Suzanne Lenglen
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Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-ti
Lenglen in 1922
Lenglen's father
Lenglen (left) with usual doubles partner Elizabeth Ryan in 1914. They first played together in 1913.
Lenglen at the 1914 World Hard Court Championships
Helen Wills
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Helen Newington Wills, also known by her married names Helen Wills Moody and Helen Wills Roark, was an American tennis player. She won 31 Grand Slam tournament titles during her career, including 19 s
Suzanne Lenglen
…retirement against Molla Mallory, her only amateur match in the United States. Afterwards, she began a 179-match win streak, during which she defeated Helen Wills in the high-profile Match of the Century in 1926. Following a misunderstanding at Wimbledon later that year, Lenglen abruptly retired from amateur…
Wills in 1932
Wills in 1921
Suzanne Lenglen (left) and Helen Wills Moody in Cannes, 1926
Helen Wills Moody in June 1929 at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin.