- Doris Metaxa
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Doris Metaxa (married name Howard) (born 12 June 1911, France, died 7 September 2007), was a French tennis player of the 1930s.
In 1932, she won Wimbledon in the women's doubles with the Belgian Josane Sigart against Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Jacobs, one year after a finals defeat with the same partner.
Two weeks after this success, she married the British rugby player Peter Dunsmore Howard.
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Honours (partial)
Singles titles
None known
Singles finals lost
None known
Doubles titles
Date Name and place of tournament Cat. ($) Surf. Partner Finalists Score 1 1932 The Championships
WimbledonG. Slam Grass (ext.) Josane Sigart Elizabeth Ryan
Helen Hull Jacobs6-4, 6-3 Wimbledon (tennis) 1932 Doubles finals lost
Date Name and place of tournament Cat. ($) Surf. Winners Partner Score 1 1931 The Championships
WimbledonG. Slam Grass (ext.) Phyllis Mudford King
Dorothy ShepherdJosane Sigart 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Wimbledon (tennis) 1931 Performance in Grand Slams (partial)
Although the term "Grand Slam refers to the four major tennis tournaments, it was not used for the first time until 1933, and not in common usage until the 1950s.
Singles
Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US National 1929 - 1st round (1/32) Lolette Payot - - 1930 - 1st round (1/32) G. Charnelet - - 1931 - 3rd round (1/8) H. Hull Jacobs - - 1932 - 3rd round (1/8) H. Hull Jacobs - - 1934 - 2nd round (1/16) Lucia Valerio - - Result, final opponent
Doubles
Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US National 1931 - - Final
J. SigartP. M. King
D. S. Barron- 1932 - - Winner
J. SigartE. Ryan
H. H. Jacobs- Result, partner, final opponent
Categories:- 1911 births
- 2007 deaths
- French female tennis players
- Grand Slam women's doubles champions
- Wimbledon (tennis) champions
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