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Suzanne Lenglen
Deceased

How Did Suzanne Lenglen Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 39
GenderFemaleNationalityFranceBorn24/05/1899Born inParis,FranceDied04/07/1938Died in16th arrondissement of ParisCausepernicious anemia, leukemiaWikidataQ232831Buried atSaint-Ouen CemeteryTMDb#1402659

Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-time World Hard Court Champion in singles, and ten times in total. Lenglen won six Wimbledon singles titles, including five in a row from 1919 to 1923, and was the champion in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at the first two open French Championships in 1925 and 1926.

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Filmography2 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
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2022Train Like a GirlSeriesSelf (archive footage)123
1935Things Are Looking UpMovieMadame Bombardier36