Évelyne Terras (25 September 1944 – 24 September 2012) was a French tennis player who was active in the 1960s and 1970s.

Évelyne Terras
Full nameÉvelyne Terras Papale
Country (sports) France
Born(1944-09-25)25 September 1944
Toulon, France
Died24 September 2012(2012-09-24) (aged 67)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1967)
French Open3R (1967)
Wimbledon2R (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1967)
French Open3R (1969)
Wimbledon2R (1970)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open2R (1968)
Wimbledon2R (1966, 1967, 1968)

Career

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In 1967, she teamed with Lorraine Coghlan in the doubles' event of the Australian Championship, losing the final in straight sets to Lesley Turner Bowrey and Judy Tegart.[1] This made her the first female French player to reach the final of an Australian Open event.[2]

Her best results in a singles' event at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round of the 1967 French Championships, losing to Helga Schultze. She reached the second round of the singles event at the Wimbledon Championships between 1967 and 1970.[3]

In February 1968, she was runner-up to Nell Truman in the singles event of the French Covered Championships in Paris.[4]

Terras was Fed Cup captain of the Italian national team in 1974 and 1975.[5][6]

Personal life

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She married Dino Papale and had one daughter. The couple later divorced. She died on 24 September 2012 of pancreatic cancer.[2]

Grand Slam finals

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Doubles (1 runner-up )

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1967 Australian Championships Grass   Lorraine Coghlan   Lesley Turner
  Judy Tegart
0–6, 2–6

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Open players archive – Evelyne Terras". Tennis Australia.
  2. ^ a b "On a beaucoup pleuré à Beaublanc" (in French). La Montagne. 11 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Wimbledon players archive – Evelyn Terras". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
  4. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1969). BP Yearbook of World Tennis. London: Ward Lock. p. 159. ISBN 978-0706318241. OCLC 502175694.
  5. ^ "Décès de notre amie Évelyne Terras" (in French). IC of France. 25 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Lutto nel tennis Italiano" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Tennis (FIT). 27 September 2012.
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