Évelyne Terras (25 September 1944 – 24 September 2012) was a French

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player who was active in the 1960s and 1970s.

Career

In 1967, she teamed with

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in the doubles' event of the Australian Championship, losing the final in straight sets to

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and

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. This made her the first female French player to reach the final of an Australian Open event. Her best results in a singles' event at a

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tournament was reaching the third round of the 1967 French Championships, losing to

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. She reached the second round of the singles event at the

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between 1967 and 1970. In February 1968, she was runner-up to

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in the singles event of the French Covered Championships in Paris. Terras was

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captain of the Italian national team in 1974 and 1975.

Personal life

She married Dino Papale and had one daughter. The couple later divorced. She died on 24 September 2012 of

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Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up )

References

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* * * 1944 births French female tennis players 2012 deaths Sportspeople from Toulon Deaths from pancreatic cancer in France 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-tennis-bio-stub