TENNIS PLAYER

Simonne Mathieu

1908 - 1980

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Simonne Mathieu (French pronunciation: [simɔn matjø] née Passemard;) (31 January 1908 – 7 January 1980) was a tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, who was active in the 1930s. She won the French Championships singles title in 1938 and 1939. During World War II, she created and led the Corps of French Volunteers in the Free French Forces, the first female unit in the military history of France. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simonne Mathieu is the 180th most popular tennis player (up from 189th in 2019), the 4,062nd most popular biography from France (up from 4,350th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Simonne Mathieu ranks 180 out of 1,569Before her are Kim Clijsters, Ted Schroeder, Nelly Landry, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Jack Kramer, and Helen Jacobs. After her are Mima Jaušovec, Beals Wright, Rafael Osuna, Herbert Baddeley, Andriy Medvedev, and Maud Watson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Simonne Mathieu ranks 235Before her are František Douda, Gunnar Olsson, Nils Poppe, Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Gustav Ernesaks, and Odette Bancilhon. After her are František Kriegel, Lars-Erik Larsson, Francesco Camusso, Roger Beaufrand, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, and Louis Hostin. Among people deceased in 1980, Simonne Mathieu ranks 185Before her are Vasja Pirc, Gerhard von Schwerin, Lado Gudiashvili, Boris Kaufman, Arend Heyting, and Egon Pearson. After her are Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Frank Wykoff, Gaetano Belloni, George Pal, Juan García Oliver, and Heikki Liimatainen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Simonne Mathieu ranks 4,062 out of 6,770Before her are Stéphane Javelle (1864), Hippolyte Aucouturier (1876), Wladimir Aïtoff (1879), François Cavanna (1923), Odette Bancilhon (1908), and Eugénie Cotton (1881). After her are Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924), Mary of Avesnes (1280), Jean Rollin (1938), Marie-Jeanne de Lalande (1768), Bernard Genghini (1958), and Daniel Morelon (1944).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In France

Among tennis players born in France, Simonne Mathieu ranks 16Before her are Maurice Germot (1882), André Gobert (1890), Amélie Mauresmo (1979), Gaël Monfils (1986), Julie Vlasto (1903), and Otto Froitzheim (1884). After her are Marguerite Broquedis (1893), Richard Gasquet (1986), Henri Leconte (1963), Guy de la Chapelle (1868), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (1985), and Kate Gillou (1887).