Suzanne Lenglen

Suzanne Lenglen
Country (sports) France
Born(1899-05-24)24 May 1899
Paris, France
Died4 July 1938(1938-07-04) (aged 39)
Paris, France
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1][a]
Turned proAugust 1926
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachCharles Lenglen
Int. Tennis HoF1978 (member page)
Singles
Career record332–7 (97.94%)[4]
Career titles83
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1921)[b]
Grand Slam Singles results
French OpenW (1925, 1926)
WimbledonW (1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925)
US Open2R (1921)
Other tournaments
WHCCW (1914, 1921, 1922, 1923)
Olympic GamesW (1920)
Doubles
Career record254–6 (97.69%)
Career titles74
Grand Slam Doubles results
French OpenW (1925, 1926)
WimbledonW (1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925)
Other doubles tournaments
WHCCW (1914, 1921, 1922)
Olympic GamesSF – Bronze (1920)
Mixed doubles
Career record381–18 (95.49%)
Career titles93
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French OpenW (1925, 1926)
WimbledonW (1920, 1922, 1925)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
WHCCW (1921, 1922, 1923)
Olympic GamesW (1920)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1920 Antwerp Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1920 Antwerp Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1920 Antwerp Women's doubles

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.

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

  1. ↑ also approximated as "five and a half feet"[2] or "five feet six inches"[3]
  2. ↑ Ranking by A. Wallis Myers[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Le Match Helen Wills–Suzanne Lenglen" [The Helen Wills–Suzanne Lenglen Match]. Excelsior (in French). 16 February 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Engelmann 1988, p. 46.
  3. ↑ Morse, J.G.B. (January 1921). "Suzanne Lenglen, Greatest of Women Athletes". The Open Road. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Little 2007, pp. 135–196.
  5. ↑ Collins 1994, pp. 619.
  6. ↑ "Suzanne Lenglen". La Petite Gironde (in French). 30 June 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Suzanne Lenglen gravement malade" [Suzanne Lenglen seriously ill]. L'Intransigeant (in French). 30 June 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

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