Hélène Alexander Contostavlos-Nicolopoulo (6 August 1903 – 3 February 1963) was a French-born Greek

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. She was a semifinalist at the 1925 French Championships, where she lost to the eventual champion,

Suzanne Lenglen Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (; 24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-time World ...

. She also made the quarterfinals at

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twice in

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and

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. Contostavlos played in one major final in doubles at the 1923 World Hard Court Championships, finishing runner-up to Lenglen and

Julie Vlasto Pénélope Julie "Diddie" Vlasto Serpieri (; 8 August 1903 – 2 March 1985) was a female tennis player from France. She won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics in 1924 in women's singles, losing the final to the American Helen Wills Moody. ...

while partnering with Daisy Speranza.

Personal life

Hélène Contostavlos was born on 6 August 1903 in

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to Julie Scaramanga and Alexander Contostavlos, both of whom were Greek. Her parents moved to France for business. Contostavlos married Jean Nicolopoulo in 1928. She was a cousin of fellow tennis player

. She was also a great-granddaughter of banker

Alexandros Kontostavlos Alexandros Kontostavlos (; c. 1789, Chios – 1865, Athens) was a Greek banker, magnate and politician. Biography Konstavlos was born on the island of Chios in about 1789 and descended from a noble family that traced its origins to the Byzantine ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Contostavlos, Hélène 1903 births 1963 deaths French female tennis players Greek female tennis players Tennis players from Marseille 20th-century French sportswomen