Jacques Brugnon
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Jacques "Toto" Brugnon (May 11, 1895 – March 20, 1978) was a French tennis
Tennis
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 player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France
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 who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

He was born in Paris
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 and died in Paris
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.

He was primarily a doubles specialist who won 10 Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
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 doubles titles in the French, American, Australian and British championships. He was also a fine singles player but never won a major title.

The Four Musketeers were inducted simultaneously into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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 in Newport, Rhode Island
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, in 1976.

Grand Slam record

Australian Championships
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  • Doubles champion: 1928


French Championships
  • Doubles champion: 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934
  • Doubles finalist: 1925, 1926, 1929
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1925, 1926


Wimbledon
  • Doubles champion: 1926, 1928, 1932, 1933
  • Doubles finalist: 1927, 1931, 1934

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