André Clément Alexandre Martin-Legeay | |
Birth Date: | 1906 10, df=yes[1] |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Date: | 1940 |
Death Place: | Amélie-les-Bains, France |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Frenchopenresult: | 4R (1935, 1936) |
Wimbledonresult: | 4R (1936) |
Usopenresult: | 3R (1935) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (1936) |
Mixed: | yes |
Frenchopenmixedresult: | F (1935, 1936) |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | QF (1936) |
André Martin-Legeay (29 October 1906 – 1940) was a French male tennis player who was active in the 1930s.
In 1933, he was a runner-up in the singles' event at the Italian Championships.
Martin-Legeay reached the fourth round of the singles' event of the French Championships in 1935 and 1936, losing to Vivian McGrath and first-seeded Fred Perry respectively.[2] [3] At the Wimbledon Championships in 1936 he also made it to the fourth round, in which he was defeated in straight sets by seventh-seeded Bunny Austin.[4]
With compatriot Sylvie Henrotin he was a runner-up in the mixed doubles' competition at the French Championships in 1935 and 1936. Martin-Legeay was ranked No. 4 in France in 1935.[5] André Martin-Legeay died in March[6] 1940 in Amélie-les-Bains where he was convalescing.[7]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Loss | 1935 | Clay | 6–4, 2–6, 4–6 | ||||
Loss | 1936 | Clay | 5–7, 8–6, 3–6 |
. Gordon Lowe. Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual. 1936. Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 161.