Suzanne Josette Marguerite Schmitt (18 October 1928 — 27 October 2019) was a French tennis player.[1]

Suzanne Schmitt
Country (sports) France
Born(1928-10-18)18 October 1928
Died27 October 2019(2019-10-27) (aged 91)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1954, 1956, 1958)
Wimbledon3R (1951)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenF (1954)
WimbledonQF (1955)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open3R (1956, 1958)
Wimbledon4R (1957)

Schmitt, a relation of tennis player Nanette le Besnerais, was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s. She made the women's doubles final of the 1954 French Championships, where she and Maud Galtier lost in three sets to Maureen Connolly and Nell Hall Hopman.[2] In 1955 she was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at Wimbledon. She began competing under her husband's name in the mid-1950s after marrying French engineer Denys Le Besnerais.[3]

Grand Slam tournament finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1954 French Championships Clay   Maud Galtier   Maureen Connolly
  Nell Hall Hopman
5–7, 6–4, 0–6

References

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  1. ^ "Viron el Lartigue finalistes du Critérium". Le Monde (in French). 8 July 1955.
  2. ^ "U.S. Forces Take All In French Meet". News-Journal. 31 May 1954.
  3. ^ "Biographie Denys Le besnerais Ingénieur". www.whoswho.fr.
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