1952 French Championships (tennis)
Encyclopedia
List of Champions of the 1952 French Championships (now known as the French Open
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Jaroslav Drobný
(TCH) defeated
Frank Sedgman
(AUS) 6-2 6-0 3-6 6-4
Doris Hart
(USA) defeated Shirley Fry
(USA) 6-4 6-4
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
Jaroslav DrobnýJaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...
(TCH) defeated
Frank SedgmanFrank Sedgman
Frank Arthur Sedgman, born 29 October 1927, in Mont Albert, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was a tennis player who was arguably the world No.1 in 1952. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, included Sedgman in his list of the 21...
(AUS) 6-2 6-0 3-6 6-4
Women's Singles
Doris HartDoris Hart
Doris Hart is a former World No. 1 American female tennis player.As a child, she suffered from osteomyelitis, which resulted in a permanently impaired right leg...
(USA) defeated
Shirley FryShirley 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) 6-4 6-4