Germaine Golding

Germaine Golding
Golding (r.), with Suzanne Lenglen (1921)
Full name A. Germaine Golding
Country (sports) France France
Born 1887
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open 3R (1930)
Wimbledon 1R (1923)
WHCC F (1914)
WCCC W (1922)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open QF (1925)
Wimbledon 1R (1923)
WHCC F (1920, 1923)
WCCC W (1922)
Mixed doubles
WHCC W (1920)
WCCC W (1922)

A. Germaine Golding (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɛʁmɛn gɔldiŋ]; née Regnier; born 1887)[1] was a French tennis player.

Career

Golding reached the final of the 1914 World Hard Court Championships which she lost to 15-year-old Suzanne Lenglen. After World War I, she was finalist at the French national championships three times in a row from 1921, but lost to Lenglen each time. Her greatest triumph were her three titles in singles, doubles and mixed at the 1922 World Covered Court Championship at St. Moritz.

At the 1924 Summer Olympics at Paris, she lost in the semifinals against Helen Wills as well as the following match for bronze against Kathleen McKane.[1]

After the French championships were opened for international players in 1925, Golding had problems to compete. She played at Paris for the last time in 1933 where she lost to Sylvie Jung Henrotin in the second round.[2]

World championships finals

Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponents Score
Runner-up 1914 World Hard Court Championships Clay France Suzanne Lenglen 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 1919 World Covered Court Championships Wood United Kingdom Dorothy Holman 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1922 World Covered Court Championships Wood France Jeanne Vaussard 6-2, 7-5

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1922 World Covered Court Championships Wood France Jeanne Vaussard Switzerland Canivet
France Yvonne Bourgeois		 walkover
Runner-up 1923 World Covered Court Championships Wood France Jeanne Vaussard France Geraldine Beamish
United Kingdom Kathleen McKane		 1–6, 1–6

Mixed doubles (1 runner-u)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1919 World Covered Court Championships Wood France William Laurentz France Geraldine Beamish
France Max Decugis		 3–6, 3–6

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Germaine Golding". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. ↑ Albiero, Alessandro; Carta, Andrea (2011). The Grand Slam Record Book Vol. 2. Monte Porzio Catone: Effepi Libri. p. 206. ISBN 978-88-6002-0239.
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