 Broquedis in 1912 | ||||||||||||
| Full name | Marguerite Marie Broquedis-Billout-Bordes | |||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | France | |||||||||||
| Born | (1893-04-17)17 April 1893 Pau, France | |||||||||||
| Died | 23 April 1983(1983-04-23) (aged 90) Orléans, France | |||||||||||
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| Career record | 97–37 | |||||||||||
| Career titles | 24 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 9 (1925,A. Wallis Myers) | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
| French Open | QF (1925,1927) | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1925) | |||||||||||
| WHCC | W (1912) | |||||||||||
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| French Open | SF (1925) | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (1927) | |||||||||||
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| French Open | W (1927) | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (1914) | |||||||||||
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Marguerite Marie Broquedis (French pronunciation:[maʁɡ(ə)ʁitbʁɔk(ə)di];married namesBillout-Bordes; 17 April 1893 – 23 April 1983) was a Frenchtennis player.[1] In major tournaments she won the singles title at the1912 World Hard Court Championships, and the mixed doubles at the1927 French Championships.
Broquedis was born on 17 April 1893 inPau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.[2] She moved with her family to Paris around the turn of the century and started playing tennis on two dusty courts that were part of theGalerie des machines. Later she joined theRacing Club de France.[3]
Broquedis competed at the1912 Olympics atStockholm, where she won the gold medal in outdoor singles by beating GermanDora Köring 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final. She won the bronze medal partneringAlbert Canet in mixed doubles. In 1913 and 1914, she won the French championships,[4] beating 15-year-oldSuzanne Lenglen in the 1914 final. Broquedis, nicknamed "the goddess", is also known for being the only player ever to beat Lenglen in a fully played singles final.[3] She also took part in the1924 Olympics atParis but could not win any medal there.[2]
Her career singles highlights include winning theFrench Covered Court Championships on six occasions (1910, 1912–13, 1922, 1925, and 1927). In addition, she also won theCoupe de la Villa Primrose seven times (1907, 1911, 1923, 1925, and 1927–29), theCabourg International three times (1920–22) and theTournoi International d'Aix-Les-Bains two times (1924, 1927).
From 1925 to 1927, Broquedis had another successful time in her tennis career, reaching the singles semifinals atWimbledon in 1925 and the quarterfinals twice at the (now fully international)French championships in 1925 and 1927. Moreover, she won the mixed doubles title partneringJean Borotra atParis in 1927. She was ranked world No. 9 byA. Wallis Myers in 1925.[5]
Broquedis died inOrléans in 1983, aged 90.[2]
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 1914 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Anthony Wilding |  Ethel Thomson LarcombeJames Cecil Parke | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1927 | French Championships | Clay |  Jean Borotra |  Lilí Álvarez Bill Tilden | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1912 | World Hard Court Championships | Clay |  Mieken Rieck | 6–3, 0–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1913 | World Hard Court Championships | Clay | Mieken Rieck | 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
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