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Suzanne Devé (14 December 1901 – 12 April 1994), also known by her married name Suzanne Desloges, was a French
tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
player who was active in the 1920s. She reached the doubles final at the 1928 French Championships with compatriot Sylvie Jung Lafaurie in which they lost in straight sets to
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and Phoebe Holcroft from Great Britain. In 1924, the last year the French Championships was closed to foreign players, she reached the quarterfinal of the singles event, losing to
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. Her best singles result at the open French Championships was reaching the third round in 1925 and 1927. In December 1927 Devé won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the Coupe Georges Gaul. During the second half of the 1920s she represented France in international team matches against the United States, England, Australia and Belgium. Her favorite stroke was the forehand drive to the right-hand side line. Devé was ranked No. 1 in France for 1928 and was a member of Tennis Club de Paris.


Grand Slam finals


Doubles: (1 runner-up)


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Deve, Suzanne 1901 births 1994 deaths French female tennis players Sportspeople from Neuilly-sur-Seine 20th-century French women