Marcel Bernard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French tennis player
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Place of Birth: La Madeleine, Hauts-de-France, France
About Marcel Bernard
- Marcel Bernard (French pronunciation: ?[ma?s?l b??na?]; 18 May 1914 – 29 April 1994) was a French tennis player.
- He is best remembered for having won the French Championships in 1946 (reaching the semifinals a further three times).
- Bernard initially intended to play only in the doubles event but was persuaded to enter the singles competition as well.
- He defeated Jaroslav Drobný in the final in five sets. In the same 1946 French Championships Bernard also won the Men's Doubles with Yvon Petra.
- In the 1935 French Open, he won the Mixed Doubles with Lolette Payot.
- In the following French Open (1936), he also won the Mixed Doubles with Billie Yorke and the Men's Doubles with Jean Borotra.
- Bernard's Grand Slam singles career spanned 25 years from 1931 to 1956.
- He played Davis Cup for France over a period spanning 21 years, from 1935 to 1956.
- Bernard was ranked World No.
- 5 for 1946 by A.
- Wallis Myers and World No.
- 9 for 1947 by Harry Hopman.Bernard later became president of the French Tennis Federation.
- The French Open Mixed Doubles Cup is now known as the "Coupe Marcel Bernard".
- His name is also commemorated at the Roland-Garros Stadium by the walkway "Allée Marcel Bernard" which leads to the Suzanne Lenglen Court.
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