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Maurice Germot (; 15 November 1882 – 6 August 1958) was a French tennis player and Olympic champion. He was twice an Olympic Gold medallist in doubles, partnering Max Decugis in 1906 and
André Gobert André Henri Gobert (30 September 1890 – 6 December 1951) was a tennis player from France. Gobert is a double Olympic tennis champion of 1912. At the Stockholm Games, he won both the men's singles and doubles indoor gold medals. Career Gober ...
in
1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German geophysicist Alfred ...
, and a Silver medallist in singles in 1906."1912 Summer Olympics – Stockholm, Sweden – Tennis"
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Germot won the
French Championships The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ve ...
in 1905, 1906 and 1910 and was a finalist in 1908, 1909 and 1911. In major events, Germot reached the finals of the
World Covered Court Championships The World Covered Court Championships were part of a series of three major world championships sanctioned from 1913 to 1923 by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). The tournament was played indoors on wood floors, and its venue changed ...
, played on wood court in Stockholm, Sweden in 1913, finishing runner-up to
Anthony Wilding Anthony Frederick Wilding (31 October 1883 – 9 May 1915), also known as Tony Wilding, was a New Zealand world No. 1 tennis player and soldier who was killed in action during World War I. Considered the world's first tennis superstar, Wildin ...
. He also reached the quarterfinals of the
World Hard Court Championships World Hard Court Championships was an annual major tennis tournament sanctioned by the International Lawn Tennis Federation and held from 1912 to 1923. It was principally held in Paris, on clay courts of the Stade Français in the Paris suburb of S ...
and Wimbledon in 1914.


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* * * * * * 1882 births 1958 deaths French male tennis players French Championships (tennis) champions Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic tennis players of France Olympic medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1906 Intercalated Games Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics People from Vichy Sportspeople from Allier {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub