Country (sports) Switzerland Wimbledon 2R (1937) French Open QF (1936) Name Boris Maneff | Wimbledon 4R (1938) Role Tennis Player Wimbledon 2R (1937) Died 1960 | |
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Auguste Maneff Taneff (1916 – 23 May 1960), known as Boris Maneff, was a Swiss amateur tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s.
He was born in Geneva to a Bulgarian father, Kyril Manev Tanev (Bulgarian: Кирил Манев Танев, and French mother, Marie Purnot, from Metz. He also played high-level field hockey, ice hockey and football.
Maneff was a virtual unknown in the world of international tennis before entering the 1936 French Championships in Paris, where he reached the quarterfinals. He put up a serious challenge to defending champion Fred Perry, who finally defeated him in four sets, 9-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
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