Christian Boussus

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Christian Boussus (born March 5, 1908 – 2003) was a French tennis player (left-handed).

He was on the victorious French team at the Davis Cup four times, in 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932, although he never played. The members of the team became known as the "Four Musketeers," and Boussus was the "Fifth Musketeer." He finally got his chance to play at the Davis cup in 1934, when the Four Musketeers had retired.[1]

He was defeated in the finals of the 1931 French Open by Jean Borotra. In 1932, he and Marcel Bernard were defeated in the doubles finals of the French Open by Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon. He played twice he Australian Championships, in 1928 and 1935, and won the mixed doubles that year, his only Grand Slam title. He also won twice the German championships in Hamburg.

He died at the age of 95, the last surviving Musketeer.