Elisabeth d'Ayen
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| bronze | 1920 Antwerp | Double |
Élisabeth Pauline Sabine Marie d'Ayen Macready (born October 27, 1898 in Maintenon as Élisabeth Pauline Sabine Marie d'Ayen , † December 7, 1969 in Paris ) was a French tennis player .
Career
Élisabeth d'Ayen Macready took under her maiden name in 1920 at the Olympic Games in Antwerp alongside Suzanne Lenglen of the doubles competition part. In the semifinals they were defeated by Kathleen McKane Godfree and Winifred McNair in three sets and thus won the bronze medal.
In the same year she won with Lenglen the doubles competition of the French Tennis Championships , the precursor of today's French Open.
She came from the noble family Noailles . Her father was Duke Adrien Maurice de Noailles , she had two siblings. Her brother Jean Maurice Paul Jules de Noailles died in April 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp .
Web links
- Élisabeth d'Ayen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- ITF profile Élisabeth d'Ayen (English)
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| SURNAME | d'Ayen, Elisabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | d'Ayen Macready, Élisabeth Pauline Sabine Marie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maintenon , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th December 1969 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |