Nanette le Besnerais

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Nanette le Besnerais
Le Besnerais with mixed doubles partner Jacques Brugnon
Full nameAnne-Marie Le Besnerais
Country (sports) France
Born4 January 1896
Laurède, Aquitaine, France
Died20 December 1981(1981-12-20) (aged 85)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1927, 1931, 1932)
Other tournaments
WHCC2R (1922)
Doubles
Other doubles tournaments
WHCCSF (1921)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1926)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
WHCC2R (1922)

Anne-Marie "Nanette" le Besnerais (née Anne-Marie Carbonel-Tequi; 4 January 1896 – 20 December 1981) was a French tennis player. She finished runner-up in mixed doubles at the 1926 French Championships to Suzanne Lenglen and Jacques Brugnon while competing with Jean Borotra.[1]

Le Besnerais (second from left) pictured with Jacques Brugnon, Marguerite Broquedis, and Jean Borotra

References[edit]

  1. ^ Little 1988, p. 100.

Books[edit]

  • Little, Alan (1988). Suzanne Lenglen: Tennis Idol of the Twenties. The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. ISBN 978-0906741221.