William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle

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Le Maire de Warzée, seated left (Davis Cup, 1904)

William "Willy" le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle (* 1878 , † 1966 ) was a Belgian tennis player at the beginning of the 20th century.

Career

Le Maire de Warzée took part in tennis tournaments between 1897 and 1910. At the Wimbledon Championships he achieved his best result in 1904 and 1908 when he reached the quarter-finals. He won the Belgian championships six times in singles and seven times in doubles. In 1904 he formed together with Paul de Borman the Belgian team in the Davis Cup , in which they were subject to Great Britain in the final.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ B. Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 416.
  2. Simon Inglis: Belgian Champions List: 1895–1992 serie A. (No longer available online.) Www.tennisbelgica.be, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on October 28, 2012 (English).