André Martin-Legeay

French tennis player

André Clément Alexandre Martin-Legeay
Country (sports) France
Born(1906-10-29)29 October 1906[1]
Paris, France
Died1940
Amélie-les-Bains, France
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open4R (1935, 1936)
Wimbledon4R (1936)
US Open3R (1935)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1936)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1935, 1936)
WimbledonQF (1936)

André Martin-Legeay (29 October 1906 – 1940) was a French male tennis player who was active in the 1930s.

In 1933, he was a runner-up in the singles' event at the Italian Championships.

Martin-Legeay reached the fourth round of the singles' event of the French Championships in 1935 and 1936, losing to Vivian McGrath and first-seeded Fred Perry respectively.[2][3] At the Wimbledon Championships in 1936 he also made it to the fourth round, in which he was defeated in straight sets by seventh-seeded Bunny Austin.[4]

With compatriot Sylvie Henrotin he was a runner-up in the mixed doubles' competition at the French Championships in 1935 and 1936. Martin-Legeay was ranked No. 4 in France in 1935.[5] André Martin-Legeay died in March[6] 1940 in Amélie-les-Bains where he was convalescing.[7]

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (2 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1935 French Championships Clay France Sylvie Henrotin France Lolette Payot
France Marcel Bernard		 6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1936 French Championships Clay France Sylvie Henrotin United Kingdom Billie Yorke
France Marcel Bernard		 5–7, 8–6, 3–6

References

  1. ^ "Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1680-1930". Ancestry. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Roland-Garros 1935 (Grand Slam) - Men singles" (PDF). Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Roland-Garros 1936 (Grand Slam) - Men singles" (PDF). Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Players archive – Andre Martin Legeay". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
  5. ^ Lowe, Gordon (1936). Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. p. 161.
  6. ^ "L'Auto-vélo : automobilisme, cyclisme, athlétisme, yachting, aérostation, escrime, hippisme / directeur Henri Desgrange". Gallica. 2 November 1940. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  7. ^ Savio, Michel (1983). "De l'auto-évaluation à l'auto-enseignement". Recherche et pratiques pédagogiques en langues de spécialité - Cahiers de l'APLIUT. 3 (2): 33–38. doi:10.3406/apliu.1983.1768. ISSN 0248-9430.

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