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 with

Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling Hildegard Krahwinkel Sperling (née Krahwinkel; 26 March 1908 – 7 March 1981) was a German-Danish tennis player. She won three consecutive singles titles at the French Championships from 1935 to 1937. Krahwinkel Sperling is generally regarded ...

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 ...

. 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 Lucia Valerio (; 28 February 1905 – 26 September 1996) was an Italian female tennis player who was active from the late 1920s through 1940. Valerio's father taught her to play tennis on the court at their home. Before settling on tennis, she ...

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;) (31 January 1908 – 7 January 1980) was a tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, who was active in the 1930s. She won the French Championships singles title in 1938 and 1939. During ...

. She married

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

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 sportswomen