Roland Raymond Marie Henri Paul Journu (6 August 1906 – 13 June 1989) was a French tennis player. A native of

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 prefectur ...

, Journu was most active in the 1930s and counted the

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 ...

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 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 (190 ...

, losing to

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 creat ...

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)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Journu, Roland 1906 births 1989 deaths French male tennis players Tennis players from Bordeaux