Gil de Kermadec (1922 — 27 May 2011) was a French

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Active on tour in the 1940s and 1950s, de Kermadec was the son of painter

Eugène de Kermadec Eugène de Kermadec (1899 Paris – 1976) was a French painter. Biography Eugène de Kermadec studied at the École des Arts Decoratifs in 1915 and later at the École des Beaux Arts. During this time Paris was the center of the avant-ga ...

. He made the singles third round of the 1951 French Championships and featured in multiple editions of the

Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...

. In the early 1960s he was appointed National Technical Director for the

French Tennis Federation The French Tennis Federation (french: Fédération française de tennis, FFT) is the governing body for tennis in France. It was founded in 1920, and is tasked with the organisation, co-ordination and promotion of the sport. It is recognised by the ...

. Footage that he captured on the courts of Roland Garros for a series of instructional videos later featured in the 2018 documentary ''John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:de Kermadec, Gil 1922 births 2011 deaths French male tennis players 20th-century French people