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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] |
The Atlantic
''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, as ''The Atlantic Monthly'', a literary and cultural magazine that published leading writers' commentary on education, the abolition of slavery, and other major political issues of that time. Its founders included Francis H. Underwood and prominent writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Greenleaf Whittier. James Russell Lowell was its first editor. In addition, ''The Atlantic Monthly Almanac'' was an annual almanac published for ''Atlantic Monthly'' readers during the 19th and 20th centuries. A change of name was not officially announced when the format first changed from a strict monthly (appearing 12 times a year) to a slightly lower frequency. It was a mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Wimbledon Championships
The 1937 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 21 June until Saturday 3 July 1937. It was the 57th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1937. Don Budge and Dorothy Round won the singles title. This was the first Wimbledon tournament during the reign of King George VI. Television This edition marked the first time that the Wimbledon Championships were televised by the BBC. Only matches taking place on Centre Court were transmitted by the BBC for half an hour each day. Two cameras were used, one for a close up view of the match and one for a general view, and the match between Bunny Austin and George Lyttleton-Rogers was the first one to be broadcast. Finals Men's singles Don Budge defeated Gottfried von Cramm, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 Women's singles Dorothy Round defeated Jadwiga Jędrz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Pancho Segura
Francisco Olegario Segura (June 20, 1921 – November 18, 2017), better known as Pancho "Segoo" Segura, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, but moved to the United States in the late 1930s. Throughout his amateur career he was listed by the USTA as a "foreign" player resident in the U.S. As a professional player, he was referred to as the "Ecuadorian champ who now lives in New York City". After acquiring U.S. citizenship in 1991 at the age of seventy, Segura was a citizen of both countries, although he never represented the U.S. in tennis competition. He is the only player to have won the Cleveland/Forest Hills US Pro and International Pro titles on three different surfaces (which he did consecutively from 1950–1952). He won the inaugural professional Tournament of Champions at Sydney in 1957. He won the L. A. Masters tournament in 1958. In 1950, 1951, and 1952, as a profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Morea
Enrique Jorge Morea (11 April 1924 – 15 March 2017) was an Argentine tennis player. Morea reached the singles semifinals of the French Championships in 1953, beating Mervyn Rose and Gardnar Mulloy and then losing to Ken Rosewall. At the French in 1954, he beat Jozsef Asboth and Mulloy, then lost to Art Larsen in the semifinals. Morea won the mixed-doubles title of the 1950 French Championships. He also won two gold medals at the inaugural men's tennis competition at the 1951 Pan American Games. Lance Tingay Lance Tingay (15 July 1915 – 10 March 1990) was a British sports journalist, historian, and author of several tennis books. For many years his annual ranking of top tennis players was "the only one that counted" before ATP rankings were introduc ... of ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked Morea as world No. 10 in 1953 and 1954. As of 2014, Morea was the honorary president of the Asociación Argentina de Tenis (AAT). Grand Slam finals Mixed doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 French Championships (tennis)
The 1946 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 in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 18 July until 28 July. It was the 50th staging of the French Championships and the first one held after a six-year hiatus due to World War II. In 1946 and 1947 the French Championships were held after Wimbledon and were thus the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Marcel Bernard and Margaret Osborne won the singles titles. Finals Men's singles Marcel Bernard defeated Jaroslav Drobný 3–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 Women's singles Margaret Osborne defeated Pauline Betz 1–6, 8–6, 7–5 Men's doubles Marcel Bernard / Yvon Petra defeated Enrique Morea / Pancho Segura 7–5, 6–3, 0–6, 1–6, 10–8 Women's doubles Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne defeated Pauline Betz / Doris Hart 6–4, 0–6, 6–1 Mixed doubles Pauline Betz / Budge Patty defeate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 French Championships (tennis)
The 1938 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 in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 2 June until 11 June. It was the 43rd staging of the French Championships and the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. Finals Men's singles Don Budge defeated Roderich Menzel 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 Women's singles Simonne Mathieu defeated Nelly Adamson 6–0, 6–3 Men's doubles Bernard Destremau / Yvon Petra defeated Don Budge / Gene Mako 3–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–1 Women's doubles Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke defeated Arlette Halff / Nelly Landry 6–3, 6–3 Mixed doubles Simonne Mathieu / Dragutin Mitić defeated Nancye Wynne Bolton / Christian Boussus 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 References External links French Open official website {{1938 in tennis French Championships French Championships (tennis) by year French Championships French Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Wimbledon Championships
The 1946 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1946. It was the 60th staging of the Wimbledon Championships and the first one held after a six-year break due to World War II. In 1946 and 1947 Wimbledon was held before the French Championships and was thus the second Grand Slam tennis event of the year. The Wimbledon Championships would take place every year until 2019, a span of 74 consecutive years before the event would be cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Finals Men's singles Yvon Petra defeated Geoff Brown, 6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4 Women's singles Pauline Betz defeated Louise Brough, 6–2, 6–4 Men's doubles Tom Brown / Jack Kramer defeated Geoff Brown / Dinny Pails, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 Women's doubles Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne defeated Pauline B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
