Suzanne Lenglen
French tennis player
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player. She was the first 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 Hard Court Champion in singles, and ten times in total.
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| Country (sports) |  France | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 May 1899 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 July 1938 (aged 39) Paris, France | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1][a] | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | August 1926 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Charles Lenglen | ||||||||||||||
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1978 (member page) | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 332–7 (97.94%)[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 83 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1921)[b] | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1925, 1926) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (1921) | ||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| WHCC | W (1914, 1921, 1922, 1923) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | W (1920) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 254–6 (97.69%) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 74 | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1925, 1926) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925) | ||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| WHCC | W (1914, 1921, 1922) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | SF – Bronze (1920) | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 381–18 (95.49%) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 93 | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1925, 1926) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1920, 1922, 1925) | ||||||||||||||
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| WHCC | W (1921, 1922, 1923) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | W (1920) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lenglen won six Wimbledon singles titles, including five in a row from 1919 to 1923, and was the champion in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at the first two open French Championships in 1925 and 1926.
Lenglen died on 4 July 1938 in Paris, France from problems caused by anemia and leukemia, aged 39.[6][7]
Notes
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Le Match Helen Wills–Suzanne Lenglen" [The Helen Wills–Suzanne Lenglen Match]. Excelsior (in French). 16 February 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ↑ Engelmann 1988, p. 46.
- ↑ Morse, J.G.B. (January 1921). "Suzanne Lenglen, Greatest of Women Athletes". The Open Road. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ↑ Little 2007, pp. 135–196.
- ↑ Collins 1994, pp. 619.
- ↑ "Suzanne Lenglen". La Petite Gironde (in French). 30 June 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ↑ "Suzanne Lenglen gravement malade" [Suzanne Lenglen seriously ill]. L'Intransigeant (in French). 30 June 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
Other websites
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Media related to Suzanne Lenglen at Wikimedia Commons
- Suzanne Lenglen at the International Tennis Federation
- Suzanne Lenglen at Olympics.com
- Suzanne Lenglen at Olympic.org (archived)
- Suzanne Lenglen at Olympedia
- Suzanne Lenglen on IMDb
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