Blanche Amblard
Appearance
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Full name | Blanche Mathilde Amblard |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | [1] Ville d’Avray,France | 9 September 1896
Died | August 25, 1974[1] La Celle-Saint-Cloud,France | (aged 77)
Singles | |
Other tournaments | |
WHCC | SF (1913) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | W(1913, 1914) |
WHCC | F (1914) |
Blanche Mathilde Amblard(9 September 1896 – 25 August 1974) was a Frenchtennisplayer. Amblard regularly played doubles with her twin sisterSuzanne.They won theFrench Championshipsin back-to-back years in 1913 and 1914. They also finished runner-up at theWorld Hard Court Championshipsin 1914 toSuzanne LenglenandElizabeth Ryan.In singles, Amblard reached the semifinals of the World Hard Court Championships in 1913. She was ranked as the seventh best French women's tennis player in 1921, while her sister was fourth.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Actes d'état-civil Ville d'Avray – 1896, Naissances, mariages, décès (à partir de l'an XII) (acte 48)".Archives Hauts-de-Seine.
- ^"At the Belgrano Athletic Club: A French Ranking List".American lawn tennis: official organ of United States National Lawn Tennis Association.1920. p. 620.
- ^"La préhistoire de Roland-Garros"[The prehistory of Roland-Garros].Roland Garros(in French). Archived fromthe originalon 2 January 2011.Retrieved9 August2019.