Nelly Landry

Nelly Landry
Born	December 28, 1916(1916-12-28) Bruges, Belgium
Died	February 22, 2010(2010-02-22) (aged 93)
Nationality	French

Nelly Adamson Landry (December 28, 1916 – February 22, 2010^[1]) was a female tennis player from Belgium (became French citizen after marriage). She was the 1948 women's singles champion at the French Championships beating Shirley Fry. She had also been a finalist in 1938, losing to Simone Mathieu, and reached again the final in 1949, losing to Margaret Osborne duPont.

According to John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Landry was ranked in the world top ten in 1946 and 1948 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of World No. 7 in those rankings in 1946.^[2]

On January 16, 1934, Adamson (not yet Landry) married American author and emigre Tod Robbins at the town hall in Villefranche on the French Riviera. Robbins was an expert amateur athlete. Together, he and Adamson became a formidable doubles team. Adamson was Robbins's fourth wife, and they remained married through World War II and Robbins's long imprisonment in a German concentration camp. After the war, Adamson stayed with Robbins until his death, remarrying afterward.^[3] Nelly Adamson married Pierre Landry and lastly Marcel Renault, both former French tennis players.

Grand Slam finals

Singles

Win

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1948	French Championships	Shirley Fry Irvin	6–2, 0–6, 6–0

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1938	French Championships	Simone Mathieu	6–0, 6–3
1949	French Championships	Margaret Osborne duPont	7–5, 6–2

Women's doubles

Runner-up

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1938	French Championships	Arlette Harff	Simone Mathieu Billie Yorke	6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941 - 1944	1945	19461	19471	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	Career SR
Australian Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	NH	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
French Championships	A	2R	3R	QF	A	F	A	NH	R	A	QF	A	W	F	A	A	A	QF	SF	1 / 9
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	4R	A	A	A	NH	NH	NH	A	A	QF	3R	A	A	4R	4R	2R	0 / 9
U.S. Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2
SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	1 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	1 / 20

NH = tournament not held.

R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

¹In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

1. ^ IC Council: Décès de Nelly ADAMSON online
2. ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 702. ISBN 0-942257-41-3. 
3. ^ Article on Tod Robbins by David Ian Chapman in "Book and Magazine Collector" #223, October 2002.

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Name	Landry, Nelly
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Date of birth	December 28, 1916
Place of birth	Bruges, Belgium
Date of death	February 22, 2010
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