Doris Metaxa Explained

Doris (Doë) Metaxa
Fullname:Doris Metaxa Howard
Birth Date:1911 6, df=y
Frenchopenresult:3R (1931, 1932)
Wimbledonresult:4R (1932)
Frenchopendoublesresult:QF (1931, 1934)
Wimbledondoublesresult:W (1932)
Frenchopenmixedresult:1R (1929, 1930)
Wimbledonmixedresult:QF (1934)

Doris Metaxa Howard (née Metaxa; 12 June 1911 – 7 September 2007) was a French tennis player of the 1930s.

In 1932, she won Wimbledon title in the women's doubles with Belgian Josane Sigart against Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Jacobs, one year after a finals defeat with the same partner.[1]

Two weeks after this success, she married the British rugby player Peter Dunsmore Howard.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1931Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Josane Sigart Phyllis King
Dorothy Shepherd
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winr 1932Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Josane Sigart Elizabeth Ryan
Helen Jacobs
6–4, 6–3

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wimbledon players archive – Doris Howard (Metaxa). AELTC.