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Suzanne Lenglen

Suzanne Lenglen

Born: 1899-05-24 • Paris,France

Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen ( 24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-time World Hard Court Champion in singles, and ten times in total.Lenglen won six Wimbledon singles titles, including five in a row from 1919 to 1923, and was the champion in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at the first two open French Championships in 1925 and 1926.

Filmography
Suzanne Lenglen, the court of liberty poster
Suzanne Lenglen, the court of liberty
2024 • Herself (archival footage)
Things Are Looking Up poster
Things Are Looking Up
1935 • Madame Bombardier