Catherine Marie Blanche "Katie" Gillou (17 February 1887 – 1 January 1964) was a French

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player in the first decade of the 20th century. Gillou won the French Women's Singles Championship in each of 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1908, having lost in the 1903 final to

Adine Masson Françoise Adine Masson was a French tennis player. She won the French Championships five times 1897–1899, 1902~1903 (a closed event). She was active from 1895 to 1913 and contested 30 singles finals, and won 19 titles. Career Masson was a act ...

.French Open winners
. Retrieved on 13 September 2009. Gillou's victories in 1906 and 1908 were achieved under her married name of Kate Gillou-Fenwick. It was thought that she competed in the mixed doubles event at the

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with

Pierre Verdé-Delisle Philippe-Edmond Pierre Verdé-Delisle (16 May 1877 – 18 July 1960) was a French tennis player. He competed in the mixed doubles event at the 1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (), today officially known as the Games of the I ...

, but it was her sister

Antoinette Gillou Antoinette is a given name, that is a diminutive feminine form of Antoine and Antonia (from Latin ''Antonius''). People with the name include: Nobles * Antoinette de Maignelais, Baroness of Villequier by marriage (1434–1474), mistress of C ...

who competed at the Olympics.

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* 1887 births 1964 deaths French Championships (tennis) champions French female tennis players Tennis players from Paris {{France-tennis-bio-stub