Nelly Landry
Full name | Nelly Adelaïde Jeanne Sylvie Adamson Landry |
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Country (sports) | ![]() ![]() |
Born | (1916-12-27)27 December 1916 Orsett, United Kingdom |
Died | 22 February 2010(2010-02-22) (aged 93) Paris, France |
Plays | Left-handed |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (1946) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | W (1948) |
Wimbledon | QF (1948) |
US Open | 3R (1948) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | F (1938) |
Wimbledon | QF (1948) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | SF (1954) |
Nelly Adamson Landry (28 December 1916 – 22 February 2010) was a tennis player from Belgium who became a French citizen after marriage.[1] She was the 1948 women's singles champion at the French Championships where she was seeded third, beating Shirley Fry in a three-set final. She had been a finalist in 1938, losing to Simonne Mathieu, and reached again the final in 1949, losing to Margaret Osborne duPont.
In 1936 and from 1946 until 1948 she won the singles title at the French Covered Court Championships in Paris.[2] She won the singles title at the International Championships of Egypt, played in Alexandria, in 1948 and 1949. In the latter year she also won the Championships of Egypt at the Gezira Sporting Club in Cairo, defeating Annalisa Bossi in the final.[3] In 1948 Landry won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the Scandinavian Covered Court Championships.[4]
She was the No. 1 ranked Belgian player in 1933.[4] According to John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Landry was ranked in the world top 10 in 1946 and 1948 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of world No. 7 in these rankings in 1946.[5] In 1945, 1947, 1948 and 1950 she was ranked No. 1 in France.[6][4]
Nelly Adamson married Pierre Henri Landry on 8 February 1937 in Bruges[7] and subsequently Marcel Renault, both former French tennis players.
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1938 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() | 0–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1948 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 0–6, 6–0 |
Loss | 1949 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() | 5–7, 2–6 |
Doubles (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1938 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 3–6 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 - 1944 | 1945 | 19461 | 19471 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | Career SR |
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Australian Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
French Championships | A | 2R | 3R | QF | A | F | A | NH | R | A | QF | A | W | F | A | A | A | QF | SF | 1 / 9 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | A | A | QF | 3R | A | A | 4R | 4R | 2R | 0 / 9 |
U.S. Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 20 |
R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.
1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.
See also
- Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
References
- ^ IC Council: Décès de Nelly ADAMSON online Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tennis". Journal du Genève (in French). 5 March 1946. p. 5.
Dames : Mlle Landry (France) bat Mlle Inglebert 6-3, 6-3.
- ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1950). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1950. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 272.
- ^ a b c G.P. Hughes, ed. (1951). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1951. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 283.
- ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 702. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.
- ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1949). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1949. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 271.
- ^ "Archiefbankbrugge > Akten burgerlijke stand > 1_Brugge > Huwelijken > 1937 > Akte 54". Archiefbank Brugge (in Dutch).
External links
- Nelly Adamson at Wimbledon
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