A. Germaine Golding (; ''née'' Regnier; 6 June 1887 – 14 August 1973) was a French

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player.

Career

Golding reached the final of the 1914

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which she lost to 15-year-old

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. After

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, she was finalist at the French national championships three times in a row from 1921, but lost to Lenglen each time. Her greatest triumph were her three titles in singles, doubles and mixed at the 1922 World Covered Court Championship at St. Moritz. At the

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, she lost in the semifinals against

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as well as the following match for bronze against

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. After the French championships were opened for international players in 1925, Golding had problems to compete. She played at Paris for the last time in 1933 where she lost to Sylvie Jung Henrotin in the second round.

World Championships finals

Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Golding, Germaine 1887 births 1973 deaths French Championships (tennis) champions French female tennis players Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of France