Josane Sigart

Josane Sigart
Country (sports) Belgium
Born(1909-01-07)7 January 1909
Brussels
Died20 August 1999(1999-08-20) (aged 90)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 10 (1932)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonW (1932)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonF (1932)

Josane Sigart (French pronunciation: [ʒɔzan siɡaʁ]; 7 January 1909 – 20 August 1999) was a Belgian tennis player who was active in the 1930s. In 1928, she won the singles title at the Belgian Championships and would repeat this success in 1929, 1931, 1932, 1936 and 1946.[1] In 1932, she won the Wimbledon Championships in woman's doubles with the Doris Metaxa and reached the mixed-doubles final with Harry Hopman.[1][2]

In 1932, she was ranked world No. 10 by A. Wallis Myers.[3]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1931 Wimbledon Championships Grass France Doris Metaxa United Kingdom Phyllis Mudford King
United Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd Barron
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1932 Wimbledon Championships Grass France Doris Metaxa United States Elizabeth Ryan
United States Helen Jacobs
6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1932 Wimbledon Championships Grass Australia Harry Hopman United States Elizabeth Ryan
Spain Enrique Maier
5–7, 2–6

References

  1. ^ a b Jacques Hereng; Carlos De Veene (2004). De Ongelofelijke Successtory van Tennis in België. Tielt: Lannoo. pp. 26, 27. ISBN 9789020955972.
  2. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 438, 439. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  3. ^ "Authority Ranks 1933 Tennis Stars". The Cornell Daily Sun, Volume 54, Number 9. 4 October 1933. p. 3.