Nanette le Besnerais

Nanette le Besnerais
Le Besnerais with mixed doubles partner Jacques Brugnon
Full nameAnne-Marie Le Besnerais
Country (sports) France
Born4 January 1896
Died20 December 1981(1981-12-20) (aged 85)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1927, 1931, 1932)
Other tournaments
WHCC2R (1922)
Other doubles tournaments
WHCCSF (1921)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1926)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
WHCC2R (1922)

Anne-Marie "Nanette" le Besnerais (née Anne-Marie Carbonel-Tequi; 4 January 1896 – 20 December 1981) was a French tennis player. She finished runner-up in mixed doubles at the 1926 French Championships to Suzanne Lenglen and Jacques Brugnon while competing with Jean Borotra.[1]

Le Besnerais (second from left) pictured with Jacques Brugnon, Marguerite Broquedis, and Jean Borotra

Grand Slam finals

Borotra at the 1924 French Championships.

Mixed doubles: 1 runner-up

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1926French ChampionshipsClayFrance Jean BorotraFrance Jacques Brugnon
France Suzanne Lenglen
4–6, 3–6

References

  1. ↑ Little 1988, p. 100.

Books

  • Little, Alan (1988). Suzanne Lenglen: Tennis Idol of the Twenties. The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. ISBN 978-0906741221.