Marguerite Broquedis

Marguerite Marie Broquedis (French pronunciation: ​[maʁɡ(ə)ʁit bʁɔk(ə)di]; married names Billout-Bordes; 17 April 1893 – 23 April 1983) was a French female tennis player.

Marguerite Broquedis

Broquedis in 1912
Full name	Marguerite Marie Broquedis-Billout-Bordes
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1893-04-17)17 April 1893 Pau, France
Died	23 April 1983(1983-04-23) (aged 90) Orléans, France
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 9 (1925, A. Wallis Myers)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	QF (1925, 1927)
Wimbledon	SF (1925)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	SF (1925)
Wimbledon	QF (1927)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (1927)
Wimbledon	F (1914)
Medal record Olympic Games – Tennis 1912 Stockholm Singles 1912 Stockholm Mixed doubles

Biography

Broquedis was born on 17 April 1893 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.[1] 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.[2]

Broquedis competed at the 1912 Olympics at Stockholm where she won the gold medal in outdoor singles by beating German Dora Köring 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final. In mixed doubles, she won the bronze medal partnering Albert Canet. In 1913 and 1914, she won the French championships,[3] beating 15-year-old Suzanne Lenglen in the 1914 final. Broquedis, nicknamed "the goddess", is also known for being the only player to ever beat Lenglen in a fully played singles final.[2] She also took part in the 1924 Olympics at Paris but couldn't win any medal there.[1]

She won the singles title at the French Covered Court Championships on six occasions (1910, 1912–13, 1922, 1925, and 1927).

From 1925 to 1927, Broquedis had another successful time in her tennis career, reaching the singles semifinals at Wimbledon in 1925, and the quarterfinals twice at the (now fully international) French championships in 1925 and 1927. Moreover, she won the mixed doubles title partnering Jean Borotra at Paris in 1927. She was ranked world No. 9 by A. Wallis Myers in 1925.[4]

Broquedis died in Orléans in 1983, aged 90.[1]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1914	Wimbledon	Grass	Anthony Wilding	Ethel Thomson Larcombe James Cecil Parke	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win	1927	French Championships	Clay	Jean Borotra	Lilí Álvarez Bill Tilden	6–4, 2–6, 6–2

World Hard Court Championships

Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1912	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	Mieken Rieck	6–3, 0–6, 6–4
Loss	1913	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	Mieken Rieck	4–6, 6–3, 4–6

References

1. "Marguerite Broquedis Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
2. Tinling, Ted (1979). Love and Faults : Personalities Who Have Changed the History of Tennis in My Lifetime. New York: Crown Publishers. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-0517533055.
3. The French championships were only open to players from French clubs at the time.
4. Collins, Bud (2010). History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter press. p. 721. ISBN 978-0942257700.

External links

• Marguerite Broquedis at the International Tennis Federation
• Marguerite Broquedis at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)