Gail Chanfreau
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| ITF name | Gail Benedetti |
|---|---|
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Bondi, New South Wales |
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| Plays | Right-handed |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1967, 1972) |
| French Open | QF (1968, 1971) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1966, 1970) |
| US Open | 3R (1971) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1968, 1972) |
| French Open | W (1967, 1970, 1971, 1976) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1971, 1975) |
| US Open | F (1971) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1965, 1966) |
| French Open | SF (1971) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1969, 1974, 1975) |
| US Open | QF (1970) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 27–26 |
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Gail Chanfreau (née Sherriff; born 3 April 1945), also known as Gail Lovera and Gail Benedetti, is a French former amateur and professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Chanfreau was born in Australia, but moved to France in 1968.[1] Chanfreau made her first appearance in the Federation Cup for Australia in 1966. She played for the France Fed Cup team from 1969 to 1980.
When Gail beat her sister Carol Sherriff, who reached the third round of the Australian Open on five occasions, 8–10, 6–3, 6–3 in the 1966 Wimbledon Championships second round,[2] that was the second match between sisters at Wimbledon, the first being in the 1884 Wimbledon Championships when Maud Watson beat Lillian.[3] The next Wimbledon match between sisters was in 2000 between Serena and Venus Williams.[2]
Chanfreau reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1967 and 1972 as well as the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1968 and 1971. She won the French Open doubles in 1967, 1970 and 1971 with Françoise Dürr and 1976 with Fiorella Bonicelli.[1]
At the Cincinnati Masters, she reached the singles final in 1969, losing to Lesley Turner Bowrey.
She was international veterans mixed-doubles champion in 1968 and 1975 with Pierre Darmon.
Personal life
She married French tennis player Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau in 1968 and moved to France. Her second marriage was to Jean Lovera, another French tennis player.[4][5]
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Françoise DURR et Gail LOVERA (1) LA PASSION ENCORE ET TOUJOURS". L'Express. Retrieved 13 January 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Roberts, John (5 July 2000). "Venus eclipses Hingis to set up historic meeting". The Independent. Retrieved 13 January 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Finn, Robin (29 June 1998). "Tennis; Serena Williams Plays Catch-Up, With Sister in Path". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sherriffs call shots in 20th century SW19 history". International Tennis Federation (ITF). 29 September 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tribute to Ross Sheriff". Tennis Australia. 2007.
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