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Suzanne Lenglen
Tennis Tournament Champion
1899 – 1938
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Who was Suzanne Lenglen?
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport stars, named La Divine by the French press.
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- Born
- May 24, 1899
Compiègne - Also known as
- Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Lived in
- Picardy
- Died
- Jul 4, 1938
Paris
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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