Doris Metaxa Howard (née Metaxa; 12 June 1911 – 7 September 2007) 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 of the 1930s.
In 1932, she won
Wimbledon title in the women's doubles with Belgian
Josane Sigart
Josane Sigart (; 7 January 1909 – 20 August 1999) was a Belgian tennis player who was active in the 1930s.
In 1928, she won the singles title at the Belgian Championships and would repeat this success in 1929, 1931, 1932, 1936 and 1946.
In ...
against
Elizabeth Ryan
Elizabeth Montague Ryan (February 5, 1892 – July 6, 1979) was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California, but lived most of her adult life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 26 Grand Slam titles, 19 in women's doubles and mi ...
and
Helen Jacobs
Helen Hull Jacobs (August 6, 1908 – June 2, 1997) was an American tennis player who won nine Grand Slam titles. In 1936 she was ranked No. 1 in singles by A. Wallis Myers.
Early life
Jacobs was born in Globe, Arizona, and was Jewish. Her pare ...
, one year after a finals defeat with the same partner.
Two weeks after this success, she married the British
rugby player
Peter Dunsmore Howard.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
References
External links
National Portrait Gallery image of Doris Metaxa and family
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1911 births
2007 deaths
French female tennis players
French people of Greek descent
Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
20th-century French women