Paul Rémy
French tennis player
Full name | Paul Louis Rémy |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | (1923-02-17)17 February 1923 Sainte-Amélie, Algiers, French Algeria |
Died | 14 March 2001(2001-03-14) (aged 78)[1] Avignon, France |
Singles | |
Career record | 296-176 |
Career titles | 27 |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | QF (1956) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1951) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | QF (1958) |
Paul Rémy (17 February 1923 – 14 March 2001) was a French No. 1 tennis player. He was active in the 1950s, playing in Wimbledon, the US Open,[2] the French Open[3] and the Davis Cup.[4][5][6][7]
In 1956, he won the South of France Championships, defeating Torben Ulrich, Gardnar Mulloy, and Pierre Darmon in the last three rounds.
References
- ^ "REMY Paul". MatchID. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "The Barrier Miner". 23 August 1951. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ Evans, Richard (4 June 2008). "Sven Davidson obituary in the UK Guardian". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ Robertson, Max (1974). The encyclopedia of tennis. Viking Press. p. 248. ISBN 9780670294084.
- ^ The New Yorker 7 August 1954 "European-zone tennis finals for the Davis Cup, held over the weekend at Auteuil's Stade Roland Garros. ...most of the spectators gratefully wore giveaway paper hats that advertised French apéritifs. In any case, it was an unsmart... Frenchman – the short, stocky Paul Rémy, who comes from Algiers and at least could stand the sun-started spectacularly enough with machine-gun volleys, ..."
- ^ Livre d'Or 2005 – page 3 "Nous citions tous ces grands du tennis français et algérois: Robert Abdesselam, Poulaillon, et mon bon camarade d'enfance Paul Rémy qui fut un grand parmi les grands né comme moi à Douera/St Amélie, lui aussi Rat des champs devenu Rat des villes..."
- ^ "Sports Illustrated 1958". CNN. 24 March 1958. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
External links
- Paul Rémy at the International Tennis Federation
- Paul Rémy at the Davis Cup