Jadwiga "Jed" Jędrzejowska (; 15 October 1912 – 28 February 1980) was a Polish

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player who had her main achievements during the second half of the 1930s. Because her name was difficult to pronounce for many people who did not speak Polish, she was often called by the nicknames "Jed" or "Ja-Ja". Honoured Master of Sport of Poland.

Career

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in the

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final and at the U.S. Championships later that year she was defeated in the final by Anita Lizana. In 1939 she was a runner-up at the

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, losing in the final to

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in straight sets. In women's doubles, Jędrzejowska won the 1939 French Championships with Mathieu, defeating Alice Florian and Hella Kovac in the final in two sets. Three years earlier Jędrzejowska's and Susan Noel were runners-up at the French Championships, losing the final to Mathieu and Billie Yorke. At the 1938 U.S. Championships Jędrzejowska and Mathieu lost the final to the American pair Alice Marble and

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. In the mixed doubles final at the 1947 French Championships, Jędrzejowska and

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lost to

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and

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without winning a game. At the age of 44, Jędrzejowska reached the women's doubles quarterfinals of the 1957 French Championships with partner Pilar Barril. She won four consecutive singles titles at the London Championships from 1936 to 1939. Jędrzejowska won the singles event at the Kent Championships in 1937 and 1938 and additionally won the singles title at the Irish Championships (1932), Austrian Championships (1934) and Welsh Championships (1932, 1935 and 1936). According to A. Wallis Myers and John Olliff of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Daily Mail'', Jędrzejowska was ranked in the world top 10 from 1936 through 1939 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of world No. 3 in 1937.

Personal life

Jędrzejowska married Alfred Gallert in 1947.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (3 runners-up)

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation. ¹In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

Notes

References

External links

Le coup droit
(French site, Jedrzejowska's tennis style appears in "Pologne") {{DEFAULTSORT:Jedrzejowska, Jadwiga 1912 births 1980 deaths Tennis players from Kraków Polish female tennis players French Championships (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles 20th-century Polish sportswomen