Josane Sigart
| Country (sports) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 January 1909 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 20 August 1999 (aged 90) |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 10 (1932) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | W (1932) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1932) |
Josane Sigart (French pronunciation: [ʒɔzan siɡaʁ]; 7 January 1909 – 20 August 1999) was a Belgian female tennis player who was active in the 1930s.
In 1928 she won the singles title at the Belgian Championships and would repeat this success in 1929, 1931, 1932, 1936 and 1946.[1] In 1932, she won the Wimbledon Championships in woman's doubles with the Doris Metaxa and reached the mixed doubles final with Harry Hopman.[1][2]
In 1932 she was ranked world no. 10 by A. Wallis Myers.[3]
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1931 | Wimbledon Championships |  Doris Metaxa |
 Phyllis Mudford King Dorothy Shepherd |
6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 1932 | Wimbledon Championships | Doris Metaxa |
 Elizabeth Ryan Helen Hull Jacobs |
6–4, 6–3 |
Mixed doubles
- Runners-up (1)
| Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| 1932 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass |  Harry Hopman |
Elizabeth Ryan Enrique Maier |
5–7, 2–6 |
References
- 1 2 Jacques Hereng; Carlos De Veene (2004). De Ongelofelijke Successtory van Tennis in België. Tielt: Lannoo. pp. 26, 27. ISBN 9789020955972.
- ↑ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 438, 439. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ↑ "Authority Ranks 1933 Tennis Stars". The Cornell Daily Sun, Volume 54, Number 9. 4 October 1933. p. 3.
External links
- Josane Sigart - her activity (under her husband's last name, Josiane de Meulemeester) to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
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