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Nelly Landry

1916 - 2010

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Nelly Adamson Landry (28 December 1916 – 22 February 2010) was a tennis player from Belgium who became a French citizen after marriage. She was the 1948 women's singles champion at the French Championships where she was seeded third, beating Shirley Fry in a three-set final. She had been a finalist in 1938, losing to Simonne Mathieu, and reached again the final in 1949, losing to Margaret Osborne duPont. In 1936 and from 1946 until 1948 she won the singles title at the French Covered Court Championships in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nelly Landry is the 176th most popular tennis player (up from 217th in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 646th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Nelly Landry ranks 176 out of 1,569. Before her are David Ferrer, Althea Gibson, Vic Seixas, Margaret Osborne duPont, Kim Clijsters, and Ted Schroeder. After her are Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Jack Kramer, Helen Jacobs, Simonne Mathieu, Mima Jaušovec, and Beals Wright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Nelly Landry ranks 179. Before her are Olga Lepeshinskaya, Fiorenzo Angelini, Herbert Norkus, Nadya Nozharova, Anne Hébert, and Yasuji Miyazaki. After her are Ralph Nelson, Shigeo Arai, Herbert Friedman, Edward Binns, Guy Lapébie, and José Joaquín Trejos Fernández. Among people deceased in 2010, Nelly Landry ranks 239. Before her are Geoffrey Burbidge, Zoltán Varga, Ronald Neame, Imre Polyák, Robert Byrd, and Dixie Carter. After her are Jamie Gillis, Stephen J. Cannell, Abbey Lincoln, Jean Rollin, Dario Mangiarotti, and Guy Lapébie.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Nelly Landry ranks 563 out of 1,190. Before her are Georges Ronsse (1906), Walter Meeuws (1951), Tony Parker (1982), Frans Pourbus the Elder (1545), Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968), and Arno (1949). After her are Ferdinand Bracke (1939), Hugo Broos (1952), Edward Van Dijck (1918), Arnold Badjou (1909), Yannick Carrasco (1993), and Henri de Brouckère (1801).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Belgium

Among tennis players born in Belgium, Nelly Landry ranks 3. Before her are Justine Henin (1982), and Kim Clijsters (1983). After her are David Goffin (1990), Olivier Rochus (1981), Elise Mertens (1995), Xavier Malisse (1980), Dominique Monami (1973), Dick Norman (1971), Yanina Wickmayer (1989), Sabine Appelmans (1972), and Kirsten Flipkens (1986).

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