Paul Rémy Explained

Paul Rémy
Fullname:Paul Louis Rémy
Birth Date:1923 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Sainte-Amélie, Algiers, French Algeria
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Avignon, France
Singlesrecord:296-176
Singlestitles:27
Frenchopenresult:QF (1956)
Wimbledonresult:4R (1951)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (1958)

Paul Rémy (17 February 1923 – 14 March 2001) was a French No. 1 tennis player. He was active in the 1950s, playing in Wimbledon, the US Open,[2] the French Open[3] and the Davis Cup.[4] [5] [6] [7]

In 1956, he won the South of France Championships, defeating Torben Ulrich, Gardnar Mulloy, and Pierre Darmon in the last three rounds. Rémy reached the quarter finals of the 1956 French Championships, beating fourth seed Art Larsen in the fourth round. He won the five set three-hour match "with a steady stream of angled placements, passing shots and expert volleys. Larsen missed many easy shots."[8] He lost to Giuseppe Merlo in the quarter finals 10-8 in the fifth set.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: REMY Paul . MatchID . 15 July 2020.
  2. Web site: The Barrier Miner . 23 August 1951 . 3 July 2012.
  3. News: Sven Davidson obituary in the UK Guardian . 3 July 2012 . London . The Guardian . Richard . Evans . 4 June 2008.
  4. Book: Robertson, Max . The encyclopedia of tennis . registration . 1974 . Viking Press. 248. 9780670294084 .
  5. http://archives.newyorker.com/?iid=17076&startpage=page0000082 The New Yorker
  6. http://esmma.free.fr/mde4/livror2005/LO-P3.htm Livre d'Or 2005 – page 3
  7. News: Sports Illustrated 1958 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304180055/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1001989/4/index.htm . dead . 4 March 2010 . 3 July 2012 . CNN. 24 March 1958.
  8. News: 20 May 1956. Only 2 Yanks Survive in Paris Tourney. New York Daily News. 15 October 2024.