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| Full name | Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1882-09-24)24 September 1882 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 September 1978(1978-09-06) (aged 95) Biot, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1900 (amateur) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 241–64 (79.02%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 41[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 10 (1913,A. Wallis Myers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R (1925) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1911,1912) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (1925) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WHCC | SF (1913,1914) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WCCC | F (1919) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1911) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WHCC | W (1914) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WCCC | W (1913) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WHCC | W (1912, 1913, 1914, 1921) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WCCC | W (1913, 1919) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Davis Cup | F (1904) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis orDécugis (French pronunciation:[maksimdɔkyʒiz,-de-]; 24 September 1882 – 6 September 1978) was a Frenchtennis player. He won theFrench Championships eight times (a French club members-only tournament before 1925). He also won three Olympic medals at the1900 Paris Olympics and the1920 Antwerp Olympics,[2] with agold medal in the mixed doubles partneringSuzanne Lenglen.[3][4][5]
Decugis' father was a merchant at Les Halles, the company's name wasOmer Décugis et fils,[6] however the accent mark on the é is missing from Max Decugis' birth certificate, and appears inconsistently in later English-speaking sources such as the Ayres' Almanacks edited by Arthur Wallis Myers, but apparently never in any French-speaking sources. The origin of the family name Décugis, spelled with accented é in an 1842 source, is "fromCuges-les-Pins."[7]
In 1905 he marriedMarie Flameng, the daughter of painterFrançois Flameng, in Paris.[8] After the death of Marie in 1969, Max married Suzanne Louise Duval in October.
Decugis won the French Championships in 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, and 1914 (also 14 times in doubles and seven times in mixed). The interruption of World War I denied Decugis the opportunity to defend his 1914 title. Decugis was also a four-time runner-up, having lost the final in 1902, 1906, 1920, and 1923. He won theInternational German Championship in 1901 and 1902.
In major tournaments, Decugis reached the semifinals of both the1911 and1912 Wimbledon Championships and the1913 and1914 World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) and the final of theWorld Covered Court Championship (WCCC) in 1919. He won the mixed doubles title at the WHCC on four occasions (1912, 1913, 1914, 1921) and at the WCCC on two (1913, 1919).
In May 1910, Decugis twice defeatedAnthony Wilding at Wiesbaden, first in the final of the Wiesbaden Cup in four sets, followed by a victory in the final of the Wiesbaden Championship in three straight sets.
A. Wallis Myers ofThe Daily Telegraph ranked Decugis as world No. 10 in both 1913 and 1914.[9]
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1911 | Wimbledon | Grass | André Gobert |  Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding | 9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1912 | Wimbledon | Grass | André Gobert | Charles P. DixonHerbert Roper-Barrett | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 5–7 |
Full name: Maxime Omer Mathieu "Max" Omer-Décugis
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