William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle

William le Maire de Warzée
William le Maire de Warzée at left at the 1904 Davis Cup
Full nameMarie-Charles-William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle
Country (sports) Belgium
Born(1879-03-07)7 March 1879[1]
Died1966 (aged 86–87)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQF (1904, 1908)
Other tournaments
WHCC2R (1922)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonSF (1902, 1904)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (1904)

William "Willy" le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle (French pronunciation: [wiljam lə mɛːʁ də vaʁtse dɛʁmal]; 7 March 1879 –1966) was a Belgian tennis player. He has been named as among the best male tennis players in Belgian history.[2]

Le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1904 and 1908.[3]

Le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle was born into the Belgian nobility, the son of Marie-Léon-Hubert le Maire Warzée d'Hermalle (born 1848) and Noëmie Constance Caroline Georgine Valérie de Warzée d'Hermalle (born in Beaufays in 1850). His elder brother, Marie-Georges-Gérard-Léon le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle, Baron de Warzée d'Hermalle (1877–1931), was a diplomat and Belgian ambassador to Iran, Japan and China, who married Dorothy Hall, daughter of Irish writer Owen Hall.[4]

References

  1. ^ Liège, Belgium, Civil Registration, 1676–1700, 1798–1901
  2. ^ Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press. p. 38. ISBN 9780810872370. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Wimbledon players archive – William Lemaire de Warzee". AELTC.
  4. ^ La Noblesse Belge (in French). 1901. p. 2587. Retrieved 5 July 2017.


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