Germaine Golding

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

Germaine Golding
Golding (r.), with Suzanne Lenglen (1921)
Full nameA. Germaine Golding
Country (sports) France
Born1887
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open3R (1925, 1930)
Wimbledon1R (1923)
WHCCF (1914)
WCCCW (1922)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French OpenQF (1925)
Wimbledon1R (1923)
WHCCF (1920, 1923)
WCCCW (1922)
Mixed doubles
WHCCW (1920)
WCCCW (1922)

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)
Result Year Championship Surface Opponents Score
Loss 1914 World Hard Court Championships Clay Suzanne Lenglen 2–6, 1–6
Loss 1919 World Covered Court Championships Wood Dorothy Holman 3–6, 4–6
Win 1922 World Covered Court Championships Wood Jeanne Vaussard 6–2, 7–5

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1922 World Covered Court Championships Wood Jeanne Vaussard Canivet
Yvonne Bourgeois		 walkover
Loss 1923 World Covered Court Championships Wood Jeanne Vaussard Geraldine Beamish
Kathleen McKane		 1–6, 1–6

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1919 World Covered Court Championships Wood William Laurentz Geraldine Beamish
Max Decugis		 3–6, 3–6

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Germaine Golding". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  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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