Philippe Washer
_real.jpg) Washer in 1950 | |
| Country (sports) |  Belgium |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 August 1924 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 27 November 2015 (aged 91) Knokke, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Turned pro | 1940 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1961 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 324-178 |
| Career titles | 16 |
| Highest ranking | 8 (1957)[1] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | QF (1957) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1948, 1949, 1954) |
| US Open | 4R (1952) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | SF (1953) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| French Open | SF (1954) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1947, 1948, 1952) |
Philippe Washer (French pronunciation: [filip waʃe]; 6 August 1924 – 27 November 2015) was a Belgian tennis player. He competed in the Davis Cup a number of times, from 1946 to 1961.[2] He was ranked world No. 8 in 1957.
Early life and family
Philippe Washer was born on 6 August 1924 in
Tennis career
Washer won the Belgian National Championships nine times between 1945–1954, the only exception being 1950 when he was forced to retire from the competition due to illness.[5] In 1952, he reached the semifinal of the Royal Belgian Tennis Federation Fiftieth Anniversary tournament.[6]
In 1953, Washer won the Coupe Albert Canet, defeating Władysław Skonecki in the close four set final.
In 1957, he reached the Inter-Zonal Zone Finals of the Davis Cup with the Belgium Davis Cup team.[5] The same year, he won the Lebanon international tennis championships by defeating Roger Becker, Ham Richardson, and Warren Woodcock.[7]
In 1967, he came back from retirement to win the Belgian National Covered Courts Championship doubles, partnering with
Golf career
Washer did not play in the 1960 Davis Cup match against Great Britain as he was competing in the Belgium Open golf championship.[9] Later in 1960 he played for the Rest of Europe against the British Isles in the St Andrews Trophy and for Belgium in the 1960 Eisenhower Trophy.[10][11] He represented Belgium again in the 1964 Eisenhower Trophy.[12]
Personal life
Washer retired from tennis in 1961 and moved to Switzerland.
Footnotes
- ^ "Around The World". World Tennis. Vol. 5, no. 8. New York. January 1958. p. 50.
- ^ "Philippe Washer". daviscup.com.
- ^ a b c Meuwissen 1992.
- ^ a b Chauvin 2010, p. 54.
- ^ a b c d e f Tasso 2002.
- ^ a b c Royal Léopold Club website.
- ^ Lebanon international tennis website.
- ^ The Telegraph, 2001.
- ^ "Hopes of British Lawn Tennis victories". The Times. 9 June 1956. p. 20.
- ^ "British Golf supremacy over Rest of Europe". The Times. 22 October 1956. p. 4.
- The Glasgow Herald. 22 October 1956. p. 4.
- ^ 1964 WAGTC.
- ^ Leonardi 1997.
- ^ a b MIG. T. 2007.
- ^ "Belgisch Davis Cup-icoon Philippe Washer overleden". HLN (in Dutch).
Works cited
- Tasso, Miguel (2002). "Philippe Washer préfère les filles" [Philippe Washer prefers girls]. La Libre Belgique (in French). Brussels, Belgium. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- MIG. T. (2007). "Philippe Washer:"Je regarde toujours devant moi"" [Philippe Washer: "I always look forward"]. ISSN 1780-0412. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- "obituaries – Jaroslav Drobny". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- Meuwissen, Eric (1992). "Waterloo: Washer lotit" [Waterloo: Washer subdivides]. ISSN 1186-4583. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- Chauvin, Xavier (February 2010). "Dossier: Ferrari Belrinetta" (PDF). Rétroviseur (in French) (253). Fontainebleau, France: Éditions LVA: 54. ISSN 0992-5007. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- "History" (in French). Brussels, Belgium: Royal Léopold Club. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014.
- Nohad Victor Schoucair. "1957 / April 7". Lebanon: Lebanon International Tenis. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- Leonardi, Paolo (1997). "Le tennis etait presque aussi populaire que le football" [Tennis was almost as popular as football]. ISSN 1186-4583. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- 1964 World Amateur Golf Team Championships Record Book (PDF) (in French). 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
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