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1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

)(''Zürich Sport'')) , AustralianOpenseniorresult = , FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1929, 1931, 1932, 1935) , Wimbledonresult = 3R (1934) , USOpenresult = , Othertournaments = , MastersCupresult = , doublesrecord = , doublestitles = , highestdoublesranking = , AustralianOpenDoublesresult = , FrenchOpenDoublesresult = F (1935) , WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1931, 1934) , USOpenDoublesresult = , OthertournamentsDoubles = , MastersCupDoublesresult = , OlympicsDoublesresult = , Mixed = , mixedtitles = , mixedrecord = , AustralianOpenMixedresult = , FrenchOpenMixedresult = 2R (1930) , WimbledonMixedresult = QF (1931) , USOpenMixedresult = Ida Adamoff ( rus, Ида Адамова, p=ˈidə ɐˈdaməvə: – 5 June 1993) was a French tennis player active in the 1930s. Adamoff reached the doubles final at the

1935 French Championships The 1935 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 21 May until 2 June. It was the 40th staging of ...

with

Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling Hildegard "Hilde" Krahwinkel Sperling ( née Krahwinkel; 26 March 1908 – 7 March 1981) was a German tennis player who became a dual-citizen after marrying Dane Svend Sperling in December 1933. She won three consecutive singles titles at the Fr ...

but were defeated in the final by Margaret Scriven and

Kay Stammers Katherine "Kay" Esther Stammers (3 April 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a female tennis player from the United Kingdom. Career Stammers was born on 3 April 1914 in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the gra ...

in two straight sets. Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round at the

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, in 1929, 1931, 1932 and 1935, and at the

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in 1934. In 1931 she reached the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon with

Enrique Maier Enrique 'Bubi' Maier (December 31, 1910 – August 22, 1981) was a male Spanish tennis player who was mainly active in the 1930s. Biography Maier became Wimbledon champion in the mixed doubles in 1932 when, partnered with Elizabeth Ryan, they d ...

. In 1930 Adamoff won the singles title at the Championships of Spain and successfully defended her title in 1931. She defeated

Cilly Aussem Cilly Aussem (; 4 January 1909 – 22 March 1963) was a German tennis player. She was the first German, male or female, to win the singles title at Wimbledon, which she did in 1931. She also won the women's single titles at the French Champions ...

and Lucia Valerio at the Lenz Cup in

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, Italy in October. In June 1931 she won the singles event at the Berlin Championships followed up in July with a victory at the Dutch Championships in

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where she beat Toni Schomburgk in the final. In 1932 she added the Romanian and Italian Championships singles titles to her resume. In July 1933 Adamoff won the doubles title at the Dutch Championships with Mrs. Burke. In 1930 she was ranked no. 2 in France behind

Simonne Mathieu Simonne Mathieu ( Passemard; (Spelled "Simone" in many sources.) 31 January 1908 – 7 January 1980) was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine who was active in the 1930s. During World War II, she creat ...

. She married

Claude Bourdet Claude Bourdet (28 October 1909 – 20 March 1996) was a writer, journalist, polemist, and militant French politician. Peronal life Bourdet was a son of the dramatic author Édouard Bourdet and the poet Catherine Pozzi, was born and died in Par ...

in 1935 and had two sons and a daughter.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles

;Runners-up (1)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adamoff, Ida French female tennis players 1910 births 1993 deaths Tennis players from Moscow Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France 20th-century French women