Doris Metaxa
French tennis player (1911–2007)
Full name | Doris Metaxa Howard |
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Country (sports) | France |
Born | (1911-06-12)12 June 1911 |
Died | 7 September 2007(2007-09-07) (aged 96) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1931, 1932) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1932) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | QF (1931, 1934) |
Wimbledon | W (1932) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (1929, 1930) |
Wimbledon | QF (1934) |
Doris Metaxa Howard (née Metaxa; 12 June 1911 – 7 September 2007) was a French tennis player of the 1930s.
In 1932, she won Wimbledon title in the women's doubles with Belgian Josane Sigart against Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Jacobs, one year after a finals defeat with the same partner.[1]
Two weeks after this success, she married the British rugby player Peter Dunsmore Howard.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1931 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Josane Sigart | Phyllis King Dorothy Shepherd | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winr | 1932 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Josane Sigart | Elizabeth Ryan Helen Jacobs | 6–4, 6–3 |
References
- ^ "Wimbledon players archive – Doris Howard (Metaxa)". AELTC.
External links
- Doris Metaxa at Wimbledon
- National Portrait Gallery image of Doris Metaxa and family
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- 1913: Winifred McNair / Dora Boothby
- 1914: Agnes Morton / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1915–18: No competition (World War I)
- 1919: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1920: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1921: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1922: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1923: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1924: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills
- 1925: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1926: Mary Browne / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1927: Helen Wills / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1928: Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson
- 1929: Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson
- 1930: Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1931: Phyllis Mudford / Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
- 1932: Doris Metaxa / Josane Sigart
- 1933: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1934: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1935: Freda James / Kay Stammers
- 1936: Freda James / Kay Stammers
- 1937: Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke
- 1938: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
- 1939: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
- 1940–45: No competition (World War II)
- 1946: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1947: Patricia Canning Todd / Doris Hart
- 1948: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1949: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1950: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1951: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
- 1952: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
- 1953: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
- 1954: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1955: Angela Mortimer Barrett / Anne Shilcock
- 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson
- 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard
- 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson
- 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard
- 1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
- 1961: Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt
- 1962: Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt
- 1963: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
- 1964: Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey
- 1965: Maria Bueno / Billie Jean Moffitt
- 1966: Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey
- 1967: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1968: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1969: Margaret Court / Judy Tegart-Dalton
- 1970: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1971: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1972: Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve
- 1973: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1974: Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel
- 1975: Ann Kiyomura / Kazuko Sawamatsu
- 1976: Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova
- 1977: Helen Gourlay Cawley / JoAnne Russell
- 1978: Kerry Melville Reid / Wendy Turnbull
- 1979: Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
- 1980: Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith
- 1981: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1982: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1983: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1984: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1985: Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie
- 1986: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1987: Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková
- 1988: Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini
- 1989: Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
- 1990: Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
- 1991: Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva
- 1992: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
- 1993: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
- 1994: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
- 1995: Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- 1996: Martina Hingis / Helena Suková
- 1997: Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
- 1998: Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná
- 1999: Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu
- 2000: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2001: Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
- 2002: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2003: Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama
- 2004: Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs
- 2005: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
- 2006: Yan Zi / Zheng Jie
- 2007: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
- 2008: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2009: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2010: Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
- 2011: Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik
- 2012: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2013: Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai
- 2014: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
- 2015: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
- 2016: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2017: Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
- 2018: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
- 2019: Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
- 2020 No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2021: Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens
- 2022: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
- 2023: Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová