 1944, shortly after the Liberation of Paris, and published continuously since its first edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss International Championships
The Swiss International Championships also called the International Swiss Championships or Championship of Switzerland or simply Swiss Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament established by the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association, and first played at Grasshopper Club, Zurich, Switzerland in 1897. The championships were then held annually and alternated between different venues until 1967. In 1968 the tournament was renamed the Swiss Open International Championships or simply Swiss Open Championships and were then staged permanently at Gstaad. From 1977 the women's tournament was staged at Lausanne and was called the WTA Swiss Open, today that event is branded as the Ladies Open Lausanne. History The first early edition of the Championship of Switzerland, was played at the Grasshopper Club, Zurich, Switzerland under the auspices of the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association, the winner of the men's event was presented with a cup valued at 500 francs. In 1898 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Open
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 Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Louise Horn
Marie-Luise "Marlies" Horn (15 March 1912 – 26 July 1991) was a German tennis player who was active in the 1930s. Personal Horn was born at Wiesbaden on 15 March 1912.Der Tennissport, November 1938 She married businessman Joachim Hinrich (1908–1990) at Wiesbaden, on 15 April 1939. Horn died at her home town on 26 July 1991, aged 79. Career Early years In 1927, she joined the local tennis and hockey club. From 1928 to 1930, Horn took part at the German junior championships where she lost to Edith Sander twice in the finals. Grand Slam tournaments She played at the French Championships from 1931 to 1937. In singles, her best result was in 1936 when she lost to second-seeded Simonne Mathieu in the semifinals. In mixed doubles, she reached the final alongside Roland Journu in 1937 where they were defeated by Mathieu and Yvon Petra. Horn participated at Wimbledon from 1932 to 1937, reaching the quarterfinals in singles in 1936. She was the top player on the German national rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonne Mathieu
Simonne Mathieu ( Passemard; (Spelled "Simone" in many sources.) 31 January 1908 – 7 January 1980) was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine who was active in the 1930s. During World War II, she created and led the Corps of French Volunteers in the Free French Forces. Career Mathieu is best remembered for winning two major singles titles at the French Open, French Championships (in 1938 and 1939), and for reaching the final of that tournament an additional six times, in 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1937. In those finals, she lost three times to Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, twice to Helen Wills Moody, and once to Margaret Scriven. Mathieu won 11 Grand Slam doubles championships: three women's doubles titles at Wimbledon (1933–34, 1937), six women's doubles titles at the French Championships (1933–34, 1936–39), and two mixed-doubles titles at the French Championships (1937–38). She completed the rare triple at the French Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Petra
Yvon Petra (; 8 March 1916 – 12 September 1984) was a French male tennis player. He was born in Chợ Lớn, Ho Chi Minh City, Cholon, French Indochina. Petra is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon Championships men's singles title (in 1946), beating Geoff Brown (tennis), Geoff Brown in five sets in the final. In doubles, he won the French Championships twice, in 1938 with Bernard Destremau, defeating the best pair in the world Don Budge, Budge-Gene Mako, Mako, and in 1946 with Marcel Bernard. In 1938, he won the singles and doubles title at the French Covered Court Championships. He was a prisoner of war in World War II and after his release won three Tournoi de France (tennis), Tournoi de France singles titles from 1943 through 1945. He emigrated to the United States and worked as a tennis pro at the Saddle and Cycle Club in Chicago and a country club in Connecticut towards the end of his life. Petra was ranked world No. 4 for 1946 by A. Wallis Myers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona Daily Star
The ''Arizona Daily Star'' is the major morning daily newspaper that serves Tucson and surrounding districts of southern Arizona in the United States. History L. C. Hughes was the Arizona Territory governor and founder of the ''Arizona Star'', in 1877. The first issue was published on March 29, 1877. The newspaper became the ''Arizona Daily Star'' in June 1879. The paper was purchased by Pulitzer in 1971; Lee Enterprises bought Pulitzer in 2005. Awards In 1981, ''Star'' reporters Clark Hallas and Robert B. Lowe won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting for their stories about recruiting violations by University of Arizona football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... coach, Tony Mason. References External links * * ''Arizona Daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
