Jacques Brugnon
![]() Brugnon in 1920 | |||||||||
Full name | Jacques Marie Stanislas Jean Brugnon | ||||||||
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Country (sports) | ![]() | ||||||||
Born | Paris,France | 11 May 1895||||||||
Died | 20 March 1978 Monaco | (aged 82)||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||
Int. Tennis HoF | 1976 (member page) | ||||||||
Singles | |||||||||
Career record | 407–106 (68.6%)[1] | ||||||||
Career titles | 21[1] | ||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 9 (1927,A. Wallis Myers)[2] | ||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||
Australian Open | 3R (1928) | ||||||||
French Open | QF (1928,1929) | ||||||||
Wimbledon | SF (1926) | ||||||||
US Open | QF (1926,1927,1928) | ||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||
Career record | 0–0 | ||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||
Australian Open | W(1928) | ||||||||
French Open | W(1927,1928,1930,1932,1934) | ||||||||
Wimbledon | W(1926, 1928, 1932, 1933) | ||||||||
US Open | SF (1928) | ||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||
Australian Open | SF (1928) | ||||||||
French Open | W(1925, 1926) | ||||||||
Wimbledon | SF (1932) | ||||||||
US Open | SF (1927) | ||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||
Davis Cup | W(1927,1928,1930,1931,1932) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Jacques Marie Stanislas Jean Brugnon(11 May 1895 – 20 March 1978), nicknamed "Toto", was a Frenchtennisplayer, one of the famous "Four Musketeers"fromFrancewho dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was born in and died inParis.
He was primarily a doubles specialist who won 10Grand Slamdoubles titles in the French, American, Australian and British championships. Additionally he won two mixed doubles titles atRoland GarrospartneringSuzanne Lenglen.He was also a fine singles player but never won a major title. He played in 20Wimbledon Championshipsbetween 1920 and 1948 and achieved his best singles result in 1926 when he reached the semifinals, losing in a close five-set match toHoward Kinsey.[3]He also competed at the1920 Summer Olympicsand the1924 Summer Olympics.[4]
Between 1921 and 1934, he played 31 times for the FrenchDavis Cupteam, mainly as a doubles player, compiling a record of 26 wins versus 11 losses. He was part of the famous Four Musketeers team that conquered the Cup in 1927 against the US, and a member of four of the five teams that defended it successfully through 1931.[5]
Brugnon was ranked World No. 9 for 1927 byA. Wallis MyersofThe Daily Telegraph.[2]
The Four Musketeers were inducted simultaneously into theInternational Tennis Hall of FameinNewport, Rhode Island,in 1976.
Grand Slam finals
[edit]Doubles (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)
[edit]Mixed doubles (2 titles)
[edit]Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1925 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 1926 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
References
[edit]- ^ab"Jacques Brugnon: Career match record".thetennisbase.Tennismem SL.Retrieved7 November2017.
- ^abUnited States Lawn Tennis Association (1972).Official Encyclopedia of Tennis(First Edition), p. 424.
- ^"Wimbledon player archive - Jacques Brugnon".wimbledon.AELTC.
- ^"Jacques Brugnon".Olympedia.Retrieved10 July2020.
- ^"ITF player profile".International Tennis Federation(ITF).
External links
[edit]- Jacques Brugnonat theAssociation of Tennis Professionals
- Jacques Brugnonat theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame
- Jacques Brugnonat theInternational Tennis Federation
- Jacques Brugnonat theDavis Cup
- Jacques BrugnonatOlympics
- Jacques Brugnonat OlympicChannel (archived)
- Jacques Brugnonat Olympic.org (archived)
- Jacques BrugnonatOlympedia
- Jacques BrugnonatOlympics at Sports-Reference(archived)
- 1895 births
- 1978 deaths
- Australian Championships (tennis) champions
- French Championships (tennis) champions
- French male tennis players
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic tennis players for France
- Tennis players from Paris
- International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
- Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
- Olympic medalists in tennis
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics