Full name Doris Metaxa Howard French Open QF (1931, 1934) Died September 7, 2007 Wimbledon 4R (1932) Role Tennis player | French Open 3R (1931, 1932) Name Doris Metaxa Country (sports) France Wimbledon W (1932) | |
Born 12 June 1911 ( 1911-06-12 ) | ||
Doris Metaxa Howard (née Metaxa; 12 June 1911 – 7 September 2007), was a French tennis player of the 1930s.
In 1932, she won Wimbledon in the women's doubles with the Belgian Josane Sigart against Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Jacobs, one year after a finals defeat with the same partner.
Two weeks after this success, she married the British rugby player Peter Dunsmore Howard.
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