Germaine Golding
A. Germaine Golding (* 1887 as Germaine Regnier ; † unknown) was a French tennis player who celebrated her greatest successes in the early 1920s.
Career
In 1914 Golding reached the final of the hard court world championships , but was defeated there by the 15-year-old Suzanne Lenglen . After the First World War , she was able to advance three times in a row to the finals of the French national championships between 1921 and 1923, where she failed again at Lenglen. In 1922, she won the individual world championships in St. Moritz and mixed alongside Jean Borotra . At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 she was defeated by him in the semi-finals Helen Wills Moody . The ensuing game for the bronze medal she lost to Kathleen McKane Godfree .
In 1924 she reached the semi-finals again at the Championships of France. With the opening of the championships in 1925 for an international field of participants, she was no longer able to build on her previous achievements. She last appeared in Paris in 1933, where she had to admit defeat to her compatriot Sylvie Jung Henrotin in the second round .
Web links
- ITF profile Germaine Golding (English)
- Germaine Golding in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alessandro Albieri et al: The Grand Slam Record Book . tape 2 . Effepi Libri, Monte Porzio Catone 2011, ISBN 978-88-6002-023-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Golding, Germaine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Regnier, Germaine (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1887 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1933 |