Nelly Landry

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Nelly Adamson-Landry (born in 1916, Bruges, Belgium) was a female tennis player from France (became French citizen after marriage). She is best remembered as the 1948 women's singles champion at the French Championships.

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[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (1)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1948 French Championships Shirley Fry 6-2, 0-6, 6-0

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1938 French Championships Simone Mathieu 6-0, 6-3
1949 French Championships Margaret Osborne duPont 7-5, 6-2

[edit] Grand Slam women's doubles finals

[edit] Runners-up (1)

Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score/Final
1938 French Championships France Arlette Harff France Simone Mathieu
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
6-3, 6-3

[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 - 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 Career SR
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

NH = tournament not held.

R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

[edit] See also