Suzanne Schmitt
French tennis player
Country (sports) | France |
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Born | ( 1928-10-18 ) 18 October 1928 |
Died | 27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) (aged 91) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R ( 1954 , 1956 , 1958 ) |
Wimbledon | 3R ( 1951 ) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | F ( 1954 ) |
Wimbledon | QF ( 1955 ) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 3R ( 1956 , 1958 ) |
Wimbledon | 4R ( 1957 ) |
Suzanne Josette Marguerite Schmitt (18 October 1928 — 27 October 2019) was a French tennis player. [1]
Schmitt, a relation of tennis player Nanette le Besnerais , was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s. She made the women's doubles final of the 1954 French Championships , where she and Maud Galtier lost in three sets to Maureen Connolly and Nell Hall Hopman . [2] In 1955 she was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at Wimbledon . She began competing under her husband's name in the mid-1950s after marrying French engineer Denys Le Besnerais. [3]
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 1954 | French Championships | Clay | Maud Galtier |
Maureen Connolly
Nell Hall Hopman |
5–7, 6–4, 0–6 |
References
- ↑ "Viron el Lartigue finalistes du Critérium" . Le Monde (in French). 8 July 1955.
- ↑ "U.S. Forces Take All In French Meet" . News-Journal . 31 May 1954.
- ↑ "Biographie Denys Le besnerais Ingénieur" . www.whoswho.fr .