Lenglen, Suzanne (1899-1938), French tennis player who has contributed to the emergence of women's tennis in the twenties.
Born in Compiègne (Oise), Suzanne Lenglen became world champion in 1914 at the age of fifteen, then won three medals at the 1920 Olympics, gold in singles and mixed doubles and bronze in double. She lost only one singles match between 1919 and 1926. Six-time winner at Roland Garros Championships of France (now the Internationaux de France in 1925) from 1920 to 1923 and in 1925 and 1926, it also requires them to six times in doubles and mixed doubles. With six wins, including five consecutive (1919 to 1923 and 1925), his record of victories at the International of Great Britain (Wimbledon) was beaten by Martina Navratilova of the U.S. in 1986. She also won six times twice and three times the mixed doubles, managing to remove the three titles in 1920, 1922 and 1925. She turned professional in 1926, before opening a tennis academy in 1935. For his game, but also held its groundbreaking for its time, Suzanne Lenglen exerted a major influence on the evolution of women's tennis.
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