Marguerite Broquedis
French tennis player
Marguerite Marie Broquedis (French pronunciation: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit bʁɔk(ə)di]; married names Billout-Bordes; 17 April 1893 – 23 April 1983) was a French tennis player. In major tournaments she won the singles title at the 1912 World Hard Court Championships, and the mixed doubles at the 1927 French Championships.
Biography
Broquedis was born on 17 April 1893 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. She moved with her family to Paris around the turn of the century and started playing tennis on two dusty courts that were part of the Galerie des machines. Later she joined the Racing Club de France.
Broquedis competed at the 1912 Olympics at Stockholm, where she won the gold medal in outdoor singles by beating German Dora Köring in a three-sets final. She won the bronze medal partnering Albert Canet in mixed doubles. In 1913 and 1914, she won the French championships, beating 15-year-old Suzanne Lenglen in the 1914 final. Broquedis, nicknamed "the goddess", is also known for being the only player ever to beat Lenglen in a fully played singles final. She also took part in the 1924 Olympics at Paris but could not win any medal there.
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