André Martin-Legeay

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André Clément Alexandre Martin-Legeay
File:Martin-Legeay.jpg
Country (sports)  France
Born (1906-10-29)29 October 1906[1]
Paris, France
Died 1940
Amélie-les-Bains, France
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record {{#property:P564}}
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open 4R (1935, 1936)
Wimbledon 4R (1936)
US Open 3R (1935)
Doubles
Career record {{#property:P555}}
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon 3R (1936)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open F (1935, 1936)
Wimbledon QF (1936)

André Martin-Legeay (29 October 1906 – 1940) was a French male tennis player who was active in the 1930s.

In 1933, he was a runner-up in the singles' event at the Italian Championships.

Martin-Legeay reached the fourth round of the singles' event of the French Championships in 1935 and 1936, losing to Vivian McGrath and first-seeded Fred Perry respectively.[2][3] At the Wimbledon Championships in 1936 he also made it to the fourth round, in which he was defeated in straight sets by seventh-seeded Bunny Austin.[4]

With compatriot Sylvie Henrotin he was a runner-up in the mixed doubles' competition at the French Championships in 1935 and 1936. Martin-Legeay was ranked No. 4 in France in 1935.[5] André Martin-Legeay died in March[6] 1940 in Amélie-les-Bains where he was convalescing.[7]

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (2 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1935 French Championships Clay France Sylvie Henrotin France Lolette Payot
France Marcel Bernard
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1936 French Championships Clay France Sylvie Henrotin United Kingdom Billie Yorke
France Marcel Bernard
5–7, 8–6, 3–6

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