René de Buzelet (24 May 1907 – 8 April 1995) was a French

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player who was active during the 1920s and 30s.

Career

De Buzelet was a runner-up at the men's doubles event at the 1928 French Championships. Partnering

Henri Cochet Henri Jean Cochet (; 14 December 1901 – 1 April 1987) was a French tennis player. He was a world No. 1 ranked player, and a member of the famous " Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Born in ...

they lost the final in five sets to

Jean Borotra Jean Laurent Robert Borotra (, ; 13 August 1898 – 17 July 1994) was a French tennis champion. He was one of the " Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was imprisoned in Itter Castle ...

and

Jacques Brugnon Jacques Marie Stanislas Jean Brugnon (11 May 1895 – 20 March 1978), nicknamed "Toto", was a French tennis player, one of the famous " Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was born in and died ...

. In 1928 De Buzelet won the singles title at the French Covered Court Championships, played at the

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, after a five-sets victory in the final against Pierre Henri Landry. He was a runner-up to

at the same event in 1933. At the Coupe de Noël indoor tournament in January 1929 De Buzelet and Cochet defeated the brothers Jean and Édouard Borotra to win the doubles title. De Buzelet and compatriot

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were runners-up at the 1931

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after losing the final in fives sets to Walter Dessart and Eberhard Nourney. He competed at the

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in 1928 and 1929. In 1928 he reached the fourth round in singles event which he lost in straight sets to

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. In the doubles event that year he teamed up with Édouard Borotra and lost in a five-set encounter in the third round to Frank Hunter and

Bill Tilden William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953), nicknamed "Big Bill", was an American tennis player. Tilden was the world No. 1 amateur for six consecutive years, from 1920 to 1925, and was ranked as the world No. 1 professional b ...

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buzelet, Rene de French male tennis players 1907 births 1995 deaths