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1948 French Championships (tennis)
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List of Champions of the 1948 French Championships (now known as the French Open
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Frank A. Parker (USA) defeated
Jaroslav Drobný
(TCH) 6-4 7-5 5-7 8-6
Nelly Landry
(FRA) defeated
Shirley Fry
(USA) 6-2 0-6 6-0
French Open (tennis)
The French Open |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are...
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Men's Singles
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Jaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...
(TCH) 6-4 7-5 5-7 8-6
Women's Singles
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Nelly Landry
Nelly Adamson Landry was a female tennis player from Belgium . She was the 1948 women's singles champion at the French Championships beating Shirley Fry...
(FRA) defeated
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Shirley Fry
Shirley June Fry Irvin was a World No. 1 American female tennis player who was born in Akron, Ohio, United States.Irvin is one of sixteen persons to have won each Grand Slam singles tournament at least once during the person's career...
(USA) 6-2 0-6 6-0